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This episode explores the life of Garry Kasparov, one of history's greatest chess players. Born in Baku in 1963, his early fascination with chess led him to ...
Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov sat down with Forbes Assistant Managing Editor Diane Brady at the 2023 Milken Institute Global Conference to discu...
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Oct 2, 2024 · In 2005, after Garry Kasparov retired from competitive chess, he pursued various activities in the fields of politics, writing, business, and human rights advocacy. Kasparov became a vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Pre-Championship Life and Career
- Becoming World Champion
- Staying World Champion
- Split from FIDE
- Post-Championship Career
- Post-Retirement Activities
- Legacy
Kasparov was a very promising player from a very early age, as only such players made it to Botvinnik’s school. Under coaches such as Vladimir Makogonov and Alexander Shakarov, he developed to the point of winning the Soviet Junior Championship in 1976 and 1977. The World Junior title came in 1980. A share of first in the Soviet Championship came t...
Kasparov entered the 1984 championship having played Karpov four times before, losing in 1975 (at 12 years old), and drawing three times in 1981. However, the start was a disastrous one for Kasparov, as he lost four of the first nine games. The format, as it had been for Karpov-Korchnoi matches in 1978 and ’81, was the first to six wins with draws ...
Kasparov had now faced Karpov 72 times in the past 15 months, from September 1984 to November 1985. They would play another 48 world championship games in the next two years. Karpov automatically got a rematch with Kasparov in 1986 thanks to the circumstances of 1984-85. Kasparov scored +4 -1 =11 early to start, but then dropped three straight game...
Nigel Shortdefeated Karpov in the semifinals of the 1993 Candidates tournament, then defeated Jan Timmanto earn a match with Kasparov. Neither the champion nor challenger were comfortable with FIDE, and the result was ultimately a split in the championship. Kasparov and Short kept the 24-game format but played in London under the auspices of the Pr...
With Kasparov still a FIDE outsider, a championship match was organized between him and Vladimir Kramnik in 2000. In the previous years, negotiations for a match with Alexei Shirovand a rematch with Anand had proven fruitless. Meanwhile, Karpov continued to operate in the FIDE framework until 1999, when the championship format was changed to a larg...
Kasparov has become a prolific author, beginning with his My Great Predecessorsseries -- a five-volume collection of the games of the former world champions and other strong players, published from 2003-06 -- as well as four volumes of Modern Chess(much of it covering his matches with Karpov) and additional three volumes about his own chess career....
Is Kasparov the best chess player of all time? Emanuel Laskerhad a longer championship run and Bobby Fischerprobably had a higher peak with his 6-0 wins over Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen in the 1972 Candidates, but neither Lasker nor Fischer can match Kasparov’s combination of longevity and dominance. Jose Capablanca, like Fischer, was very domina...
May 7, 2015 · It’s been more than ten years since Garry’s retirement and the chess world is yet to find a replacement. Nowadays, Kasparov is fully dedicated to his political career, working as a human rights activist and also promoting chess around the world trough the Kasparov Chess Foundation.
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The English newspaper "The Guardian" recently published an interview with Garry Kasparov in which the 13th World Champion openly talks about his chess career, his political activities, his loss against Deep Blue, and how it feels to be thrown into jail. | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Center
