Death of chess champ Daniel Naroditsky investigated as possible suicide or overdose, police say

The death of American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky may have been the result of a drug overdose, and it is being investigated as a possible suicide, according to a police report released Thursday

The death of American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky may have been the result of a drug overdose, and it is being investigated as a possible suicide, according to a police report released Thursday.

The news came as some of the world's top chess players gathered in the San Francisco Bay Area to bid farewell to Naroditsky, 29, who was found unconscious this week at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina.

His older brother, Alan Naroditsky, said in a statement that "his death is a huge loss to us all."

"To the world, Daniel is the chess grandmaster, passionate commentator, and the gifted educator who we know and love," it said. "To me, he is all of those things — but he will always be Danya, my little brother."

Alan Naroditsky said that as children, they were "inseparable" and they shared a passion for the Golden State Warriors basketball team, as well as "trading puns and our massive repertoire of inside jokes."