Garry Kasparov is a Russian grandmaster and former world chess champion. Garry Kasparov ranked No.1 from 1985 to 2005. He achieved his peak rating 2851 in 1999 until Magnus Carlsen broke his record in 2013.

Short Introduction of Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov was born on 13th April 1963 in Baku. He started his chess career when his parents faced a problem in chess and he solved it.

His training was started at the age of 10 in Mikhail Botvinnik Chess School under coach Vladimir Makogonov.

Vladimir Makogonov taught him positional skills, and also Caro Kann and Tartakower system of Queens Gambit Declined.

In 1976, Kasparov won Soviet Junior Chess championship at the age of 13.

In 1978, He played Sokolsky Memorial tournament in Minsk with the exception, but he won the tournament and there he decided to choose chess as a carer. He said ‘ I will remember the Sokolsky Memorial as long as I live’.

In 1980, He won Junior Chess Championship in Dortmund, West Germany.

In 1984, Kasparov becomes No.1 chess player in the world with the Fide rating of 2710. He became the youngest ever No.1 in the world and lasted for 12 years.

Retirement from Chess

In 2005, Kasparov announced his retirement from competitive chess. And he said that he will on play some rapid game for fun.

And he will spend more time on his books.

Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen

Kasparov coached Magnus Carlsen secretly for one year. And under his training, Magnus Carlsen achieved the highest 2800 rating in chess and become number 1 from number 4. (See also:⇒ Magnus Carlsen’s chess games [Attacks])

Kasparov and Hikaru Nakamura

In January 2011, Kasparov coached US grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura (See Also:⇒ Hikaru Nakamura [Five-Time US Chess Champion]/).

Best Chess Games of Kasparov

Now let’s watch some of the great games played by Kasparov. These games selected by chessonly.com, as you know that every chess player has a different taste when selecting the best chess games. But I hope that these games below will inspire you to play more competitive chess.

Kasparov’s Game 1:

Opening: Alekhine Defense

[Event "46th URS-ch selection"] [Site "Daugavpils LAT"] [Date "1978.07.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Semon Palatnik"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 a5 7.a4 Bg7 8.Ng5 e6 9.f4 dxe5 10.fxe5 c5 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 Nc6 13.Ne4 Nd7 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Bg5 cxd4 16.cxd4 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Bf2 Ng6 19.Nbc3 Qe7 20.Bc2 b6 21.Be3 Ba6 22.Rf2 Nh8 23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.Qh5 f5 25.Nxg5 Rf7 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Rxf5 exf5 28.Nd5 Qe8 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Qxf5+ Kg8 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Ra3 Rc8 33.Rf3+ Nf6 34.h3 Qg6 35.Rxf6+ Bxf6 36.Ne6+ Ke8 37.Nxf6+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Kasparov’s Game 2:

Opening: King’s Indian Attack

[Event "Leningrad"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1975.07.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kantsler, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A08"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1975.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "URS"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Ngf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Qe2 b5 10. e5 a5 11. Nf1 Ba6 12. h4 b4 13. N1h2 h6 14. Bf4 Kh7 15. Bh3 c4 16. Kg2 Nf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. g4 fxg4 19. Nxg4 Ne7 20. Bg5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rh8 22. Nf6+ Kg6 23. Rh1 Nf5 24. Rxh8 Bxh8 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Qh5+ Kf5 27. g6+ Kf4 28. Re1 Bxf6 29. f3 Nxf3 30. Qxf3+ Kg5 31. Qg3+ Kh5 32. exf6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Kasparov’s Game 3:

Opening: Queen’s Indian Unusual Line

[Event "Niksic International"] [Site "Niksic"] [Date "1983.08.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Portisch, Lajos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1983.08.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c4 cxd4 16. exd4 Na5 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd5 Kg8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne5 Rfd8 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qf5 f6 25. Nd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qc5 27. Qh7 Rc7 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Rd3 Nc4 30. Rfd1 Ne5 31. Qh7+ Ke6 32. Qg8+ Kf5 33. g4+ Kf4 34. Rd4+ Kf3 35. Qb3+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Conclusion:

The list of best game is very long and offcourse we can not mention all of his best games here. Thanks for reading.