This was one game he couldn’t win.

Daniel Naroditsky, one of the world’s greatest chess players, was a child prodigy who went on to become America’s greatest ambassador for the sport — before baseless allegations of cheating from his childhood hero broke his mental health months before he was found dead in his North Carolina home.

The 29-year-old was found unconscious on his couch on Sunday evening by fellow Grandmaster Oleksandr Bortnyk, who had gone to check on him after losing contact, the chess ace told a Twitch live stream on Monday. 9

Bortnyk, 29, said he let himself in after seeing the television was on, where he found Naroditsky’s lifeless body and called 911.

No cause of death has been given yet by cops, who are investigating it as a possible suicide or drug overdose ,

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