Andreiko's death & Sijbrands

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Andreiko's death & Sijbrands

Post by mman » Sat Jan 01, 2011 03:03

According to this:

http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/projec ... 15d6b60e5b

"Shortly after Sijbrands defeated him in the World Championship, Andreiko died under mysterious circumstances, and Sijbrands has harbored a vague feeling of guilt ever since."

Why? I understand Andreiko was murdered in his apartment in Riga. What circumstances were mysterious and why would Sijbrands feel guilty?

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Re: Andreiko's death & Sijbrands

Post by Hanco Elenbaas » Sat Jan 01, 2011 13:41

mman wrote:According to this:

http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/projec ... 15d6b60e5b

"Shortly after Sijbrands defeated him in the World Championship, Andreiko died under mysterious circumstances, and Sijbrands has harbored a vague feeling of guilt ever since."

Why? I understand Andreiko was murdered in his apartment in Riga. What circumstances were mysterious and why would Sijbrands feel guilty?
Nobody seems to know exactly who murdered Andris Andreiko and why, that's what's causing the mystery.

Sijbrands said he feels a bit guilty because Andreiko was more or less degraded in the Soviet Union after the lost match against Sijbrands in October 1973. Andreiko was murdered in March 1976. There's still a lot of speculation around the murder of Andreiko.

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Re: Andreiko's death & Sijbrands

Post by mman » Sat Jan 01, 2011 23:56

Hanco Elenbaas wrote:
mman wrote:According to this:
Nobody seems to know exactly who murdered Andris Andreiko and why, that's what's causing the mystery.

Sijbrands said he feels a bit guilty because Andreiko was more or less degraded in the Soviet Union after the lost match against Sijbrands in October 1973. Andreiko was murdered in March 1976. There's still a lot of speculation around the murder of Andreiko.
Hmmm. So what's the speculation? That he was murdered by the KGB for losing the match? You'd think Boris Spassky, who lost to Fischer in chess not long before, would have been a much bigger fish. Yet Spassky is still with us.

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Re: Andreiko's death & Sijbrands

Post by Hanco Elenbaas » Sun Jan 02, 2011 00:50

mman wrote:
Hanco Elenbaas wrote:
mman wrote:According to this:
Nobody seems to know exactly who murdered Andris Andreiko and why, that's what's causing the mystery.

Sijbrands said he feels a bit guilty because Andreiko was more or less degraded in the Soviet Union after the lost match against Sijbrands in October 1973. Andreiko was murdered in March 1976. There's still a lot of speculation around the murder of Andreiko.
Hmmm. So what's the speculation? That he was murdered by the KGB for losing the match? You'd think Boris Spassky, who lost to Fischer in chess not long before, would have been a much bigger fish. Yet Spassky is still with us.
There has been varied speculation. I've heard the director of the movie say all kinds of sensational nonsense after the premiere of his film during Amsterdam Documentay Film Festival, December 2009. It doesn't matter, especially when I don't know whom I'm talking to. :wink:

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