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Yuri Averbakh
Russian chess grandmaster 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, editor, non-fiction writer
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