Saturday, April 19, 2025

Garry Kasparov: The Life, Legacy, and Greatest Matches of a Chess Grandmaster

 

Introduction

Garry Kasparov is widely regarded as the greatest chess player of all time. His twenty-year reign over the chess world, hises matches against human and computer opponents, and continued influence as an author, commentator, and political campaigner make him a chess and wider cultural legend. From his meteoric rise as a teenage phenom to his reign as World Champion, Kasparov's career has been characterized by brilliance, intensity, and an insatiable drive to push the boundaries of the game.

Garry Kasparov is sitting with a chess board ready to play
Russian Chess GM Garry Kasparov