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A US grandmaster, credited with helping introduce the game to a whole new audience, had to deal with unproven allegations of cheating that are believed to have taken a toll on him.
The death of 29-year-old US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky - credited with popularising the game and a high-speed version of it in the digital era - has reignited a debate over the allegations of cheating in the sport and the hostility he endured as a result of them.
Ukrainian grandmaster Oleksandr Bortnyk, a competitor and friend of Naroditsky, was concerned about him and went to check on him on October 19. Naroditsky was found unresponsive on a couch in his North Carolina home, Bortnyk recounted during an emotional livestream a day later.
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