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Yuri Yeliseyev

1996 – 2016

Russian chess grandmaster

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Lived 1996 – 2016 (aged 20). Yuri Yeliseyev was a Russian chess player.

Urii Mikhailovich Eliseev (; 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. He won the Moscow Chess Championship in 2015 and the Moscow Open in 2016. He was ranked 212th in the world and 42nd in Russia, with an Elo rating of 2614.

Eliseev died in November 2016 at the age of 20 after falling from a balcony on the 12th floor of a Moscow apartment block. Grandmaster Daniil Dubov, who was a friend of Eliseev, wrote on social media that he slipped while trying to climb from a window to the balcony. Eliseev's flatmate, International Master Shamil Arslanov, told Russian TV that the parkour enthusiast "loved extreme things" and had climbed between the window and the balcony before.

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Caissa Award
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Yuri Eliseev, Urii Mikhailovich Eliseev

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Who was Yuri Yeliseyev?

Russian chess grandmaster (1996–2016)

When was Yuri Yeliseyev born?

Yuri Yeliseyev was born on 29 July 1996 in Moscow.

When did Yuri Yeliseyev die?

Yuri Yeliseyev died on 26 November 2016 in Moscow.

What was Yuri Yeliseyev's occupation?

Yuri Yeliseyev was a chess player.

What nationality was Yuri Yeliseyev?

Yuri Yeliseyev was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Yuri Yeliseyev

· Wikidata: Q16648225

· DBpedia: Urii Eliseev

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