Chess Player Vladimir Kramnik Banned for One Year
棋手 Vladimir Kramnik 被禁賽一年
Introduction
The world chess group, FIDE, stopped Vladimir Kramnik from playing. He cannot play for at least one year.
世界棋聯 FIDE 禁止 Vladimir Kramnik 出賽，他至少一年內不能參賽。
Main Body
Kramnik said other players cheated. He said this in public. FIDE says this is wrong. He must tell the group in secret and show proof first.
Kramnik 表示其他棋手作弊，並在公開場合發表此言論。FIDE 認為這樣做是不正確的，他應先秘密通知該組織並提供證據。
Kramnik cannot play in FIDE games for two years. But he only stays away for one year if he is good. He must also do one year of free work to help people.
Kramnik 被禁止參加 FIDE 比賽兩年，但若表現良好，則僅需禁賽一年。此外，他還必須進行一年的義務工作以幫助他人。
Another player, Daniel Naroditsky, died in October 2025. He took too much medicine by mistake. Before he died, he said Kramnik's words made him very sad.
另一位棋手 Daniel Naroditsky 於 2025 年 10 月去世，原因是誤服藥物過量。他在去世前表示，Kramnik 的言論令他非常難過。
Some players like Magnus Carlsen are angry at Kramnik. Kramnik says the decision is not fair. He wants to fight the decision in court.
部分棋手（如 Magnus Carlsen）對 Kramnik 感到憤怒。Kramnik 則表示該決定不公平，並希望在法院對此決定提出挑戰。
Conclusion
Vladimir Kramnik cannot play chess for one year. He will try to change this decision.
Vladimir Kramnik 一年內不能下棋，他將嘗試改變這項決定。
Vocabulary Learning
🛑 The Power of "CANNOT"
In this story, we see a very important word for A2 students: cannot.
It is used to show that something is impossible or not allowed.
Examples from the text:
- He cannot play → (It is against the rules).
- Vladimir Kramnik cannot play chess → (He is banned).
💡 Simple Word Swap
When you want to say something is not possible, you can use these patterns:
Cannot Is not allowed to Must not
Check these out:
- He cannot play. He is not allowed to play.
- He cannot play. He must not play.
✍️ Quick Grammar Note
Cannot is just one word for Can not.
- Correct: I cannot go. ✅
- Correct: I can not go. ✅
Use cannot to sound more natural in your writing!