Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster, the highest title given to competitors by the International Chess Federation, and a former Junior World Champion, has died. He was 29.
The Charlotte Chess Center, a chess center and academy in Charlotte, N.C., where Mr. Naroditsky was a head coach, announced the death in a statement on social media on Monday. The statement did not cite a cause or say where Mr. Naroditsky died.
In his short career, Mr. Naroditsky, who learned to play chess at age 6, became one of the game’s most accomplished players and a highly respected teacher, praised for his knowledge of the game and his ability to easily explain difficult concepts to his students.
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