Braingames World Chess Championships

Garry K. Kasparov (2849)

The Early Years
Young Kasparov	Garry Kimovich Kasparov was born on 13th April, 1963, in Baku. He is the son of Kim Moiseyevich Wainshtein and Clara Shagenovna Kasparova. Garik (familiar form of Garry) adopted the Russian version of the surname Kasparian when he was 12, before which he was called Garry Wainshtein.
At the age of 13, Garry shared third place score in the World Cadet Cup, held at Wattignes (near Lilles in France), July 5-13, 1976. No one as young as 13 has represented the Soviet Union at sport abroad in a 'Western' country before Garry Kasparov. In January 1977, Garry won the USSR Junior Championship held at Riga with the incredible score of 8.5/9 1978 saw a dramatic leaps forward. He was 1st in a strong tournament at Minsk, and then 1st in the Otborochnii at Daugavpils which led to him being the youngest player ever to compete in the Top League of the USSR Championship.
When he was still unrated Kasparov competed at a strong all play all at Banja Luka in Yugoslavia. He was one of only two players with out the GM title in the 16 player field. He came 1st with 11.5/15 and scored his first Grandmaster norm.	Kasparov at 17
Garry Kasparov appeared on the FIDE rating list in July 1979 coming on at 2545. By January 1980 he was 2595. Two months later he qualified for the GM title and August, he won the 19th World Junior (Under 20) Championship held at Dortmund. World Champion At the age of 20, he won the final match of the '83/'84 Candidates series beating Vasily Smyslov, the 1957 World Champion. Kasparov thus officially became the challenger for Anatoly Karpov's World Champion title. His rating at this time was 2710 (Karpov was 2700). under 17 year old Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov The Kasparov-Karpov tile match was held in Moscow 1984-85.The victor would be decided by whoever is the first to score six wins. Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov The match ended without a decision. The Karpov - Kasparov World Championship rematch was staged in the Tchaikowsky Concert Hall, Moscow, from September 3 to November 9 1985. It was won by Garry Kasparov 13-11 (+5-3=11). The Tchaikowsky Theatre, World Championship match 1985 The Champion He was then 22 and was rated about 2720 Kasparov at the age of 26, surpassed Bobby Fischer's record rating of 2785 and became the first ever player to reach a rating of 2800.
	In 1993, disagreement with the FIDE led to the formation of a new organisation, the Professional Chess Association (PCA), set up by England's Nigel Short and Garry Kasparov.
Under the PCA banner, the World Championship was held in the Savoy Theatre off the Strand in London from 7th September to 21st October 1993. Garry was challenged by Nigel Short (who beat Karpov and Timman on the way, having qualified the 1992-93 Candidates series to become Kasparov's challenger).	Nigel Short and Kasparov in the 1993 PCA World Championship
Kasparov won the 1993 World Championship 12.5/7.5 On 11th September, 1995, Kasparov was challenged by the Indian Grandmaster, Viswanathan Anand to defend his Champion title. The match was held in New York, on the 107th floor of one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre. Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov retained his World Championship by clinching the match 10.5/7.5 Finally And now Garry Kasparov is ready to meet Vladimir Kramnik to pit against each other in the ultimate bid to earn the crown of a World Champion. See how they fare and follow every move they make through our website.

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