{ DANIEL NARODITSKY } 1995-2025 US GM, coach and commentator dies 29

Daniel Naroditsky, a chess Grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died Monday. He was 29.

- Agencies

The Charlotte Chess Center in North Carolina, where Naroditsky trained and worked asa coach, announced his death on social media, calling him “a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community.”

The cause of death was not immediately known.

Naroditsky became a GM at the age of I8. Years earlier, the California-born player won the Under 12 world championship and spent his teenage years writing chess strategy books as he climbed the world rankings.