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
The Kremlin is constantly changing the rules of the game to suit its purposes. We are not playing chess, we're playing roulette.
There are fixed rules in chess, and no one knows how the game will end.
There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar.
Thanks to the Polgars the adjective 'men's' before events and the 'affirmative action' women's titles such as Woman Grandmaster have become anachronisms.
Kortchnoi's heritage is many-faceted - over the decades he has several times corrected and changed his style. But the main thing has invariably remained his search for chess truth.
The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.
I dropped the King's Indian in 1997 after one too many bad experiences against Kramnik.
With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art.
Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles
The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed.
Few things are as psychologically brutal as chess.
Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable.
In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don't begrudge the time.
Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.