Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren: key obituary facts
Is Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren dead? Yes. Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren died on October 26, 2026, at age 88.
Cause of death: Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren known for?
He was a Mongolian chess player.
More about Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren
Born: 17 February 1938.
Place of birth: Buyant.
Gender: male.
Nationality: Mongolia.
Also known as: Lkhamsuren Myagmarsuren.
Title: International Master (1967).
Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren, a Mongolian chess master, died October 26, 2026, aged 88.
Born on February 17, 1938, in Buyant, in Mongolia’s Khovd aimag, he was also known as Lkhamsuren Myagmarsuren; his Mongolian name is rendered Lkhamsürengiin Myagmarsüren. Myagmarsuren won the West Asian zonal tournament in 1966 and earned the International Master title in 1967.
That year, he competed in the Interzonal tournament in Sousse, Tunisia, finishing in a tie for 19th and 20th place; Bent Larsen won the event. His results in other international tournaments stretched across a decade. In Dushanbe in 1962, he tied for fifth and sixth place, in an event won by Leonid Shamkovich. At Havana in 1967, he finished 12th; Vlastimil Hort won. He placed 16th at Tallinn in 1971, where Paul Keres and Mikhail Tal shared the win. In 1972, Myagmarsuren tied for eighth and ninth at the 10th Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica Zdrój, Poland; Jan Smejkal won. The record of those tournaments charts his appearances in events across Asia, Europe and the Caribbean, from a zonal championship to the Interzonal and the Rubinstein Memorial.