俄罗斯一位年仅20岁的国际象棋大师玩跑酷不幸丧命

 　　Russian chess champion Yuri Yeliseyev, 20, has died after falling from the balcony of a Moscow apartment block when his parkour practice went wrong.

　　现年20岁的俄罗斯国际象棋冠军尤里·埃利塞夫在练习跑酷时出现差错，从莫斯科公寓的阳台上掉了下去。

　　The chess grandmaster fell from the 12th floor of the apartment last Saturday and died before an ambulance arrived.

　　这位国际象棋大师是在上周六从12层的公寓阳台上坠落的，救护车没到就已经身亡。

　　俄罗斯一位年仅20岁的国际象棋大师玩跑酷不幸丧命

　　A fan of parkour, a sport involving climbing up and leaping from walls, buildings and roofs, Yeliseyev was seen performing stunts¹ over the summer by a neighbour, the Life channel reported.

　　据《生活频道》报道，尤里·埃利塞夫是跑酷迷，这项运动包括攀爬墙面、建筑和屋顶，然后再跳下来，夏天时，一名邻居就曾看到埃利塞夫在表演绝技。

　　Fellow grandmaster Daniil Dubov said on social media that Yeliseyev had been trying to climb from a window to a nearby balcony when he slipped.

　　他的伙伴、国际象棋大师丹尼尔·杜波夫在社交媒体上表示，当耶利塞耶夫滑落时，他一直试图从窗口爬到附近的阳台。

　　His flatmate, Shamil Arslanov told Ren TV that "Yuri loved extreme things" and had climbed between the window and the balcony in the past.

　　他的舍友沙米尔告诉Ren TV，埃利塞夫热爱“极限事物”，过去就曾在窗户和阳台间攀爬。

　　Yeliseyev became a grandmaster in 2013 and clinched² this year's Moscow Open. He is ranked 212th by the World Chess Federation³.

　　2013年，埃利塞夫被授予“象棋大师”称号，并且打入今年的莫斯科公开赛。在世界象棋联盟中排名第212位。

1 stunts   

n.惊人的表演( stunt的名词复数 )；（广告中）引人注目的花招；愚蠢行为；危险举动v.阻碍…发育[生长]，抑制，妨碍( stunt的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He did all his own stunts. 所有特技都是他自己演的。
• The plane did a few stunts before landing. 飞机着陆前做了一些特技。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 clinched   

v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）

参考例句：

• The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句

3 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。