The bar is pretty high.
In January 1942, Russian Chessmaster Samuil Vainshtein died of starvation in Leningrad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuil_Vainshtein
http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/Chess_Tragedies.htm
This tournament is east of the Urals, so...
Leningrad?
One town is very like another when your head’s down over your pieces brother.