When and where was Garry Kasparov born?
Garry Kasparov was born on the 13th of April 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR. His birth name was Garik Kimovich Weinstein before his mother changed it to Kasparov when he turned twelve.
Garry Kasparov was born on the 13th of April 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR. His birth name was Garik Kimovich Weinstein before his mother changed it to Kasparov when he turned twelve.
Garry Kasparov defeated Anatoly Karpov by a score of 13 to 11 on the 9th of November 1985 to become the youngest undisputed world champion at age 22. He had previously challenged Karpov in 1984 but the match ended without result after FIDE President Florencio Campomanes stopped play on the 48th game.
The computer named Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov by a score of 3½ to 2½ in New York City in May 1997. This marked the first time a reigning world champion lost a match to a computer under standard time controls.
Garry Kasparov announced he left Russia on the 6th of June 2013 fearing persecution for his political views. He moved to New York City with his family and obtained Croatian citizenship in 2014 before settling in Podstrana near Split.
Russia designated Garry Kasparov a foreign agent on the 20th of May 2022 and placed him on its list of terrorists and extremists by March 2024. An arrest warrant issued in April 2024 charged him with leading a terrorist group.