About
Garry Kasparov was born on April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union. He became the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion in history at age 22, defeating Anatoly Karpov in 1985. He held the world No. 1 ranking from 1984 until his retirement in 2005, achieving a peak rating of 2851 in 1999. In 1997, he lost a historic match to IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer. After retiring in 2005, he focused on writing and political activism, opposing Vladimir Putin. He founded the United Civil Front and the Renew Democracy Initiative, and chaired the Human Rights Foundation.
* 1963-04-13
Major works
- Kasparov on My Great Predecessors (2003-2006)book series
- How Life Imitates Chess (2007)book
- Winter Is Coming (2015)book
- Deep Thinking (2017)book
Key milestones
- 1985Becomes the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion at age 22.
- 1997Loses a match against IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer.
- 2005Retires from professional chess and founds the United Civil Front.
Themes
StrategyArtificial intelligencePoliticsFreedomPerseverance
Sources: britannica.com · museum.fide.com
