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The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has suspended former world champion Kramnik for at least a year for his verbal abuse of other players, including the late Daniel Naroditskyi.
The body said it found Kramnik “responsible for multiple breaches” of its ethics and disciplinary code after the Russian accused other players of cheating.
U.S. Grandfather Naroditsky He passed away last October at the age of 29. Before his death, he stated that he had committed no wrongdoing and that the controversy happened during his last Twitch broadcast.
Kramnik wrote on X that he will appeal the ban.
Another 12 months of the ban was suspended for three years of probation, Fide said. This means that the active suspension is one year if no further violations occur during probation.
Naroditsky was a famous player, teacher and commentator. He is a leader in online chess with hundreds of thousands of followers – known as Dania – on Twitch and YouTube.
In the year A toxicology report released in 2026 found that he had multiple drugs in his system at the time and died of an abnormal heart rhythm caused by an accidental overdose.
Some prominent figures in the chess community – world number two Hikaru Nakamura, former world champion Magnus Carlsen and Indian grandmaster Nihal Sarin – have previously condemned Kramnik’s behaviour.
