Urii Eliseev

Urii Mikhailovich Eliseev (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Елисеев; August 29, 1996 – November 26, 2016[1]) 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.[2] He won the Moscow Chess Championship in 2015[3] and the Moscow Open in 2016.[4][5] He was ranked 212th in the world and 42nd in Russia, with an Elo rating of 2614.[6]

Eliseev died in November 2016 at the age of 20 after falling from a balcony on the 12th floor of a Moscow apartment block.[7] 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.[8] Eliseev's flatmate told Russian TV that the parkour enthusiast "loved extreme things" and had climbed between the window and the balcony before.[8][9] By looking at Eliseev's page on a social network you could see he had climbed balconies previously[10] and a photo was posted of him hanging by one hand from a balcony ledge.[11]

References
  1. Di Felice, Gino (2017), Chess International Title Holders, 1950–2016, McFarland, p. 87
  2. Gillett, Francesca (28 November 2016). "Russian chess champion Yuri Yeliseyev dies after 'plunging from 12th floor balcony' in Moscow". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. "Urii Eliseev and Daria Charochkina are new Moscow Champions". Chessdom. 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  4. "GM Urii Eliseev wins 2016 Moscow Open A". Chessdom. 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  5. Fischer, Johannes (2016-02-09). "Talents shine in Moscow Open". ChessBase. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  6. Banjan, Priyadarshan (27 November 2016). "20-year-old GM Urii Eliseev dies after falling from the 12th floor". Chessbase. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  7. "Russian chess champion Yuri Yeliseyev dies in Moscow fall". BBC News. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  8. Luhn, Alec (28 November 2016). "Russian chess champion dies after falling from Moscow balcony". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  9. "A friend told how the Russian grandmaster Yuri Eliseev died". Ren tv. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  10. Maryanchik, Natalya (27 November 2016). "Coach Eliseeva said that the deceased chess player was engaged in parkour". sport-express. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  11. "The trainer spoke about the dangerous hobby of the deceased grandmaster Eliseev". NTV. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2016.


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