EJAY napisal(a):
Is the Match still on for Sept?.Last I heard it will be a 12 game
match.Any predictions or thoughts?

There are controversies about the match. For example Mr.Dolmatov
accuses Topalov in using computer aid during his games :

http://www.mk.ru/numbers/2286/article79640.htm

On 24th July the Russian newspaper Moskovskiy Komsomolets published an
interview conducted by the newspaper's chess observer Eugeny Gik with
the former coach of the Russian national team, GM Sergey Dolmatov,
where the latter doubted achievements by the FIDE world champion,
Veselin Topalov. Dolmatov, in particular, stated:
"What Topalov is doing on the board these days, is beyond human
abilities. And I am sure that an interference from outside is taking
place."
In the same interview Dolmatov also said:
"I have no reliable facts of the non-standard actions of Topalov, but
in Elista everything will become clear."
Dolmatov also stated
"...[i] would not be surprised if Topalov will find some way to avoid
the duel" (i.e. the title match versus Kramnik in Elista. Here and
above the translation is mine - Mikhail Golubev).

[quote from Chess Planet : http://www.chesstoday.net/ ]


Of course Silvio Danailov, Topalov`s manager, says it is a paranoia :

"The only conclusion that we find in such statements is that they are
not just [the] absurd ones, but it is absolute paranoia. The campaign
is being orchestrated to make nervous the World Champion Veselin
Topalov before his match for the title against GM Vladimir Kramnik.
[The intention] is to win the match before playing it. The article is
an effort against the moral integrity of the person and it is called
the dirty war. I do not believe that it is a coincidence that all the
commentaries of this type are coming from Russia. I understand that
some fans of the Russian challenger [might not to support], it, but I
would like to ask them to put the slander and other accusations away
since they [are] based on neither logic, nor any evidence. It is
legally [punishable] in all the environment of the international law
and it is in no way will benefit the world of chess. "