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Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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Post by JohnLocke4 »

greenavocado wrote: post #28
RandomBacon wrote: post #24

Regarding the flagged/dead comment that links to concern about Daniel Naroditsky's health a few days ago, I don't think burrying our heads in the sand is correct approach now. It might have been wise to respect his privacy and not talk about him publicly and while he was alive and could read it, but now that posting it cannot affect his mental health, perhaps mental health awareness is important to talk about. (A sid…

Could have been an adverse reaction to Benadryl or his sleep disturbances could have been a warning sign. "BeccaHarris: I took a Benadryl to make sure I got 8+ hours of sleep, it hit me a lot faster and harder than expected. before I knew it 15+ mins had passed and I nodded off a few times, and suddenly poeople were freaking ou" https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1obo71s/comment/nkhb... https://med.stanford.edu/…

I suggest we stop speculating about the cause of death and instead wait for an official announcement to be made. Please respect the family at this time.

Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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Post by monooso »

nomilk wrote: post #25
CalChris wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kramnick.

From what I understand, Kramnick pointed out Danya's behaviour was erratic and suspected alcohol or drug use (everyone else broached it much more sensitively, saying drugs was a ridiculous notion, and giving him space/privacy but perhaps suspecting possible mental health, mental breakdown, or maybe narcolepsy). Kramnick may have been forthright and lacking tact, but it was clear from Danya's behaviours that he sadly…

Kramnick repeatedly accused Danya of cheating, which prompted a lot of ongoing abuse from his acolytes. Danya spoke publicly about the stress this caused him several times.

Of course, as ever, Kramnick had nothing to back up his claims, a fact which in no way prevented him repeating them ad-nauseum.

That's not being "forthright" or "lacking tact". That's being an abusive asshole.

Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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Post by greedo »

I (like many) started playing chess online during COVID and despite being too damn old, I wanted to see how high I could climb in ratings. Soon I found Danya, then Gotham, then IMRosen. All who loved this damn game so much. Even found I liked Hikaru though as an oldster, so many of his memes went over my head.

I soon realized that no matter how hard I tried, I would never be ranked, and I was fine with that because lichess had become an outlet. An outlet from the horrors of COVID. An outlet from the shock of a brutal war in Europe. An outlet from my failing marriage. An outlet from the world turned upside down in the US. I could always find solace in a rapid game on lichess.

Danya... I plateaued around 1400 and often found it hard to follow his gameplay on his speed runs. He was thinking 4-5 moves ahead while I was trying to avoid simple blunders. But Danya was easy to listen to, humble, and he helped instill a love in me of being very honest in my game evaluation. He also seemed like an incredibly charitable player; when it was obvious someone was cheating, he always gave them the benefit of the doubt, even when stockfish made it clear what was happening. His charity and kindness was endearing.

The world is a much lesser place today.

Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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Post by mynameisvlad »

JohnLocke4 wrote: post #31
greenavocado wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could have been an adverse reaction to Benadryl or his sleep disturbances could have been a warning sign. "BeccaHarris: I took a Benadryl to make sure I got 8+ hours of sleep, it hit me a lot faster and harder than expected. before I knew it 15+ mins had passed and I nodded off a few times, and suddenly poeople were freaking ou" https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1obo71s/comment/nkhb... https://med.stanford.edu/…

I suggest we stop speculating about the cause of death and instead wait for an official announcement to be made. Please respect the family at this time.

I get respecting the family while grieving but let’s be real here, is anyone from the family realistically going to even find let alone care about random strangers speculating on a random internet platform that isn’t even related to chess?

The chance of this even reaching them is infinitesimally small. We’re not standing around talking about it with them in the room, we shouldn’t be pretending like we are.

Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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Post by hans0l074 »

A sad day for chess and chess fans around the world. I smiled when I saw this news posted here - Danya would have loved being among the nerds (I always saw him as one). I will never forget the final game, game 14 of WC2024 between Ding and Gukesh commentated by Peter Leko and Daniel. His reaction[1] at 4:18:40, when Ding blundered with Rf2 is priceless. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqA9mvyI0j4
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