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Averbakh: "History is written by the victors"

Averbakh: “History is written by the victors”

By mishanp on February 19, 2012

Yuri Averbakh, the world’s oldest grandmaster, celebrated his 90th birthday on February 8th this year. To mark the occasion he gave a long and fascinating interview to Vladimir Barsky and Eteri Kublashvili, which turned into a whirlwind tour of chess history.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Averbakh, baghchal, Francesc Vicent, Greco, Jacobus de Cessolis, Kasparov, Lasker, N.D. Grigoriev, New Chronology, shatranj | 8 Responses

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