


Shahade told CNN she had notified the US Chess Federation and the prominent Saint Louis Chess Club - where Ramirez served as a resident Grandmaster - of the alleged transgressions in 2020. Superimposing today’s mores on erroneous recitals of acts of yesteryear is a recipe for disaster for both the accused and the accuser.” The Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the accusations, quoted Watkins as saying, “At some point we are all compelled to take pause and reflect on the reality that unsubstantiated, temporally aged, and concurrent use of social media to incite a ‘Me Too’ call-to-arms runs afoul of every constitutional safeguard we have always held so dear. Watkins, who replied, “I have been directed to respect the confidentiality I was advised would purportedly attach to pending investigative undertakings.”

CNN has reached out to Ramirez for comment about the accusations through his lawyer Albert S.
