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Excellent story about Danya Naroditsky in the San Francisco Chronicle, with background details I’d never heard (e.g., Dana MacKenzie’s role in editing Danya’s first two books). www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/d...
This Bay Area prodigy helped pioneer the digital world of chess. It came to torment him
The 29-year-old chess grandmaster, who died this month, brought the game into a new streaming era, with sometimes toxic consequences.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM