Averbakh, Yury




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1938  341  2290 (51) 20
1939  313  2298 (51) 0
1940  267  2306 (43) 24
1941  185  2339 (52) 0
1942  115  2371 (54) 0
1943  77  2404 (49) 0
1944  50  2437 (34) 42
1945  44  2443 (36) 17
1946  30  2472 (32) 52
1947  22  2496 (41) 26

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Averbakh, Yury Lvovich  
Born: 8 Feb. 1922
Died: 7 May 2022
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 346
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 333
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 451
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 17
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 116
Web
   [Yuri Averbakh]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Averbakh, Y.L. - Zak, V.G. 1947         (f)     7.5   -   3.5

Tournament data

Kiev 1938 (1)     5th Trade Unions Championship Semi-final     8  /  15
Leningrad 1938 (10)     3rd U.S.S.R. Junior Championship - Boys Final     3  /  5
Moscow 1940 (1)     19th Moscow Championship     3.5  /  13
Moscow 1940 (3)     All-Union Candidate Masters Tournament - Group 1     5.5  /  11
Moscow 1944 (1)     23rd Moscow Championship     9.5  /  16
Moscow 1944 (2)     13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Semi-Final     7.5  /  15
Ivanovo 1944     Ivanovo Tournament     6.5  /  11
Leningrad 1945 (1)     14th USSR Championship - Semi-Final     8  /  15
Moscow 1945 (4)     6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Bolshevik 1 - Zenit    
  Averbakh, Y.L. - Chekhover, V.A.     0.5 - 1.5    
Moscow 1946 (1)     25th Moscow Championship     7.5  /  15
Vilnius 1946     2nd Baltic Republics Championship     16  /  19
Leningrad 1946 (4)     15th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-Final     9.5  /  18
Moscow 1947 (3)     26th U.S.S.R. Championship - Semi-final     11.5  /  15

Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025