Daniel Naroditsky's Death Has A Drug Angle? Know His Net Worth Amid Speculations From Fans

Daniel Naroditsky, popularly known as Danya, had worn the hats of author, commentator, and content creator apart from being the U.S. chess Grandmaster. In a recent shock to his fans and fellow chess champions, Daniel's family announced that he had passed away on October 19, 2925. Although the cause of death has not been revealed yet, Russian Grandmaster, Vladimir Kramnik's many tweets before and after his death have hinted towards drug use. Amid these speculations, let's also take a look at Daniel Naroditsky's net worth. 

Daniel Naroditsky's net worth 

Daniel Naroditsky was also a Twitch streamer and YouTube content creator, apart from being a Grandmaster. His content revolved around chess. Daniel often played the game on Chess.com and Lichess.com. He was ranked very high frequently on both the website's leaderboard. The Grandmaster also used to educate his subscribers about chess through these streams on Twitch and YouTube. As a result, a huge part of his income source was these platforms.

Along with that, Daniel had also amassed significant earnings through prize money in competitive chess. He had minted over USD 100,000. Daniel had also won USD 17,920 in a 2021 online tournament, according to an eSports Earnings report. Celebrity Net Worth estimated his net worth between USD 500,000 and USD 1 million. Apart from this, Daniel had written three books on the game and was also a frequent collaborator with The New York Times' chess puzzle section. 

Vladimir Kramnik shared a tweet hinting at a drug use angle in Daniel Naroditsky's death at 29

In 2024, Daniel got into a controversy when he was accused of cheating in online chess by World Champion and Russian Grandmaster, Vladimir Kramnik. Daniel, who was known for not holding back and being upfront, called the Russian Grandmaster 'worse than dirt'. Now, after the passing of Daniel, Vladmir took to his X account and posted a screenshot of a text that he had received from someone after Daniel's last stream on Twitch. The texts showed concern about Daniel and alleged that it looked like he was on some substance. Vladimir then tweeted with the screenshot:

"What exactly happened? Because I received this two days ago from a friend of mine chess fan, and at least did what I could to warn people to do something urgently in my posts. To those who prefer blaming and shaming instead of helping. Awfull tradegy, hope properly investigated."

After coming to know about the young Grandmaster's death, Kramnik's first tweet accused his friends of trying to 'erase' the evidence of Daniel's 'alarming' behaviour. All these statements from the Russian grandmaster, along with the lack of a condolence message, have not been sitting well with the chess community and their fans. 

Since, Daniel last streamed a few days ago, Vladimir had been tweeting about his behaviour. Even before news about his death was confirmed, the Russian GM had been alleging substance abuse. In a tweet, which was posted a few hours before Daniel's family announced his death, Vladimir had subtly hinted towards his opinion that the U.S. Grandmaster was taking 'something else than sleeping pills'. Kramnik has been receiving massive outrage from Daniel's fans for supposedly trying to leverage his death. 

What are your thoughts on Vladimir Kramnik making these vague substance abuse allegations against Daniel Naroditsky after his death? 

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