US chess superstar Daniel Naroditsky faced repeated, unproven accusations of cheating by Russian rival before his death at 29

An American chess superstar who died at age 29 was engaged in a bitter feud with a rival player who accused him of cheating.

And one of Daniel Naroditsky’s final opponents now claims the rival is responsible for his death.

Naroditsky’s unexpected passing in Charlotte, NC, was announced in a statement Monday by his club, the Charlotte Chess Center. 9

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No cause of death was given for the chess prodigy, who became a Grandmaster aged just 18. 9

Over the past year, Naroditsky had faced vicious accusations of cheating by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik. 9

Kramnik, 50, insinuated that his US rival was using footage of Naroditsky’s online games to claim that he was looking at a second screen on which he had a sophisticated computer program that could calculate millio