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Garry Kasparov
Number of games in database: 2,162
Years covered: 1973 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2812
Highest rating achieved in database: 2851
Overall record: +878 -152 =846 (69.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      286 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (169) 
    B30 B40 B50 B33 B31
 Ruy Lopez (95) 
    C92 C84 C97 C67 C80
 Nimzo Indian (82) 
    E32 E34 E21 E46 E20
 Queen's Indian (75) 
    E12 E15 E17 E16
 Queen's Gambit Declined (64) 
    D37 D31 D35 D30 D38
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (55) 
    C92 C84 C97 C88 C90
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (326) 
    B90 B84 B82 B22 B83
 King's Indian (166) 
    E92 E97 E76 E60 E75
 Sicilian Najdorf (109) 
    B90 B92 B97 B93 B96
 Grunfeld (90) 
    D85 D97 D78 D87 D76
 Sicilian Scheveningen (67) 
    B84 B82 B83 B80 B81
 English (34) 
    A15 A10 A11 A13
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999 1-0
   Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 0-1
   Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994 1-0
   Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 0-1
   Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 1-0
   Adams vs Kasparov, 2005 0-1
   Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993 0-1
   Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983 1-0
   Kasparov vs Anand, 1995 1-0
   Kasparov vs X3D Fritz, 2003 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match (1984)
   Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match (1985)
   Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Rematch (1986)
   Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match (1987)
   Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match (1990)
   Kasparov-Short World Championship Match (1993)
   Kasparov-Anand World Championship Match (1995)
   Kasparov-Kramnik World Championship Match (2000)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Kasparov Defeats the Best by Anatoly21
   Garry Kasparov's Best Games by KingG
   Size GAZA by lonchaney
   kasparov best games by brager
   KASPAROV GAMES by gambitfan
   Road to the Championship - Garry Kasparov (I) by Fischer of Men
   Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games (Stohl) by AdrianP
   Essential Kasparov by vonKrolock
   Instructional Remedies Vs. Sicilian by southpawjinx
   Gazza's Greats by AdrianP
   Computer - GM games 1963-2003a by biglo
   Kasparov Defeats the Best-2 by Anatoly21
   Kasparov! by larrewl
   Thunderstorms from a Blue Sky by Benjamin Lau

GAMES ANNOTATED BY KASPAROV: [what is this?]
   Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987
   Kasparov vs A Ivanov, 1978

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GARRY KASPAROV
(born Apr-13-1963) Azerbaijan (citizen of Russia)

[what is this?]
At six years old, young Garri Weinstein taught himself how to play chess from watching his relatives solve chess puzzles in a newspaper. His immense natural talent was soon realized and he was sent off to study chess at the Mikhail Botvinnik Soviet chess school. After his father's untimely death, the twelve year old chess prodigy soon adopted the Russian-sounding name 'Garry Kasparov', a reference to his mother's Armenian maiden name, Kasparian.

Kasparov won the Soviet Junior Championship, held in Tbilisi in 1976. The next several years were spent marking his rise as a world-class talent. He became World Junior Champion in 1980, the same year he earned the grandmaster title. He won the Moscow Interzonal in 1982 to qualify for the Candidates Matches, where he scored victories against Alexander Beliavsky, Viktor Korchnoi and Vasily Smyslov to emerge as the official challenger to World Champion Anatoli Karpov. While their first match, in 1984, was ordered stopped by FIDE (Karpov was leading 5-3), Garry Kasparov eventually emerged victorious in the 1985 rematch, becoming the youngest world champion ever at the age of 22.

Kasparov has successfully defended his FIDE title against several attempts by Karpov in the late 80's, Nigel Short (under the auspices of the PCA) in 1993, and Viswanathan Anand in 1995. In 1997, the world champion faced defeat against Deep Blue (Computer) in a promotional match sponsored by IBM. Three years later, in 2000, Kasparov finally lost his long-held title to his former student, Vladimir Kramnik. In 2004, Garry Kasparov became the Russian Champion with a stunning +5 score in the Moscow Superfinal.

