GM Daniel Naroditsky had several roles at Chess.com during his tragically short life—he would have turned 30 years old as we publish this article on November 9, 2025—but his first role was as an article author. One of Naroditsky's many impressive feats was publishing a book when he was just 14 years old, and he would bring that writing talent to Chess.com at the age of 18.
Danya's first article appeared on Chess.com in February of 2014. He would go on to write nearly 100 articles for Chess.com on a vast range of instructional topics, mainly in 2014 and 2015. On this page you can find links to all of these articles, as well as links to his 2019 video lessons and some of the biggest Chess.com broadcasts on which Danya commentated.
Danya's life and contributions to the game of chess amounted to far, far more than just his work for Chess.com, of course. In addition to Chess.com, his own channels, and two books, he also wrote for Chess Life and the New York Times. This page is not meant to be exhaustive, but just one permanent way through which you can grow more familiar with his brilliance as an educator and commentator. In other places, you can also read tributes from across the chess world or IM Danny Rensch's own memories of Danya.
Articles
Almost any chess topic you can think of—great players and games, tactical motifs and strategic considerations, the opening, middle, and ending segments of a game, and many others—there is a Daniel Naroditsky article about it on Chess.com. You can find them below.
| Date |
Article |
| Feb 21, 2014 |
Introduction to My Friday Columns |
| Feb 23, 2014 |
Queen: The Supporting Actress |
| Feb 28, 2014 |
Weak Squares? Who Cares? |
| Mar 2, 2014 |
The Positional Sacrifice |
| Mar 7, 2014 |
How to Ruin Your Pawn Structure |
| Mar 10, 2014 |
Mysterious GM Moves |
| Mar 15, 2014 |
Positional Combinations |
| Mar 16, 2014 |
Punishing Unsound Openings |
| Mar 23, 2014 |
The Art of Setting Traps |
| Apr 2, 2014 |
The Greek Gift Sacrifice Lives On! |
| Apr 15, 2014 |
Riskless Chess |
| Apr 25, 2014 |
How to Avoid Blunders, Part 1 |
| Apr 28, 2014 |
How to Avoid Blunders, Part 2 |
| May 23, 2014 |
Desperado Defense |
| May 30, 2014 |
Never Resign Prematurely! |
| Jun 6, 2014 |
Tal's Sacrifices Explained |
| Jun 13, 2014 |
Modern Chess Technique |
| Jun 20, 2014 |
Endgame Attacks, Part 1 |
| Jun 27, 2014 |
Endgame Attacks, Part 2 |
| Jul 4, 2014 |
Morphy's Sacrifices Explained |
| Jul 11, 2014 |
Don't Lose Trying Too Hard to Win |
| Jul 18, 2014 |
The Tactical Rook Lift |
| Jul 25, 2014 |
The Positional Rook Lift |
| Aug 1, 2014 |
How to Play Unorthodox Combinations |
| Aug 15, 2014 |
Rooks on the Seventh, Revisited |
| Aug 22, 2014 |
The Greatest Chess Upsets, Part 1 |
| Aug 29, 2014 |
More of the Greatest Chess Upsets |
| Sep 5, 2014 |
Brilliant Endgames, Shirov Style |
| Sep 12, 2014 |
How to Win Equal Positions |
| Sep 19, 2014 |
How to Steal a Chess Game |
| Sep 26, 2014 |
The Tactical Side of Petrosian You Didn't Know About! |
| Oct 3, 2014 |
Petrosian's Best Tactical Knockouts |
| Oct 10, 2014 |
The Move You Can't Afford to Miss |
| Oct 17, 2014 |
The Greatest Combinations You've Never Seen |
| Oct 24, 2014 |
More of the Greatest Combinations You've Never Seen |
| Oct 31, 2014 |
How to Understand Pawn Races |
| Nov 7, 2014 |
How Fabiano Caruana Wins |
| Nov 14, 2014 |
How To Save Yourself With Stalemate |
| Nov 21, 2014 |
Bobby Fischer's Beautiful Bishops |
| Nov 28, 2014 |
The Knockout Blow |
| Dec 5, 2014 |
How To Break Fortresses |
| Dec 12, 2014 |
The Double Attack |
| Dec 19, 2014 |
Overprotection, Decoded |
