
The tragic death of Daniel Naroditsky (on Monday, at his home in Charlotte, United States, at the age of 29) is the most extreme possible outcome of a trending wave of defamation: chess players suspect others of cheating with the help of computers — especially in online games, but also in real-life competition — and accuse them without providing any evidence. One of the main victims was Naroditsky himself, whose family has not revealed the cause of death.
