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
lily (Japanese); farmer, worker of the land (Russian, from George); polite, gentle, studious (Japanese connotation); a gem or glass (less common user submission)
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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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Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for February 8, 1922
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on February 8, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for February 8, 2026 |
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| Sun | 18 Aquarius 50 | 19 Aquarius 36 | 1 Gemini 26 |
| Moon | 28 Gemini 0 | 6 Scorpio 52 | 21 Aries 53 |
| Mercury | 0 Pisces 28 | 2 Pisces 30 | 23 Gemini 57 |
| Venus | 18 Aquarius 37 | 27 Aquarius 26 | 27 Gemini 11 |
| Mars | 24 Scorpio 39 | 12 Aquarius 30 | 23 Sagittarius 50 |
| Jupiter | 18 Libra 34 | 16 Cancer 36 | 8 Libra 57 |
| Saturn | 7 Libra 53 | 29 Pisces 18 | 1 Libra 37 |
| Uranus | 8 Pisces 25 | 27 Taurus 28 | 13 Pisces 18 |
| Neptune | 14 Leo 27 | 0 Aries 21 | 13 Leo 23 |
| Pluto | 8 Cancer 15 | 3 Aquarius 55 | 8 Cancer 37 |
| Rahu | 11 Libra 38 | 10 Pisces 8 | 6 Libra 7 |
| Ketu | 11 Aries 38 | 10 Virgo 8 | 6 Aries 7 |
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