Peter Giannatos, a close friend of the chess star, tells PEOPLE about his friendship with Naroditsky and the final days before his death “He was a shining star of the chess community in many ways,” ...

The chess star, 29, was later pronounced dead on Oct. 19, per a police incident report Naroditsky was an internationally recognized chess icon and maintained a following of hundreds of thousands on ...

Says Peter Giannatos: “Daniel was somebody who cared about what other people thought of him, and that was because of his genuine kindness. He wanted to be a neutral figure, not a controversial figure.

Chess With Friends is an asynchronous take on the classic game of chess. Pick opponents at random, pick your friends, or "Pass and Play" locally. The game was taken offline on November 3, 2023. From ...

Peter Giannatos, a close friend of the chess star, tells PEOPLE about his friendship with Naroditsky and the final days before his death in October Daniel Naroditsky/Youtube Daniel Naroditsky, a chess ...

With that goal in mind, the Charlotte Chess Center founder sat down with The Charlotte Observer — in the shadow of a photograph of Naroditsky contemplating his next move — to share the fullest picture ...