Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster, author and popular streamer, has died. He was 29 years old. No cause of death was given for the man who became a grandmaster at 18. He was a head coach at the Charlotte Chess Center in Charlotte, N.C. The center announced his death.

US chess superstar Daniel Naroditsky faced repeated, unproven accusations of cheating by Russian rival before his death at 29

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