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Kasparov holds the record for the longest time as the No. 1 rated player in the world—from 1984 to 2005 (Kramnik shared the No. 1 ranking with him once, in the January 1996 FIDE rating list). Kasparov received a Chess Oscar eleven times as the best chess player of the year, in 1982–1983, 1985–1988, 1995–1996, 1999, and 2001–2002. Kasparov made his international debut for the USSR at age 16 in the 1980 European Team Championship and played for Russia in the 1992 edition of that championship.
Break with and ejection from FIDE
- After winning the prestigious Linares tournament for the ninth time, Kasparov announced on 10 March 2005 that he would retire from regular competitive chess.
- Kasparov lost game 27 (5–0), then fought back with another series of draws until game 32, earning his first-ever win against the world champion and bringing the score to 5–1.
- Kasparov began the serious study of chess after he came across a problem set up by his parents and proposed a solution.
- Kasparov recalled that he was criticised by Armenians for not taking a strong stance when the Karabakh movement began in 1988, explaining that he was living in Baku with 200,000 other Armenians at the time and did not want to increase tensions.
- Kasparov promised that any tournament money he earned would go towards charities to promote chess in Africa.
- The Kasparov–Kramnik match took place in London during the latter half of 2000.
- He tried to organise another world championship match under a different organisation, the World Chess Association (WCA), with Linares International Chess Tournament organiser Luis Rentero.
- In 2020, he participated in 9LX, a Chess960 tournament, and finished eighth of a field of ten players.
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- A long, tense game ensued, in which Karpov blundered away a pawn just before the first time control.
