In a brave public act, David Navara explains in details what he went through after the baseless accusations of Kramnik. Navara describes the emotional torture by Kramnik’s accusations, the silence of FIDE, their posterior inadequate reaction and total disregard on basic FIDE ethical and moral values. Navara ends his letter with a demand of resignation of Arkady Dvorkovich as FIDE President.
The words of David Navara produced a resounding reaction through the chess world.
Romain Edouard: Full support to GM David Navara.
MrDodgy: Kramnik’s insane harrasment campaigns have real impact on people. Kramnik should be formally banned
Susan Polgar: David Navara is one of the nicest and most ethical chess grandmasters in the world! He is what sportsmanship is all about! I have nothing but respect for him!
Levon Aronian: I of course , like David , immediately wrote to few people in FIDE asking to investigate , and more or less experienced the same reaction like David, with only difference being that after I understood that there will not be anything done to punish a lying person, I didn’t care to make it public then, hoping that FIDE would learn from that story.
Vasif Durarbayli: It made me think about how important it is to be extremely careful of accusing/insinuating bc that could lead into unintended consequences.
Kacper Piorun: My full support to David Navara – one of the nicest chess grandmasters in the world – I wish you all the best, stay strong!
MrDodgy protests the participation of Kramnik at the World Rapid and Blitz , a top event for FIDE and The Chess Calendar
We express our full support to David Navara — Chessdom (@chessdom) May 23, 2025
The baseless accusations of Kramnik have to stop. He has to take responsibility for his actions, apologize to David Navara and to a long list of player for the harassment and emotional damage. https://t.co/SVMfN8if24