 Gathering support from two other participants, Krivonosov claimed that Anna Rudolf, who had been playing very well and had beaten the top seed Christian Bauer, was using a lip balm in her bag as a transmitter to receive the correct moves when she used the bathroom.The accusations, which were without any material evidence, did not prevent Anna Rudolf from finishing the tournament with a high enough score to obtain her IM and WGM norms.Krivonosov is considered by many in the Chess community to be a bad sport and used the accusations to upset Anna Rudolf with the intent to reduce her performance to his own advantage.