Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik is facing disciplinary proceedings over public attacks on U.S. grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, whose sudden death at 29 has shocked chess. Naroditsky, a popular chess streamer and commentator, was found dead on Sunday. Authorities suspect either suicide or an accidental overdose as the cause of death, The Daily Mail reports. Shortly before his death, he was accused by Kramnik of cheating while playing online chess games, and spoke of the emotional toll the accusation had taken on him in his last broadcast before his death. “There was nothing more important to Daniel than his dignity and his name as a chess player,” his mother Elena Naroditsky said. “And the ex-world champion was trying to say he’s a cheater.” Kramnik, the world champion between 2000-07

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