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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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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.

I hadn't follow closely enough and wasn't aware - thanks for pointing out.

Kramnick accuses Danya of cheating (several pieces of circumstantial 'evidence' in the thread): https://x.com/VBkramnik/status/1911179469773033512

A tweet by IM Kostya Kavutskiy of ChessDojo from November 2024 (paraphrased):

> Our intention was to express concern for what's going on. Many of us supported Kramnik's fight against online cheating for some time.

> But then he started naming players left & right, some of whom were likely 100% innocent, who got their name dragged through the mud regardless. Kramnik also started naming actual children at one point, without any real evidence from what I could tell

> And it's not "just asking questions", it's casting aspersions. And the words of any world champion obviously carry a lot of responsibility.

https://x.com/hellokostya/status/1852388806143390131

Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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Really devastating. He was my favorite chess streamer and such a genuine person. I remember distinctly every time his opponent was suspected of cheating he was adamant in giving them the benefit of the doubt.

No matter what we find out in the next few days, I wish authorities had taken Kramnik’s cyber bullying more seriously. It’s a stain on chess that this is allowed to continue.

To take the conversation in a more technical direction, there are pretty clear parallels with “AI detector” technology which also could be (and I’m sure has been) life ruining. For both writing and chess, there are no authenticity detectors, only circumstantial evidence.

Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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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.

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Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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I'm not seeing anything on Dubov's Facebook page since April 9th. Can you provide a link?

I am going to delete this in 5min because I also can't find any public sources about this.

Can you provide the original (facebook) source? Because I can't even find that.
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