Story highlights Russian chess prodigy Yuri Eliseev has died after falling from a Moscow balconyEliseev, 20, was a regular practitioner of the extreme sport parkour(CNN) A Russian chess grandmaster has died after plummeting from the 12th floor of a Moscow apartment block. Chess prodigy Yuri Eliseev, 20, is reported to have lost his grasp on a balcony rail while apparently practicing parkour -- the extreme sports discipline where people leap and hurdle through urban environments -- and attempting to reach a neighbor's balcony. "Tonight my close friend died - an outstanding chess player and analyst, one of the most talented people I know, Yura Yeliseyev," Daniil Dubov, another Russian chess prodigy wrote on Facebook in tribute to his friend. "He was trying to climb from the window onto a balcony on the 12th floor but lost his grip." Yuri Eliseev, pictured, first started playing chess at school.

Source: CNN November 28, 2016 16:07 UTC