Overview

• Vladimir Kramnik has filed a civil defamation case in Geneva against Chess.com, Chessdom and Czech Grandmaster David Navara following his public cheating allegations
• Levon Aronian’s open letter praises Kramnik’s influence on his career and warns that his legal crusade is exacting an emotional toll
• Aronian proposes convening chess and mathematics experts to conduct a proper, unbiased analysis of suspected online cheating incidents
• David Navara published a letter describing the severe mental health impact of Kramnik’s accusations, and peers like Pavel Eljanov have criticized the lack of concrete evidence
• The dispute underscores growing tensions over due process and community unity as online chess activity and cheating concerns intensify