biography
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Kasparov, Gary (Kimovich)
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pronunciation:
[kaspahrof]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1963– )
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| biography:
| Chess player, born in Baku, Azerbaijan. When he beat Anatoly Karpov for the world title (Nov 1985), he became the youngest world champion, at the age of 22 years 210 days. He has successfully defended his title, and is the highest-ranked active player, with a ranking of 2838 (in Sept 2002). His 1984–5 match with Karpov was the longest in the history of chess. Long-term friction between him and the international chess organization, FIDE, resulted in his establishing the Grandmasters' Association in 1987, and arranging a World Championship match in 1993 without FIDE involvement, in which he defeated Nigel Short of Britain. In 1996 he competed against Deep Blue, the world's best chess-playing computer, winning four of the six games, but in a rematch the following year he was decisively beaten by the machine. He lost his title to Vladimir Kramnik in 2000. His autobiography, Child of Change (a reference to Gorbachev's policy of glasnost), appeared in 1987. |
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