On 18 September, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited the cottage of Vladimir Kramnik and the members of his delegation in City Chess. He met with Vladimir Kramnik and spoke with his manager Carsten Hensel. Then Kirsan Ilyumzhinov had breakfast with Silvio Danailov, the manager of Veselin Topalov. Both participants expressed their full satisfaction with the conditions for accommodation and meals. They said that the organization is perfect, as well as the weather in Elista.