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Naroditsky, seated, leans forward and gazes at a chess board
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Daniel Naroditsky, Jewish chess grandmaster and Bay Area native, dies at 29

by Grace Gilson October 21, 2025October 21, 2025

(JTA) — Daniel Naroditsky, a Jewish chess grandmaster and former child prodigy who became one of the game’s most popular voices through his streaming, commentary and teaching, has died at […]

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From fantasy to chess to Berkeley’s revolution: 6 reads by local authors

by Sue Fishkoff July 25, 2025July 28, 2025
Henry Lien (right) and fellow tutor Cesar Morales (left) react to students debating about what move to make, at San Pedro Elementary School, July 6, 2022. (Photo/Jeffrey Huang)
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Three years later, bar mitzvah boy’s gambit is still helping kids learn chess in San Rafael

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
simona staring intently at a chess board
Posted inJewish Life, Sports

This Marin chess queen, 14, has her sights set on games in Israel

max cherney by Max A. Cherney March 9, 2017

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