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Daniel Naroditsky

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Daniel Naroditsky
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Naroditsky at Groningen, 2012
Country United States
Born (1995-11-09) November 9, 1995 (age 26)
San Mateo, California, U.S.
TitleGrandmaster
FIDE rating2616 (December 2021)
Peak rating2647[1]

Daniel Naroditsky (born November 9, 1995 in San Mateo, California), also known as Danya[2], is an American chess grandmaster. He published his first chess book at age 14.

Chess career

Naroditsky learned chess at age six from his father, Vladimir. He was soon taking serious chess lessons. In May 2007, he won the Northern California K-12 Chess Championship, the youngest player ever to do so. Later that year, Naroditsky won the Under-12 division of the World Youth Chess Championship with 9½/11.[3] In May 2008, he won the Northern California 9-12 Chess Championship.

At the 2010 U.S. Open, Naroditsky scored 7½/9 to share second through fifth places, behind Grandmaster Alejandro Ramírez and tied with Grandmasters Alexander Shabalov and Varuzhan Akobian. Naroditsky played in the 2011 U.S. Chess Championship but finished with more losses than wins. In July 2011 he earned his first Grandmaster norm. Naroditsky earned his second Grandmaster norm at the 2013 Philadelphia Open by tying for first place with GM Fidel Jimenez.[4] In 2014 Naroditsky tied for 1st–5th with Timur Gareev, Dávid Bérczes, Sergei Azarov and Sam Shankland in the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.[5]

In March 2014, Naroditsky was awarded the Samford Chess Fellowship.[6]

Naroditsky wrote "The Practical Endgame", a column in the Chess Life magazine,[7] from 2014-2020.[citation needed]

He is active on YouTube and Twitch, where he has over 100,000 subscribers and followers respectively. He plays on Chess.com under the handle DanielNaroditsky,[8] and on Lichess.org under the handle RebeccaHarris.[9]

Personal life

Naroditsky's parents are Jews from Russia. [10]Naroditsky graduated from Stanford University in 2019 with a degree in history. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he works as the resident Grandmaster of the Charlotte Chess Center.[11]

Books

  • Naroditsky, Daniel (2010). Mastering Positional Chess. New In Chess. ISBN 978-90-5691-310-6.
  • Naroditsky, Daniel (2012). Mastering Complex Endgames. New In Chess. ISBN 978-9056914059.

References

  1. ^ "Profile Info – Naroditsky, Daniel". International Chess Federation. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  2. ^ Pinhata (PedroPinhata), Pedro. "Daniel Naroditsky Signs On As Chess.com's New Lead Commentator". Chess.com. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  3. ^ World Youth Chess Championships 2007 - Home
  4. ^ "Philadelphia Open 2013 Standings – Open Section". CCA Chess Tournaments. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013.
  5. ^ "2014 Millionaire Chess Open - Open Section November 2014 United States of America". FIDE. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  6. ^ "2014 Samford Fellow: GM Daniel Naroditsky". US Chess. John Donaldson. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  7. ^ "US Chess Celebrates Its Award-Winning Journalists". United States Chess Federation. August 11, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  8. ^ https://www.chess.com/member/danielnaroditsky
  9. ^ "Magnus Carlsen wins third consecutive Lichess Titled Arena". Lichess. March 2, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  10. ^ Pine, Dan (April 7, 2006). "10-year-old-chess-champ-is-king-of-the-board". Jewish News of Northern California.
  11. ^ https://www.charlottechesscenter.org/staff Charlotte Chess Center Staff Page

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