 Asi kupatsanurwa kwemusoro wenyika kwakava nemigumisiro, sezvinoratidzwa nemitemo yakaoma yeFIDE yemutambo wepasirose we20079. Nemhaka yokuti Topalov akanga asingakwanisi kukwikwidza mu2007 World Chess Championship Tournament, FIDE yakasarudza kuti aifanira kuva ne nzira inokurumidza kupinda mumutambo we2007-2009. Uye FIDE yakasarudzawo kuti, kana Kramnik asina kukunda mumakwikwi emutambo wa2007, aifanira kutamba mumutambo wemutambo muna2008 achipesana nemukundiuye urongwa uhwu hwakava hunoshanda nokuti Viswanathan Anand akakunda mutambo uye nokudaro akava shasha yenyika. 