In his last Twitch stream, three days before his death at age 29 on Oct. 19, chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky was typically thoughtful and articulate—but there seemed to be something bothering him.

“There’s a particular kind of comment that people from time to time express, which is always well intentioned. People who express this opinion are always doing it from a place of love,” he began, referring to a comment he had just seen on Reddit. “But I have an irrational, burning hatred of this opinion, which is based on complete and shocking ignorance of the situation. I really shouldn’t charge people with the crime of ignorance, and let it slide, but it can be hard sometimes.”

For the past year, Naroditsky had been tormented by his childhood hero, former world champion Vladimir Kramnik,

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