In a brave public act, David Navara explains in details what he went through after the baseless allegations of Kramnik. Navara describes the emotional torture by Kramnik’s allegations, the silence of FIDE, their posterior inadequate reaction and total disregard on basic FIDE ethical and moral values. Navara ends his letter with a public demand of resignation of Arkady Dvorkovich as FIDE President.
Timeline of events
23.05.2025 Navara publishes an open letter about Kramnik’s actions
23.05.2025 Reactions to Navara’s open letter – Aronian, Polgar, etc
23.05.2025 Navara and Kramnik to meet at FIDE World Rapid and Blitz
24.05.2025 David Navara, “I firmly believe that Mr Dvorkovich should resign”
24.05.2025 Kramnik, “I am deeply disappointed Navara participates in unjust PR campaign against me”
24.05.2025 Kramnik rage-blocks Chessdom over a comment on David Navara’s case
24.05.2025 Live: David Navara at French Top 16
25.05.2025 Kramnik admits to allegations, FIDE has grounds to act
25.05.2025 Open call to action for FIDE
26.05.2025 David Navara now has personal chess calendar
26.05.2025 Czech Chess Federation: We stand behind chess legend GM David Navara
28.05.2025 MrDodgy : “Kramnik bullies Navara, will he be satisfied if he ends in hospital or worse?”
29.05.2025 Emil Sutovsky : “I find Kramnik’s latest address to David Navara inhuman”
12.06.2025 David Navara: “When I heard Kramnik’s reaction, I slept really poorly”
26.06.2025 Official Statement of Hetman GKS Katowice Chess Club + Keti Tsatsalashvili of support of David Navara
28.06.2025 Levon Aronian addresses Kramnik’s lawsuit threats towards David Navara
04.07.2025 David Navara in an interview with Greg Mustreader
08.07.2025 Average centipawn loss vs Avereage Relative Centipawn loss in Kramnik vs Navara
David Navara says, “When joining FIDE, Mr Dvorkovich used the slogan Because we care. I would like to thank him for the good things which he has done for FIDE. In my opinion, Mr. Dvorkovich is personally responsible for the way how FIDE treated me. He was among the recipients of most of my messages on the topic, including the ignored calls for help. Given that he is the FIDE President, no other member could have forbidden him to reply. He could also have delegated it to someone. The actions of FIDE (or lack thereof) caused me a lot of suffering, although my games and results in Titled Tuesdays were completely in order. I was open about my health problems in my desperate calls for help, yet FIDE did not care at all to react and answer my questions, which were perfectly reasonable. Nor to send me a single word of apology. I firmly believe that Mr Dvorkovich should resign.“
