2 deaths overshadow end of Chess Olympiad

By Karl Ritter

Published August 15, 2014 3:14pm ET

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2 deaths overshadow end of Chess Olympiad — FILE - In this file photo taken August, 1, 2014, showing a chess board at the Chess Olympiad Norway 2014 in Tromsoe, Norway. The major international chess tournament in northern Norway ended Thursday Aug. 14, 2014, on a grim note, with one player dying in the middle of a game and another found dead in a hotel room. Organizers say a 67-year-old member of the Seychelles team collapsed and died during the final round, and another player from Uzbekistan, was found dead in a hotel room later Thursday. (AP Photo / Rune Stoltz Bertinussen, NTB scanpix, FILE) | Rune Stoltz Bertinussen

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A major international chess tournament in northern Norway ended on a grim note, with one player dying in the middle of a game and another found dead in a hotel room, organizers said Friday.

A 67-year-old member of the Seychelles team collapsed and died during the final round Thursday of the two-week Chess Olympiad in Tromsoe, tournament spokesman Jarle Heitmann said.

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