Daniel Naroditsky died last year, leaving the global chess community stunned as the circumstances surrounding the American grandmaster's death were initially unclear. He was discovered unresponsive on his couch at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina, by fellow grandmaster Oleksandr Bortnyk.
Naroditsky was just 29 when he died on 19 October 2025. At the time, the official cause of death had not been established, as the coroner was still awaiting the results of his toxicology report.
