Garry Kasparov

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Russian person Soviet person author chess grandmaster chess player human political activist world chess champion

Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players in history and a prominent political activist and author.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Garry Kimovich Kasparov 1
Kasparov 1
Kasparov–Karpov rivalry 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian person ⓘ
Soviet person ⓘ
author ⓘ
chess grandmaster ⓘ
chess player ⓘ
human ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
world chess champion ⓘ
awarded Chess Oscar ⓘ
birthName Garry Kasparov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Garry Kimovich Kasparov
countryOfCitizenship Croatia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1963-04-13 ⓘ
defeated Anatoly Karpov ⓘ
defeatedInEvent World Chess Championship 1985 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
familyName Garry Kasparov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kasparov
founded United Civil Front ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Garry ⓘ
knownFor being one of the greatest chess players of all time ⓘ
longest time as world number one in chess ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
memberOf The Other Russia coalition ⓘ
name Garry Kasparov self-link ⓘ
notableWork Deep Thinking ⓘ
How Life Imitates Chess ⓘ
My Great Predecessors ⓘ
Winter Is Coming ⓘ
occupation chess player ⓘ
politician ⓘ
public speaker ⓘ
writer ⓘ
patronymicName Kimovich ⓘ
peakRanking 1 ⓘ
peakRating 2851 ⓘ
peakRatingDate 1999-07 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
surface form: Azerbaijan SSR

Baku ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Union
playedMatchAgainst Anatoly Karpov ⓘ
Deep Blue ⓘ
Deep Thought ⓘ
Veselin Topalov ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
politicalActivity Russian pro-democracy movement ⓘ
opposition to Vladimir Putin ⓘ
ranForOffice Russian presidential election 2008 (attempted) ⓘ
religion atheism (self-described) ⓘ
residence Croatia ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
retiredFromProfessionalChess 2005 ⓘ
subjectOf Garry Kasparov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kasparov–Karpov rivalry
title Grandmaster ⓘ
website https://kasparov.com ⓘ
worldChampionIn chess ⓘ
worldChampionTitleEnd 2000 ⓘ
worldChampionTitleStart 1985 ⓘ
yearsAsWorldNumberOne 1986–2005 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Garry Kasparov → birthName → Garry Kasparov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garry Kimovich Kasparov
Garry Kasparov → familyName → Garry Kasparov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kasparov
Garry Kasparov → name → Garry Kasparov self-link ⓘ
Garry Kasparov → subjectOf → Garry Kasparov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kasparov–Karpov rivalry