pWotD Episode 3094: Daniel Naroditsky Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today. With 493,758 views on Tuesday, 21 October 2025 our article of the day is Daniel Naroditsky. Daniel "Danya" Naroditsky (November 9, 1995 – October 19, 2025) was an American chess grandmaster, author and commentator. He won the Under-12 section of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2007 and the US Junior Championship in 2013, the same year he was officially awarded the grandmaster title at age 18. While Naroditsky was consistently in the top 200 of FIDE's world rankings for classical chess, he was more proficient in faster time formats such as blitz chess, where he was consistently ranked top 25 in the world. He tied for first in the swiss-stage of the World Blitz Chess Championship 2024, but failed to advance to the playoffs on tiebreakers. Naroditsky also made educational chess content on YouTube and Twitch, published two chess books, and wrote columns for Chess Life and The New York Times. This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:41 UTC on Wednesday, 22 October 2025. For the full current version of the article, see Daniel Naroditsky on Wikipedia . This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes. Follow us on Bluesky at @wikioftheday.com . Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner , a current events podcast. Until next time, I'm standard Aditi.
