Vladimir Kramnik denies guilt, says accusations against Daniel Naroditsky were not ‘baseless’

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Former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik in action. (Maria Emelianova via FIDE)

Former World Champion and Russian GM, Vladimir Kramnik, continued to defend his stance over the controversial and tragic death of American GM Daniel Naroditsky. In an interview given to Saudi Arabian news outlet Al Arabiya, Kramnik said he “never accused Daniel of cheating” and that the accusations he had made against the deceased were not baseless.

“I never accused Daniel of cheating,” Kramnik told Al Arabiya. “What I did, I collected very, very serious material and I will stand by it and prove it in any commission or whatever is needed, that it definitely shows it has to be examined. There are many strange things that needs to be examined. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen and instead of examining it and giving an opinion, I started from the very beginning being accused of misconduct and accusation, but it’s not an accusation, it’s a suspicion, very very argumentized suspicion and I can again guarantee that there are lot of evidence and it has to be considered.”

“It was not an accusation, not a baseless accusation as they pretend, and that would be the basis of my legal case. I said many times it’s not an accusation and I asked many times to consider it, but it didn’t happen and that’s one of the main reasons this very sad tragedy occurred,” he added.

Kramnik says he has no guilt for what transpired and “the dirty, orchestrated PR campaigns” against him will be subject to criminal and civil cases.

“It’s completely tragic what happened. It’s shocking and heartbreaking for me also because of the especially circumstances, which probably we will touch later in this conversation, but I have no guilt in it, and this attempts, this very dirty, very organised, orchestrated PR campaign, which is happening now against me, is what will be a cause of many different cases, criminal and civil cases, which we are now preparing with my legal team,” he said.

“And so I can only say we will meet in court, and I’m sure that the court will understand, will see real facts, not PR, but real facts, and I have a lot of documents, facts,” added Kramnik.

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