garry kasparov

     

Born Garri Weinstein in Azerbaijan in 1963, he was a Soviet chess champ at 13 & world champ at 22

Trivia about garry kasparov

  • In 1996, he beat a chess-playing IBM computer called Deep Blue; in 1997 the tables were turned
  • This current world chess champion is scheduled to defend his crown again in 1993
  • On October 10, 1995 he retained his world chess title by defeating India's Viswanathan Anand
  • After 18 games he defeated Viswanathan Anand 10 1/2 to 7 1/2 to keep his world chess title
  • A Russian chess grandmaster, this man lost to a computer in 1997
  • The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate!
  • In 1997 this chess champ was blue over this defeat in a match by IBM's Deep Blue computer

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