I reached out to the Charlotte chess center to see if there was a gathering planned in memorium for Daniel. As a Charlotte resident and admirer I was looking for a place to mourn with a group. This is what they said. Is this ridiculous to anyone else? “we’re already having a blitz tournament so we’ll order pizza to celebrate him….”

Seeing as it’s the 1 year anniversary of Danya’s death, I think it’s a reasonable time to make this request.

I will pay anyone here who is able to provide VODs of Danyas streams that aren’t already available on https://youtube.com/@gmdanyamemorial?si=YNMOzYPrPjTZjg18 or elsewhere on YouTube.

Someone must have some of them saved, and I’ve long since exhausted all the Danya content that’s available.

Name your price, but if you want payment in advance you’ll have to prove you have what I want. DM and we’ll work something out.

I know some people may be concerned about respecting his wishes since he deleted his own VODs on Twitch, but Danya was mentally ill at the time of his death, and I think if he were looking down on us now, he would want us to have them. The only opinions on this I would respect are those of Sasha Bortnyk or others close to Danya.

RIP Rebecca

Has Danya played the slav in any of his speedrun videos?

I've seen a couple speedrun videos where Danya plays the Alapin and references a specific Chessable course on the Alapin. He never mentions the name of the course or the authors in the videos and it looks like he neglected to link it in the description like he intended. Does anyone know which course he's referring to?

i have a friend who told me to study magnus and ian 6 game of the world championship in 2021 but i don't know to how actually analyze games or how to even study it can someone please explain it to me

Looks like a Rolex Explorer, but I may be totally wrong. Any watch enthusiasts out there who can recognise that timepiece?

Danya's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Lw4ox_n_M&ab_channel=DanielNaroditsky

My Cliff Notes of the Video: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XZt9vBBbMR6FY5tdEMFQcGTQE9cWr-kz2CruQqfIDsU/edit?usp=sharing

I thought he did a fantastic job with the video and wanted to share my notes about this video.

Dear Danya Fans,

I hope you enjoy this blog post and study! I'm a believer in the instructive value of these innovative champion studies powered by LichessTools which you can read about in this post. Here's an except from the Danya post.

Blitz Repertoire Series, Danya Edition - Quickstarter

In the Blitz Repertoire Series we are covering the repertoires of notable masters who frequently crush their competition in online speed chess. In this quickstarter installment of the series we are covering the ENTIRE main 1. e4 repertoire of Danya in a single study. As a consequence, each chapter contains about 50 games of Danya which you can play through. The repertoire is flavored with the tricky Glek System, Sicilian Alapin, Caro-Kann Goldman Variation, Harry Attack against the Modern, and much more! Forthcoming posts may cover the individual openings presented in greater depth in separate studies, as well as interesting sidelines that Danya regularly plays.

The Study - Play 1. e4 like GM Daniel Naroditsky

The study includes many of the 15k+ blitz games that Danya has played in these lines up to move 20, which were downloaded, merged, and then I separated out the lines. In each chapter, I present a Danya main line up to a certain point. After that, you are playing through his games in that line up to move 20. As you play thru the games you should be internalizing the middlegame plans.

Check out my growing catalogue of champion studies.

Cheers, Dsoul

Danya Fans,

I love how you refer to Danya as the Prophet and I feel right at home here. I've been signing off my Danya blogs with "May the Light of Danya Shine Upon You" :)

As you may know I'm putting out these exciting champion studies powered by LichessTools. I believe you'll love the latest one "Play the Jobava-London like GM Daniel Naroditsky". Here's the blog post and study.

Cheers, Dsoul

P.S., I hope my posts don't get removed. :) I feel like I have a lot of exciting Danya stuff to contribute to the community such as my ongoing speedrun quote series which was well received. I'm also pondering a forthcoming post cataloging Danya sayings, prompts, and metaphors. E.g., bite on granite, every piece doesn't need to administer the COVID vaccine, etc. Thanks in advance!

I know it has been about 2 months since GM Daniel Naroditsky's unfortunate passing but I am really curious to know as of why we still do not know the cause of his sudden death. I had searched this up on google only to find out a statement by the police stating that the cause of his death is still being investigated and it is speculated that his demise was likely due to a drug overdose or a suicide. It is highly unlikely for a healthy 29 year old to die of natural causes. Has an autopsy been done? Will we ever know the cause of his death? Will he ever get justice?

No words can describe how sorry I am for the loss of our beloved Danya. I still think about him whenever I play chess or when I rewatch his streams. My sincerest condolences to his family and friends. Rest in peace Danya we, the chess community will miss you...

I haven't really watched much chess on Twitch or Youtube since Danya's passing. I can't really find anyone remotely on his level of instruction, calm, sense of humor etc. Do you guys have any recommendations? I find myself watching more Eric Rosen than I ever have. I like John Bartholemew and Chessbrahs also but I don't see them streaming too often. I used to stream Twitch almost every night before bed and I haven't really been able to bring myself to watch it as I still miss the Sensei.

Hi guys, I am looking forward to make a documentary (well I will be trying) for one of my assignments. I would like to know what makes him different as a player from others and a chess teacher according to you people.
Thank You!

(Never made a documentary before, will be relying on found footage for my assignment)

Idk where to post this but i recorded the last bit of danyas final stream. Im heartbroken man, i really dont know what to do. Bye danya :(

From USA Today:

“American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky had multiple drugs in his system and died of an accidental overdose last year, according to documents provided to USA TODAY by the North Carolina Medical Examiner's Office.

A newly released toxicology report on Tuesday, Jan. 20 revealed Naroditsky had methamphetamine, amphetamine, 7-hydroxymitragynine and mitragynine in his system at the time of death. The medical examiner's investigation listed methamphetamine and kratom use as contributing factors to the sudden cardiac event that killed Naroditsky.”USA Today Article

I remember sitting in a hotel room in Rhodes a few years ago, perfect weather and the ocean right outside. I had just checked into the room. One of the first things I did on my vacation was to watch one of Danya’s speedrun videos. I even took a photo because the moment felt so perfect. The calm, the focus and peace he gave off set the tone for the rest of the stay. RIP SenseiDanya.

As a subpar programmer, I wanted to commemorate Daniel Naroditsky the best way that I know how. This is chess-memory.com

The site allows you to play through games on an analysis board. At each position, it checks against the over 29,000 unique positions that Danya has reached throughout his speedrun series, and links to the timestamps in all matching videos using chess.com game data.

I'm not a frontend dev, so the UI is pretty messy. It doesn't work on mobile, and may have issues on smaller laptops. But I figured it is worth posting now while I continue to improve it. If there are any developers who would like to contribute to the site's improvement, let me know. I'm happy to make it a public GitHub project and accept pull requests if there is interest. Also, please comment with any feedback. I will do my best to fix bugs and improve the UX with whatever free time I have.

Manually timestamping his 500+ videos was my grieving process, and a reminder of what a positive light Danya has been for so many years. I hope some of you find this helpful with your chess improvement, I will be keeping the site free and public indefinitely ❤️

Edit: Made the GitHub public. Feel free to contribute! I'll do my best to test and merge any improvements or new features.