India, Jan. 21 -- For months after 29-year-old chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky was found dead in his Charlotte home, the chess world was left with painful questions. The official announcement spoke of an "unexpected passing," but the circumstances hinted at a more complex tragedy brewing beneath the surface.

A newly released report from the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner now provides a stark answer, confirming a cause of death that follows a period of intense personal strain for the young champion.

The official cause of American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's death has been revealed as an accidental drug poisoning. This finding concludes one chapter of the tragedy but opens another, as the chess world exa...