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Mastering Positional Chess Daniel Naroditsky every aspiring chess player wants to improve their positional understanding. In this ambitious work,

GM Daniel Naroditsky explains clear positional themes in complex settings. Drawing on his own games, those of US colleagues, and top-level grandmasters,

the prodigious author navigates chess strategy with the liveliness and clarity he later became famous for.

Mastering Positional Chess Daniel Naroditsky

Mastering Positional Chess was first published when Naroditsky was just 14. This edition has been significantly updated.

In the autumn of 2025, I was travelling to Charlotte, North Carolina, with various objectives. I was playing in the Fall ALTO tournament with a friend, who was playing

his first over the board tournament (and won his first game!), and was to discuss book projects with two authors. But a few days before my flight,

Updated and revised edition

I got the devastating news that Daniel Naroditsky had passed away at only 29. Later we would learn that he had died from a freak accident, having taken over the counter medicine in

inappropriate quantities. His heart stopped while he was watching TV late at night. It was already the strong desire for New In Chess to reissue Daniel’s two books,

written when he was very young and full of enthusiasm. Daniel had obvious reservations, feeling that the content was outdated. Being one of the world’s top commentators and chess

educators, Daniel knew what he was talking about. His reservations were founded in facts. Thus, when we talked to Daniel’s family and told them of the great many messages

we had received concerning reissuing these books after his death, it was agreed that we would edit and update the books, as we would as if they were a freshly submitted manuscript.

Mastering Positional Chess Daniel Naroditsky

Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025) became the World U12 Champion in 2007 and a Grandmaster at just 17 in 2013. He competed in the US Championship in 2021, defeating World No.

2 Fabiano Caruana. At his death in 2025, Naroditsky ranked 23rd in the world in blitz. Online, he was a respected and much-loved chess educator.

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