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February 2021

Homage to Yuri Averbakh

The Russian chess legend GM Yuri Averbakh with his daughter and Thomas Thomsen, Weimar 2014
The Russian chess legend GM Yuri Averbakh with his daughter and Thomas Thomsen, Weimar 2014

This month Yuri Averbakh, our oldest member, celebrated his 99th birthday. On behalf of our Society we send him our warmest congratulations and wish him many years to come in good health!

Yuri Averbakh is not only our oldest member, but also of the Chess Collectors International. Its President, Michael Wiltshire, has received a request from Raymond Keene to share his tribute to Averbakh, published in The Times on February 20th, with all CCI members and other interested parties. It was the former President of the CCI, Thomas Thomsen, who was so friendly as to send us the link to The Article, where Keene’s panegyric, as he himself called his article, can be found:

https://www.thearticle.com/averbakh-at-99-mens-sana-in-corpore-sano

It goes without saying that we are glad to comply indirectly to Raymond Keene’s request and to give our members the opportunity to take note of his contribution to the celebration of Yuri Averbakh’s birthday.

Bob van de Velde