Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky’s friends were so alarmed by his disturbing, final live stream they desperately tried to pull the plug and get him to go to bed.

Peter Giannatos and grandmaster Oleksandr Bortnyk confirmed to the Daily Mail that they gave the 29-year-old chess superstar the ultimatum as he spiraled out of control in front of his Twitch viewers while playing online chess for his subscribers on Oct. 17, two days before they found him dead.

“Daniel, finish the stream,” Giannatos was heard ordering his wide-eyed pal off-camera. 5

Naroditsky — who discussed his anguish during the stream about unfounded accusations that he was a cheat — instead repeatedly pleaded to continue playing until his next loss, promising to hit the sack by 2 a.m.

“No, I’m going to unplug it

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