How the Chess World reacted to Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's death

by Himank Ghosh - 23/10/2025

In an incredibly sad and shocking turn of events, the Charlotte Chess Club made an official announcement on 20th October, stating that Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has passed away at the age of 29. Known to millions of Chess fans worldwide, Daniel was an exceptionally strong speed chess player, an amazing chess coach, a very popular chess content creator, and a world-renowned chess commentator. It was a Black day for the Chess World, and all of the chess community was very emotional upon receiving the news of his passing. In this article, we show you how the Chess World reacted to this very sad news. This is a developing article, and we will keep updating the information. Photo: Charlotte Chess Center

In this article, we share with you how the Chess World reacted to the news of Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's sad and untimely passing. This was the official announcement by the Charlotte Chess Center - they shared the message from Daniel's family about his death:

Peter Giannatos, Founder of Charlotte Chess Center:

Grant Oen:

GM Oleksandr Bortnyk:

IM John Bartholomew:

WGM Dina Belenkaya:

GM Robert Hess:

IM Levy Rozman:

GM Nihal Sarin:

GM Arjun Erigaisi:

GM Alireza Firouzja:

GM Hikaru Nakamura:

GM Garry Kasparov:

GM Viswanathan Anand, Deputy President of FIDE:

GM Judit Polgar:

GM Susan Polgar:

GM Magnus Carlsen:

GM Peter Heine Nielsen:

IM Sagar Shah:

Amruta Mokal:

GM David Howell:

WGM Qiyu Zhou (Nemo):

GM Srinath Narayanan:

GM Wesley So:

GM Levon Aronian:

GM Fabiano Caruana:

GM Hans Niemann:

FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky:

FIDE (International Chess Federation):

WFM Anna Cramling:

WFM Alexandra Botez:

Chess Historian Douglas Griffin:

We will keep adding more information to this article. Meanwhile, we offer condolences to the family and loved ones of GM Daniel Naroditsky, and wish them strength to go through this extremely difficult time.

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