On March 10, 2005, immediately after winning his seventh Linares tournament, Garry Kasparov announced his retirement from professional chess, after thirty years of play and twenty years at the top of the ratings list. He currently is devoted to Russian politics.


 page 1 of 87; games 1-25 of 2,166  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. E Kengis vs Kasparov ½-½54 1973 Vilnius LTUB88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
2. Kasparov vs S Muratkuliev 1-032 1973 Baku tt U18C77 Ruy Lopez
3. E Magerramov vs Kasparov 0-135 1973 BakuB54 Sicilian
4. Kasparov vs O Vasilchenko 1-040 1973 KievC03 French, Tarrasch
5. Kasparov vs Averbakh 1-048 1974 Moscow clock simC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
6. Kasparov vs Yermolinsky 0-148 1975 BakuB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
7. Einoris vs Kasparov 0-142 1975 BakuB59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
8. Kasparov vs Yermolinsky 0-148 1975 LeningradB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
9. Korchnoi vs Kasparov ½-½42 1975 Palace of Pioneers sim.E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
10. Dvoirys vs Kasparov ½-½45 1975 BakuB89 Sicilian
11. Kasparov vs A Sokolov 1-032 1975 BakuB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
12. Kasparov vs B Kantsler 1-032 1975 Junior competitionC00 French Defense
13. Karpov vs Kasparov 1-045 1975 LeningradB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
14. Kasparov vs E Kengis ½-½27 1975 BakuB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
15. O Pavlenko vs Kasparov 0-134 1975 BakuE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
16. Kasparov vs Polugaevsky ½-½25 1975 LeningradB40 Sicilian
17. Kasparov vs Gorelov 1-058 1975 BakuC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
18. E Vladimirov vs Kasparov ½-½30 1975 VilniusE17 Queen's Indian
19. Tilichkin vs Kasparov 0-143 1975 BakuB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
20. Kasparov vs Smyslov 0-130 1975 Team GM/Young PioneersC60 Ruy Lopez
21. Kasparov vs Yurtaev 0-144 1975 BakuB39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
22. Rizvonov vs Kasparov 0-137 1975 VilniusE17 Queen's Indian
23. Z Sturua vs Kasparov 1-028 1976 TbilisiA48 King's Indian
24. Sakarov vs Kasparov ½-½22 1976 MoscowB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
25. Dunne vs Kasparov 0-157 1976 WattigniesB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
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May-13-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  talisman: How life imitates chess:
after demonstrating his organizational skills and fundraising abilities(the non-title no-match with shirov) kasparov loses to both losers...kramnik and putin.
May-13-09
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  amadeus: That's a nice meme...

<"Why Kasparov Quit Chess" - Two words:>

Water Fluoridation

Dentistry School

Kawa Bunga!

May-13-09
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  alexmagnus: <the fifteen languages I am said to speak is a joke.>

That was clear as the sky in the high summer, but the question is who invented this "joke"... Kasparov himself?

May-13-09
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  Absentee: <talisman: How life imitates chess: after demonstrating his organizational skills and fundraising abilities(the non-title no-match with shirov) kasparov loses to both losers...kramnik and putin.>

Looks to me like Putin's been on the winning side for a good while now. Politically, Kasparov is a clown... you should've kept at chess, Garry.

May-13-09   Ziggurat: <off-topic> I guess a lot of people have a fairly relaxed definition of being "fluent" in a language. Come to think of it, it's maybe not so easy to pinpoint what it means. I speak five languages, but would only characterize myself as fluent in one of them, even though I was brought up in two languages. I used to be fluent in those two languages, but one of them has gradually deteriorated after I turned 20. I speak it, and understand it perfectly, but often find myself mentally searching for words. That, to me, means I'm not fluent in it anymore, though that could change in the future.
May-17-09
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  HeMateMe: Maybe someone should edit his bio here, seeing as how there is a quote (if it is accurate) that Kasparov himself dispels this notion of knowing 15 languages.

I remember reading something unusual about language study. It was a short piece on Leopold and Loeb. They were the two University of Chicago students who decided to kidnap a child, to see if they could get away with it. They ending up killing their victim. They were both caught and given life imprisonment.

One of them was killed in prison. The other made the study of languages his lifes work (he wasn't going anywhere) and mastered a reported 73 languages. In his late age, he was paroled and I think he teaches at University in Puerto Rico. A bright guy, just criminally insane.

May-19-09
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  HAPERSAUD: I have a question, is there a reason for why Garry started to play more king's pawn openings as white from 1998 onwards than queen's pawn or english? Was he tired of his opponents preparing novelties or something or did he just want to win more and decided e4 best by test?
May-29-09
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  SatelliteDan: <HAPERSAUD: I have a question, is there a reason for why Garry started to play more king's pawn openings as white from 1998 onwards than queen's pawn or english? Was he tired of his opponents preparing novelties or something or did he just want to win more and decided e4 best by test?> Good question.
Chess life just put Kasparov on the cover. Is he a legend? I think so.
May-29-09
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  talisman: <HAPERSAUD> for his 1990 match with karpov, GK said that he thought e4 would cause karpov problems in the sense that it would not give him the type of game that suited his style best.
May-29-09   Jim Bartle: I read that after beating Karpov with 1. e4 in game 2, Kasparov stared straight into Karpov's eyes as he started with the same move in game 4.
Jun-01-09
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  HAPERSAUD: Oh I get it now :) It doesn't really matter what move he played as long as it caused problems for his oponnents. Thanks <Talisman> <Jim Bartle> It really is a shame he retired, I could use some inspiration for my repertoire right now lol
Jun-08-09   SBB: Tolkien was fluent in 12 languages, had a working knowledge of 7 more, and invented 14, 2 of which were almost completely functional. I don't see why 15 is an impossibility.
Jun-08-09   myschkin: . . .

