Prodigy of chess in Russia dies practicing parkour

A 20-year-old Russian chess prodigy dies practicing parkour

The chess prodigy Yuri Eliseev, 20, would have slipped when he was seized from a balcony apparently practicing parkour.

A Russian grandmaster chess died after falling from the 12th floor of an apartment building in Moscow.

The 20-year-old chess prodigy Yuri Eliseev would have slipped when he was seized from a balcony apparently practicing parkour - an extreme sports discipline in which people jumped and moved between obstacles in urban environments - and attempting to reach the balcony Of a neighbor.

"Tonight my close friend died: an extraordinary chess player and analyst, one of the most talented people I know, Yura Yeliseyev," wrote Daniil Dubov, another chess prodigy on Facebook.

"I tried to move from a window to a balcony on the 12th floor but lost his grip."

Last year, Eliseev was crowned champion in the competition of the Moscow Open 2016; Before he had obtained the title of great teacher of chess in 2013, to the 17 years.

Local authorities confirmed the death of a 20-year-old boy who fell from a building near the Pyatnitsky highway in Moscow. The Russian investigation committee said in a statement that the man who died on the spot for the wounds.

Authorities also said they were trying to determine the exact circumstances of the death, but several of their friends were present at the apartment and witnessed the tragic incident.

The Russian Chess Federation expressed "his sincere and deep condolences to the family and loved ones of Yuri Eliseev".