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Garry Kasparov

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Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. From 1984 until his retirement from regular competitive chess in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world no. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Garry Kasparov has received more than 8,782,958 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Garry Kasparov is the 12th most popular chess player, the 8th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Azerbaijani Chess Player.

Garry Kasparov is most famous for being the world chess champion from 1985 to 1993.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Garry Kasparov ranks 12 out of 461. Before him are Boris Spassky, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, Tigran Petrosian, and Max Euwe. After him are Vasily Smyslov, François-André Danican Philidor, Adolf Anderssen, Nona Gaprindashvili, Paul Morphy, and Paul Keres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Garry Kasparov ranks 11. Before him are Quentin Tarantino, Jet Li, Michael Jordan, Viktor Orbán, George Michael, and Mohammed VI of Morocco. After him are Till Lindemann, Sergey Bubka, Ronald Koeman, Peter Schmeichel, Eros Ramazzotti, and Geert Wilders.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Garry Kasparov ranks 8 out of 232. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Ilham Aliyev (1961), Lev Landau (1908), Richard Sorge (1895), Mstislav Rostropovich (1927), and Arghun (1250). After him are Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Abulfaz Elchibey (1938), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Ivan Bagramyan (1897), and Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Azerbaijan

Among chess players born in Azerbaijan, Garry Kasparov ranks 1. After him are Vladimir Bagirov (1936), Tatiana Zatulovskaya (1935), Vladimir Akopian (1971), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (1985), Teimour Radjabov (1987), Emil Sutovsky (1977), Elina Danielian (1978), Vugar Gashimov (1986), Ashot Nadanian (1972), Farid Abbasov (1979), and Rauf Mamedov (1988).

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