Correct Answer : 8th May 2022
He was born on Feb 8, 1922, in Kaluga, Moscow, and learned to play chess at the age of seven.
Yuri Averbakh, a Russian chess grandmaster who was among the world’s best players for a decade, trained world champions and was the last surviving participant in one of the greatest competitions in history, died Saturday(8th May 2022) in Moscow. He was 100 — the first grandmaster to reach that age.
He also chaired the Chess Federation of the USSR from 1972 to 1977.
His death was announced on the site of the International Chess Federation, the game’s governing body. No cause was given.
He won the Moscow Championship in 1949 and earned the Grandmaster title in 1952. In 1954, he became the champion of the USSR.
The historic contest in which Averbakh took part was the Candidates Tournament in Zurich in 1953, the final step in the cycle to select a challenger for the world championship. The field held many great players of the
20th century, including future world champions Vasily Smyslov and Tigran Petrosian and former world champion Max Euwe..
Source : Indian Express
