Urii Eliseev
CountryRussia
Born(1996-07-29)July 29, 1996
Moscow, Russia
DiedNovember 26, 2016(2016-11-26) (aged 20)
Moscow, Russia
TitleGrandmaster (2013)
Peak rating2614 (November 2016)

Urii Mikhailovich Eliseev (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Елисеев; July 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]

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. Archived from the original on 2016-07-14. 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. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  8. 1 2 Luhn, Alec (28 November 2016). "Russian chess champion dies after falling from Moscow balcony". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "A friend told how the Russian grandmaster Yuri Eliseev died". Ren tv. 27 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.


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