The death of Daniel Naroditsky sent shockwaves through the chess community when the news was broken by Charlottte Chess Centre late Monday night. World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura was the first to react to the loss, saying that he was devastated.

Later, Nakamura broke down during a livestream when discussing Naroditsky. During the stream, he was asked what would be the one thing he would say to Danya where he answered taht he would tell him to not let negativity get him down and to remember the good things.

“If there’s one thing I could say to him, it would probably be to remember all the good things, all the positive comments. Whether it’s on your videos, whether it was on your stream. To remember the positivity and to not let the negativity get you down,” he said.

Hikaru also answered what

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