🔸 Yuri Averbakh
🔸 Chess Grandmaster and Author
♦️ Yuri Averbakh is a Soviet and Russian chess player and author. As of 2017, he is the oldest living chess grandmaster. He was born in Kaluga, Russia. He was chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978.
🔹 Full name: Yuri Lvovich Averbakh
🔹 Country: Russia
🔹 Born: February 8, 1922 (age 96) Kaluga, Russian SFSR
🔹 Title: Grandmaster
🔹 FIDE rating : 2445 (February 2018)
🔹 Peak rating : 2550 (July 1971)
♦️ Yuri Averbakh won the USSR Championship in 1954 ahead of Mark Taimanov, Viktor Korchnoi, Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, Efim Geller and Salomon Flohr he was also equal first in the Soviet Championship of 1956, but lost in the playoff for first place. He won the Championship of Moscow in 1949 , 1950 , and 1962. He also won international tournaments in Vienna in 1961, Moscow in 1962 and Rio de Janeiro in 1965.
♦️ A memorable game by Averbakh 👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Viktor Korchnoi vs Yuri Averbakh
▪️ USSR Championship (1959), Tbilisi URS, rd 2, Jan-11
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B47)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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🔸 Chess Grandmaster and Author
♦️ Yuri Averbakh is a Soviet and Russian chess player and author. As of 2017, he is the oldest living chess grandmaster. He was born in Kaluga, Russia. He was chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978.
🔹 Full name: Yuri Lvovich Averbakh
🔹 Country: Russia
🔹 Born: February 8, 1922 (age 96) Kaluga, Russian SFSR
🔹 Title: Grandmaster
🔹 FIDE rating : 2445 (February 2018)
🔹 Peak rating : 2550 (July 1971)
♦️ Yuri Averbakh won the USSR Championship in 1954 ahead of Mark Taimanov, Viktor Korchnoi, Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, Efim Geller and Salomon Flohr he was also equal first in the Soviet Championship of 1956, but lost in the playoff for first place. He won the Championship of Moscow in 1949 , 1950 , and 1962. He also won international tournaments in Vienna in 1961, Moscow in 1962 and Rio de Janeiro in 1965.
♦️ A memorable game by Averbakh 👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Viktor Korchnoi vs Yuri Averbakh
▪️ USSR Championship (1959), Tbilisi URS, rd 2, Jan-11
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B47)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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▪️ Viktor Korchnoi vs Yuri Averbakh
▪️ USSR Championship (1959), Tbilisi URS, rd 2, Jan-11
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B47)
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▪️ USSR Championship (1959), Tbilisi URS, rd 2, Jan-11
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B47)
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📘 24.Qe3!
Using the queen to control dark squares. The d-pawn is unambiguously strong, the knights eyeing f7 and well placed to prevent any serious blockade on d6. Meanwhile white threatens g4, followed by f4 and g5.
Using the queen to control dark squares. The d-pawn is unambiguously strong, the knights eyeing f7 and well placed to prevent any serious blockade on d6. Meanwhile white threatens g4, followed by f4 and g5.
📕 18...Bc6!
The key move that secures the blockade of d5. 19.Nxc6 bxc6! Simple issues. d4 is more vulnerable than c6, and the choice of minor piece exchanges enhances this fact. OK, so the trade of dark-squared bishops is not necessarily detrimental to White who would also like to claim control over the blockading square c5, but he would very much like to still have a knight.
The key move that secures the blockade of d5. 19.Nxc6 bxc6! Simple issues. d4 is more vulnerable than c6, and the choice of minor piece exchanges enhances this fact. OK, so the trade of dark-squared bishops is not necessarily detrimental to White who would also like to claim control over the blockading square c5, but he would very much like to still have a knight.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 271
A: h4 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
C: Bf4 – 6
👍👍👍 29%
B: a4
▫️ 0%
👥 21 people voted so far.
A: h4 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
C: Bf4 – 6
👍👍👍 29%
B: a4
▫️ 0%
👥 21 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 272
anonymous poll
C: Bg5 – 18
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
B: Re1 – 5
👍👍 21%
A: Be3 – 1
▫️ 4%
👥 24 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
C: Bg5 – 18
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
B: Re1 – 5
👍👍 21%
A: Be3 – 1
▫️ 4%
👥 24 people voted so far.
IM Edward Lasker (1885-1981) wrote about chess, checkers, & Go. He was the founder of the American Go Association in 1934 & was the author of GO & GO Moku. He got Emanuel Lasker interested in Go. When Emanuel Lasker died his Go set was presented to West Point Military Academy.
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Opening ceremony, Amsterdam IBM, July 1971. Paul Keres, Vasily Smyslov, Max Euwe & Jan Timman.
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🔸International Fajr Cup (IRI) 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Gholami Aryan (2489)
⚫️Sedaghati Mehrdad (2215)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 4
⚪️Gholami Aryan (2489)
⚫️Sedaghati Mehrdad (2215)
🔸1-0