Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparovis a Russian chess Grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist, considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 225 out of 228 months. His peak rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. Kasparov also holds records for consecutive professional tournament victoriesand Chess Oscars...
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth13 April 1963
CityBaku, Azerbaijan
By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion
I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.
We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law.
His teaching became a turning point in chess history: it was from Steinitz that the era of modern chess began. The contribution of the first world champion to its development is comparable with the great scientific discoveries of the 19th century.
I am lucky, .. that the popular sport in the Soviet Union was chess and not baseball.
I feel that my chess strengths are still here, .. I believe I can still improve.
Chess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance
I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
It's true that in chess as in politics, fund-raising and glad-handing matter.
I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values.
Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin.
My opponent is Short and the match will be short.
Inevitably the machines must win, but there is still a long way to go before a human on his or her best day is unable to defeat the best computer.