# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuri-averbakh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:18:09.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuri-averbakh"
name: "Yuri Averbakh"
slug: "yuri-averbakh"
description: "Yuri Lvovich Averbakh was a Russian chess grandmaster and author. He was chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978. Averbakh was the first centenarian FIDE Grandmaster. Despite his eyesight and hearing having worsened, by his 100th birthday he continued to devote time to chess-related activities."
tagline: "Russian chess grandmaster and author (1922–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yuriy_Averbakh_1963.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1922-02-08"
deathDate: "2022-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump