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Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ровRussian pronunciation: [ˈɡarʲɪ ˈkʲiməvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsparəf]; born Garry Kimovich Weinstein, 13 April 1963, Baku, Azerbaijan) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time.[1]

Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985 at the age of 22.[2] He held the official FIDE world title until 1993, when a dispute with FIDE led him to set up a rival organization, the Professional Chess Association. He continued to hold the "Classical" World Chess Championship until his defeat by Vladimir Kramnik in 2000. He is also widely known for being the first world chess champion to lose a match to a computer under standard time controls, when he lost to Deep Blue in 1997.

Kasparov's ratings achievements include being rated world No.1 according to Elo rating almost continuously from 1986 until his retirement in 2005 and holding the all-time highest rating of 2851.[3] He was the world number-one ranked player for 255 months, by far the most of all-timeand nearly three times as long as his closest rival, Anatoly Karpov. He also holds records for consecutive tournament victories and Chess Oscars.

Kasparov announced his retirement from professional chess on 10 March 2005, to devote his time to politics and writing. He formed the United Civil Front movement, and joined as a member of The Other Russia, a coalition opposing the administration of Vladimir Putin. He was a candidate for the 2008 Russian presidential race, but later withdrew. Widely regarded in the West as a symbol of opposition to Putin, Kasparov's support in Russia is low.

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Thanks for another wikipedia entry, since none of us have computers.

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My Google is broken. Cry

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very well

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He is also attending this years Bilderberg conference in Chantilly, Virginia.

http://bilderbergmeetings.org/participants2012.html

He can rot.

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Kasparov - Hjorth, 1980, World Junior Championship. Lecture by GM Ian Rogers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY3XDFHXhT0

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Kasparov should come out of retirement and enter the 2016 candidate's tournament to reclaim his world championship title from Carlsen. Carlsen never beat Kasparov...

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Naive but true fact.

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He never had beaten me, either.

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MSC157 wrote:

Naive but true fact.

True facts have no place here. In future, please supply untrue facts. Thank you.

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Doggy_Style wrote:
MSC157 wrote:

Naive but true fact.

True facts have no place here. In future, please supply untrue facts. Thank you.

Maybe I should have said 'statement', to be precise. Wink

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Neither Kasparov nor Carlsen has ever beaten me.

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Ha! Laughing