Yuri Averbakh

Yuri Averbakh Lvovitch (Russian Юрий Львович Авербах, scientific transliteration: Jurij L' vovič Averbach, born February 8, 1922 in Kaluga ) is a Russian chess master and functionary. Since the death of Andor Lilienthal, he is the oldest living chess grandmaster.

Yuri Averbakh learned chess as a 7- year-old. In 1938, he won the championship of the USSR students. In 1944 he received the title of champion of the USSR. Three times (1949, 1950, 1962) he won the championship of Moscow. In 1952 he was awarded the title of FIDE Grand Master. In the same year he was Interzonal Saltsjöbaden split 5 to 8, which meant a qualifier for the Candidates tournament in Zurich, at the Averbakh the 10th - 11th Was ranked. He then gave up his career as an engineer and devoted himself to chess.

1954 Averbakh won the USSR championship. In 1955, he lost in the comparison battle USSR - USA vs. Donald Byrne with 1:3 and was excluded for one year from the national team. He accompanied Boris Spassky as is secondary to the Youth World Championship in Antwerp in 1955. During the USSR championship in 1956 in Leningrad, he shared with Mark Taimanov and Boris Spassky places 1 to 3 When Interzonal in Portoroz 1958, he played his only tournament match against Bobby Fischer that ended in a draw. Fischer commented by saying: "I was afraid to lose to a Russian grandmaster, and he was afraid to lose to a child."

Averbakh won throughout his chess career a variety of tournament victories: 1 -2. in Dresden in 1956, first in Jakarta in 1956, first in Adelaide in 1960, first in Vienna in 1961, 1 -2. in Moscow in 1962, 1 -2. in Bucharest in 1971, 1 -2. in Polanica, 1st - 3rd in Manila in 1979.

In 1969 he was World Chess referee. He also served as referees during competition for the championship of the Professional Chess Association between Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short in London in 1993. Between 1973 and 1978 he was president of the Chess Federation of the USSR. He was also a long-time editor of the chess magazine Schachmaty v SSSR. In 2011 he published his autobiography in English under the title of Centre- stage and behind the scenes (ISBN 978-90-5691-364-9 ).

He gained high reputation in the circle of chess players as a writer and analyst, especially playoffs. He has more than 200 theoretical endgames, and a few studies composed, one of which received a trophy.

After Averbakh a variant is named in the King's Indian Defense: 1 d2 -d4 - f6 2.c2 - c4 Ng8 g7- g6 3 Nb1 - c3 Bf8 - g7 4.e2 -e4 d7 - d6 5 0-0 6 Lc1 Lf1 - e2 - g5 ( Averbakh system). Similarly, the structure of 3 c2 - c4 d7 - d6 4 Nb1 - c3 in Modern defense.

Awerbachs best historical Elo rating was 2715th This he achieved in 1957, remaining at number 8 in the world rankings.

Works on German

  • Yuri Averbakh: Textbook of the playoffs, part 1, Sports Verlag, Berlin, 1958
  • Yuri Averbakh: Textbook of the playoffs, Part 2, Sports Verlag, Berlin, 1960
  • Yuri Averbakh: Textbook of the playoffs, Part 3, Sports Verlag, Berlin, 1963
  • Yuri Averbakh: Textbook of the playoffs, Part 4, Sports Verlag, Berlin, 1964
  • Yuri Averbakh: Textbook of Chess Endings, Volume 1, Sports Verlag, Berlin, 1972
  • Yuri Averbakh: Textbook of Chess Endings, Volume 2, Sports Verlag, Berlin, 1972
  • Yuri Averbakh: Chess Tactics for Intermediate, Sports Verlag, Berlin, 1979
  • Yuri Averbakh: rook endings, Volume 1, Sports Verlag Berlin, 1986, ISBN 3-328-00091-7
  • Yuri Averbakh, Mikhail Bejlin: ABC of chess: a textbook for the beginners training, sports Verlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-328-00232-4
  • Yuri Averbakh: success in the endgame, Sports Verlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-328-00165-4
  • Yuri Averbakh: rook endings, Volume 2, Sports Verlag Berlin, 1988, ISBN 3-328-00092-5
  • Yuri Averbakh: Runners and Springer playoffs, Sports Verlag, Berlin, 1988 ISBN 3-328-00234-0
  • Yuri Averbakh: pawn endings, Sports Verlag, Berlin, 1988, ISBN 3-328-00236-7
  • Yuri Averbakh: playoffs knight against bishop, rook against minor piece, Sports Verlag Berlin, 1989, ISBN 3-328-00294-4
  • Yuri Averbakh: Ladies Playoffs: Lady against farmers; Lady against Lady; Dame vs rook; Lady and knight; Lady against bishop. Sports Verlag Berlin, 1990, ISBN 3-328-00335-5
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