 FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov told Kramnik "...I hereby inform you of my full trust in the members of the Match Appeals Committee and their latest decision taken in respect of the appeal of Topalov's team dated 28 September 2006.I am also asking you in good faith to continue your participation in this match..."

Later, it emerged that Kramnik's team made a procedural blunder by not filing their protest before he defaulted the fifth game.The players were invited for a meeting by Ilyumzhinov "to discuss the actual situation of the match and to solve the problems".