Kramnik wrote on X that he will appeal against his suspension.<\/p>\n
Twelve months of the ban have been suspended for a probationary period of three years, Fide said. It means the active suspension is one year provided no further breaches occur during probation.<\/p>\n
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Chess federation looking into Vladimir Kramnik’s attacks on grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Naroditsky was a popular player, teacher and commentator. He was a leading figure in online chess with hundreds of thousands of followers – who knew him as Danya – across Twitch and YouTube.<\/p>\n
A toxicology report released in 2026 said he had had multiple drugs in his system at the time and was killed by an abnormal heartbeat caused by an accidental overdose.<\/p>\n
Some prominent figures in the chess community – including world number two Hikaru Nakamura, former world champion Magnus Carlsen and Indian grandmaster Nihal Sarin – have previously condemned Kramnik’s conduct.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Daniel Naroditsky had hundreds of thousands of followers across YouTube and Twitch (Image: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Fide said its findings were not intended to determine the validity of Kramnik’s remarks, but were instead concerned with the manner in which the allegations were communicated publicly.<\/p>\n
The chess body said combating cheating remained one of its highest priorities but stressed that such allegations must be handled through its established procedures.<\/p>\n
Kramnik was the world champion from 2000-07 and is a self-declared “advocate for fair play in chess”.<\/p>\n
Naroditsky earned the title of grandmaster – the international chess federation’s highest-ranked chess competitor – while he was still a teenager, after winning the 2013 US Junior Championship.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"