21 May 2017

10 Years Without Alexander Roshal

Relatives and colleagues commemorated a famous journalist.

A co-founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine 64 – Chess Review Alexander Roshal passed away on May 21, 2007. On Alexander Borisovich’s death anniversary, his relatives, friends, and collegues came to the Vostryakovo Cemetery in Moscow to lay flowers on his grave. 

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, RCF Executive Director Mark Glukhovsky, 64 - Chess Review publisher Igor Burshtein and other guests shared their memories about the prominent journalist and public person.

Photos by Boris Dolmatovsky