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.

Chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan, 10, defeated former world champion Mariya Muzychuk in the first round of the European Chess Club Cup in Greece on Sunday.