@Elroch - There was maybe an incident where Kramnik accused Woodward of cheating?
Regarding Naroditsky cause of death - its simply not public.
It might even stay that way.
Chess will never be solved, here's why
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Oct 21, 2025
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#21042
Optimissed wrote:
You even manage to use something like this to create bad feeling. Very sad.
A bad feeling for you, I guess, in that I dispelled your dubious pronouncement?
I have nothing but positive things to say about Naroditsky, Bortnyk, Belenkaya, etc. These people represent and model some of the best traits of humanity. Kramnik is vile, and all the more vile because he believes his own BS is correct regardless and contorts his narrative to fit. This vile trait exists in many.
Here we watch Kramnik's fading skills losing to a 14 year old FM. He calls his play suspect and reports him for cheating based on his predisposition to assume cheating and one move that Kramnik did not see. Rather than face the reality of his decline, he asserts that everyone must be cheating.
The stark difference between the two spliced-together stream commentaries is a microcosm of human enthusiasm and positivity versus bitterness and self-doubt being weaponized into accusations.
Oct 21, 2025
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#21044
DiogenesDue hat geschrieben:
Optimissed wrote:
Hightider wrote:
playerafar hat geschrieben:
RIP GM Daniel Naroditsky:
I really liked Daniel's teaching approach to the game:
"Naroditsky’s approach to chess instruction was both practical and philosophical. He believed that tactical awareness wasn’t just about memorizing patterns — it was about cultivating intuition and discipline. Here are some of his standout ideas:
“Detecting tactics is a skill, not a gift.” He often reminded viewers that tactical vision improves with deliberate practice. He encouraged solving puzzles and reviewing games to sharpen this skill.
“You don’t find tactics. You detect them.” This subtle distinction reflects his belief that tactics are often hidden in plain sight — and the key is training your mind to notice them rather than search blindly.
“The least valuable piece should perform the task.” A principle he repeated in his speedruns, emphasizing efficiency and smart resource allocation.
“Don’t react to every move. Ask what changed.” He taught players to pause and assess the position after each move, rather than rushing to respond.
“Calculation is overrated. Evaluation is underrated.” Naroditsky stressed that knowing what to calculate and why is more important than brute-force analysis."
I didn't know he died. Apparently suicide... Only way to solve chess, I suppose?
His popularity trapped him and it may have seemed there was no escape. What a pity. I thought it was suicide when no cause of death was given. It's usually the case. Then it turns out that a friend of his told him not to worry about anything.
You don't seem to know much about the situation.
The primary catalyst here was 10-12 months of constant online harassment from Kramnik and his cohort of followers. Naroditsky first pulled back from chess commentary 8 months ago, then eventually his streaming trickled down to nothing. A few days ago he posted a "comeback" speedrun video, and began streaming again...the last a 3 hour stream in which he was visibly distressed and struggling to the point that GMs were challenging him and then timing out and aborting games serially in order to try and stop him from going on with his stream. He had taken Benadryl and was nodding off while playing 3 min blitz, and was apologizing over and over to his chat and vowing to come back stronger than ever. He alluded to the Kramnik harassment several times.
The GM "blockade", a well-meaning effort, Naroditsky did not take well. Finally two friends showed up at his house and convinced him to end the stream and go to sleep. The next day, he was gone. GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, his closest friend, found him.
So, suicide or accidental overdose while in severe distress...either way, driven by harassment.
Naroditsky was a wonderful human being, and it's too bad that he could not see all the support and positivity around him as much as he could see the negativity and harassment.
Kramnik will probably be surprised to find himself on the other end of prolonged harassment, but he was perhaps unaware of Naroditsky's breadth of fans. Naroditsky's Pogchamps trainee, who has 17 million subscribers and 12 billion views on YouTube and almost 6 million watchers on Twitch, spoke about Kramnik today while honoring Naroditsky, and that is going not going to be a small ripple, being over 4 times the reach of GothamChess, the chess world's biggest content creator. He may be reaping a bit more than he has sown.
I was only half joking when I said the thing about the toxic chess community.
