Dmitry Svetushkin (Дмитрий Светушкин; Romanian: Dumitru Svetuşchin; 25 July 1980 – 4 September 2020) was a Moldovan chess player.
Dmitry Svetushkin | |
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Country | Moldova |
Born | Moldavian SSR | 25 July 1980
Died | 4 September 2020 Chișinău, Moldova | (aged 40)
Title | Grandmaster (2002) |
Peak rating | 2621 (November 2011) |
He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002; Svetushkin represented the Moldovan national team in the Chess Olympiad and the European Team Chess Championship.
In the 2014 Olympiad he achieved a rating performance of 2809, the fourth best on board two.[1]
Svetushkin died in the evening at the age of 40 in Chișinău, Moldova. He allegedly died from being highly suicidal by jumping from a 6th floor building after talking on the telephone.[11]