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Yuri Averbakh
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Russian chess grandmaster and author (1922–2022)
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Yuri Averbakh was a Soviet and Russian chess player, non-fiction writer, chess composer, and editor. Born in Kaluga in 1922, he held the titles of Grandmaster, International Master, International Judge of Chess Compositions, and International Arbiter. His field of work included chess, endgame analysis, and editing. He was a centenarian who died in Moscow in 2022.
Averbakh received several awards, including the Order of Friendship of Peoples, the Medal "For Labour Valour", and the title Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. He also received the Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin". His notable works include *Comprehensive chess endings - Volume 1*, *V poiskakh istiny*, *Shakhmatnai͡a shkola*, *Bishop endings*, and *Bishop v. knight endings*. He is buried at Troyekurovskoye cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Comprehensive chess endings - Volume 1
- V poiskakh istiny
- Shakhmatnai͡a shkola
- Bishop endings
- Bishop v. knight endings
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Film & TV
Kaluga, Russia
Known for
- Grandmaster1973
via TMDB
Key facts
- Native name
- Юрий Львович Авербах
- Born
- ( 1922-02-08 ) 8 February 1922, Kaluga , Russian SFSR
- Died
- 7 May 2022 (2022-05-07) (aged 100), Moscow , Russia
- Title
- Grandmaster (1952)
- Peak rating
- 2550 (July 1971)
- Peak ranking
- No. 32 (July 1971)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yury
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Kaluga
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- editor
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Religion
- fatalism
- Award
- Order of Honour
- Field of work
- editing
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Soviet Union
- Image
- Yuriy Averbakh 1963.jpg
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- Commons category
- Yuri Averbakh
- date of birth
- 1922-02-08
- Commons gallery
- Yuri Averbakh
- title of chess person
- International Arbiter
- Elo rating
- 2445
- date of death
- 2022-05-07
- name in native language
- Юрий Львович Авербах
- place of burial
- Troyekurovskoye cemetery
- subject has role
- centenarian
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Encyclopedic overview
Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (Russian: Юрий Львович Авербах; 8 February 1922 – 7 May 2022) was a Russian chess grandmaster and author. He was chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978. Averbakh was the first centenarian FIDE Grandmaster. Despite his eyesight and hearing having worsened, by his 100th birthday he continued to devote time to chess-related activities.
Early life
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