Has Andreas Duckstein, Austrian Chess Champion, died?

No, he just moved in with Polish-born Belgium champion Arthur Dunkelblum, which is to say, probably yes.

Thank you. Does anyone know where I can find a website which reliably tells about the players?

1) That was a "joke" as Dunkelblum died 30 years ago

2) I just wiki it and can usually find something unless the player is somewhat obscure

3) The Oxford Companion to Chess isn't bad for a book

However, they give the impression that Kavalek is still alive, however I can't be sure.

I believe he is still writing columns for the Washington Post?

Is that another "joke?"

No I was serious that time.

oh come on be serious goldendog  well if Duckstein  was still alive today he would be 82 year old ! now is he dead or not ?

I nominate kco. He even knows when Duckstein was born. Not bad.

I don't know, Lilienthal is 98, Smyslov is 88, Averbach is about 87, Gligoric is 86, and Taimanov is 83. He could easily be that age.

here is the lastest so far 'New York Time' but the event was in 1993

here is another one from chessgame but the spelling is different is spelt Dueckstein and his games go up to 1998. As far as I know he is still playing even in this year, 'click here'

 WTF... lol.. is it me or are 4/5 of those GMs Russian? 1 is Serbian but Serbia is related to Russia in some way :P

Well, if you want, I'll add 81 year old Benko, Portisch is 72, and Uhlmann is 74.