Posted on 08/15/2014 4:11:10 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
A second chess player died at the Norway Chess Olympiad in Tromsø on Thursday.
Police and medics were called to one of city's top hotels after the deceased was found alone in a hotel room at 10.30pm.
The male victim is the second chess participant to die on the same day, after a 67-year-old man collapsed and died in the main play arena while playing his match yesterday.
The second dead man was found in the Radisson Blu hotel in Tromsø on Thursday evening, a reporter from iTromso confirmed to The Local.
Police chief Gunnar Baardsen said to NTB: "There is no suspicion about anything criminal going on. This is a natural death." Jarle Heitmann, head of communication for the Chess Olympiad, confirmed to the newspaper “Nordlys”, a person was found dead on Thursday evening, but ask people to contact the police for more information.
Yesterday, in the main chess tournament hall, an elderly man died of a heart attack at around 4pm. Panic spread among players and spectators when some mistook the medic's defibrillator for an armed weapon and a terror attack was feared. Play was delayed for a few hours at the Olympiad on Thursday.
Troms police will release more information about the second death later on Friday.
http://www.thelocal.no/20140815/second-death-in-24-hours-at-chess-olympics
Are the Russians playing in this tournament?
Can’t we go back to kneecapping,....Tanya Harding style?
I am glad I play Mah Jongg and not chess. Chess sounlds like a dangerous game.
Those chess players. Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
My first thought.
Chess is racist. The White piece always goes first.
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble. Can’t be too careful with your company. I can feel the devil walking next to me.
Sounds like a perfect case for Lt. Columbo.
Chess has changed dramatically ever since the LGBTQ folks took over. It doesn’t matter who is playing, it always ends up with some queen wanting to take over and run everything...
I’m thinking ricin or Polonium on the pieces. Can’t get too excited about the contaminated queens they use.
More dangerous than football.
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Paging Hercule Poroit.
It is Putin. He does not like chess players.
Check for polonium-210
I believe Alexander Litvinenko liked chess.
Culture of violence ..... it was just a matter of time. Any of these guys have a history of being hotheads and throwing chess pieces? [/s]
Knights gettin out of hand
Jessica Felture. Fletcher. Whatever....
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