What is Igor Kurnosov?
[[File:Igor Kurnosov (cropped).JPG|thumb|200px|Igor Kurnosov on 14 May 2010.]] '''Igor Dmitrievich Kurnosov''' ({{Lang-ru|Игорь Дмитриевич Курносов}}; 30 May 1985 &ndash; 8 August 2013) was a [[Russians|Russian]] [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]]. In 2008, he won the [[Arctic Chess Challenge]]. He was also the winner of 2008/9 [[Hastings International Chess Congress|Hastings Masters]] tournament. Kurnosov died after he was hit by a car in the early hours of 8 August 2013 in his hometown of [[Chelyabinsk]]. He was aged 28.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessvibes.com/gm-igor-kurnosov-hit-by-car-dies-at-28|title=GM Igor Kurnosov hit by car, dies at 28|last=Doggers|first=Peter|date=8 August 2013|publisher=Chess Vibes|accessdate=22 February 2014|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017225246/http://www.chessvibes.com/gm-igor-kurnosov-hit-by-car-dies-at-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=49730 Igor Kurnosov] at [http://www.chessgames.com/ Chess Games] {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurnosov, Igor}} [[Category:1985 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Chess grandmasters]] [[Category:Russian chess players]] [[Category:Road accident deaths]] [[Category:People from Chelyabinsk Oblast]] {{Bio-stub}}