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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 colechristensen »

DuperPower wrote: post #59
colechristensen wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Morbid curiosity is maybe natural but I think it's bad form for a bunch of online speculation into cause of death by armchair researchers. He's a real person and his family and friends are real people and they deserve freedom from that kind of speculation running wild across the Internet. There's no benefit for anyone, it's just curiosity that shouldn't be engaged in.

its not mórbid wanting to know if a Young person commited suicide

morbid curiosity literally curiosity about disease and death

I'm not sure what you think "morbid" means.

Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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Post by i_am_jl »

colechristensen wrote: post #61
DuperPower wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

its not mórbid wanting to know if a Young person commited suicide

morbid curiosity literally curiosity about disease and death I'm not sure what you think "morbid" means.

"Morbid" indicates that the curiosity about disease and death is unhealthy.

Describing a university course on infectious disease as "morbid" would be incorrect.

Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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Post by John23832 »

y-curious wrote: post #55
janalsncm wrote: post #42

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 t…

Yes, Kramnik’s BS was a large stressor on Danya and just a damn shame. Today is a dark day.

Kramnik frankly has proven himself to be a POS. Even outside of this context. He's been baselessly accusing everyone of cheating for years.

Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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Post by apt-apt-apt-apt »

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…

Just watched his last stream that people were talking about on reddit, and his behavior was definitely strange. Saying random stuff then nodding off halfway, and being aggravated to put it simply.

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Post by YZF »

greedo wrote: post #34

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 l…

Similar story. One of my new hobbies from Covid. Also maybe too damn old ;) Ben Finegold was my YouTube teacher for the most part. I'm still improving (a bit higher than you) and sometimes questioning my sanity of having spent so many hours playing chess online. It's an addiction ;)

Danya seemed like a great person. Someone you'd want to hang out with. A great chess player for sure. I heard the news earlier and was filled with sadness. Such a loss.

Re: Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died

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Post by [deleted] »

apt-apt-apt-apt wrote: post #66
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…

Just watched his last stream that people were talking about on reddit, and his behavior was definitely strange. Saying random stuff then nodding off halfway, and being aggravated to put it simply.

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