Аверкин Орест Николаевич

Автор и выходные данные не указаны. — 16 с.Orest Averkin was born on February 25, 1944 in Sverdlovsk. Orest grew up in a cultural and educated family: his father Nikolay Fedorovich, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, was a chess lover and book-lover, who gathered an impressive library, and his mother Nina Sergeyevna also encouraged chess classes, which Orest became interested in from the age of 10.In 1958, the young man completed the first grade and began to study at the master Georgy Borisenko. Borisenko trained Averkin for 2 years and managed to pass him his rich experience and extensive theoretical knowledge. In 1962, Averkin graduated from high school and simultaneously became a candidate for a master chess player - one of the strongest players in the region.From 1965 to 1968 Averkin served in the ranks of the Soviet Army - took second place in the championship of the Armed Forces of the USSR and fulfilled the title of master. Soon, well-known specialists Igor Bondarevsky and Semyon Furman started working with Orest, one of the most promising figures in the country. The Sverdlovskiy master won the qualifying tournament of the Urals zone, then shared the first place in the semi-finals of the USSR with Viktor Kupreichik.World champion among students of the national team (1969). Orest Averkin graduated from the Sverdlovsk Institute of Law with a degree in law, soon married, and he had his first daughter Irina. In 1976, he completed the title of international master. Soon the repeated participant of finals of the Union becomes the second coach of the national team of the RSFSR which under the direction of the head coach Igor Zaitsev has won the Spartakiad of the peoples of the USSR. In the period from 1969 to 1984, Averkin repeatedly coached the Russian national teams among men, women and boys.In the late 70's Averkin together with his family moved to Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR and worked there as a playing coach. During this period he actively cooperated with Lev Polugayevsky and Boris Spassky, helped outstanding grandmasters to fight in inter-zonal tournaments and challengers' matches. Orest Averkin was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Tiraspol for his achievements in the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. In 1982 he won the Moldavian Championship."He was a walking encyclopedia. He brought with him the Talmuds, barn books, in which all the debut developments and all the parties were recorded. What is now in the computers, he had in the barn books. In the pre-computer era, there were chess players who remembered a lot and could rely on their outstanding memory. And Eric had everything written down. For each debut he kept hundreds and thousands of games. If someone wanted to get some information, he could address Eric boldly.Our paths crossed paths once. In 1980, we stayed 48 days in Argentina, where we helped Lev Polugayevsky during his challenger match with Korchnoi. And for 48 days we lived in the same room. We did not sleep at night, analyzing the deferred positions. We ate a lot of soup and canned food together, saving daily allowance" (E. Sveshnikov).In the 80's he was invited as a coach to the Krasnodar Region, where he worked with Tatyana Stepova, Sergei Tivyakov and Vladimir Kramnik. Honored Coach of Russia (1982). His other children were born in Krasnodar: his son Andrey and daughter Ekaterina. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he lived in Yugoslavia, where he brought up such strong chess players as Igor Miladinovic and Alisa Marich. In 1995, Averkin was awarded the title of international master of correspondence.In 2005, he returned to the Krasnodar Region, and since 2007, resumed work with children. His students were strong juniors Eduard Gorovykh, Oleg Vastrukhin and Lana Abuladze. In 2004, Orest Nikolaevich suffered his first stroke; the second one took him out of life on April 1, 2011.