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India's D. Gukesh during a press conference at World Rapid & Blitz Championship 2025 in Doha. (PHOTO: FIDE/Anna Shtourman)

World champion Gukesh on Vladimir Kramnik's cheating allegations: 'Don't support most of it'

March 05, 2026 6:30 pm

While talking about cheating in chess, world champion D Gukesh said that the issue was "being made bigger than it actually is"

Daniel Naroditsky's autopsy reveals cause of death: Popular streamer died of abnormal heartbeat

January 22, 2026 3:46 pm

The autopsy report mentioned: “Naroditsky’s friends went to his residence (two days before his death) and ‘confiscated’ approximately 40 pills described as probably Adderall.”

Naroditsky had in December 2024 described how Kramnik's accusations and social media crusade against him at the time affected him every time he played online chess. (X/Michal Walusza via FIDE)

Vladimir Kramnik hits back after Daniel Naroditsky's toxicology report, claims 'cynical smear campaign' led to murder threats against family

January 21, 2026 4:28 pm

Naroditsky’s body had methamphetamine, amphetamine, 7-hydroxymitragynine and mitragynine in the system at the time of death, according to a toxicology report

Delivering hand written notes, Vladimir Kramnik files lawsuit against FIDE, sues World chess body for defamation

January 01, 2026 3:09 pm

Kramnik, who had previously accused Naroditsky of cheating in online chess, raised suspicions about Naroditsky’s sudden passing and posted a series of explosive tweets questioning the circumstances.

Over 15,000 people have signed a petition to ban Vladimir Kramnik after Daniel Naroditsky's death. (PHOTO: FIDE)

FIDE submits complaint to ethics and disciplinary commission against Vladimir Kramnik

November 11, 2025 10:14 pm

FIDE submitted a complaint to the FIDE Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC) and named former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik as the respondent.

Viswanathan Anand has said that he was “quite disappointed” with how Vladimir Kramnik had behaved in his crusade to expose to cheating in chess. (File/FIDE)

Vishy Anand on Vladimir Kramnik after Daniel Naroditsky's death: ‘Quite disappointed with how he's behaved’

November 10, 2025 2:56 am

Anand’s comments come two days after FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich had said that Kramnik had gone “too far” with his allegations.

L-R: Armenian-American GM Levon Aronian and 14th World Chess Champion, Russia's Vladimir Kramnik. (Rafal Oleksiewicz via FIDE and Michal Walusza via FIDE)

Levon Aronian: ‘Vladimir Kramnik needs professional help… he has saviour complex’

November 06, 2025 8:48 am

In the aftermath of the death of Daniel Naroditsky, whom the Russian had alleged to have cheated in online chess, former world champion has been described as 'the guy with the hammer who thinks everything is a nail'

FIDE chief Dvorkovich says he asked Vladimir Kramnik to share proof of cheating before Daniel Naroditsky’s death, but got nothing from ex-world champion

November 06, 2025 8:49 am

Kramnik has now been accused by many in the chess world of bullying Naroditsky with a relentless stream of posts on social media.

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Daniel Naroditsky. (Photos: Partha Paul for The Indian Express, Lennart Ootes for FIDE)

'He'd quite often checkmate me': Magnus Carlsen on why Daniel Naroditsky was special

October 27, 2025 2:49 pm

Last week, speaking about Naroditsky after his death, Carlsen had said: "It’s a great loss. It’s very sad for all of us that somebody who was such a resource to the chess community and also had a universally high approval rating from everybody he met was led to the place that he was.”

Kramnik insists his earlier calls to review Naroditsky’s online play had been ignored “despite a significant amount of evidence”, and doubled down claiming he would provide material to “any relevant authority." (FIDE)

'Í was the only person...': Kramnik breaks silence on blame over Daniel Naroditsky death

October 26, 2025 9:31 pm

Vladimir Kramnik also declared his lawyers were preparing civil and criminal suits over “false accusations” that led to hostility faced by him and his family.