Place of BirthBaku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Also Known AsGarri Kasparow, Garri Kasparov, Гарри Каспаров
Biography
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist. From 1984 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 255 months overall for his career.
