A major international chess tournament has been rocked after the sudden death of two players.
The two players died within hours of each other on the final day of competition.
Kurt Meier, a Swiss-born member of the Seychelles team suffered a heart attack while a member of the Uzbekistan team was found dead in his hotel room.
Both of the deaths were due to natural causes.
The tournament had 1,800 competitors from 174 countries, accompanied by more than 1,000 coaches and fans.
China won the men’s title and Russia won the women
The deaths has raised the issue about the dangers of the sport. Australian chess champion Ian Rogers, was forced to retire from the sport in 2007, after he was warned by his doctors that the stress of top-level competition was causing him serious health problems.
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i thought chess was a nice competive game not a killing competive game 🙁
OMG
Wow that is weard but chess championship is cool.
That’s sad but who was the Uzbekistan member?
That’s sad 🙁
I’m feel sorry for these 2
🙁
AHHHH!!! I play chess! will I die?
that was creapy
you shouldn’t play too much but you can, but if you get too stressed death is upon you!
for some reason the second death in the hotel room makes me wonder?!?!
I play chess at school and no one gets angry or upset which would make them have health problems. I love chess atually! the only problem is that I play it non-stop! Maybe I should tone it down a bit
Do not play chess at all
So sad
that is so sad but how
that was so freaky
that was so sad
OMG So sad
IT’S SAD
Chess is a good game it’s probably just natural.we all will have a serious injury