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| Russian chess master Yuri Yeliseyev dies in Moscow fall | |
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| Russian chess master Yuri Yeliseyev, 20, has died after apparently plunging from a balcony on the 12th floor of a Moscow apartment block. | |
| A fellow chess grandmaster, Daniil Dubov, said Yeliseyev had been trying to reach another balcony but slipped. | A fellow chess grandmaster, Daniil Dubov, said Yeliseyev had been trying to reach another balcony but slipped. |
| Yeliseyev reportedly practised parkour, an urban challenge which involves climbing or leaping across roofs, fences or other man-made obstacles. | Yeliseyev reportedly practised parkour, an urban challenge which involves climbing or leaping across roofs, fences or other man-made obstacles. |
| He became world junior chess champion in 2012 and was a grandmaster aged 17. | He became world junior chess champion in 2012 and was a grandmaster aged 17. |
| He won the Moscow Open 2016 chess tournament and ranked 42nd among Russian grandmasters. His world ranking was 212. | He won the Moscow Open 2016 chess tournament and ranked 42nd among Russian grandmasters. His world ranking was 212. |
| Police quoted by Gazeta.ru news website said the marks on his body pointed to his having plunged from the 12th-floor balcony on Saturday night. | Police quoted by Gazeta.ru news website said the marks on his body pointed to his having plunged from the 12th-floor balcony on Saturday night. |
| "Tonight my close friend died - an outstanding chess player and analyst, one of the most talented people I know, Yura Yeliseyev," wrote Daniil Dubov on Facebook. | "Tonight my close friend died - an outstanding chess player and analyst, one of the most talented people I know, Yura Yeliseyev," wrote Daniil Dubov on Facebook. |
| "He was trying to climb from the window onto a balcony on the 12th floor but lost his grip." | "He was trying to climb from the window onto a balcony on the 12th floor but lost his grip." |
| The apartment block is on Moscow's Pyatnitskoye Avenue, in an area dominated by high-rise housing. | The apartment block is on Moscow's Pyatnitskoye Avenue, in an area dominated by high-rise housing. |
| The origins of parkour | The origins of parkour |
| The Russian chess team's national coach, Sergei Yanovsky, said Yeliseyev "was a very talented chess player, a very bright lad, he was always very popular in the team". | The Russian chess team's national coach, Sergei Yanovsky, said Yeliseyev "was a very talented chess player, a very bright lad, he was always very popular in the team". |
| "Yura always sought unusual methods in everything, he had a predilection for unorthodox solutions... This is a very heavy loss." | "Yura always sought unusual methods in everything, he had a predilection for unorthodox solutions... This is a very heavy loss." |
| Mr Yanovsky said Yeliseyev "even as a young boy always wanted to show his daring and climb to places. | Mr Yanovsky said Yeliseyev "even as a young boy always wanted to show his daring and climb to places. |
| "But he didn't go to extremes - he kept within sensible bounds. For example, he'd climb to a height of two metres (6.6ft) and walk along the edge just to show that he had a head for heights." | "But he didn't go to extremes - he kept within sensible bounds. For example, he'd climb to a height of two metres (6.6ft) and walk along the edge just to show that he had a head for heights." |
| Another Russian chess grandmaster - Mark Taimanov - died in St Petersburg on Monday aged 90. He was Soviet chess champion in 1956. | Another Russian chess grandmaster - Mark Taimanov - died in St Petersburg on Monday aged 90. He was Soviet chess champion in 1956. |
| Taimanov vied with US chess genius Bobby Fischer in 1971, in a bid to become world champion, but lost all six games. | Taimanov vied with US chess genius Bobby Fischer in 1971, in a bid to become world champion, but lost all six games. |
| Taimanov was part of an award-winning Soviet team and earned international respect for his contributions to chess theory. | Taimanov was part of an award-winning Soviet team and earned international respect for his contributions to chess theory. |