happy Birthday Yuri Averbakh!

Today Tuesday (09-02-2021) Is the 99th Birthday of Yuri Averbakh .

He is the oldest ever Grandmaster with  peak rating of 2550 and is now 99 Years old 

He was born on February 9 , 1922 and became a Grandmaster in the Year 1952 and He was also chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978.

Many people might not be aware of this -

His solid style was difficult for many pure attackers to overcome, as he wrote:"...Nezhmetdinov, who if he had the attack, could kill anybody, including Tal. But his score against him was something like 8½–½ because I did not give him any possibility for an active game. In such cases he would immediately start to spoil his position because he was looking for complications.

He has plus records against the world champions Max Euwe and Tigran Petrosian.