Garry Kasparov

Acting · Born 1963-04-13 · age 63 · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]

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.