AMay 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.
