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Great and Terrible, otherwise he was not called in chess world. The thirteenth world champion left the chess Olympus at the height of his fame, and no one dares to say whether he is right.Childhood of Garry Kasparov
A genius was born in Baku on April 13, 1963, in an intelligent family. Father, Kim Moiseevich Weinstein, like his mother, Klara Shagenovna Kasparyan, worked in engineering positions. And grandfather, Moses Weinstein, was not the last composer in Baku.When exactly the young Kasparov mastered the ancient game is unknown. The story only mentions that at the age of five, unexpectedly for his parents, he prompted his father to solve a sketch published in a newspaper. Seeing such remarkable abilities in the baby, Garik was sent to chess section Baku Palace of Pioneers. In 1970, the future grandmaster's father died of lymphosarcoma. The mother devoted her entire life to raising her son.
In the very first year of learning chess, the boy won the 3rd category. And already in 1972 he took part in the international youth tournament, which was held in France. Of course, the family ties of the Kasparov family played an important role here, but the merit of the young child prodigy should not be underestimated either.
The first successes and failures of chess player Garry Kasparov
The turning point for the genius was 1973. This year, a very young genius went to Vilnius as part of the Azerbaijani national team, where he met his future coach, friend and mentor Alexander Nikitin. It was on his recommendation that the Bakuvian got into the world-famous correspondence chess school of Botvinnik. And there he very soon became an assistant to the chess patriarch himself.Even then, Botvinnik noted the unique analytical abilities of the young talent. And the sixth world champion in such matters has never been wrong.
By the way, Garik became Kasparov, not Weinstein, only in 1974. Then his mother, for the sake of her son's chess career, changed not only his nationality, but also his surname. Since then, the young Jewish chess player has become an Armenian. In the same year, Garry Kimovich for the first time participated in the all-Union tournament between the palaces of pioneers. And already in 1975 he was in the lead in the championship of the USSR among young men. True, an unsuccessful finish threw him far, to seventh place. But given the age of the young man and the strong composition of the tournament, it was a sensation.
In 1976, at the age of 12, Bakunets won this tournament. Then they started talking about him seriously in the highest chess circles of the Land of Soviets. The country that occupied the undisputed leadership in the chess world.
Eight-year-old prodigy vs. Garry Kasparov
In 1978, after a long debate, the young CCM was admitted to the tournament with the participation of grandmasters. Garik won the Sokolsky Memorial ahead of schedule. And this despite the fact that 5 rounds before the finish line, he has already scored a master's rate. In the same year, the future champion won the qualifying tournament for the country's top chess league.
In 1979, he submitted to a rather strong international tournament in Banja Luka.
True, he got to this tournament only thanks to the indisputable authority of the patriarch of Soviet chess. Without Botvinnik's recommendations, Garik might not have been allowed to travel abroad.
At the same tournament, the young master overfulfilled the norm of the international grandmaster. For such achievements, Heydar Aliyev himself, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, took him under his wing. And the chess genius did not let him down. He brought home the bronze medal of the USSR championship, the strongest tournament in the world in terms of composition.
Garry Kasparov - grandmaster
In 1980, Garik was awarded the title of grandmaster. He is 17 years old, he just graduated from school with a gold medal. He has many hobbies and thousands of talents. But since it was decided that the grandmaster would connect his life with chess, it was most rational for him to study at the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute. Where did he go.Having won matches against Viktor Korchnoi and Vasily Smyslov, in 1984, Garry Kimovich Kasparov became the main contender for chess crown.
The young talent had victories and not only at the chessboard. The year 1984 was remembered in the life of a 21-year-old chess player by his acquaintance with 37-year-old Marina Neyolova, who, after a three-year relationship with the champion, had a daughter, Nika. He did not acknowledge paternity.
Great Confrontation
In the same 1984, a great confrontation between two great chess players began, which dragged on for more than 10 years. The Unlimited duel between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov has begun. The first World Championship match was never finished. By the decision of Florencio Compomanes, after 48 games with a score of 5:3 in favor of the twelfth champion, despite all the protests of the Baku player, the match was interrupted. It should be noted that, despite the fact that Anatoly Karpov was in the lead with a score of 5:0, he was never able to develop success.It was decided to play again next year.
