Garry Kimovich Kasparov - 13th world chess champion (1985-2000).

Peaks of success - victory in an unprecedented rivalry (1984-1990) with the 12th world champion A. Karpov, demonstration complete superiority over young contenders - N. Short (1993) and V. Anand (1995), a fantastic series of victories in tournaments of the highest difficulty category, a record rating (individual Elo coefficient) - 2850!

Kasparov's achievements are indisputable not only on the chess battlefields. Author of several books that have become bestsellers. “A child of change,” he acutely sensed the global changes in the country and the world that were conducive to the progress of chess thought. It was he, who was called by journalists in his youth “a computer with a soul,” who fell to the lot of taking on the first wave of the computer offensive. And he became at once a rival, a propagandist and a businessman of the electronic miracle of the late 20th century.