Chess grandmaster and commentator Daniel Naroditsky has tragically passed away at the age of 29, it has been confirmed. “Let us remember Daniel for his passion and love for the game of chess,” the Naroditsky family expressed in a heartfelt post on X, “and for the joy and inspiration he brought to us all every day.”
The popular player’s family added, via the Charlotte Chess Centre: “It is with great sadness that we share the unexpected passing of Daniel Naroditsky. Daniel was a talented chess player, commentator and educator, and a cherished member of the chess community, admired and respected by fans and players around the world.”
The US and International chess federations are among those to have paid tribute to Naroditsky, alongside American world No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura, who said that he was “devastated” to hear the news.
Naroditsky, one of America’s most recognisable players and former world youth champion, had written and published a book on chess when he was only 14 – before going on to educate his followers on Twitch and YouTube alongside being a columnist for the New York Times.
He was working as a head coach for the Charlotte Chess Centre in North Carolina before his death, the cause of which has not been publicly disclosed.
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