Daniel Naroditsky

American chess grandmaster, author, and commentator, often referred to as Danya. He won the Under-12 section of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2007 and the US Junior Championship in 2013, the same year he was officially awarded the grandmaster title at age 18.

While Naroditsky was consistently in the top 200 of FIDE's world rankings for classical chess, he was more proficient in faster time formats such as blitz chess, where he was consistently ranked top 25 in the world. He tied for first in the swiss-stage of the World Blitz Chess Championship 2024, but failed to advance to the playoffs on tiebreakers. Naroditsky also made educational chess content on YouTube and Twitch.

Naroditsky published the books "Mastering Positional Chess" in 2010, and "Mastering Complex Endgames" in 2012. He wrote "The Practical Endgame," a column in Chess Life Magazine, from 2014 to 2020. In 2022, Naroditsky wrote a series of 19 columns featuring chess puzzles based on historical games for The New York Times.

Daniel Naroditsky died on 19 October 2025, aged 29. The Charlotte Chess Center announced his death the following day, but did not cite a cause or provide a location.