MY ANSWER TO THE "QUESTION" CONCERNING KRAMNIK, NARODITSKY, AND FIDE

On the Chess Stack Exchange, a strange question was asked:

"Kramnik referral to FIDE Ethics Commission regarding Naroditsky"

I was technically unable to comment on it, therefore, I published my comment to that "question" as an "answer". As a result, my reply might be converted to a comment, perhaps with some technical distortions.

Therefore, I shall publish my comment here as a copy (see below). 

The page as it stands right now has also been saved on the Wayback Machine. 

The Question is Badly Formulated

The question is badly formulated, and I have flagged it.

All questions have some presuppositions. In the present case, the number of presuppositions has not been minimised, and the assumptions made have not been proven or are wrong.

Therefore, the post pretends to be a question but reads more like a poorly justified accusation.

The "question" starts with the following accusation:

"After Naroditsky's sudden death at age 29 following repeated allegations of online cheating by Kramnik..."

No reference is given to support that accusation. Moreover, we can read the recent article from Reuters:

"Chess-Kramnik files complaint over online threats after Naroditsky's death", Reuters, 26 October 2025.

It is partly behind the paywall, but it has been summed up in the following article:

"Former world chess champion Kramnik files complaint over online threats after Naroditsky's death", Asiaone, 27 October 2025

The relevant quotations are the following:

"Kramnik, who raised questions about possible cheating by Naroditsky and other players last year..."

"Naroditsky's name appeared on a list published by Kramnik last year of players showing unusually low blunder rates in the final seconds of online games.

Kramnik has denied accusing Naroditsky personally of cheating, saying his remarks were 'reasoned questions' based on statistical analysis."

As a presupposition of the question, also FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich's statement on the FIDE website has been quoted.

That statement, however, associates GM Valdimir Kramnik with GM Daniel Naroditsky's death. At the moment, when that FIDE statement was published, the US police had not published a statement about the direct cause of Naroditsky's death. Only a few days later, the police announced that Naroditsky's death was being investigated as "a possible suicide or overdose".

Therefore, my answer to the "question" is that FIDE should first investigate whether its accusations are true and proven.

I also suggest that Chess Stack Exchange should not publish such "questions" which are actually public accusations of highly controversial issues.

Indeed, my comment was effectively deleted

It has been drastically shortened during the process of "converting" it from "answer" to "comment".

Notably, the "question" was asked by the user Brian Towers, and my comment was in effect deleted also by the user Brian Towers. 

According to Chess Stack Exchange, Brian Towers is a "moderator". Therefore, the weird "question" asked, which amounts to a smearing campaign, seems to be the official position of the Chess Stack Exchange. 

I will never forgive to that person who advertised me to try using Stack Exchange!