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Yuri Averbakh

1922 - 2022

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuri Averbakh is the 52nd most popular chess player (down from 43rd in 2019), the 653rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 708th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Yuri Averbakh ranks 52 out of 461. Before him are Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Jan Timman, László Szabó, Olga Rubtsova, Nigel Short, and Gioachino Greco. After him are Mir Sultan Khan, Henry Bird, Lajos Portisch, Andor Lilienthal, Dawid Janowski, and Carl Schlechter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Yuri Averbakh ranks 121. Before him are Pierre Hadot, Miloš Jakeš, Ferenc Deák, Sōsuke Uno, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, and Jenny-Wanda Barkmann. After him are John Christopher, Günter Behnisch, Juan Antonio Bardem, Jonas Mekas, Michael Ventris, and Francisco Aramburu. Among people deceased in 2022, Yuri Averbakh ranks 122. Before him are Andy Fletcher, Margaret Keane, David Trimble, Cüneyt Arkın, Jozef Tomko, and Joachim Streich. After him are Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Paul Sorvino, Mwai Kibaki, Christine McVie, and Margarita Lozano.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuri Averbakh ranks 653 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836), Alexander Sokurov (1951), Vladimir Minorsky (1877), Dmitry Muratov (1961), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), and Yaroslav of Tver (1230). After him are Viktor Hartmann (1834), Sophia Perovskaya (1853), Nikolai Ogarkov (1917), Alexander Bortnikov (1951), Lev Pontryagin (1908), and Sergey Taboritsky (1897).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Yuri Averbakh ranks 11. Before him are Vasily Smyslov (1921), Viktor Korchnoi (1931), Vera Menchik (1906), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Savielly Tartakower (1887), and Olga Rubtsova (1909). After him are Andor Lilienthal (1911), Alexander Kotov (1913), Semyon Alapin (1856), Elisaveta Bykova (1913), Vladimir Kramnik (1975), and Alexander Khalifman (1966).

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