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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.
Awards & recognition
- Award "For Freedom of Mass Media" · 2023
- Chess Oscar · 2002
- Chess Oscar · 2001
- Chess Oscar · 1999
- Chess Oscar · 1996
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- Chess Oscar · 1995
- Chess Oscar · 1988
- Chess Oscar · 1987
- Chess Oscar · 1986
- Chess Oscar · 1985
- Chess Oscar · 1983
- Chess Oscar · 1982
- Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
- world chess champion
Filmography10 titles
Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
2018as self
2018as self
Queen of Chess
2026as Self
2026as Self
History 101
2020as Self (archive footage)
2020as Self (archive footage)
The Colbert Report
2005
2005
Game Over
2003as Garry Kasparov
2003as Garry Kasparov
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003as Self
2003as Self
Putin's Kiss
2011as Self (archive footage)
2011as Self (archive footage)
More Human Than Human
2018as Self
2018as Self
Two Men at War
2022as Self
2022as Self
Piers Morgan Uncensored
as Self
as Self