Alexander Roshal Passed Away at 71

One of the most influential chess journalists in formet Soviet Union, Russia and in the world, Alexander Borisovich Roshal died at 71. Roshal, was the editor-in-chief of the well-known Russian chess magazine, 64-Chess Review (64-Шахматное обозрение in Russian) which was closed in 1992 but then revived by none other than this respected chess journalist and former trainer.

Turkish Chess Federation expresses its sincere condolences to Roshal's family, Russian and world chess community. The honorable journalist will be sadly missed.

You can read the related news in ChessBase (English) , Chesspro (Russian) ve 64 (Russian) and the Condolences from the President of Kalmykia and FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (English) from the links above.

Photo: 64 web site