American Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky’s death has sent shockwaves around the world. While tributes have flown for the columnist and educator, who was once hailed as a chess prodigy, there has also been growing speculation around the role that accusations of cheating from former world champion Vladimir Kramnik played in the tragedy.

Kramnik had repeatedly accused Naroditsky of cheating in online chess, something that the latter admitted late last year had affected him. In December, Naroditsky had said on “Take Take Take” that cheating, according to him, is the worst crime a chess player can commit but what Kramnik did, according to him, makes “worse than dirt”.

“Cheating, in my mind, is probably the worst crime a chess player can commit,” he had said. “It’s a reputation-ending crime to

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