Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster, teacher and personality taken too young at 29. Just seemed the nicest guy and he’d retired from competitive chess, focusing on commentary and teaching.
He did some fun events like PogChamps and was also a streamer.
Rest in Peace, Danya.
He’d been suffering constant harassment and a stream of accusations from a nutty ex-World Champion and old man shouting at clouds Vladimir Kramnik, who hadn’t coped well with the emergence of online chess. And is just an old crank.
He did some fun events like PogChamps and was also a streamer.
Rest in Peace, Danya.
He’d been suffering constant harassment and a stream of accusations from a nutty ex-World Champion and old man shouting at clouds Vladimir Kramnik, who hadn’t coped well with the emergence of online chess. And is just an old crank.
Yeh. Just the absolute nicest guy. Like there are plenty of absolute pricks who are chess players and celebs right? (And people just cynically after money too in the borderline celebrity world) It’s an ego v ego sport.
The cause of death has been omitted from everything I’ve read, which usually has a particular meaning. I did hear he was found by a couple of his friends and colleagues at the chess centre in Charlotte where he worked…maybe lived nearby?
And you could see recently, like a light going out, how he was on streams or on friend’s podcasts.
He just seemed like the oldest head on a young body. The kind of guy who’d never be bothered by this crap.