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Newspaper for India. RNI - 42531/83 Date of Publication : Third week of every month

Former World Junior champion


won the Prague Masters
super category event on June 17, 2022 with a 6.5/9
score. In the same group Vidit Gujrathi scored 4 and
finished seventh. In the next level Prague
Challengers, Krishnan Sasikiran finished fourth
among ten players. https://praguechessfestival.com
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Obituary: Quick Look At Averbakh, 100
Here is that position after move
when Gelfand
claimed the draw: See diagram
on left. This ending happened
from move 78 onwards.

FIDE KO 5.3 Date 7-12-2001


Averbakh was one of the three
Arbiters at the marathon Karpov v Kasparov 1984-85
World Championship match (unlimited games, draws
not counting, requirement to win six games for the
title) which was controversially cancelled by FIDE
India’s first International Master President Florencio Campomanes.
inaugurated the 13th Chennai Open for the Dr
N.Mahalingam Trophy at the Dynasty Hall of Hotel In 1972, prior to the run up to the Spassky v Fischer
Ambassador Pallava in Egmore, Chennai on June 19, match, Postnikov, President of the USSR Chess
2022. He made the symbolic first move against Federation, resigned as he feared that Spassky would
(TN) as arbiters and Tamil Nadu State Chess lose the match and he would have to face the
Association acting General Secretary look repercussions. He feared officialdom if Spassky lost as
on. India’s first FIDE Trainer he could be made a scapegoat. Averbakh, who was
receiving his Phd. Degree from the TN Governor His Postnikov’s deputy, took over. He was also skeptical of
Excellency R.N. Ravi at Chennai on May 16. Chief Spassky's chances in the match as he observed that the
Minister M.K. Stalin looks on from left. The topic was champion's camp paid more attention to playing cards
“Influence of Chess Learning on Comprehensive and tennis than to chess! Averbakh was
Cognitive Development of Children”. straightforward in his actions and never feared the
consequences.
He was at the helm of affairs of the USSR Chess
Federation from 1972 to 1977, five years after the
Spassky debacle.
Averbakh was one of the tallest chess personalities of
Russia. He had a link to all past world champions of
his era starting with Emanuel Lasker. The only world
champion with whom he was not acquainted was
Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900).
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