The third episode of The Chess News Podcast is, of course, mostly about Daniel Naroditsky. It’s been exactly a week since the terrible news broke that he had died at the age of 29. The chess world is still in shock and mourning the death of a brilliant and wonderful young man. At the same time, there is a long of anger toward especially Vladimir Kramnik as many believe that the former world champion has been too harsh upon Naroditsky, but there is also anger toward toward FIDE and how it has been dealing with the whole situation.

I try to break down the developments in the past week, summarizing things and bringing the most notable reactions. There is also an 8.5 minute part where I speak to David Navara, the Czech grandmaster who has also suffered from being connected to the topic of cheating by Vladimir Kramnik.

At the end of the episode I briefly discuss the U.S. Champsionships, the European Club Cup, the Hoogeveen tournament and the Amsterdam Chess Tournament. Enjoy the episode.

Some sources:

Aronian on Naroditsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN43OjPnNFg

Carlsen on Naroditsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhkfq7puG34

Sutovsky's tweet

https://x.com/EmilSutovsky/status/1980918888519864800

CNN on Kramnik

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/23/sport/chess-vladimir-kramnik-daniel-naroditsky-fide-intl

The C-Squared podcast from a year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGiDosCed48

Dina Belenkaya's interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHPp1RgRUj0

Danya's mother responding to the media

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-15217147/mom-chess-grandmaster-daniel-naroditsky.html

Kramnik going to the Swiss authorities

https://www.reuters.com/world/chess-kramnik-files-complaint-over-online-threats-after-naroditskys-death-2025-10-26/

Caruana on his 4 consecutive titles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51cOu4L9wNo

Thanks for listening and please spread the word that this podcast exists! :-)

You might also be interested in my other podcast Masters and Matches which I co-host with Arne Moll.

https://peterdoggers.com/masters-and-matches-podcast/

Also, check out my book The Chess Revolution at

https://peterdoggers.com/book/