Watch US chessmaster Daniel Naroditsky's incoherent rambling in final video before his death

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00:00On the other hand, now he has 95, which I have to reckon with.

00:05This was the last video of Daniel Narodisky, the American chess grandmaster who died suddenly on

00:11October 19th. Amid baseless accusations of cheating by Russian former chess world champion

00:17Vladimir Kromnik, Narodisky had strenuously denied the allegations. In the concerning

00:22live stream on October 17th, the 29-year-old chess superstar from Charlotte, North Carolina,

00:27looked gaunt and distracted as he rambled about the feud. But the problem is ever since the Kromnik

00:33stuff, I feel like if I start doing well, people assume the worst of intentions. At another point,

00:41he appeared to suggest that the stream would be his final one after reading out a comment from

00:45a subscriber addressing the cheating allegations. This will not be the last time he faces criticism

00:50or trolling. Oh, it actually will be. Well, in this regard, it comes with the environment.

00:57And there's a reason people know I'm not to be f***ed with on this front.

01:04In his final send-off to viewers, he said...

01:05Thanks, everybody. Be well, be healthy, be safe. And I'll see you guys, win or lose,

01:12after the match.

01:13Narodisky's unexpected passing was announced in a joint statement by his chess club and his family.

01:18So far, no official cause of death has been announced. Charlotte police called it an active

01:23investigation. As for the Russian player Kromnik, he's been involved in various disputes with players

01:29and with chess.com, accusing the platform of facilitating cheating. A spokesperson for the

01:34site told The Post,

01:35Over the past several years, we have suspended Mr. Kromnik multiple times from our site for his

01:40repeated violations of our community policy. Despite our many warnings, he continued to push

01:45baseless conspiracy theories about other players. We have no information about the lawsuit because it

01:50hasn't been published in Swiss courts, but as soon as we do, we will vigorously respond.

01:55Narodisky was born and raised in the Bay Area and started playing chess at the young age of six.

02:00In 2007, he won the Under-12 Section of the World Youth Chess Championship. Then in 2013,

02:06he won the U.S. Junior Championship before becoming a Grand Master later that same year.

02:11Narodisky regularly competed in the U.S. Chess Championships and was frequently ranked in the

02:15top 200 players worldwide. He also authored two books, 2010's Mastering Positional Chess and 2014's

02:23Mastering Complex End Games. His family remembered him as not only a talented chess player and a

02:29cherished member of the community, but also as a loving son, brother, and a loyal friend to many.