2005 Event Garry Kasparov retires professionally from chess 1997 Event Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue 1996 Event IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champ Gary Kasparov 1993 Event Gary Kasparov defeats Nigel Short for chess championship 1990 Event Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship 1987 Event Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champ 1985 Event Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion 1985 Event World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23 1963 Birthday Gary Kasparov, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1985- 1963 Birthday Garry Kasparov, born in Azerbaijan, Soviet Union, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist
