In 2022, world champion Magnus Carlsen accused another player, Hans Niemann, of cheating. (Niemann has admitted to having cheated in some games when he was younger but denied cheating since.) But in the wake of Naroditsky’s death, Carlsen said that he was taken aback by the ferocity of Kramnik’s attacks and that he privately supported Naroditsky.

American Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died at the age of 29 on Monday.

At the time of his death, Chess.com had him ranked as the 22nd-best bullet chess player in the world.