Yuri Averbakh (born February 8, 1922, in Kaluga, Russia) is a Soviet and Russian chess player and a Grandmaster. By 2017, he became the oldest living Grandmaster. He served as the head of the Soviet Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978. Averbakh's father was a German Jew, and his mother was Russian. He won first place in the Moscow Championship in 1949, earned the Grandmaster title in 1952, and triumphed in the Soviet Chess Championship in 1954, surpassing prominent players like Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian. He also participated in the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel, finishing fourth.
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Time Zone - Europe/Moscow (3:0 E)
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Meaning of the name - Yuri
farmer, one who works the land
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Yuri Averbakh belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Kaluga
Place of Death: Moscow
Occupation: non-fiction writer | chess theoretician | chess player | chess composer | editor
Awards Received: Merited Master of Sports of the USSR | Medal "For Labour Valour" | Order of Honour | Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" | Order of Friendship of Peoples
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Ephemeris for February 8, 1922
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on February 8, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for February 8, 2025 |
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| Sun | 18 Aquarius 50 | 19 Aquarius 51 | 0 Gemini 29 |
| Moon | 28 Gemini 0 | 28 Gemini 53 | 9 Aries 45 |
| Mercury | 0 Pisces 28 | 19 Aquarius 0 | 22 Gemini 55 |
| Venus | 18 Aquarius 37 | 2 Aries 50 | 25 Gemini 58 |
| Mars | 24 Scorpio 39 | 18 Cancer 37 | 24 Sagittarius 1 |
| Jupiter | 18 Libra 34 | 11 Gemini 18 | 9 Libra 0 |
| Saturn | 7 Libra 53 | 18 Pisces 10 | 1 Libra 39 |
| Uranus | 8 Pisces 25 | 23 Taurus 18 | 13 Pisces 17 |
| Neptune | 14 Leo 27 | 28 Pisces 11 | 13 Leo 22 |
| Pluto | 8 Cancer 15 | 2 Aquarius 17 | 8 Cancer 36 |
| Rahu | 11 Libra 38 | 29 Pisces 27 | 6 Libra 11 |
| Ketu | 11 Aries 38 | 29 Virgo 27 | 6 Aries 11 |
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