The sudden death of a young chess grandmaster and the cheating scandal upending the game

Sydney Morning Herald // World

The sudden death of a young chess grandmaster and the cheating scandal upending the game

Monday 27th October 2025, 12:40AM

Daniel Naroditsky was found unresponsive at his home in North Carolina, triggering bitter accusations that his chess idol – Russian grandmaster and former world champion Vladimir Kramnik – had bullied him.

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