AICF vice-president Anil Kumar Raizada has said that the federation has registered an official police complaint. Another AICF official said that a ‘contingency plan is in place’ and that ‘a replacement trophy’ has already been ordered for the current edition.

It is a rolling trophy, and the incident came at a time when the Indian men's team was closing in on the gold medal in the ongoing 45th edition of the Olympiad.

Speaking to Chess24.com, Kramnik stated that he did not say that the phones were being used in the chess hall but their existence wasn't allowed

Vladimir Kramnik said that he is not targeting the Indian team or ChessBase but phones ‘must not be allowed’ in the playing area.

When the current AICF administration took charge on March this year, they realised that the trophy was supposed to be in India; "Currently, we don’t know the whereabouts of the Gaprindashvili Cup," AI

AICF sources confirmed that the Gaprindashvili Trophy, given to the team with the best overall performance across open and women's divisions, has gone missing.