(Board viewed from Black’s perspective). Yuri Averbakh, the renowned endgame expert, is a pawn up against Viktor Korchnoi and the passed h-pawn will also fall after Rb1-h1. What should Black do?
The 6 Types of Chess Player – Which one are you?
Yuri Averbakh, Russian GM, author, endgame expert and currently the world’s oldest living GM at 93 (!), revealed in a 1997 interview in New in Chess that he placed chess players into 6 categories. Here they are with his description […]
Chess Tactic #363: Averbakh – Spassky
Black to play.
Chess Tactic #354: Averbakh – Kotov
Black to play (from the famous 1953 Zurich Candidates Tournament).