American chess prodigy had multiple drugs in system when found dead amid cheating controversy: report

A recently released toxicology study indicates American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, 29, had aggregate drugs successful his strategy erstwhile helium was recovered dormant successful his North Carolina location successful October.

The chess prodigy was recovered dormant Oct. 19 astatine his location successful Charlotte, aft household members said helium was accused of utilizing machine "chess engines" to cheat.

Naroditsky, who achieved the highest chess rubric astatine property 18, was recovered connected his sofa by chap grandmaster Oleksandr Bortnyk, the Daily Mail reported.

The International Chess Federation has opened an morals probe into Russian grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik’s, pictured, behaviour aft helium allegedly repeatedly accused U.S. grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky of cheating. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)

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He had methamphetamine, amphetamine, 7-hydroxymitragynine and mitragynine successful his strategy erstwhile helium died, according to a toxicology study provided to NBC News by the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Naroditsky's mode of decease has not yet been released.

About 1 twelvemonth earlier Naroditsky's death, Russian grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik accused him of cheating successful online chess, repeatedly posting astir the allegations connected societal media without providing evidence.

Daniel Naroditsky, pictured present arsenic a kid chess prodigy, went connected to go a grandmaster and starring online ambassador for the game. The Charlotte Chess Center announced his decease astatine property 29. (Getty Images)

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Naroditsky, who built a ample pursuing connected YouTube and Twitch, denied the allegations and accused Kramnik of trying to ruin his life, Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

Arkady Dvorkovich, the president of FIDE, the International Chess Federation, referred Kramnik’s statements to the morals and disciplinary commission, noting "appropriate action" would beryllium taken if grounds of harassment oregon bullying was found.

Naroditsky defeated Italian-American chess grandmaster Fabiano Caruana successful 2021, and maintained a apical 25 ranking passim his big career, winning the U.S. National Blitz Championship conscionable a fewer months earlier his death.

U.S. chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky appears during an online chess livestream.  (YouTube screenshot)

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The North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner declined Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.