Garry Kasparov is a famous chess grandmaster who has been considered by many chess enthusiasts to be the greatest chess player of all time. He held the World Chess Champion title, became a grandmaster in Soviet and Russian chess tournaments, all while keeping his reputation as a writer and political activist up.
In his teenage years, Kasparov tied twice for first place in the USSR Chess Championship. He won a superclass-level international tournament in 1982. He moved on to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. At nineteen Kasparov was the youngest Candidate since 1958, when Bobby Fischer qualified at 15. At this age, Kasparov was also the #2-rated player in the world beneath World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov.
In 1985, Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion, holding the FIDE world title until the creation of the Professional Chess Association, an organization created to rival FIDE. Kasparov held his “Classical” world Chess Champonship until 2000, when Vladimir Kramnik defeated him.
Another claim to fame for Kasparov is his past of playing chess matches with computers designed to calculate thousands of moves at once. He lost in 1997 to the computer Deep Blue, making him the first world chess champion to lose a match to a computer. In 1998, Kasparov has been considered the creator of Advanced Chess, the games in which a human plays with a computer.
Kasparov has left a lasting mark in chess history. In January 1990, Kasparov broke Bobby Fischer’s FIDE rating (2795) with his own (2800). Kasparov’s high FIDE rating increased in later years. He held his record until 2008. Chessmetrics considers Kasparov to be most highly rated player in the world from February 1985 to October 2004. He still holds his record for spending the longest time as the #1 rated chess player in the world, which he held until his retirement from chess. He also holds the record for consecutive tournamnt victories.
Kasparov retired from chess n 2005, deciding to become more politically active. Kasparov formed the United Civil Front movement, and became a member of The Other Russia, which is a coalition formed to oppose Vladimir Putin and his administration. In 2008 Kasparov ran as a presidential candidate for Russia, but withdrew, unable to gather 500 supporters in a single meeting hall. Kasparov is considered very unpopular as a political activist.
Kasparov currently his retirement coaching the world’s number-one ranked player, Magnus Carlsen.
In his teenage years, Kasparov tied twice for first place in the USSR Chess Championship. He won a superclass-level international tournament in 1982. He moved on to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. At nineteen Kasparov was the youngest Candidate since 1958, when Bobby Fischer qualified at 15. At this age, Kasparov was also the #2-rated player in the world beneath World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov.
In 1985, Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion, holding the FIDE world title until the creation of the Professional Chess Association, an organization created to rival FIDE. Kasparov held his “Classical” world Chess Champonship until 2000, when Vladimir Kramnik defeated him.
Another claim to fame for Kasparov is his past of playing chess matches with computers designed to calculate thousands of moves at once. He lost in 1997 to the computer Deep Blue, making him the first world chess champion to lose a match to a computer. In 1998, Kasparov has been considered the creator of Advanced Chess, the games in which a human plays with a computer.
Kasparov has left a lasting mark in chess history. In January 1990, Kasparov broke Bobby Fischer’s FIDE rating (2795) with his own (2800). Kasparov’s high FIDE rating increased in later years. He held his record until 2008. Chessmetrics considers Kasparov to be most highly rated player in the world from February 1985 to October 2004. He still holds his record for spending the longest time as the #1 rated chess player in the world, which he held until his retirement from chess. He also holds the record for consecutive tournamnt victories.
Kasparov retired from chess n 2005, deciding to become more politically active. Kasparov formed the United Civil Front movement, and became a member of The Other Russia, which is a coalition formed to oppose Vladimir Putin and his administration. In 2008 Kasparov ran as a presidential candidate for Russia, but withdrew, unable to gather 500 supporters in a single meeting hall. Kasparov is considered very unpopular as a political activist.
Kasparov currently his retirement coaching the world’s number-one ranked player, Magnus Carlsen.
This game is known as “Kasparov’s Immortal” take a few moments to play over this game you’ll understand why.
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