Incontinence fails to disrupt World chess championship

Although it came pretty close:

MOSCOW (Reuters) - It went down to the wire but in the end the Russian turned up to play.

A 12-round chess match between Russia's Vladimir Kramnik and Bulgarian Veselin Topalov to decide the world's top player resumed on Monday after a row over toilet breaks forced a two-day suspension.

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Kramnik, the reigning Classical World Chess champion, leads Topalov, the World Chess Federation champion, 3-2. The match has been billed as a reunification between the two rival chess organizations after a 13-year split.

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The toilet is the only place the players are not under video surveillance during their match and Kramnik, who suffers from an arthritic condition which makes it painful to sit still for too long, visited it around 50 times in one game. [full article.]

Well, perhaps Kramnik imbibed a few too many energy drinks in an effort to stay focused on the game.

I mean, who says chess isn't a physically demanding sport?