Garry Kasparov

About Garry Kasparov

Soviet chess champion who became the first world champion to lose a match to a computer, when he lost to IBM's Deep Blue in 1997.

Garry Kasparov before fame

He began training with Mikhail Botvinnik when he was ten years old.

Achievement of Garry Kasparov

He became the youngest World Champion of Chess at 22 in 1985 and he was the highest ranked chess player in the world for 255 months.

Garry Kasparov family life

With his first wife, Masha, he had a daughter, and with his second wife, Yulia, he had a son.

Associations of Garry Kasparov

He, like Bobby Fischer, is a well-known chess player.

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