FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich has revealed that he had tried to “persuade” former world champion Vladimir Kramnik to be “less aggressive” in his unsubstantiated allegations about cheating in online chess regarding specific players. Kramnik has been in the spotlight since the tragic death of grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, who passed away last month at the age of 29. Naroditsky was one of the players whose results in online games Kramnik had flagged as being suspicious.

While Kramnik had not provided direct proof, he had shared data that he claimed were exposing cheating in online chess. Kramnik has now been accused by many in the chess world of bullying Naroditsky with a relentless stream of posts on social media. There have also been demands to take away Kramnik’s titles. Dvorkovich sa

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