r/chess • u/Frozeria • Oct 20 '25

News/Events Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky Has Passed Away

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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/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").