The Modernized King’s Indian - Averbakh Variation

The Averbakh is a solid and respectable variation against the KID. It bears the

name of the well-known Soviet grandmaster, theorist, and endgame specialist

Averbakh (photo). Yuri Lvovich Averbakh

is the oldest living grandmaster who recently celebrated his 99th birthday in

Moscow on 8 February. In the early 1950s, Averbakh was one of the first

grandmasters to play the variation more than once. He contributed greatly to the

development of its theory. Averbakh used the variation several years, then changed

course to other variations to fight the KID. Occasionally, he returned to his

old love that by then bore his name