International Chess Federation Investigating Vladimir Kramnik Following Daniel Naroditsky's Death

Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik is being investigated by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) following the death of American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky.

Bay Area chess grandmaster mourned as game authorities investigate Russian rival for alleged cyberbullying

The scandal seems a world away from the Bay Area, where Naroditsky’s old friends and mentors remember a bright, soft-spoken young man who loved volunteering to teach others the sport.

An American chess grandmaster is dead at 29, and players are in an uproar about it. Here’s what’s going on

Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who built a global following through his accessible teaching style and blitz chess mastery, died unexpectedly at 29, his family announced Monday. The California-born player,

Chess world mourns grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's death, rages against Russian rival who alleged cheating

In 2022, world champion Magnus Carlsen accused another player, Hans Niemann, of cheating. (Niemann has admitted to having cheated in some games when he was younger but denied cheating since.) But in the wake of Naroditsky’s death, Carlsen said that he was taken aback by the ferocity of Kramnik’s attacks and that he privately supported Naroditsky.
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Viral chess grandmaster dies unexpectedly at 29

Daniel Naroditsky became known to a larger audience in July when he played multiple games of bullet chess (fast chess) while wearing a blindfold.
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