Did Cheating Accusations Have Anything to Do With the Death of a Daniel Naroditsky? NYT | Top Stories Jesse McKinley, Dylan Loeb McClain and Jonathan Abrams 26 October 2025 at 06:11 Daniel Naroditsky, a top American player with an online following, was found dead in Charlotte, N.C., after talking about being accused of cheating by a former world champion. © Travis Dove for The New York TimesDaniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster, in his home office in Charlotte, N.C., in 2022. On Monday, the news of his death stunned the chess world.