I have been waiting to hear the cause of death of 29 year old Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky. He was a popular chess Youtuber having made hundreds of videos.
The police said that they were investing his death as a possible suicide or drug overdose. His family was requesting privacy, so I am not sure if we will hear the official cause of death.
The night before Naroditsky died, he was playing a marathon session almost till morning. He may have been streaming his games at the time. Reportedly, some of his friends tried to intervene, saying that he was playing himself to exhaustion. He said that he was fine.
I looked at his history on chess.com. He lost his last 6 games, which is when he probably decided to stop playing. In his last game he hung a rook before resigning, which is rare for a Grandmaster. It probably shows that he was exhausted. Hanging a rook is an unfortunate way to end one's chess career.
Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik has shown paranoid levels of suspicion about online cheating. Although online cheating is a problem, Kramnik has accused way more people than what would be reasonable. He has accused some of the world's best players of cheating. In particular, he slandered Daniel Naroditsky for over a year in a way that was harmful and Naroditsky said caused him distress. Many people believed the former world champion.
Although we still don't know the cause of death for Daniel Naroditsky, the world chess federation (FIDE) is considering sanctions against Kramnik for what they perceive as improper behavior. They even tried to warn Kramnik that he was getting out of line.
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Best wishes,
John Coffey
http://www.entertainmentjourney.com
The night before Naroditsky died, he was playing a marathon session almost till morning. He may have been streaming his games at the time. Reportedly, some of his friends tried to intervene, saying that he was playing himself to exhaustion. He said that he was fine.
I looked at his history on chess.com. He lost his last 6 games, which is when he probably decided to stop playing. In his last game he hung a rook before resigning, which is rare for a Grandmaster. It probably shows that he was exhausted. Hanging a rook is an unfortunate way to end one's chess career.
Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik has shown paranoid levels of suspicion about online cheating. Although online cheating is a problem, Kramnik has accused way more people than what would be reasonable. He has accused some of the world's best players of cheating. In particular, he slandered Daniel Naroditsky for over a year in a way that was harmful and Naroditsky said caused him distress. Many people believed the former world champion.
Although we still don't know the cause of death for Daniel Naroditsky, the world chess federation (FIDE) is considering sanctions against Kramnik for what they perceive as improper behavior. They even tried to warn Kramnik that he was getting out of line.
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Best wishes,
John Coffey
http://www.entertainmentjourney.com
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