1944
Yuri Averbakh, 1944.
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Yuri Lvovich Averbakh, 1940
1940
Yuri Averbakh and friends from hometown in Kaluga, Western Russia, 1940. Left to right: Platon Nadalyak, Viktor Kostin, Yuri Averbach, Yuri Gonak (One of the strongest players and sparring partners of Averbakh but would die at Buchenwald).
Yuri Lvovich Averbakh, 2022
May 11 2022
Republican and Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Averbakh, chess' first centenarian grandmaster
Yuri Averbakh, a Russian chess grandmaster who was among the world's best players for a decade, trained world champions and was the last surviving participant in one of the greatest competitions in history, died Saturday in Moscow. He was 100 — the first grandmaster to reach that age.
His death was announced on the site of the International Chess Federation, the game's governing body. No cause was given.
The historic contest in which Averbakh took part was the Candidates Tournament in Zurich in 1953, the final step in the cycle to select a challenger for the world championship.
Yuri Lvovich Averbakh, 1963
January 09 1963
Yuri Averbakh plays round 2 at Hoogovens Chess Tournament, while David Bronstein (standing) strategizes. Hoogovens Chess Tournament, Beverwijk, Netherlands, January 09, 1963.
January 18 1963
Yuri Lvovich Averbakh, 1967
January 1967
Unknown Newspaper, Adelaide, South Australia, January 1967
Your Move—50 Times
WHO said chess was boring? The yawning player in the foreground may have had time on his hands to think about moves, but the man at left had his hands full. He is Russian international chess grand master Yuri Averbakh, 44, and he was playing about 50 children at once at the Arndale shopping centre, Kilkenny, today. He is playing demonstration matches here after a tour of New Zealand.
January 19 1967
The Age, Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria, Australia, Friday, January 20, 1967
It was perfect weather for sun-lovers yesterday so the visiting Russian chess grand master, Yuri Averbakh, took his chess set outdoors. With him on the beach at Elwood is Russell Heritage, of Ivanhoe, who was intrigued by the chess men.
Yuri Lvovich Averbakh, 1960
September 29 1960
The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, Thursday, September 29, 1960
35 Opponents At Once No Problem To Russian
Mr. Yuri Averbakh, a chess international grand master and former Russian chess champion, showed his skill by playing 35 opponents simultaneously at the Millions Club last night.
While his opponents spent the time planning their moves, Mr. Averbakh casually walked up and down the tables making quick, decisive moves. Here he poses a problem for Mr. F. L. Vaughan, of Sydney.
At the end of the evening Mr. Averbakh had won 24 games, lost two and drawn nine.
He was beaten by M. P. Lloyd and M. Newman. Those who drew with him are A. Wilkes, W. Dyason, W. Poder, the Rev. Arthur Olliver, M. Stanley, N. Appollonov, A. Poposs, K. Flatow and C. P. Treasure.
Mr. Averbakh arrived by Air France yesterday under the sponsorship of the Australian Chess Federation. He traveled from Moscow by way of Paris.
He will play in the Australian championship in Adelaide on October 3.
Tough Game.
The two Russian international grand masters of chess, Yuri Averbakh and Vladimir Bagirov, arrived from Moscow via Paris yesterday.
Bagirov, an engineer, who is only 24, was a very forlorn young man—he speaks only Russian, is outside his country for the first time, was making his first air trip and was airsick.
Averbakh, who speaks English and is the editor of a chess paper, played 35 games simultaneously at the Millions Club last night.
Tough game, chess.
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This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.
March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.
