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- How do you find the situation after Topalov's two lost games for the World Cup vs Vladimir Kramnik?
 
 - Topalov misses to score penalty kicks. He is entirely outplaying Kramnik and this is not only my opinion, this is the unanimous opinion of all chess experts and the commentators in the hall. Veselin Topalov is playing very well, he is outplaying Kramnik, I repeat, but then all of a sudden... The problem is in Topalov's strong will to crush and smash Kramnik. He has to calm down and just to triumph over him step by step.
 
 - What is Topalov's mental condition?
 
 - Topalov is not feeling well but he is of the chess players who know how to accept losses and how to challenge them. We should not make any drama here. Topalov has to finish what he has already started. Kramnik is playing absolutely defensively. His whole performance in these two games was aimed at drawing the games. While Topalov is attacking and crushing him. It seems to me that Topalov is a little bit nervous and impatient. He has to become more patient. It has happened many times that Topalov starts a competition badly. Let's not hurry, the match consists of 12 games.
 
 - Are you going to change Topalov's tactics?
 
 - We have to find the reason for these collapses in his performance. In fact we know what the reason is. Topalov just has to avoid this in the next several games and he has to start scoring the penalty kicks vs Kramnik.