American chess grandmaster dies
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US chess grandmaster’s mom speaks out as questions remain over death, Russian rival faces probe
Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky found dead after facing relentless cheating allegations from former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, his mother reveals.
Kramnik, 50, insinuated that his US rival was using footage of Naroditsky’s online games to claim that he was looking at a second screen on which he had a sophisticated computer program that could calculate millions of chess moves a second.
Chess prodigy Daniel Naroditsky, a popular American grandmaster, has passed away at 29. His death, announced on October 20, 2025, has sparked mystery. Naroditsky's final YouTube video, posted days before his death,
Colleagues say the American social media star became despondent after a former Russian champion accused him of using a computer to determine his moves