He won the 64-player Swiss system tournament at Daugavpils on tiebreak over Igor Vasilievich Ivanov, to capture the sole qualifying place. National He first qualified for the Soviet Chess Championship at age 15 in 1978, the youngest ever player at that level. He became World Junior Champion in 1980 in Dortmund, the same year he earned the grandmaster title. The next several years were spent marking his rise as a world-class talent. Junior Twelve-year old Kasparov won the Soviet Junior Championship, held in Tbilisi in 1976 scoring 7/9, and repeated his success in 1977, winning with a score of 8½ of 9. Five years after his father's untimely death from leukemia, the twelve year old chess prodigy adopted the Russian-sounding name Garry Kasparov (Kas-PARE-off) a reference to his mother's Armenian maiden name, Gasparyan (or Kasparian). He was first coached by Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov and later by Alexander Shakarov. At 10, he began training at the Mikhail Botvinnik Soviet chess school. His immense natural talent was soon realized and from age 7, he attended the Young Pioneer Palace in Baku (where for some time he was known as "Garry Bronstein".*).
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At five years old, young Garry Weinstein taught himself how to play chess from watching his relatives solve chess puzzles in a newspaper. Originally named Garry Kimovich Weinstein (or Weinshtein), he was born in Baku, in what was then the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (now the Republic of Azerbaijan), and is the son of Klara Shagenovna Kasparova and Kim Moiseyevich Weinstein. Known to chess fans world wide as the on account of his aggressive and highly successful style of play, his main early influence was the combative and combinative style of play displayed by Alexander Alekhine. One of the greatest players of all time, Kasparov was undisputed World Champion from 1985 until 1993, and Classical World Champion from 1993 until 2000. (born Apr-13-1963, 58 years old) Azerbaijan (federation/nationality Russia) Search Sacrifice Explorer for Garry Kasparov Kasparov vs J van Foreest (Jul-11-21) 1-0, blitzĪ Korobov vs Kasparov (Jul-11-21) 1-0, blitz Grischuk vs Kasparov (Jul-11-21) 1-0, blitz
? GCT Croatia Rapid & Blitz Kasparov vs Duda (Jul-11-21) 0-1, blitz Karpov World Championship Games by Penguincw Garry Kasparov's Best Games by niazidarwish GK Collection on the move to Fredthebear's den by fredthebear Intel World Chess Express Challenge (1994) Kasparov - Kramnik Classical World Championship Match (2000) Kasparov - Anand PCA World Championship Match (1995) Kasparov - Short PCA World Championship Match (1993) Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1990) Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1987) Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Rematch (1986) Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1985) Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match 1984/85 (1984) * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.Ĩ71 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc.