The smoking details

The following was published on www.ChessToday.net about the smoking / forfeiting incident at the World Cup involving GMs Wang Yue and Li Chao:

As for the "smoking" incident, described by my colleague Mikhail Golubev in CT-3310, I received the following e-mail from one of our readers, who worked in Khanty-Mansiysk as an arbiter during earlier rounds.

"Dear Alexander,

I was not there for this smoking incident but I can say this about the playing conditions.

1) The players had an indoor smoking area about 30 seconds from the playing area which is more than is allowed in certain tournaments.

2) During the tie-breaks the players have at least a 10-minute break after each game (the time starts when the last game is finished).

Enough time to smoke a cigarette.

Best Regards,
Stephen Boyd"