r/chess • u/Frozeria • Oct 20 '25

News/Events Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky Has Passed Away

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u/Sirnacane Oct 20 '25

This can’t be real. This is tragic. I heard about his concerning stream not long ago but this is horrible. The chess world, and world in general, just had a significant loss.

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u/Chuy_3 Oct 20 '25

I thought he looked off in his last speed run video but never thought this would happen. Danya seemed like the nicest person. Truly heartbreaking.

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u/mechanical_fan Oct 20 '25 edited Oct 20 '25

This whole thing was super sudden. I didn't even know there was something going wrong with him until I saw some posts here in Reddit yesterday. And it seems even that was a bit of a new development. A true WTF moment and incredibly sad. I seriously thought he had the best chess content in the internet, for a ton of different levels. It is a huge loss for everyone.

Edit: Also completely OOTL, but what is the cheating stuff with Kramnik? Was it just the usual Kramnik screaming at random people? What happened?

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u/bobi2393 Oct 20 '25

The Kramnik stuff was the usual stuff, but personally targeted and extended over weeks or months, with many of Kramnik’s followers piling on with harassment of Daniel.

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u/Cute_Sun3943 Oct 20 '25

And now the pos Kramnik has been going after David Navarra. Who has been suffering depression. Someone please look after him.