RIP Daniel Naroditsky, chess grandmaster

[Chet Lemon]

Only 29. Sudden and “unexpected.”

Ugh. Sounds like a really cool guy. I am a board game lover - particularly Scrabble - but chess flummoxes me. I have deep admiration for people like him who have mastered it. And sounds like he was a great teacher and advocate for the game, as well.

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[Slacker]

Checkmate, game over.


Too soon? Anyway, RIP, young man.
The chess world seems like a very neurotic place.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

I had the pleasure of

The chess world seems like a very neurotic place.

You kidding? Remember the sore loser who claimed the guy who beat him used vibrating anal beads to cheat? Remember Bobby Fischer?
Kasparov seems like a pretty decent guy, though.