A community portal about Garry Kasparov with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion.
It wasn’t too long ago that video game publishers and developers looked down on online gaming. Considered too low-brow for the big production focused studios, online games were like the bastard step child nobody wanted to recognize as part of the family.
I know the shame of being the unwanted sibling only too well, having traveled to EA’s Cupertino headquarters in 1999 on acquisition talks representing Kasparov Chess Online, one of the largest online chess networks. Company chairman... Read Full Story
In a bizarre example of Second Life leaking into the real world, a political assembly on Saturday led by chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov was disrupted by a flying penis. Kasparov is a leader of the Other Russia movement, a loose coalition of activists opposing Vladamir Putin and the current Russian government. more HERE
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The World’s Greatest Chess Player
Garry Kasparov has been the highest-rated chess player in the world and is widely considered the greatest chess player that ever lived.
He is the founder and inspiration behind the Kasparov Chess Foundation whose mission is to introduce chess into the educational system worldwide. He is a regular contributor to the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal and remains the highest rated payer in the history of chess and the only icon in the game of over 100... Read Full Story
The World’s Greatest Chess Player
Garry Kasparov has been the highest-rated chess player in the world and is widely considered the greatest chess player that ever lived.
He is the founder and inspiration behind the Kasparov Chess Foundation whose mission is to introduce chess into the educational system worldwide. He is a regular contributor to the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal and remains the highest rated payer in the history of chess and the only icon in the game of over 100... Read Full Story
This photo was taken nearly 8 years ago at an event I organized featuring a chess exhibition with World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov taking on Grammy-award winner Sting and his band. This post was made via Flickr.
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