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'You Don't Get To Decide Who's A Doc': Vidit Gujrathi Claps Back At Social Media User
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Gujrathi hit back at a social media user who claimed that none of the GM's family members were truly doctors after the 30-year-old shared a post wishing his kin on doctor's day.
Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi clapped back at a social media user who claimed that none of the chess players' family members were truly doctors after the 30-year-old shared a post wishing his kin on doctors' day.
Gujrathi's father is an ayurvedic migraine specialist, and his mother is a cosmetologist. His sister is a physiotherapist while his wife has an MD in homeopathy.
'Happy Doctor's day to my entire family," Gujrathi's initial post read. A social media user claimed that, 'I am sorry but none of them are really doctors."
'Your entire brand and personality is built on insulting others. While you chase retweets by tearing people down, my family quietly heals lives without needing a spotlight. They've helped more people than your ego can count. Stay in your lane. And for a change, try being useful," the Chess player hit back.
Your entire brand and personality is built on insulting you chase retweets by tearing people down, my family quietly heals lives without needing a helped more people than your ego can in your lane. And for a change, try being useful. — Vidit Gujrathi (@viditchess) July 3, 2025
The user, 'TheLiverDoc', who is a Hepatologist, responded to Gujrathi in an attempt to clarify his comments with a lengthy post that read, 'Hello, Vidit. I am not a fan of chess, but you are an important person for our country and I did not mean to offend your family. I am sure they are good people. I was stating plain facts from a professional standpoint and I do not mince my words. You may call that ego or whatever, to console yourself, no problem."
'Your statement on Doctors Day claiming an Ayurveda practitioner, Homeopath, Cosmetologist and a Physiotherapist were doctors is wrong and I stand by my words. Doctors' Day in India marks both the birth and death anniversary of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, one of India's most revered physicians and a key figure in shaping the healthcare system," the update continued.
'Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Cosmetology or Physiotherapy are not realistic clinical medicine or and their practitioners are not clinical physicians. Physiotherapy is a legit branch of healthcare (adjunct to clinical medicine), but the rest are just plain sham – especially Homeopathy, which is also known as N*zi Medicine because H*tler tried to integrate it with conventional medicine at the time."
'You got all worked up and started personally attacking me because you were ignorant of this fact. I do not need to keep an ego towards a chess GM or his family. You don't make me insecure and your family is of no concern to me from a professional standpoint," he added.
'But what you claim them to be – has major public health consequence, because someone of your stature, being ignorant about science and health affects public perception of realistic healthcare and pseudoscientific practices," the user's post read.
'Your statements normalize pseudoscience and primitive therapies as healthcare practices when they are not. They are alternative medicine. And alternative medicine is medicine that is not proven to work. Just like there is no alternative chemistry, alternative physics or alternative mathematics, alternative medicine is also not medicine. And its practitioners are not doctors," he clarified.
'I am a certified internist with a doctorate in hepatology and liver transplant medicine with 260 peer reviewed scientific publications, 4400 citations and h-index of 30 (just for your information). You don't know me and how useful I am to my patients and their families. I suggest you do a bit of homework before throwing such childish tantrums."
'I am staying in my lane and always have. Calling out medical misinformation is what I do apart from being a full-time doctor. I suggest you stay in your lane and discuss more on chess. Sorry for the checkmate. And for a change, talk about chess and try being useful. All the best for your future matches," the user concluded.
Gujrathi responded to the user with a post that read, 'I made a simple post out of gratitude. I chose silence at first, because not every conversation deserves a response. But when it turned into mocking my family, I stepped in. If that means stepping out of my lane, so be it."
I made a simple post out of gratitude.I chose silence at first, because not every conversation deserves a when it turned into mocking my family, I stepped that means stepping out of my lane, so be and trolls like you don't get to decide who's a… — Vidit Gujrathi (@viditchess) July 3, 2025
'You and trolls like you don't get to decide who's a doctor. You have no authority to define others lives or dismiss their work. I've said my part. Now, back to what actually matters. No time for noise," the GM added.
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Chess India Vidit Gujrathi
Location :
New Delhi, India, India
First Published:
July 04, 2025, 09:02 IST
News sports 'You Don't Get To Decide Who's A Doc': Vidit Gujrathi Claps Back At Social Media User
