Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is one of the legendary chess players that the world has seen and revered. Born on April 13, 1963, Kasparov is a Chess Grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. His 2851 ELO rating in July 1999 FIDE rating list is the highest ever achieved by a chess player. Kasparov was ranked as the first among the world chess players for a record 23 times from 1985 to 2006. He was also the last undisputed World Chess Champion from 1985 until 1993. He has also won the Chess Oscar eleven times! He retired on March10, 2005 and decided to devote time to politics.
Early Life and Career
Garry Kasparov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan to an Armenian mother and a Jewish father. His father died when he was only 7 years old. He subsequently changed his name to Kasparov, a Russified version of his mother's maiden name, Kasparyan. Kasparov's interest in chess was roused quite early by his parents. Kasparov started training at the Mikhail Botvinnik's Chess School at the age pf 12. At the age of 13, Garry Kasparov won the Soviet Junior Championship in Tbilisi in 1976, scoring 7 points out of 9. He won the title the following year as well. The turning point in his career came in the year 1978 when he won and became a Grand Master in Sokolsky Memorial tournament in Minsk. After this there was no turning back for Kasparov. His FIDE rankings kept on scaling new heighs with each feat of his. In 1980 – Kasparov won the World Junior Chess Championship in West Germany.
Kasparov Vs Karpov
From 1984 to 1990, Kasparov played Karpov four times for the world title. The controversial 1984 world championship match of Kasparov against karpov was left undecided. The following year, Kasparov,aged 22, finally managed to seize the World Champion title from Karpov by a score of 13-11. This broke the existing record of youngest winner held for over twenty years by Mikhail Tal, who was 23 when he beat Botvinnik in 1960. In 1986, Kasparov scored one further win over Karpov and kept his title by a final score of 12.5-11.5. The fourth match for the world title took place between Kasparov and Karpov 1987 in Seville, and here too Kasparov successfully retained his title. A fifth match between Kasparov and Karpov was held in Lyon and New York in 1990. Once again, the result was a close one with Kasparov winning narrowly by a margin of 12.5-11.5.
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