Charlotte Chess Center on Instagram: "It is with great sadness that we share the unexpected passing of Daniel Naroditsky. Daniel was a talented chess player, educator, and cherished member of the chess community. He was also a loving son, brother, and loyal friend. We ask for privacy for Daniel’s family during this extremely difficult time. Let us honor Daniel by remembering his passion for chess and the inspiration he brought to us all."
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21K likes, 783 comments - charlottechesscenter on October 20, 2025: "It is with great sadness that we share the unexpected passing of Daniel Naroditsky. Daniel was a talented chess player, educator, and cherished member of the chess community. He was also a loving son, brother, and loyal friend. We ask for privacy for Daniel’s family during this extremely difficult time. Let us honor Daniel by remembering his passion for chess and the inspiration he brought to us all.".
  • SaraTonin@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 days ago

    FIDE chief Emil Sutovsky released a reprehensible statement on twitter (which I’m not going to link) where he briefly mentioned Danya and briefly said that Kramnik had behaved badly, and then spent a few paragraphs berating Naroditsky’s friends and family for not supporting him enough, while simultaneously admitting that he wasn’t friends with him and hadn’t spoken to him in 4 years.

    Nemo Zhou is going scorched-earth on him over it, and Levi “GothamChess” Rozman also released a video where he calls out Sutovsky: https://youtu.be/zY3P9Hx8Ep0

    It’s difficult to know what the fallout of all of this is going to be, but it certainly seems like we’ve reached some kind of tipping point.

    It’s worth pointing out that nobody yet knows the cause of death, but everybody - including those who knew Danya best - seems to unanimously agree that whatever the direct cause, Kramnik’s baseless accusations played a significant role.

    • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      FIDE is just such an awful cancer on the back of chess at this point.

      If Emil offers some backtracking apology, it shouldn’t be accepted. He’s too bereft of humanity to realize that perhaps the reason why people may have not wanted to support Danya as much publicly is because to do so would put you straight in the crosshairs of Kramnik, and no one want’s to be harassed for years by him.

      Where were they Emil? They were being forced to hide because your organization failed every player of the game, and as the head of the organization, that is your fault. FIDE should have illegitimized Kramink years ago.

      A new governing body for chess, made by the players of the game has to be established and FIDE should be boycotted into non-existence.

      • SaraTonin@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 days ago

        He hasn’t apologised, but he did make a gaslighting clarification. Nemo roasted him for it, so he blocked her.

        But here’s the true mark of when you know you’ve acted like a complete dick - Anna Cramling, of all people, has (politely, of course) called him out.