Two players die at world chess tournament in Norway

 The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament, which took place in Tromsø, Norway from August 1 to August 14 this year

Kurt Meier, 67, from Switzerland suffered a heart attack during his final match and later died in hospital on Thursday Aug 14,2014

Another player, from Uzbekistan was found dead in his hotel room on Thursday night

Norwegian police said they were not treating the deaths as suspicious

Norway police said on Twitter there was “no crime” suspected in either case and were not treating the deaths as suspicious.

While, tournament spokesman Jarle Heitmann said both died of natural causes.

'We regard these as tragic but natural deaths. When so many people are gathered for such a long time, these things can happen,' he said.

Jarle Heitmann said there was a brief moment of panic as emergency workers rushed to attend to the Seychelles player, as some participants apparently mistook their defibrillator for a gun and fled toward the exits.