Vladimir Kramnik, Chess Grandmaster & World Champion ('00-'07). Advocate for fair play in chess.

Joined December 2023
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Unanswered, as usual Geneva, May 22, 2026 Dear Mr, I hope this message finds you well. On 17 April 2026, you kindly informed me that the decision in EDC Case No. 12/2025 is currently being drafted. More than five weeks (8 already) have now passed since that communication. As the proceedings have already been ongoing for approximately six (exactly 7 today) months — well beyond the two-month target period set out in the EDC Procedural Rules. The continued delay is causing me considerable ongoing financial and professional harm, since I remain unable to conclude agreements with partners and sponsors for future chess-related activities while the matter is unresolved. I would therefore respectfully request that the motivated written decision be finalised and communicated to me as soon as possible. This would enable me to either resume my professional activities or exercise my right of appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), depending on the outcome. Thank you very much for your understanding and assistance. I look forward to your prompt update. Best regards, Vladimir Kramnik
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If someone interested, something professional, draft from my people. Comments welcomed Graphics can deliver upon request x.com/VBkramnik/status/20610…
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Vladimir Kramnik retweeted
Of all the strong moves in chess, which one is statistically the hardest for a human to find? Kramnik's Part Three says it's one of the parameters that catches cheaters. Most platforms don't track it. Read Kramnik's Part 3 of the Anticheating Report. buff.ly/WQIm37n
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Of all the strong moves in chess, which one is statistically the hardest for a human to find? Kramnik's Part Three says it's one of the parameters that catches cheaters. Most platforms don't track it. Read Kramnik's Part 3 of the Anticheating Report. buff.ly/WQIm37n
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Part 2 I know, few will manage such a long read ( 5 minutes), but for those people who managed to keep the ability of reading a text for such a prolonged time period, can be of interest worldchess.com/news/vladimir…
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Part 3 following
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Btw, some fascinating data about players having 5plus month break from playing Titled Tuesday, which often indicates the infamous at the platform "shadow ban" ( even according to CEO Allebest public interview) Year 2023, almost 400 such players, and 2024 is another separate thing but similar 1-2%, aha x.com/VBkramnik/status/20562…
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Have just finished another, second list of X burner accounts used for the organised cyberbullying campaign, including direct threats. Another 100plus accounts and 800plus posts. Therefore would offer financial reward ( if your information is true and would lead to correct identification of those behind the accounts involved in this organised unlawfull action) to anyone who provides it about these (seemingly, main drivers of the campaign) X accounts from the screenshot. Official investigation takes time,the requests to each jurisdiction, waiting for their response, etcetera. Would be great speeding up the process with your eventual help. You can send email via gofundme, mentioned above in my profile. The financial reward will be adequate depending on the data provided Please, no spam, misinformation, etcetera. Dont forget, the subject concerns the criminal case opened in Switzerland , don't joke or prank, for everyone's sake. Thank for your attention
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For those "chess community " members (including FIDE Fair Play committee) who pretend I haven't explained or published anything concerning the anticheating methodology we developed. In reality, I did long ago, in great detail (though not complete for evident reasons), including examples and videos/screenshots. Understandably, it's more comfortable pretending I never did, to avoid studying it and what we call it in russian ""уходить в несознанку" Thanks to @theworldchess there is no more cheap excuse of this kind. Part 1, to be continued worldchess.com/news/kramnik-…
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Btw, before publishing second part, quest for everyone What "type" of the best moves ( say, castle, taking back the pawn, opening up your king, etc.) is most difficult to find statistically, meaning highest percentage of miss of such opportunities, in GM games? One of many cheating detection parameters ( if a player finds "2 often" such first line moves), I am sure no existing system has. Try to guess, answer in part 2 x.com/VBkramnik/status/20542…

For those "chess community " members (including FIDE Fair Play committee) who pretend I haven't explained or published anything concerning the anticheating methodology we developed. In reality, I did long ago, in great detail (though not complete for evident reasons), including examples and videos/screenshots. Understandably, it's more comfortable pretending I never did, to avoid studying it and what we call it in russian ""уходить в несознанку" Thanks to @theworldchess there is no more cheap excuse of this kind. Part 1, to be continued worldchess.com/news/kramnik-…
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Vladimir Kramnik retweeted
Replying to @VBkramnik
@VBkramnik has been talking about fairplay for years. Now he is showing some of the concepts and math behind it. He said that he will be publishing it in parts, and happy to publish Part 1 today: worldchess.com/news/kramnik-…
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Funny, just some days ago, had dinner with a friend chessplayer. During the dinner he checked his X and said " Oh, @JoshNoLook published something a minute ago, so it's not your burner account? Everybody says it is" Or another friend said in this respect " don't bother,when they write this nonsense,they write not about you, they write about themselves" "Chess community" #growingchess 😁
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Disquasting, Mr.photographer @davidllada, typical chess world "fighter for truth and honesty" nowadays, unfortunately You just falsely accuse of dishonesty and ethnically low conduct someone who evidently is a long term target of alike disgracefull acts. I will not fall as low as "your friends" from " chess community" to start doing such things, I have that bare minimum of dignity and self respect not to, believe it or not No excuses, no regrets, just threw ridiculous insulting claim and went further, writing about "honesty, dignity and truth" and "how awful is acusing people of misconduct". I remember you being a decent person. Is it a virus spreading in chess world, infecting seemingly decent people starting evidently indecent behaviour and being proud of it, without slightest remorse or apologies? It's not social media amount of likes what matters, but a mirror at home, men. In my concervative view. x.com/VBkramnik/status/20536…
New portion of burner accounts created for serving one and only purpose ,spread dirt/profanities/threats towards me, is getting ready for investigators. Already hundreds. Boring work, but this practice of organising such criminal PR actions, must be stopped once and forever, in our chess world. And those who order this disgrace, must be found and legally punished, finally ⚖️. Worth spending time
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in general, understandable, reasons why this selfnominated "chess community" is engaged in smear campaign against me. I just put mirrors in front of them, and most of them dont enjoy the reflection. Making me responsible :)
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