Who Are the Oldest and Youngest Chess Grandmasters?
Yuri Averbakh turns 100.
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2 min readFeb 8, 2022
The Oldest Chess Grandmaster
Today — February 8, 2022 — is chess grandmaster Yuri Averbakh’s 100th birthday.
Averbakh is the first grandmaster to ever reach 100 years old, making him the oldest grandmaster to ever live. (The previous oldest grandmaster was Andor…
