Young British chess player falls to her death in Czech Republic

A young British chess player taking part in a chess tournament in the Czech Republic has died after a fall from her hotel room, the event's organisers said on Thursday. Jessie Gilbert, 19, fell from the eighth floor of her hotel in the town of Pardubice on Wednesday. A police spokeswoman said most likely nobody else was involved in the fall, but police are waiting for the results of the autopsy. Some 4,000 players of all categories from 50 countries are taking part in the Pardubice event, the biggest in the world, according to its organisers.