Yuri Averbakh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yuri Averbakh

Russian chess player and author

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1922

Place of Birth: Kaluga, Kaluga Oblast, Russia

Profession: chess composer, chess player, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (Russian: ?´??? ????´??? ??????´?; born February 8, 1922) is a Soviet and Russian chess player and author.
As of 2018, 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.