RIP...

Mark Taimanov and Urii Eliseev (he died en passant)

Originally posted by ketchuplover
Mark Taimanov and Urii Eliseev (he died en passant)

it's a shame

Originally posted by windmills
it's a shame

Tragic loss of Eliseev. He jumped from balcony to balcony as he had played chess.
I blame grayness of Russia, no other distractions except ugly scyscrapers, which call for crypto-suicide. .
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Originally posted by vandervelde
Tragic loss of Eliseev. He jumped from balcony to balcony as he had played chess.
I blame grayness of Russia, no other distractions except ugly scyscrapers, which call for crypto-suicide. .
[hidden]GM Daniil Dubov reported the incident on Facebook. He wrote in Russian: 'Last night a close friend was tragically killed. A brilliant chess player and an ...[text shortened]... the balcony of the twelfth floor, but it broke. I will write a lot more, but not now.'[/hidden]

Originally posted by sonhouse
I don't find Yuri on Fide rating list, there are a couple of other Eleseev's listed in the 2300 range though, one Russian and the other Ukranian.

Originally posted by Ragwort
This BBC article from a couple of days ago may give you more information. Sounds like a young talent cut off in his prime, and the spelling of his name may be more accurate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38129713

Originally posted by sonhouse
The article said he was GM at 17 but I still didn't find anything under their spelling either on the FIDE rating site.