I a M Sau Ron Livshits without D Body :(

Jun-08-09   Defiler: <SBB: Tolkien was fluent in 12 languages, had a working knowledge of 7 more, and invented 14, 2 of which were almost completely functional. I don't see why 15 is an impossibility.>

It certainly isn't but apart from the fact that he already stated that he speaks just two; Kasparov played or studied chess 50 hours per week for more than two thirds of his life. Who has time to learn 13 more languages with this kind of scedule? ;p

Jun-09-09   SBB: It certainly is clear that Kaspy only speaks two, I was just trying to dispel the thought that 15 was impossible. A quote of which I can not find, so I guess I imagined it. I really shouldn't study in the middle of the night.
Jun-09-09   kurtrichards: Granting that Mr. Kasparov knows 15 languages (I wonder what languages are those) fluently but those are not enough to beat Mr.Putin.
Jun-11-09   myschkin: . . .

The six degrees of separation:

http://www.ibeatgarry.com/

Jun-22-09   drnooo: I know common sense is always at a premium here, but yikes. All any of you have to do is listen to Kasparov speak in English. He's very fumbling, a lot of haad and hand tossing, uhh, like,uhh, like a lot of uhhs,pauses, mmm, ya know, hardly fluent. As for fluent a la Fisher, why in hell did he have Evans do the liner notes for his own big album if he had been so comfortable with his English. Speaking with a decent vocabulary, easily, is fluent, seems...making room for a physical stutter, nervous malfunction. Any occasion Fisher spoke, at least recorded, was never, repeat never one of verbal fireworks,... if anything one of a rather diminished vocabulary that hardly poured forth trippingly on the tongue. Now maybe he never read much, dunno, so it could be that a monstrous vocabulary eluded him going down that road. Actually it seems that, and this is a little off topic, Seirawan has a great writing style. For a model at least of a chessplayers verbal fluency. Now as for fluent chess, well Fisher is right up there with the best. Easy, no hesitation, all the right words in the right places, fast and graceful as Fred Astaire. To mix about three metaphors, but what the hell, that's where Fisher WAS fluent. Not English.
Jun-22-09   drnooo: Make that Fischer the chessplayer and Fisher the linguist.
Jun-22-09   drnooo: And while we're at it, even though Topolovs opinions about chess are to be taken with a boxcar load of salt, how about this. Kasparov is in a class by himself, right. Krammnik way behind. Lets see 120 encounters, Krammnik one win behind. Huh? Oh yeah, not including a so called championship match that, I forget who won, pretty sure it was not Kasparov. mmm, maybe not just sour grapes but spoiled and turning to really bitter wine there, Topa. Not counting the matches that Krammnik held his own at least as well as Kasparov against a computer. Which you notice so far nobody else has even had the nerve to try. The simple fact is that for all intents and purposes Krammnik and Kasparov are equal against each other no mater how you twist and squirm to prove otherwise.
Jun-22-09   tud: Let's not forget Kramnik had a great training from Kasparov when he was still a young man. He was his second during the match with Anand. His results against Kasparov improved considerably after that. And, no, they are not equal to each other, a match after 2000 would have been won by Kasparov, no doubt about that. Kasaprov's eyes were after other players, he simply ignored Kramnik. See what happens after 2000, Kramnik gets the right position behind Kasparov.
Jun-22-09
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  MaxxLange: Kramnik and Kasparov aren't judged only by their results against each other. Kramnik, who is clearly a "super grandmaster" if anyone is, never dominated the top tournaments for a decade like both Karpov and Kasparov did with the title. As such, I think he is clearly a rank behind them as a player.
Jun-23-09
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  HeMateMe: Kasparov dominated both match play and tournament play far longer than Kramnik has. A comparison of great players is more than just a head to head comparison; its also a look at how they fared against common opponents. Part of Kramnik's inconsisteny could be attributed to lack of motivation on his part. Some people just don't need these victories as much as others. But the record is there to examine.

Kasparov stands alone, unique among chess players.

Jun-28-09
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  Knight13: I support that Kasparov is a better player compared to Kramnik.
Jul-02-09   myschkin: . . .

Garry Kasparov: Lessons Given by Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian

http://www.armeniadiaspora.com/js04...

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