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Young chess star couple are found dead after overdosing on laughing gas in Moscow NewsColony Two young Ukrainian chess stars have died in Moscow from a suspected overdose of laughing gas. Stanislav Bogdanovich, 26, a grandmaster, was his country’s former quick chess champion and his death came soon after he had controversially played online for Russia against Ukraine . His girlfriend Aleksandra Vernigora, 18, also a chess professional, was a student at Moscow State University and number 1,861 in FIDE rating. Aleksandra Vernigora, 18, (right) is pictured with Stanislav Bogdanovich, 26, (left) after a chess competition in Moscow before their death yesterday  Stanislav, who was a grandmaster, previously won Ukraine’s quick chess championships in 2013 Aleksandra is pictured before she was found dead at her family home in Moscow Their bodies were found by Aleksandra’s father at the family’s Moscow home on Kastanaeyvskaya Street. Balloons filled with nitrous o...