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Daniel Naroditsky, a chess prodigy turned grandmaster who helped bring the centuries-old game into the digital age through livestreams and online lessons, has died at 29.

Naroditsky was considered one of the most influential voices in modern chess after building a major following on YouTube and Twitch, where thousands watched his educational videos.

He won the Under-12 world championship before becoming a grandmaster at 18 — the game’s highest title short of world champion.

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Naroditsky, the son of Jewish immigrants to the U.S. from Ukraine and Azerbaijan, also authored strategy books as a teenager, becoming one of the youngest published chess authors at age 14, releasing

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