Actor
Born Apr 13, 1963 · Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Active 2003–present · Awards: world chess champion, Chess Oscar, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Award "For Freedom of Mass Media"
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.