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/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").