Garry Kasparov is the world\u2019s most famous chess player of all time. In 2005, after 20 years of being at the top, he stopped participating in contests. Nowadays he speaks all over the world about a wide range of topics. He is the author of \u2018My great predecessors\u2019 and \u2018How life imitates chess\u2019 and has written several articles in The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n
Kasparov is still in the public limelight though. He can be seen in commercials where he passionately tries to integrate chess in all kind of educational systems. He has his own foundation, the Kasparov Chess Foundation, which is located in the United States.<\/p>\n
His career is impressive. In 1979, when he was 16 years old, he won of 14 Grand Masters in Banja Luka. One year later he became world champion in the junior division and in 1981 he became USSR champion. Through all the years from 1985 to 2006 onward he was listed as the world’s number one chess player for the entire globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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