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As Vladimir Kramnik ramped up accusations against Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, he expanded into another direction, calling out the Charlotte Chess Center for enabling a โblitz farming schemeโ for its top coaches Naroditsky and Oleksandr Bortnyk.
Including path to 2700+ FIDE blitz rating from 2630, playing almost 100 games against amateurs in events organized in a local club he and his friend Bortnyk (raised to 2755 also using this method) working as main coaches.
FM Peter Giannatos, founder of the Charlotte Chess Center, answered the accusations by inviting Vladimir Kramnik to play in a special double round robin blitz tournament.
However, Kramnik rejected the invite stating he never said anything against the Charlotte Chess Center, that the travel to US is long and he is not certain if he would get visa.