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Currently, Yuri Averbakh is 102 years, 9 months and 13 days old. Yuri Averbakh will celebrate 103rd birthday on a Saturday 8th of February 2025. Below we countdown to Yuri Averbakh upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Yuri Averbakh |
| Occupation | Chess Player |
| Age | 102 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | February 8, 1922 (Russia) |
| Birthday | February 8 |
| Town/City | Russia |
| Nationality | Russia |
Yuri Averbakh’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Yuri Averbakh was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
A former Soviet-Russian chess player who was considered in 2013 to be the oldest living Grandmaster in the world.
He won the Moscow Championship in 1949, which launched his career.
He was considered to be one of the strongest defensive players in modern chess.
His father was a German Jew and his mother was from Russia.
He often competed against fellow Russian great Boris Spassky during his career.
