I'm usually not strongly affected by celebrity deaths; even if I admire and like a person, if I don't know them in person, there's limits to how strongly their passing can affect me. But I saw...
I'm usually not strongly affected by celebrity deaths; even if I admire and like a person, if I don't know them in person, there's limits to how strongly their passing can affect me. But I saw some clips from Danya's last stream, just a couple of days ago. He was clearly not well and a friend had to show up at his house and convince him to turn off the stream. That reminded me of myself in some of my darkest, worst moments. Then he was found dead, possibly not even 48 hours later. After a year-long harrassment campaign by his own childhood idol, Vladmir Kramnik, who baselessly accused him of cheating. That really hit hard.
I don't think I'll forget those brief clips. Especially with hindsight, it was genuinely haunting, but it was concerning even at the time. Everyone, take care of yourselves.
Let me share one video of how Danya would probably like to be remembered: here's his recap of how he beat Fabiano Caruana with black in the US Championship.
This is terrible, absolutely shocking news. Danya has been a staple of high-level chess commentary for a long time. He's loved by everyone in the community for his skills both as player and a...
This is terrible, absolutely shocking news.
Danya has been a staple of high-level chess commentary for a long time. He's loved by everyone in the community for his skills both as player and a commentator, but also because he's a genuinely good human. He will be so so missed.
He had been away for a little bit too... I fear it's somehow related this his passing.
This is so incredibly sad. Like other mentioned, based on everything we know from the internet, that was a remarkably nice dude. I enjoyed seeing him in the coverage and broadcast of chess events....
This is so incredibly sad. Like other mentioned, based on everything we know from the internet, that was a remarkably nice dude. I enjoyed seeing him in the coverage and broadcast of chess events. Always a positive presence.
I'm usually not strongly affected by celebrity deaths; even if I admire and like a person, if I don't know them in person, there's limits to how strongly their passing can affect me. But I saw some clips from Danya's last stream, just a couple of days ago. He was clearly not well and a friend had to show up at his house and convince him to turn off the stream. That reminded me of myself in some of my darkest, worst moments. Then he was found dead, possibly not even 48 hours later. After a year-long harrassment campaign by his own childhood idol, Vladmir Kramnik, who baselessly accused him of cheating. That really hit hard.
I don't think I'll forget those brief clips. Especially with hindsight, it was genuinely haunting, but it was concerning even at the time. Everyone, take care of yourselves.
Let me share one video of how Danya would probably like to be remembered: here's his recap of how he beat Fabiano Caruana with black in the US Championship.
This is terrible, absolutely shocking news.
Danya has been a staple of high-level chess commentary for a long time. He's loved by everyone in the community for his skills both as player and a commentator, but also because he's a genuinely good human. He will be so so missed.
He had been away for a little bit too... I fear it's somehow related this his passing.
This is so incredibly sad. Like other mentioned, based on everything we know from the internet, that was a remarkably nice dude. I enjoyed seeing him in the coverage and broadcast of chess events. Always a positive presence.