Sunday, 27 November 2016

Chess Master Falls To His Death Doing Parkour


Story out of Moscow, Russia:

A prominent young chess grandmaster has died after falling from a balcony while undertaking the extreme sport of parkour, said police.

Yuri Eliseev, 20, died late on Saturday after falling from the 12th storey of his apartment building in Moscow, according to Russian news reports.

The reports quoted police saying Eliseev died while trying to reach the balcony of a neighbouring apartment.

Eliseev was the world under-16 chess champion in 2012 and was given grandmaster status at just 17. Cont.

Story from - Metro

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