Garry Kasparov afraid of Russia?
On November 9, 1985, with a score of 13:11, Garry Kimovich Kasparov was declared the 13th chess king. Three more times Anatoly Karpov tried to regain the chess throne, but to no avail. The Great and Terrible firmly established himself on the throne of the chess Olympus.
Personal life of Garry Kasparov
1986 Studying at the institute is over. And the youngest chess king met Maria Arapova, who at that time worked as a guide-translator. They got married two years later. And three years later, Garik had a daughter. They named her Pauline. But as soon as the young wife wanted to live separately from her mother-in-law, conflicts began. Klara Shagenovna made every effort to break up this marriage. And she got it very soon.The divorce process was not easy, and hit the “chess king” well in the pocket. It is worth noting at least the purchase of an apartment for an ex-wife in the United States. And real estate there was very, very expensive.
In 1995, the heart of the Great and terrible was again wounded by the arrow of Cupid. This time, young Julia Vovk turned out to be the chosen one of the chess idol. An eighteen-year-old student became the legitimate wife of a genius in 1996, at the same time she gave him a son, Vadim, officially the second child of a chess luminary. The marriage between Garik and Yulia lasted 9 years.
Kasparov - politician
At the same time, Kasparov began to gradually transfer the hardships of the struggle from the chessboard to the political arena.In 1990, he left the CPSU and was directly involved in the creation of the Democratic Party of Russia, but already in the same year he created an intra-party faction with Murashov, which actually split the DPR. Some of the members of which later moved to the "Liberal Union", organized by a Bakuvian in 1991.
In 1993, Garry Kimovich Kasparov left FIDE and organized the PCA, destroying order in the chess world for many years. It was only 20 years later that the consequences of this split were eliminated.
Chess player and information technology
That time was marked by the rapid development of information technology. Creation of strong chess programs. It would seem that it is impossible to keep up with the pace of technological progress. But no, Kasparov regularly played matches with an iron brain and opened the most popular site on the Internet at that time, ClubKasparov.ru.Garry Kasparov now
The further, the more Kasparov the chess player began to be distracted by Kasparov the politician. He was still the rating favorite, his game power was still appalling. But it became clear to the naked eye that chess achievements were on the decline.After the victory in Linares-2005, the Thirteenth World Champion, the winner of dozens of tournaments, the man of the era, the Great and Terrible announced that he was leaving his professional chess career.
Now the chess player is one of the leaders of the opposition to President Vladimir Putin. He fights in the political arena the same way he fought at the chessboard. And yet, history may not remember Kasparov's politics. But the thirteenth world chess champion will remain in the memory of people forever.
In 1995, 33-year-old Garry Kasparov married an 18-year-old student from Riga, Yulia Volkova, they lived in marriage for 9 years and gave birth to a son, Vadim. And if about 15 years ago all the glossy magazines and the yellow press wrote about Yulia, now her life goes unnoticed. While the son of Garry Kasparov is just a very noticeable young man, both literally and figuratively, at the age of 16 he is engaged in weightlifting in the weight category of more than 120 kg. She trains in Riga and participates in the drug-free Riga sports program.
For Kasparov, marriage to Julia was the second. Before that, the chess player was married to Maria Arapova for five years. From his first marriage he has a daughter, Polina. After the divorce, Maria and her daughter moved to live in America.
Kasparov met Yulia at a banquet on the occasion of a chess tournament dedicated to Mikhail Tal. The girl was a real beauty. The couple has been happily married for 9 years. But in 2004, he was increasingly seen with a model from St. Petersburg, Dasha Tarasova, who later became his third wife, giving birth to his daughter Aida.
Rumor has it that before his first marriage, Kasparov still had an affair with actress Marina Neelova, who bore him a daughter, Nika.
In those years when Harry was still married to Julia, the chess player was a caring father and husband. Paris Match magazine wrote then that Kasparov dreamed that his son would remember him as a playing champion and therefore strove to always be in good sports shape and win.
