Yuri Averbakh
1922
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2022
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Russia
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
occupation: chess player, non-fiction writer, chess composer, chess theoretician, editor
Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (Russian: Ю́рий Льво́вич Аверба́х; 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. He 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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