David Navara, “I firmly believe that Mr Dvorkovich should resign”

In a brave public act, David Navara explains in details what he went through after the baseless accusations of Kramnik. Navara describes the emotional torture by Kramnik’s accusations, 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.

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.“