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, 2024 | Secondary Progressions for February 8, 2024 |
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| Sun | 18 Aquarius 50 | 19 Aquarius 5 | 29 Taurus 31 |
| Moon | 28 Gemini 0 | 26 Capricorn 54 | 27 Pisces 49 |
| Mercury | 0 Pisces 28 | 4 Aquarius 55 | 21 Gemini 49 |
| Venus | 18 Aquarius 37 | 19 Capricorn 45 | 24 Gemini 45 |
| Mars | 24 Scorpio 39 | 26 Capricorn 15 | 24 Sagittarius 11 |
| Jupiter | 18 Libra 34 | 8 Taurus 5 | 9 Libra 3 |
| Saturn | 7 Libra 53 | 7 Pisces 15 | 1 Libra 40 |
| Uranus | 8 Pisces 25 | 19 Taurus 10 | 13 Pisces 16 |
| Neptune | 14 Leo 27 | 25 Pisces 59 | 13 Leo 21 |
| Pluto | 8 Cancer 15 | 0 Aquarius 35 | 8 Cancer 35 |
| Rahu | 11 Libra 38 | 18 Aries 50 | 6 Libra 14 |
| Ketu | 11 Aries 38 | 18 Libra 50 | 6 Aries 14 |
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