Garry Kasparov

Garry Kimovich Kasparov ({{lang|ru|?????? ???????? ?????????}}, pronounced with stress falling on the second syllable: kas-PA-rov) (born April 13, 1963) is a chess grandmaster and one of the strongest chess players in history. His 2851 ELO rating in the July 1999 FIDE rating list is the highest rating ever achieved. As of July 2005, Kasparov's 2812 ELO rating places him highest on the FIDE listing http://www.fide.com/ratings/top.phtml. Ranked first in the world for nearly all of the 20 years from 1985 to 2005, Kasparov was the last undisputed World Chess Champion from 1985 until 1993; and continued to be "classical" World Chess Champion (of the PCA and WCA) until his defeat by Vladimir Kramnik in 2000. He also won the Chess Oscar four times, in 1995, 1996, 2001 and 2002.

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• Kasparov's games at chessgames.com
• 100 crucial positions from his games
• Kasparov Speaks on Retirement Video clip
• The World Championship of 1985
• Kasparov's political opinion
• More about Kasparov's retirement from The Week in Chess and Chessbase
• Kasparov is also a contributing editor of The Wall Street Journal:

:*The Great Game, on retiring to focus on Russian politics, March 19, 2005

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March 19 - 2005

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:*Fischer's Price, on Bobby Fischer, July 19, 2004

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July 19 - 2004

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:*Stop the Moral Equivalence, on terrorism, May 19, 2004

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May 19 - 2004

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:*Putinocracy, on Putin's regime, March 14, 2004

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March 14 - 2004

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:*Man vs. Machine, on computer chess, February 16, 2003

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February 16 - 2003

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:*The War Is Not Yet Won, on war in the Middle East, August 5, 2002

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August 5 - 2002

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