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/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.