born 1963
Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, former world chess champion, and renowned political activist born on April 13, 1963. He is best known for his intense rivalry with Anatoly Karpov and for his contributions to chess theory and popularizing the game. After his retirement from professional chess in 2005, Kasparov became an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin and an advocate for democracy in Russia.