Now the great chess player can be proud of his son's sporting achievements. A 16-year-old young man takes part in the first Russian-Latvian project "For a sports society" and is engaged in weight lifting. Vadim trains in Riga, in the Moscow suburb, together with the athletes of the Riga Without Drugs movement.
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This article presents the chess player Garry Kasparov, whose biography is described below, as well as his famous chess achievements, political career and literary activity.
The origin and childhood of the grandmaster
Garry Kasparov was born on April 13, 1963 in the Azerbaijan SSR, in the city of Baku. The future “great and terrible grandmaster” was born in an intelligent family. The parents of the genius were a married couple working in engineering positions, and Harry's grandfather was a well-known composer in Baku.
Curious is the fact that at birth Harry received the surname Weinstein, but in 1974, his mother, for the sake of his future and chess career, changed his surname to Kasparov. At the same time, the Jewish genius was changed to an Armenian nationality. Garry Kasparov himself likes to call his nationality simply as “Baku”.
The first mention of the manifestation of his outstanding talent is an incident that happened to young Harry at the age of five. Then, quite unexpectedly for the family, the child prompted his father to solve a difficult chess problem published in the newspaper. After this incident, the parents decided to send the boy to the local chess section, located in the Baku Palace of Pioneers.
First achievements and failures
Practicing diligently and mastering all sorts of tricks ancient game, the boy confidently gained experience and began to achieve the first successes. Already in the first year of his learning to play chess, Harry achieved his first major achievement, having won the third category.
At the age of 7, Harry lost his father, who died of a hematological disease. The family became more difficult, and all the worries and hardships mainly fell on the shoulders of the mother, who, after the death of her husband, decided to devote herself entirely to raising her son. Nevertheless, with the help of family ties and the good reputation of the Kasparov family, in 1972 they managed to send the young wurdenkind to the international youth chess tournament, which was held in France. Here, Harry was finally able to fully show his abilities and face worthy opponents.
The turning point and significant year in the life of Garry Kasparov is 1973. It was in that year that a ten-year-old youth, as part of the Azerbaijani team, went to Vilnius. In this city, the young genius met Alexander Nikitin, who in the future became not only his mentor and coach, but also good friend. This event laid a solid foundation for the chess future of the young Baku resident.
On the recommendation of Nikitin, Kasparov got into Botvinnik's correspondence chess school, which is known throughout the world. This organization has its own structure and hierarchy, but in a fairly short time Kasparov managed to become an assistant to the chess patriarch. This is due to the fact that even at that moment Botvinnik already noticed the outstanding analytical abilities and sharp mind of the young man. There was no way to doubt the convictions of the sixth world chess champion, who made no mistakes in such matters.
All in the same year, Garry Kasparov took part in the All-Union tournament, which took place between the palaces of the pioneers. The next year, 1975, he became the leader in the youth championship of the USSR. However, in the final, he suffered an unfortunate defeat and was dropped in the rankings to seventh place. But given the superior level of preparation of opponents and the young age of Harry, these were sensational achievements for his career.
At the age of 12, which means in 1976, the Baku resident managed to win this tournament. At that moment, in all the highest chess circles and in the Soviet chess community as a whole, they began to seriously talk about the young genius. Given that the USSR at that time occupied the undisputed leadership in the chess world, this was a double praise for a young talent.
In 1978, an eight-year-old child prodigy was allowed to compete with Garry Kasparov. And Kasparov managed to win the Sokolsky Memorial ahead of schedule, because five rounds before the finish line, he managed to score a master's norm. In the same 1978, the future champion managed to win the qualifying chess tournament for the major league. In 1979, Kasparov took a fairly honorable place in an authoritative international tournament, which, to tell the truth, he managed to get into only thanks to the patronage of Botvinnik. It is also no secret that without the authoritative recommendations of Botvinnik himself, Kasparov most likely would have been deprived of the opportunity to travel to international tournaments. At the tournament mentioned above, Kasparov managed to exceed the established norm of an international grandmaster. In gratitude for such achievements, the young genius was taken under guardianship by the first secretary of Azerbaijan. For the assistance and assistance provided, Harry repaid in full with the bronze medal of the USSR Championship he got, which he brought to his homeland.
