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Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, former world chess champion, writer, and political activist, whom many consider to be the greatest chess player of all time. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 225 out of 228 months. His peak rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. Kasparov also holds records for consecutive professional tournament victories (15) and Chess Oscars (11).
Birth Name
Garry Kimovich Weinstein
Born
Saturday, 13 April 1963
Acting Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Russian Media Monitor | Self - Chairman, Human Rights Foundation | 2023 |
| Two Men at War | Self - Russian Chess Grandmaster, Chairman, Human Rights Foundation | 2022 |
| One Nation | Self - Former Chess Grandmaster | 2022 |
| Coded Bias | Self - Chess Champion | 2020 |
| History 101 | Self | 2020 |
| CyberWork and the American Dream | Self - Former World Chess Champion | 2019 |
| Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin | Self | 2018 |
| Peston | Self - Chairman - Human Rights Foundation | 2018 |
| Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | Self - Guest | 2018 |
| Explained | Self - World Chess Champion | 2018 |
Acting Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Russian Media Monitor | Self - Chairman, Human Rights Foundation | 2023 |
| Two Men at War | Self - Russian Chess Grandmaster, Chairman, Human Rights Foundation | 2022 |
| One Nation | Self - Former Chess Grandmaster | 2022 |
| Coded Bias | Self - Chess Champion | 2020 |
| History 101 | Self | 2020 |
| CyberWork and the American Dream | Self - Former World Chess Champion | 2019 |
| Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin | Self | 2018 |
| Peston | Self - Chairman - Human Rights Foundation | 2018 |
| Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | Self - Guest | 2018 |
| Explained | Self - World Chess Champion | 2018 |
| More Human Than Human | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| The Opposition with Jordan Klepper | Self | 2017 |
| On Assignment with Richard Engel | Self - Putin Critic | 2017 |
| TED Cinema Experience: Opening Event | Himself - Speaker | 2017 |
| For the Record | Self | 2017 |
| Magnus | Self | 2016 |
| Putin Forever? | Self | 2016 |
| The Term | Self | 2014 |
| Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo | Self - Panelist / Self / Self - Grand Chess Master / Self - Former World Chess Champion | 2014 |
| Zima, ukhodi! | Self / Himself | 2012 |
| Putin's Kiss | Self / Himself (archival footage) | 2011 |
| Erin Burnett OutFront | Self | 2011 |
| Bobby Fischer Against the World | Self | 2011 |
| Skavlan | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Letter to Anna | Self | 2008 |
| Rude Tube | Self | 2008 |
| Morning Joe | Self | 2007 |
| The Colbert Report | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| On the Money | Self - Chairman, Human Rights Foundation | 2005 |
| 80s | Self | 2005 |
| The Prince of Chess | Self / Himself | 2005 |
| Anderson Cooper 360° | Self - Author & Russian Pro-Democracy Leader / Self - Author / Self | 2003 |
| Game Over | Garry Kasparov / Self | 2003 |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | Self - Guest / Self | 2003 |
| Timeshift | Himself - Russian World Champion (archive footage) | 2002 |
| Sabine Christiansen | Self | 1998 |
| ABC News Nightline | Self | 1980 |
| 60 Minutes | Himself - Chess Grandmaster (segment "Crackdown in Russia") / Himself - Chess Grandmaster (segment "Crackdown in Russia") (archive footage) / Himself - Chess Grandmaster & Activist (segment "The Match of His Life") | 1968 |
