New Delhi: As the chess fraternity struggles to come to terms with the news of 29-year-old Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky’s sudden death, his mother breaks her silence on the cheating allegations made by former world champion, 50-year-old Vladimir Kramnik.

“There was nothing more important to Daniel than his dignity and his name as a chess player,” Naroditsky’s mother Elena told the Daily Mail Tuesday. “And the ex-world champion was trying to say he’s a cheater. Daniel tried to defend himself so much. The whole world was on Daniel’s side. He played more and did more and more because he was trying to prove that he’s not what he was accused of.”

Naroditsky, who was about to celebrate his 30th birthday next month, was found unconscious at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina, by his frie

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