Urii Eliseev Explained
| Country: | Russia |
| Birth Date: | 29 July 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Russia |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
| Grandmaster (2013) |
| Peakrating: | 2614 (November 2016) |
Urii Mikhailovich Eliseev (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Елисеев; July 29, 1996 – November 26, 2016) was a Russian chess player. He won the Under-16 section of World Youth Chess Championship in 2012 and was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 2013 at the age of 17.[1] He won the Moscow Chess Championship in 2015[2] and the Moscow Open in 2016.[3] [4] He was ranked 212th in the world and 42nd in Russia, with an Elo rating of 2614.[5]
Eliseev died in November 2016 at the age of 20 after falling from a balcony on the 12th floor of a Moscow apartment block.[6] His death was reported by his friend and fellow Grandmaster Daniil Dubov, who said that Eliseev had been trying to climb from a window to the balcony but slipped.[7] Eliseev's flatmate told Russian TV that the parkour enthusiast "loved extreme things" and had climbed between the window and the balcony before.[7] [8]
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Notes and References
- News: Russian chess champion Yuri Yeliseyev dies after 'plunging from 12th floor balcony' in Moscow. Gillett. Francesca. 28 November 2016. London Evening Standard. 28 November 2016.
- Web site: Urii Eliseev and Daria Charochkina are new Moscow Champions. 2015-03-29. Chessdom. 2016-12-08.
- Web site: GM Urii Eliseev wins 2016 Moscow Open A. 2016-02-08. Chessdom. 2016-12-08. 2016-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160714130147/http://www.chessdom.com/gm-urii-eliseev-wins-2016-moscow-open-a/. dead.
- Web site: Talents shine in Moscow Open. Fischer. Johannes. 2016-02-09. ChessBase. 2016-12-08.
- Web site: 20-year-old GM Urii Eliseev dies after falling from the 12th floor. Banjan. Priyadarshan. 27 November 2016. Chessbase. 28 November 2016.
- Web site: Russian chess champion Yuri Yeliseyev dies in Moscow fall. 28 November 2016. BBC News. 28 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318182903/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38129713. 18 March 2020.
- News: Russian chess champion dies after falling from Moscow balcony. Luhn. Alec. 28 November 2016. The Guardian. 29 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20201019123639/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/nov/28/russian-chess-champion-dies-after-falling-from-moscow-balcony. 19 October 2020.
- Web site: A friend told how the Russian grandmaster Yuri Eliseev died. 27 November 2016. Ren tv. 1 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603105712/https://ren.tv/news/v-rossii/144516-drug-rasskazal-kak-umer-rossiiskii-grossmeister-iurii-eliseev. 3 June 2020.
