---
title: 'Yuri Averbakh'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'non-fiction writer'
  - 'chess theoretician'
  - 'chess player'
  - 'chess composer'
  - 'editor'
born: '1922-02-08'
died: '2022-05-07'
birthplace: 'Kaluga'
deathplace: 'Moscow'
films_in_library: 1
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-averbakh'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh'
wikidata: 'Q434808'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Yuri Averbakh

non-fiction writer, chess theoretician, chess player, chess composer, editor.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 1973 · [Grandmaster](https://cinepixo.com/movies/grandmaster-1973) — actor · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-averbakh
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