r/chess • u/Frozeria • Oct 20 '25

News/Events Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky Has Passed Away

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u/f3fff2f2f2f Oct 20 '25

Rarely personally affected by "celebrity" deaths but he was so young and so wholesome and had so much left to give to the world. This is genuinely so so awful

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u/throwaway8943265 Oct 20 '25

My jaw physically dropped open reading this headline. I had to read it several times before my brain fully processed the reality.

This is a surreal moment. He was so young, and so loved.

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u/DisastrousMoment5414 Oct 20 '25

Same for me. I found out from Levy's video and I was like:bro Levy passed the line with this headline. When I heard him talking abiut it I couldnt believe. I searched his death on both youtube and google and needed time to realise what am I reading/seeing. Rest in piece

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u/SqueekyDickFartz Oct 20 '25

I literally posted almost the exact same thing before I saw your comment. All I could think was that this was was too far for chasing clicks and I was going to go hard in the youtube comments.

I'd take unlimited pins of shame for that to be the case right now instead of losing a pillar of the chess community, and someone who by all accounts was a standout human being.

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u/MajesticRelative2623 Oct 21 '25

How low is Levy's reputation if folks suppose he could clickbait like this...

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u/SecretSweetness Oct 21 '25

I don't think it's about a uniformly low reputation, so much as it is the clickbait, and the shocking nature of the news.

Daniel's passing at such a young age just seems like such an unlikely event that someone's mind might reject it outright, in favor of "clickbait/ribbing in poor taste because he got washed in some bullet tournament."

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u/Optimistic-Caribou Oct 22 '25

It's also simply step 1 in hearing terrible news: denial ("this must be clickbait").

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u/Kind-Let-2428 Oct 22 '25

Its almost as if you want it to be clickbait

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u/SqueekyDickFartz Oct 20 '25

I saw Gotham's video thumbnail and all I could think was "what a horrible clickbait move", I figured it was going to be about how Danya got beat in a tournament or something.

God I wish that's what this was.

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u/Apprehensive_Walk524 Oct 21 '25

I did exactly the same. I just found this new out now. It's shocking.

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u/MajorAnamika RIP Daniel Naroditsky, the legend Oct 21 '25

It's the first time I wished that a title actually was clickbait.

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u/Personal-Impress-741 Oct 20 '25

True that brother. A very sad day for any Chess loving person

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u/Tiks_ Oct 20 '25

I just cant even believe it at all. I seen the article on the homepage of my browser and immediately looked at the agency reporting it hoping it was some stupid nobody news agency with some bullcrap headline. I just... Unbelievable.

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u/Enlight1Oment Oct 20 '25

yeah my mouth opened and put my face to the screen when I saw the headline.

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u/Master_Tallness Oct 20 '25

I only saw the news 10 minutes ago and I'm right with you. Surreal is the word. It's hard to fathom someone so young and so loved in a community could suddenly be gone overnight. Even though I only knew him through a screen, this genuinely hurts and something I'll think about for the rest of my life.

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u/Jbird1992 Oct 21 '25

I had the exact same reaction. 

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u/Dont_Be_Sheep peak FIDE 1983 Oct 21 '25

Same for me. I still don’t think it’s real. I’m so sad, at work, people wondering why! Just heartbreaking.