The voices against former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik are uniting after the tragic death of American Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky. Kramnik, who had accused Naroditsky of cheating in online games and started an aggressive social media campaign against him, has been — both indirectly and directly — seen as responsible for what happened to the late 29-year-old.

A petition against the Russian Grandmaster has been created on the online platform Change.org and has already been signed by over 15,000 people in less than three days.

The petitioners are demanding that FIDE remove all of Kramnik’s titles and norms and hand him a ban. The petition, titled “Request FIDE ban Vladimir Kramnik, and revoke his titles/norms, per ethics standards,” is active and gaining momentum on different social

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