No one has died from playing the game chess. But, rumors have spread that Chess had made grandmaster and well renowned, Bobby Fischer was crazy because of playing Chess.
David Forsyth - chess - died in 1909.
Ivan the Terrible died by having a stroke while playing chess
Ludwig Rellstab - chess player - died in 1983.
Adolf Stern - chess player - died in 1907.
John Littlewood - chess player - died in 2009.
Alan Phillips - chess player - died in 2009.
William Lewis - chess player - died in 1870.
Christian Poulsen - chess player - died in 1981.
Frank Anderson - chess player - died in 1980.
James Thompson - chess player - died in 1870.
Ed Edmondson - chess official - died in 1982.
Nenad Petrović - chess composer - died in 1989.