Overview
- The Charlotte Chess Center announced that Daniel Naroditsky, 29, died unexpectedly, and no cause has been made public.
- FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky said the federation is reviewing Vladimir Kramnik’s public campaign accusing Naroditsky of online cheating over roughly a year.
- Before his death, Naroditsky denied all allegations and said the false claims affected his final Twitch livestream.
- Hikaru Nakamura, Magnus Carlsen and Nihal Sarin publicly criticized Kramnik’s conduct following Naroditsky’s death.
- Kramnik has rejected responsibility, threatened legal action against those blaming him, and called for a police investigation, while no confirmed link to the death has been established.