Below is an excerpt from David Navara’s post on Lichess:
“As most of you know, several months ago GM Kramnik published a Tweet concerning suspect play in Titled Tuesdays and I quickly reacted to this, sending a complaint to FIDE. Thinking about that topic mostly deteriorates both my mood and results. That said, I find it useful to correct some misunderstandings and misconceptions concerning my complaint.
Myth No. 1: David Navara sent an appeal to FIDE, complaining about GM Kramnik accusing him of cheating
This is completely untrue. I indeed sent a complaint to FIDE, complaining about GM Kramnikโs behavior. That said, I even explicitly mentioned that I was not sure whether he was accusing me or not.
Having been shocked by the tweet and very angry, I found it important to react quickly and resolutely. In hindsight, it might have been better to take more time and structure the text better.
I was basically complaining about four things:
- First, GM Kramnik has played Titled Tuesdays from an account of GM Dennis Khismatullin, which is an obvious violation of the terms of service for both players.
- Next, I am complaining about GM Kramnik publicly accusing many players including minors, often without sufficient arguments.
As far as I understand it now, GM Kramnik sees these as argumented concerns rather than accusations. That said, many of them have been perceived as accusations and the form in which they were presented by GM Kramnik makes them look very much like accusations, with the unpleasant consequences for the players who played fair yet became a target of suspicions.
Moreover, some of the concerns are very poorly argumented, as is the case with the Kramnik – Cherniaiev game from the 19th March 2024, where GM Kramnik made some strange statements concerning Tykhonโs move 26โฆd4, which was neither that strong, nor too hard to find. - Then I am complaining about GM Kramnik’s poor usage of statistics.
I admit that my claim that he does not understand statistics was too strong. That said, I insist that some case of his usage of statistic were wrong. For example the tacit assumption that the metric from the unfortunate tweet (the one which pushed me to complain, with me on the 3rd place) is very useful for a detection of (some type of) cheating. I will discuss the problems with the metric later, under the 4th myth.
While I understand that a poor usage of statistics in itself is not a problem to complain about, in the given context it is relevant. - Finally, I am complaining about the nature of GM Kramnik’s tweet, which was offensive (“Cheating Tuesdays”). Again, I will deal with this in the 4th myth.
The tweet obviously motivated me to submit a complaint, but its content was very different from what many people believe…”
Read the full blog post “Five big myths concerning my appeal to FIDE” on Lichess
