Serious allegations

Chess star alleged to have sent used condoms

Andrejs Strebkovs is said to have sent Anna Cramling Bellon used condoms.

(Bild: Instagram/ annacramling, X/Financiann)

Sex scandal surrounding the Latvian chess pro Andrejs Strebkovs. The 43-year-old was recently found guilty of sexually harassing at least 15 female players - some of the victims were minors, according to the indictment. The Swede Anna Cramling Bellon has now also made serious allegations ...

Although the 22-year-old avoided using the Latvian's name in the podcast "Sjakksnakk", she gave a clear indication of who she was talking about. The chess master had sent other female players letters with pornographic content and even used condoms, Cramling Bellon described. 

"The worst thing was that he pretended to be someone else when sending the letters. I opened the letter and thought it was from a friend. It's sick. I was completely horrified and thought: 'Why am I getting this? 

Outrage at the extent of the sentence
According to the chess federation, Strebkovs is said to have harassed female players over a period of ten years, while Cramling Bellon speaks of incidents that took place five years ago. The Latvian has also been banned for five years. Too little, says Cramling Bellon. "He should have been given at least 30 to 40 years. Five years is far too short. I don't understand what was going on. This man had the addresses of all these people and sent something so disgusting to these young girls. It's terrible," the Swede demands tougher measures.