I'm sorry how did this go from a perfect game to talking about kramnik
Oct 30, 2025
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#21046
continuedkrombopulos22 wrote:
I'm sorry how did this go from a perfect game to talking about kramnik
The death of young GM Naroditsky was being discussed. A tragedy.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/elon-musk-trillion-dollar-pay-tesla-china-robots.html
Wrong! Might be solved ! 🤔 If only you'd put an entire industrial complex or something like that , to the task, probably with a little help from your friends
Let's say an “army” of humanoid robots called Optimus
What is solved?
Nov 20, 2025
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#21051
Optimissed hat geschrieben:
What is solved?
Many things. How to make alcohol. Every possible move and combination in Checkers. Global communication networks have a solution, too...
Lots of things.
So you have to be a little more specific.
Nov 20, 2025
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#21052
Hightider wrote:
Optimissed hat geschrieben:
What is solved?
Many things. How to make alcohol. Every possible move and combination in Checkers. Global communication networks have a solution, too...
Lots of things.
So you have to be a little more specific.
the 'what is solved?' question by Roger (Optimissed) apparently pertains to the previous page of this forum - page number 1055 - post #21,100 ...
chess.com pages are laid out in 20 posts per page -
but that might not always be the case apparently with particular devices or settings or if one is using 'the app' -
I don't claim to know because I don't use my phone for this website.
But many times people using phone/app have indicated the display is different.
The point is the bottom posts of the previous page don't show necessarily show up right away.
Also - there's settings as to most recent first - most recent last and so on.
And the mystery continues? Or just the mindless keystrokes instead?
Nov 20, 2025
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#21054
Which mystery?
There are many mysteries.
And - uh oh - its not A or B.
Nov 20, 2025
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#21055
Optimissed wrote:
What is solved?
"Solved" would mean finding an explanation/answer to a problem
Nov 20, 2025
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#21056
RoadOcean wrote:
chess will be solved
that was the 'trigger' post a few posts ago.
Nov 20, 2025
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#21057
playerafar hat geschrieben:
Hightider wrote:
Optimissed hat geschrieben:
What is solved?
Many things. How to make alcohol. Every possible move and combination in Checkers. Global communication networks have a solution, too...
Lots of things.
So you have to be a little more specific.
the 'what is solved?' question by Roger (Optimissed) apparently pertains to the previous page of this forum - page number 1055 - post #21,100 ...
chess.com pages are laid out in 20 posts per page -
but that might not always be the case apparently with particular devices or settings or if one is using 'the app' -
I don't claim to know because I don't use my phone for this website.
But many times people using phone/app have indicated the display is different.
The point is the bottom posts of the previous page don't show necessarily show up right away.
Also - there's settings as to most recent first - most recent last and so on.
If you are referencing to this reply https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-will-never-be-solved-heres-why?page=1055#comment-121991538Then I just want to point out, that he said "Will be solved" not "Is solved".
All this verbose bulldoodoo and you can't even get a basic reply right lmao
Nov 20, 2025
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#21058
Hightider wrote:
playerafar hat geschrieben:
Hightider wrote:
Optimissed hat geschrieben:
What is solved?
Many things. How to make alcohol. Every possible move and combination in Checkers. Global communication networks have a solution, too...
Lots of things.
So you have to be a little more specific.
the 'what is solved?' question by Roger (Optimissed) apparently pertains to the previous page of this forum - page number 1055 - post #21,100 ...
chess.com pages are laid out in 20 posts per page -
but that might not always be the case apparently with particular devices or settings or if one is using 'the app' -
I don't claim to know because I don't use my phone for this website.
But many times people using phone/app have indicated the display is different.
The point is the bottom posts of the previous page don't show necessarily show up right away.
Also - there's settings as to most recent first - most recent last and so on.
If you are referencing to this reply https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-will-never-be-solved-heres-why?page=1055#comment-121991538Then I just want to point out, that he said "Will be solved" not "Is solved".
All this verbose bulldoodoo and you can't even get a basic reply right lmao
I gave a post number from the previous page.
And the forum has over 20,000 posts making quite a 'verbose'.
