Russian chess player (1944-2011).
Born September 25th, 1944 in Omsk.
Died December 24th, 2011 at 67 years old in Krasnodar. [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel