Daniel, who also went by the nickname ‘Danya,’ died at just 29 years old in 2025. Learn about the late chess grandmaster and his career here.

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster, author and popular streamer, has died. He was 29 years old. No cause of death was given for the man who became a grandmaster at 18. He was a head coach at the Charlotte Chess Center in Charlotte, N.C. The center announced his death.

The death of American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has sent shock waves through the professional chess world, with many top players blasting a Russian rival who accused him of cheating during online matches.