"On Oct. 19, American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky was found dead in his Charlotte, N.C. home. He was a few weeks shy of his 30th birthday, and his death, which police say is being investigated as a possible overdose or suicide, has rocked the chess world. The U.S. Chess Championships held a moment of silence in his memory, tributes poured in from every corner of the chess community,"
"His parents emigrated from the Soviet Union and raised him in the Bay Area, where he first made a name for himself before bursting onto the international scene when he won the U-12 World Championships. The championship win earned him the title of Master, and he ascended smoothly to International Master and Grandmaster by the time he was 18. Naroditsky regularly partook in U.S. Chess Championships, once beating top American player Fabiano Caruana,"
Daniel Naroditsky was found dead on Oct. 19 in his Charlotte, N.C. home a few weeks before his 30th birthday; police say the death is being investigated as a possible overdose or suicide. The chess world responded with a U.S. Championships moment of silence, tributes, and FIDE's announcement of a special prize. Naroditsky rose from U-12 world champion to Grandmaster by 18 after his parents emigrated from the Soviet Union and raised him in the Bay Area. He excelled in blitz, bullet, and hyperbullet formats, defeated top players like Fabiano Caruana, and became a respected chess communicator. The circumstances of his death are complicated by a harsh campaign waged against him by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik.
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