‘World No.1 Garry Kasparov was warned during the game by the chief arbiter Geurt Gijssen for putting his fingers into his own board area and calculating moves as if counting sheep flock.

This act was confirmed by the chief arbiter in the press conference before the summary of the day. Rumours sourcing from around the board at that time said the World No.1 responded with an abusive word, which the arbiter rejects as "untrue”.

Kasparov was tensed as play continued against China’s Ye Jiangchuan at time control. The Russian won the match but faced stiff resistance before winning to give Russia a 3-1 win over the Chinese.

In possible response to this action by the arbiter, the entire Russian team did not enter the playing area for the first ten minutes of round eleven. They were present at the venue but did not take their boards.’