Nov 20, 2025
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#21059
playerafar hat geschrieben:
Hightider wrote:
playerafar hat geschrieben:
Hightider wrote:
Optimissed hat geschrieben:
What is solved?
Many things. How to make alcohol. Every possible move and combination in Checkers. Global communication networks have a solution, too...
Lots of things.
So you have to be a little more specific.
the 'what is solved?' question by Roger (Optimissed) apparently pertains to the previous page of this forum - page number 1055 - post #21,100 ...
chess.com pages are laid out in 20 posts per page -
but that might not always be the case apparently with particular devices or settings or if one is using 'the app' -
I don't claim to know because I don't use my phone for this website.
But many times people using phone/app have indicated the display is different.
The point is the bottom posts of the previous page don't show necessarily show up right away.
Also - there's settings as to most recent first - most recent last and so on.
If you are referencing to this reply https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-will-never-be-solved-heres-why?page=1055#comment-121991538Then I just want to point out, that he said "Will be solved" not "Is solved".
All this verbose bulldoodoo and you can't even get a basic reply right lmao
I gave a post number from the previous page.
And the forum has over 20,000 posts making quite a 'verbose'.
I know you did. Hence why I clarified something, and then answered to it. You seemingly ignore the topic now and only focus on refuting verbose accusations. Are you aware that you are a troll?
RIP GM Daniel Naroditsky:
I really liked Daniel's teaching approach to the game:
"Naroditsky’s approach to chess instruction was both practical and philosophical. He believed that tactical awareness wasn’t just about memorizing patterns — it was about cultivating intuition and discipline. Here are some of his standout ideas:
“Detecting tactics is a skill, not a gift.” He often reminded viewers that tactical vision improves with deliberate practice. He encouraged solving puzzles and reviewing games to sharpen this skill.
“You don’t find tactics. You detect them.” This subtle distinction reflects his belief that tactics are often hidden in plain sight — and the key is training your mind to notice them rather than search blindly.
“The least valuable piece should perform the task.” A principle he repeated in his speedruns, emphasizing efficiency and smart resource allocation.
“Don’t react to every move. Ask what changed.” He taught players to pause and assess the position after each move, rather than rushing to respond.
“Calculation is overrated. Evaluation is underrated.” Naroditsky stressed that knowing what to calculate and why is more important than brute-force analysis."
I didn't know he died. Apparently suicide... Only way to solve chess, I suppose?
His popularity trapped him and it may have seemed there was no escape. What a pity. I thought it was suicide when no cause of death was given. It's usually the case. Then it turns out that a friend of his told him not to worry about anything.
You don't seem to know much about the situation.
The primary catalyst here was 10-12 months of constant online harassment from Kramnik and his cohort of followers. Naroditsky first pulled back from chess commentary 8 months ago, then eventually his streaming trickled down to nothing. A few days ago he posted a "comeback" speedrun video, and began streaming again...the last a 3 hour stream in which he was visibly distressed and struggling to the point that GMs were challenging him and then timing out and aborting games serially in order to try and stop him from going on with his stream. He had taken Benadryl and was nodding off while playing 3 min blitz, and was apologizing over and over to his chat and vowing to come back stronger than ever. He alluded to the Kramnik harassment several times.
The GM "blockade", a well-meaning effort, Naroditsky did not take well. Finally two friends showed up at his house and convinced him to end the stream and go to sleep. The next day, he was gone. GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, his closest friend, found him.
So, suicide or accidental overdose while in severe distress...either way, driven by harassment.
Naroditsky was a wonderful human being, and it's too bad that he could not see all the support and positivity around him as much as he could see the negativity and harassment.
Kramnik will probably be surprised to find himself on the other end of prolonged harassment, but he was perhaps unaware of Naroditsky's breadth of fans. Naroditsky's Pogchamps trainee, who has 17 million subscribers and 12 billion views on YouTube and almost 6 million watchers on Twitch, spoke about Kramnik today while honoring Naroditsky, and that is going not going to be a small ripple, being over 4 times the reach of GothamChess, the chess world's biggest content creator. He may be reaping a bit more than he has sown.
You even manage to use something like this to create bad feeling. Very sad.