An 11-year-old boy Thomas Erbling was killed by his father who then killed himself during a child custody dispute in which the mother felt the boy was spending too much time playing in chess tournaments.
nj.com/union/index.ssf/2014/ … oling.html
Although this happened only a few hours ago both father and son are already listed as “deceased” on the USCF ratings website.
This is unbelievable. The kid was rated 2151 by the USCF. Only three weeks ago he played in a tournament called “Summer Madness” NJ where he lost one game to a low-rated player and dropped out. Now they are both listed as “deceased” on the USCF website even though they both died just hours ago. uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlTnmtHst.php?14095916
I am surprised nobody had posted this on the forums. This is clearly a USCF issue and a lot of players must know about it.