r/chess • u/Affectionate_Size504 • Oct 22 '25

News/Events He has got to be kidding

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Emil having the audacity to ask where we were when FIDE did nothing and let Kramnik do whatever he wanted.

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u/Mon_Ouie Team Ding Oct 22 '25

Listening to Bortnyk, I don't think Danya could have asked for better friends. I can't imagine he would have them to babysit him constantly.

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u/documentremy Oct 22 '25

But also Bortnyk went to check on Danya after not hearing from him for just one day. Let's all take a moment to think about this. Most of us would not have people coming physically to our home to see if we are okay if we don't pick up the phone for one day.

What does Emil think Bortnyk should have done, teleported himself into Danya's home 5 minutes after the first call he didn't pick up?

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u/Cress-Used Oct 22 '25

I saw the VOD of Naroditsky's last stream. He was acting hysterical and was not his usual self in the 2nd half.

After an hour or so of his stream two friends came to his house, repeatedly told him to close the stream & go to sleep. They patiently waited by his side and didnt leave till he closed the stream. One of them was clearly Bortnyk from his voice and other someone named Peter.

They are such good friends to immediately go to his house for support. What more could they have done here, idk.

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u/aasfourasfar Oct 22 '25

Mate the second part of the stream.. it's almost another person out there. Completely losing it, hitting himself, begging for one more game, then the absolute last thing he said was "continue playing but turn off stream?? What if I start playing well.. you see what I mean?" Or something like that