WORLD TOP 10 CHESS GRANDMASTER GASHIMOV DIES OF BRAIN TUMOR AT 27

New York Times chess editor Dylan Loeb McClain confirms the death of Vugar Gashimov, age 27,  world top 10, Baku, Azerbaijan chess grandmaster. Mr.Gashimov, an exponent of  the nifty sharp blade-chess rock and roll akin to US chess great L. Christiansen … died Friday amidst German treatment for a brain tumor. Mr. Gashimov  once elo rated world 6th …  still ranked  10th following  his final great tourney, Tata Steel international/January 2012, when Mr .Gashimov became seriously ill.

— Jude Acers

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