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Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (born February 8, 1922, in Kaluga, Russia) is a Russian chess player and author. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Kaluga01 0812 168gjpg|thumb|left|200px|Central Kaluga]]Kaluga01 0812 170g Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. His father was German Jewish,[1] and his ancestors came from Germany and were named Auerbach, meaning "meadow brook. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ " His mother was Russian. Both sets of grandparents disapproved of their marriage because his father was a likely atheist and his mother was Eastern Orthodox, as well as the fact that his maternal grandmother died very young so his mother was expected to look after the family. Atheism The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world Yuri himself calls himself a fatalist. Fatalism is a Philosophical doctrine emphasizing the subjugation of all events or actions to fate or inevitable predetermination

Yuri Averbakhat his 80th birthday
Yuri Averbakh
at his 80th birthday

His first major success was first place in the Moscow Championship of 1949, ahead of players such as Andor Lilienthal, Yakov Estrin and Vladimir Simagin. Andor (Andre Andrea Arnoldovich Lilienthal (born May 5 1911) is a Hungarian Chess Grandmaster. Yakov Borisovich Estrin ( April 21, 1923 – February 2, 1987) was a Russian Chess Grandmaster, theoretician and writer Vladimir Simagin (born Moscow June 21, 1919, died Kislovodsk September 25, 1968) was a Russian Grandmaster He became an International Grandmaster in 1952. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. In 1954 he won the USSR Chess Championship ahead of players including Mark Taimanov, Viktor Korchnoi, Tigran Petrosian, Efim Geller and Salo Flohr. This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (Марк Евгеньевич Тайманов (born February 7, 1926, Kharkov) is a leading Russian Chess Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (also Korchnoy Kortchnoy Kortschnoi etc Tigran Petrosian (Տիգրան Պետրոսյան ( June 17, 1929 &ndash August 13, 1984) was World Chess Champion from 1963 Efim Petrovich Geller (Ефим Петрович Геллер March 8 1925 &ndash November 17 1998) was a Soviet Chess Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr ( November 21, 1908 &ndash July 18, 1983) was a leading Czech and later Soviet Chess In the 1956 Championship he came equal first with Taimanov and Boris Spassky in the main event, finishing second after the playoff. Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij (Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian French Later Averbakh's daughter, Jane, would marry Taimanov. Averbakh's other major tournament victories included Vienna 1961 and Moscow 1962. He qualified for the 1953 Candidates' Tournament (the last stage to determine the challenger to the World Chess Champion), finishing joint tenth of the fifteen participants. See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess He also qualified for the 1958 Interzonal at Portorož, by finishing in fourth place at the 1958 USSR Championship at Riga. Portorož ( Portorose in Italian, literally "Port of Roses" also known in English and French under the name Portorose pronounced Portorosse At Portorož, he wound up in a tie for 7th through 11th places, half a point short of advancing to the Candidates' Tournament.

His solid style was difficult for many pure attackers to overcome, as he wrote: :". . . Nezhmetdinov, who if he had the attack, could kill anybody, including Tal. Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov (Рашид Гибятович Нежметдинов Рәшит Һибәт улы Нәҗметдинов|Räşit Hibät ulı Näcmetdinov næʑmetˈdinəf}} Mikhail Tal (Mihails Tāls Михаил Нехемьевич Таль Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal, mʲixa'iɫ̺ n̻ʲɛ'xɛmjɛvʲiʨ t̺al̻ sometimes transliterated Mihails But my score against him was something like 8½–½ because I did not give him any possibility for an active game. In such cases he would immediately start to spoil his position because he was looking for complications. "

Averbakh was also a major endgame study composer. An endgame study, or just study, is a composed Chess position — that is one that has been made up rather than one from an actual game — presented as a sort of He published more than 100 studies, many of which have given notable contributions to endgame theory. In 1956 he was given by FIDE the title of International Judge of Chess Compositions and in 1969 he became an International Arbiter. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the International Judge of Chess Compositions is a title award by FIDE via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC to individuals who have judged In Chess, International Arbiter is a title awarded by FIDE to individuals deemed capable of acting as arbiter in important chess matches (the arbiters are responsible Averbakh was also an important chess journalist and author. He edited the Soviet chess periodicals Shakhmaty v SSSR and Shakhmaty biuletin. From 1956 to 1962 he edited (with Vitaly Chekhover and others) a four-volume anthology on the endgame, Shakhmatnye okonchaniya (revised in 1980-84 and translated as Comprehensive Chess Endings, five volumes). Vitaly Chekhover (also spelled Checkover, Tschechower or Czechower, pronounced "chekh a VYAIR" ( Russian: Виталий Чеховер In Chess, the endgame (or end game or ending) refers to the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board

Averbakh is the eponym of several opening variations, perhaps most notably the Averbakh System in the King's Indian Defence: 1. In Chess the word " opening " has two common meanings both of which are discussed in this article The King's Indian Defence is a common Chess opening. It arises after the moves 1 d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5.

Averbakh in 2007
Averbakh in 2007

Writings

References

  1. ^ Yuri Averbakh turns 85, Chessbase, 8-2-2007

External links

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