Introduction
Garry Kasparov, also known as Garry Weinstein or Harry Weinstein, is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, the Soviet Union, on 13 April 1963. Garry is now 59 years old as of 2022. He is tall with a height of 5.9 inches and weighs about 82 Kg.
Kim Moiseyevich Weinstein, the son of Jewish parents, Kim Moiseyevich Weinstein and Kalara Shagenovna Kasparov, was born on December 25th, 1965 in Moscow, Russia. He had the surname Weinstein but adopted Kasparov after his father’s death. He attended Young Pioneer palace and attended a chess school training. In 1984 he won the Soviet Junior Chess Championship. In 1985 he tied for first with Boris Spassky at the World Youth Chess Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1986 he won the Soviet Senior Chess Championship. In 1987 he tied for first with Anatoly Karpov at the World Senior Chess Championship in Dresden, Germany. In 1988 he won the Candidates Tournament (the tournament that selects a player to challenge for the world championship) which led to his match against Garry Kasparov for the world championship in 1990. He lost that match by a score of 6-7/8 games to 3-1/2 games. ..
Relationship Status of Garry
Garry has married three women in his life from whom he has four children. His first wife was Masha, his second was Yulia, and his current wife is Daria. He has two sons and two daughters. His father died when Garry was 17 years old.
IQ and Quotes by Garry Kasparove
Garry Kasparov is considered a genius person with a good IQ level because he has an IQ of 185 – 190. However, Garry got 135 points on an IQ test in 1987 – 1988.
Garry Kasparov has written many quotes in his life. Some of the sections are discussed here.
The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture. My nature is that I have to excite myself with a big challenge. If you are already in a flight, you want the first blow to be the last, and you had better be the one to throw it.
Career
Garry Kasparov became a world champion at the age of 17, becoming the youngest chess champion in history.
Garry retired from chess in 2005 and has since written a memoir about his experiences, Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins. In it, Garry discusses his match against IBM’s supercomputer, which took place in 2017. ..
Garry Kasparov vs. Magnus Carlsen was a fantastic match in which the chess grandmaster won. Garry Kasparov vs. Deep Blue was his last match as a supercomputer defeated him in 1997 that lasted for an hour.
In retirement, he became a writer and also practiced politics. He wanted to take part in politics in 2008 but was disqualified due to a lack of supporters. He is now a chairman of the Human Rights Federation and Renew Democracy Initiative.
His Net Worth as of 2022
Garry has gained his net worth from his chess-playing and becoming a champion. He has approximately $6.2 million net worth from his chess-playing and politics.