| Dec 26, 2014 |
The Secrets Of The Berlin Endgame |
| Jan 2, 2015 |
Punishing The Pawn Grabber! |
| Jan 9, 2015 |
Garry Kasparov's Best Attacks |
| Jan 16, 2015 |
Garry Kasparov's Best Attacks, Part 2 |
| Jan 23, 2015 |
The Two-Knight Advantage |
| Jan 30, 2015 |
How To Play A Counterblow |
| Feb 6, 2015 |
The Discovered Check, Reloaded |
| Feb 13, 2015 |
The Double Bishop Sacrifice |
| Feb 20, 2015 |
Magnus Carlsen's Best Positional Wins |
| Feb 27, 2015 |
Magnus Carlsen's Best Endgame Wins |
| Mar 6, 2015 |
Mastering The Queen Sacrifice |
| Mar 13, 2015 |
The Two Rook Endings You Must Know |
| Mar 20, 2015 |
In Pursuit Of Zugzwang |
| Mar 27, 2015 |
The King Hunt, Revealed |
| Apr 3, 2015 |
Mastering Opposite-Colored Bishops |
| Apr 10, 2015 |
How To Play A Brilliancy |
| Apr 17, 2015 |
Pawn Endgames: A Practical Guide |
| Apr 24, 2015 |
Beware Of Alekhine's Gun |
| May 1, 2015 |
Never Trust Your Opponent! |
| May 8, 2015 |
The Art Of Chess Defense |
| May 15, 2015 |
A Guide To Underpromotion |
| May 15, 2015 |
Can A GM And Rybka Beat Stockfish? |
| May 22, 2015 |
José Raúl Capablanca's Greatest Positional Wins |
| May 29, 2015 |
José Raúl Capablanca's World Championship Positional Wins |
| Jun 5, 2015 |
Mastering Your Chess Intuition |
| Jun 12, 2015 |
Mastering Your Tactical Intuition |
| Jun 19, 2015 |
How To Ignore A Threat And Win |
| Jun 26, 2015 |
Mastering Your Psychological Intuition |
| Jul 3, 2015 |
Understanding The Back Rank |
| Jul 10, 2015 |
How To Beat Magnus Carlsen |
| Jul 17, 2015 |
You Won't Believe These Miracles On The Chessboard |
| Jul 24, 2015 |
Tigran Petrosian’s Breathtaking Exchange Sacrifices |
| Jul 31, 2015 |
Who Is The Architect Of Modern Chess? |
| Aug 7, 2015 |
The Hardest Move To Make |
| Aug 13, 2015 |
The Modern Immortal By Wei Yi |
| Aug 21, 2015 |
The Rubinstein Maneuver |
| Aug 28, 2015 |
How To Play Plus-Equals Mode |
| Sep 4, 2015 |
Knights On The Rim Are Amazing |
| Sep 11, 2015 |
How To Survive A Chess Disaster |
| Sep 18, 2015 |
The Art Of Maneuvering |
| Sep 25, 2015 |
The King March |
| Oct 2, 2015 |
Bobby Fischer’s Overlooked Gem |
| Oct 10, 2015 |
Why Solving Studies Is So Important |
| Oct 16, 2015 |
The Positional Queen Sacrifice |
| Oct 23, 2015 |
Remembering IM Emory Tate |
| Oct 30, 2015 |
The Terrifying Grinder Of Chess |
| Nov 6, 2015 |
Blunders: A Grandmaster's Perspective |
| Nov 20, 2015 |
Turn Off The Autopilot! |
| Dec 15, 2015 |
3 Fun Chess Stories |
| Feb 2, 2016 |
The Anatomy Of A Chess Brilliancy |
| Feb 23, 2016 |
How To Use A Chess Computer |
| Apr 19, 2016 |
The Positional Threat |
| Aug 31, 2016 |
The Tactical Detector |
| May 3, 2018 |
The Blitz Chess Manifesto |
| Jul 5, 2018 |
The Art Of Time Management |
| Jan 24, 2020 |
The Chess Investigator: Analyze Your Mistakes |
Video Lessons
In 2019, Danya created a five-part Chess.com Lesson "How To Be Lucky In Chess." All links below.
Broadcasts
Finally, here are some of the Chess.com broadcasts with Naroditsky on commentary. The Best Of Daniel Naroditsky offers a larger playlist of highlights as well.
2023 Speed Chess Championship Finals between Carlsen and Nakamura
2024 Speed Chess Championship Finals between Carlsen and GM Alireza Firouzja
2021 Speed Chess Championship Finals between Nakamura and GM Wesley So
2021 World Cup Semifinal Tiebreaks between GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Carlsen
Conclusion
We hope that this page is a valuable resource for you and just one small way in which we can remember Danya. You can find even more videos of him at the YouTube playlist below:
