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Yuri Averbakh

Russian chess player and author (1922-2022).

Born February 8th, 1922 in Kaluga. [ref]

Died May 7th, 2022 at 100 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Occupations
chess composer, chess player, chess theoretician, non-fiction writer
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I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen