If you follow the chess world at all, this is devastating news.

I’ve watched my share of his chess streams and his commentaries - he seemed like a straight up super nice guy with an unbelievable talent at chess.

There’s a certain older GM that has basically been bullying people and making wild accusations about rated players who cheat at the game. He’s had his sites on Danya for a while - I hope none of that had anything to do with this….

RIP Danya

Edit: a word

No cause yet?

Tragic, no matter the cause. 😞

Danya might not have been the face of chess, but he was definitely well known if you played or watched chess streams. RIP, 29 is too young to go for someone so talented.

I don't normally get affected by celebrity deaths, but this is awful. Danya was one of the most kindhearted people in the chess community. As a commentator he made the game fun, accessible, and very entertaining. He was one of the very few people who both commentated regularly and still played at the highest level. He was a driven competitor, and was always a serious contender to win any speed chess event he was in.

What a huge blow to the chess community. :(

This is really sad, just yesterday at night I saw his last published video, starting another "speedrun" the name of that video hits really hard now.

Rest in peace. One of the best and had such great educational chess videos.

The world lost a good one.

I'm in shock. We lost a truly amazing player, teacher and person. RIP Danya.

Fuck, this is awful news. I loved watching his GM speedrun videos and his commentary was amazing. RIP Danya

💀RIP. You won't be forgotten.

Critikal created a great tribute to his mentor on YouTube, should go watch it. RIP

This one hits hard for me. I too, watched many of his content. I partially watched his last stream. Little did I know it would be the last.

You are loved.

Gah ... "tragically passes away" is just ... "Buy an obit."