Kasparov Garry

Kas·pa·rov

(käs′pə-rôf′), Garry Born 1963.

Azerbaijani-born Russian chess player who became the youngest world champion ever in 1985 after defeating Anatoly Karpov. He beat the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in a highly publicized match in 1996, but lost a rematch in 1997.

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