Garry Kasparov World Champion 1985–2000 and world number one for two decades
Russian-born grandmaster, 13th World Champion (1985-2000), widely considered the greatest of all time. Kasparov combined ferocious opening preparation with dynamic, attacking play. He fought for the initiative from the first move and set the standard for professional chess preparation.
Garry Kasparov: key facts
- Full name
- Garry Kasparov
- Born
- April 13, 1963, Baku, Azerbaijan
- Country
- Russia
- Title
- Grandmaster
- Peak rating
- 2851
- Games in the archive
- 2,124 (1976–2021)
- Record in the archive
- 1,072 wins · 869 draws · 182 losses
- Win rate
- 50.5%
Garry Kasparov's career
The results that made the name
Kasparov in numbers
From the 2,124 games in the Rama Chess archive
Thirteenth World Champion and world number one for almost twenty unbroken years. He became champion at twenty-two, held a rating record of 2851 that stood for over a decade, and his dynamic, deeply prepared attacking chess set the standard the modern game still measures itself against.
"Attack! Always attack!"— Garry Kasparov
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