Yuri Averbakh: Russian chess player and author (1922–2022)
Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (Russian: Ю́рий Льво́вич Аверба́х; 8 February 1922 – 7 May 2022) was a Russian chess player and author.
He was the oldest living chess grandmaster at the time of his death. He was chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978.
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Averbakh was born in Kaluga. His father was a German Jew and his mother was Russian. Averbakh turned 100 in February 2022. He died four months later on 7 May 2022 in Moscow, Russia.
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