...or Hell, as the case may be! Sorry...these chess masters escaped my original death list. My bad. You will recognize them because their names were given to famous openings, attacks, and defenses. However, after googling 5 pages deep, I'm still unsure on the cause of death for most of them.
Anyway, here they are...
Sorted By Last Name: |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Cause of Death |
Age |
Year |
Alapin |
Semyon |
? |
66 |
1923 |
Albin |
Adolf |
TB |
71 |
1920 |
Blumenfeld |
Benjamin |
? |
62 |
1947 |
Caro |
Horatio |
? |
58 |
1920 |
Kann |
Markus |
? |
45 |
1886 |
Goring |
Carl |
Suicide |
38 |
1879 |
Grunfeld |
Ernst |
Obesity |
68 |
1962 |
Mieses |
Jacques |
? |
89 |
1954 |
Philador |
Francois |
? |
68 |
1795 |
Pirc |
Vasja |
? |
72 |
1980 |
Ponziani |
Domenico |
? |
76 |
1796 |
Smyslov |
Vasily |
Heart |
89 |
2010 |
Tarrasch |
Siegbert |
? |
71 |
1934 |
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Sorted By Age: |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Cause of Death |
Age |
Year |
Goring |
Carl |
Suicide |
38 |
1879 |
Kann |
Markus |
? |
45 |
1886 |
Caro |
Horatio |
? |
58 |
1920 |
Blumenfeld |
Benjamin |
? |
62 |
1947 |
Alapin |
Semyon |
? |
66 |
1923 |
Philador |
Francois |
? |
68 |
1795 |
Grunfeld |
Ernst |
Obesity |
68 |
1962 |
Albin |
Adolf |
TB |
71 |
1920 |
Tarrasch |
Siegbert |
? |
71 |
1934 |
Pirc |
Vasja |
? |
72 |
1980 |
Ponziani |
Domenico |
? |
76 |
1796 |
Mieses |
Jacques |
? |
89 |
1954 |
Smyslov |
Vasily |
Heart |
89 |
2010 |
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Sorted By Year: |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Cause of Death |
Age |
Year |
Philador |
Francois |
? |
68 |
1795 |
Ponziani |
Domenico |
? |
76 |
1796 |
Goring |
Carl |
Suicide |
38 |
1879 |
Kann |
Markus |
? |
45 |
1886 |
Caro |
Horatio |
? |
58 |
1920 |
Albin |
Adolf |
TB |
71 |
1920 |
Alapin |
Semyon |
? |
66 |
1923 |
Tarrasch |
Siegbert |
? |
71 |
1934 |
Blumenfeld |
Benjamin |
? |
62 |
1947 |
Mieses |
Jacques |
? |
89 |
1954 |
Grunfeld |
Ernst |
Obesity |
68 |
1962 |
Pirc |
Vasja |
? |
72 |
1980 |
Smyslov |
Vasily |
Heart |
89 |
2010 |
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