Daniel Naroditsky
Sign in to saveDaniel Aaron "Danya" Naroditsky was an American chess grandmaster, commentator, and content creator. During his career, he was widely considered one of the best speed chess players in the world and was consistently ranked among the top 25 players. His major tournament wins include the 2007 World Youth Championship, the 2013 U.S. Junior Championship, and the 2025 U.S. Blitz Championship. He became one of the youngest published authors in chess history at age 14 and earned the chess grandmaster title at age 17.
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- Born
- 1995-11-09
- Died
- 2025-10-19
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Mastering Complex Endgames
- Mastering Positional Chess
- Everyone's First Chess Workbook
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Key dates
- Born
- 9 November 1995
- Died
- 19 October 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Daniel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Mateo
- Place of death
- Charlotte
- Occupation
- chess player
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- United States
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1995 births2025 deaths21st-century American chess players21st-century American Jews21st-century American male writersAmerican chess writersAmerican male non-fiction writersAmerican people of Azerbaijani-Jewish descentAmerican people of Ukrainian-Jewish descentAmerican Twitch (service) streamersAmerican YouTubersChess Grandmasters