Daniel Naroditsky is one of the most popular and richest Chess Grandmaster who was born on November 19, 1995 in San Mateo, California, United States.
Naroditsky learned chess at age six from his father, Vladimir; shortly thereafter, he started to take serious chess lessons. In May 2007, he won the Northern California K-12 Chess Championship, becoming the youngest player ever to do so. Later that year, Naroditsky won the Under-12 division of the World Youth Chess Championship with a score of 9½/11. In May 2008, he won the Northern California 9-12 Chess Championship.
Daniel keeps his hand in as an author with a well-received endgame column for “Chess Life” magazine. The column began in the mid 2010s.
