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Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, political activist, and writer, who was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. From 1984 until his retirement from regular competitive chess in 2005, Kasparov was ranked the world's No. 1 player for a record 255…
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s moves, suggesting that during the second game chess players had intervened in contravention of the rules. IBM denied that it had cheated, stating the only human intervention occurred between games. The rules provided for the developers to modify the program between games, an opportunity they said they used to shore up weaknesses in the computer
"The Constitution is a piece of paper."
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“s moves, suggesting that during the second game chess players had intervened in contravention of the rules. IBM denied that it had cheated, stating the only human intervention occurred between games. The rules provided for the developers to modify the program between games, an opportunity they said they used to shore up weaknesses in the computer”
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“"The Constitution is a piece of paper."”
“One of the most prescient statements you made, that has stuck with me as I've watched the collapse of critical thinking in America, was this: "The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."”
“TY, Garry ..."Aspiring authoritarians never ask for permission; they see what they can get away with. The only way to ensure the integrity of the 2026 midterms is to demonstrate, now, that the ideals of the American Constitution are still worth fighting for."”
“Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.”
“Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...”
“Today, Ukraine commemorates the Babyn Yar massacre - one of WWII’s darkest chapters. In Sept 1941, Nazis executed tens of thousands, mainly Kyiv’s Jews, along with Roma, POWs, and civilians. Babyn Yar stands as a symbol of Holocaust horrors. We remember to prevent history from repeating.”
“Ukrainian Navy Command has confirmed that the carnage inflicted on the Karachevsk Electrodetal plant in Bryansk last night was the result of R-360 Neptune subsonic long range cruise missiles.”
“While Ambassador Bolton's episode will be popular today for some reason, the new Autocracy in America is an important one. My chess Grandmaster and grandmaster-politician guest, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, speaks from the frontline of Russia's next war, Lithuania. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...”
“Ukraine is a secondary topic for both Trump and Putin in Alaska. This is a mafia meeting arranged by war criminal Putin to restore Russia internationally & economically. Trump wants his "peace" glory and Putin used that to get this summit. But it's mainly about money for both of them, as always.”
“AI is being used to fabricate quotes and attribute them to real people, Yair Rosenberg reports. Here's what he did when it happened to him:”
Awarded Award "For Freedom of Mass Media" (2023).
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Kasparov promoted a series of 32 Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that detailed important moments in his career
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Participated in 9LX, a Chess960 tournament, and finished eighth of a field of ten players
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Founded the Renew Democracy Initiative (RDI), an American political organisation promoting and defending liberal democracy in the U
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Obtained Croatian citizenship and has maintained a residence in Podstrana near Split
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And subsequent opposition from exile to the regime of Vladimir Putin – and his thoughts on a number of international conflicts and questions, including the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Arm
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When asked what he learnt from working with Kasparov, Carlsen answered: "Complex positions
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Career landmark: Participated in 2012 Bilderberg Conference (tournament / event).
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Announced in June 2013 that he had left Russia for the immediate future out of fear of persecution
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Carlsen said: "Thanks to [Kasparov] I began to understand a whole class of positions better
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Announced an intention to run as a candidate in that year's Russian presidential race, but after encountering logistical problems in his campaign, for which he blamed "official obstruction", he withdrew
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Published a sympathetic obituary for Fischer: "I am often asked if I ever met or played Bobby Fischer
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The international consulting company Synectics published a rating of 100 living geniuses in science, politics, art and entrepreneurship, in which Kasparov ranked 25th
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Kasparov called the break with FIDE in 1993 the worst mistake of his career, as it hurt the game in the long run
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Kasparov has been married three times: to Masha, with whom he had a daughter, Polina, before divorcing; to Yulia, with whom he had a son, Vadim, before their 2005 divorce; and to Daria (Dasha), with whom he has two children, daughter Aida born in 2006 and son Nickolas born in 2015.
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Kasparov was ranked the world's No
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Commented that it had been the last major title he had never won outright
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The first volume of his five-volume work Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors was published
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Details the history and games of the world champion chess players who preceded him
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“The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.”
“Allow dissent & free media for 6 months in Russia and see what happens. Putin would never risk it because he’s terrified of his own people and the truth, like every dictator.”
“The leaders of the free world keep lowering their standards and authoritarians keep taking more territory. Eventually people wake up and ask why Putin murders in the UK or hacks in the US. Why wouldn’t he? You didn’t stop him before.”
“People ask about dictators, "Why?" But dictators themselves ask, "Why not?”
Expressed a desire to devote his time to promoting the new chronology after his chess career
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Refused an invitation to the 2002 Candidates Tournament to choose Kramnik's first challenger, claiming his results had earned him a rematch with Kramnik
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Kasparov co-authored Kasparov Against the World: The Story of the Greatest Online Challenge with grandmaster Daniel King
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Was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013
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Kasparov reached an Elo rating of 2851, a record that stood for over thirteen years, until Carlsen achieved 2861 in January 2013
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Became the first world champion to lose a match to a computer under standard time controls when he was defeated by the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in a highly publicised match
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Kasparov supported a scholarship programme at the school
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Kasparov led the rating list from 1985 to 2006 – a total of 255 months
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During Kasparov's world title match with Anand, he unveiled an opening novelty that had been checked with a chess engine, an approach that would become increasingly common in subsequent years
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With Kasparov's complete break-away from FIDE
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In Seville, as Karpov had qualified through the Candidates' Matches to become the official challenger once again
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Studied at Azerbaijan University of Languages (1986).
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Hosted jointly in London and Leningrad, with each city hosting 12 games
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Awarded world chess champion (1985).
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On how a chess database program would be useful preparation for competition
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Was organised in Moscow as the best of 24 games, where the first player to win 12½ points would claim the title
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At age 22 by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov, a record he held until 2024
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Fighting Chess: My Games and Career, which has been updated in further editions
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Awarded Chess Oscar (1982).
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Co-authored Batsford Chess Openings with British grandmaster Keene
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The youngest-ever player at that level, by winning a 64-player Swiss system tournament at Daugavpils
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Kasparov entered the Botvinnik school and immediately attracted attention
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Born 1963-04-13.
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One of the most prescient statements you made, that has stuck with me as I've watched the collapse of critical thinking in America, was this: "The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."
Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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