Biography
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, political activist, and writer, who was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. From 1984 until his retirement from regular competitive chess in 2005, Kasparov was ranked the world's No. 1 player for a record 255 months overall. Kasparov also holds records for the most consecutive professional tournament victories (15) and Chess Oscars (11).
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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
Filmography12 titles
Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Queen of Chess
History 101
The Colbert Report
Game Over
Real Time with Bill Maher
Putin's Kiss
More Human Than Human
Two Men at War
Piers Morgan Uncensored
King's Gambit