Garry Kasparov grandmaster
Obviously, Garry Kasparov, shining with his unconditional and outstanding talent, walked with a firm and confident step along his chess path. His brilliant achievements amazed and delighted many, and finally, in 1980, Garik was awarded the well-deserved title of grandmaster.
At that time, Garry Kasparov was 17 years old and had just finished school with a gold medal. The young man at that moment had many talents and even more hobbies. However, then he decided that chess would become his main hobby and even his life's work. Based on this, the most rational decision for the young grandmaster was to study at the Faculty of Foreign Languages. Therefore, it was decided to enter the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute. Mastering new sciences and foreign languages for himself, young Garry Kasparov was also active in chess.
His most high-profile achievements at that time were the triumphs won over Vasily Smyslov, as well as the victory over Viktor Korchnoi. In 1984, Kasparov became the main contender for the right to receive the chess crown. It should be noted that such successes were due to the fact that Garry Kasparov has an iq equal to 190 points.
In 1984, already 21 years old, the chess player met Marina Neyolova, who was then 37 years old. Marina Neelova and Garry Kasparov had a rather short relationship. The result of a three-year relationship between Marina Neelova and Garry Kasparov was the daughter of Nika, over whom Kasparov then did not recognize paternity. The curious can search the Internet for her on the request “daughter of Marina Neelova and Garry Kasparov photo”.
Great Confrontation
The year 1984 became significant thanks to one more event. This year, a great and sensational confrontation between two great chess players began. Their confrontation dragged on for more than ten years.
At that moment, an unlimited duel began, in which Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov competed, and their first match for the world championship never ended. After playing forty-eight games, the score was 5 to 3 in favor of the twelfth champion. Despite the protests and objections of the Baku resident, the match was interrupted. Curious is the fact that although Karpov was in the lead with a score of 5 to 0, he still failed to build on his success. The rematch was held in 1985 and on November 9, with a score of 13 to 11, Garry Kasparov was declared the thirteenth chess king. After this event, Karpov made three more attempts to regain the chess throne for himself, but all his attempts were unsuccessful. Nicknamed “the great and terrible”, Garry Kasparov has firmly taken root in the well-deserved and honorable place of the world chess king.
Another sensational confrontation that took place in 2000 was the match Garry Kasparov - Vladimir Kramnik.
Garry Kasparov personal life
Garry Kasparov made victories not only in the chess field or studying at the institute, which he brilliantly graduated in 1986. At this time, the young and newly minted chess king met Maria Arapova, who at that time worked as a guide and translator. The highlights of the biography and personal life of Garry Kasparov will be highlighted below.
Two years later, the young couple got married, and after some time they had a daughter, who was named Polina. However, the happily young family did not live long, because conflicts soon began because Kasparov's wife wanted to live separately from her mother-in-law. It was obvious that Kasparov's mother was making every possible effort to destroy her son's marriage. It should be noted that, unfortunately, her efforts were successful, but rather doubtful. The divorce process turned out to be extremely complicated and very expensive financially.
For a certain time, Kasparov delved into his activities, which began to affect more and more various aspects and areas. However, in 1995, Harry fell in love again with a young female student named Julia Vovk, who was only 18 years old. Already in 1996, she became his legal wife and gave birth to a son, Vadim. This marriage lasted for nine years.
Political activity
Around 1990, Garry Kasparov began to take an active interest in and even engage in politics. More and more often he began to engage in wrestling not on chessboard but in the political arena. At that moment, he left the CPSU and began to take a fairly direct part in the formation of the Democratic Party of Russia. However, in the same year, an intra-party faction was created, which subsequently split the DPR. Some of its members moved to the "Liberal Union", which was organized by a Baku resident in 1991.
In 1993, Garry Kasparov, being in disagreement with the FIDE policy, left the organization and organized the PCA. FIDE stripped Garry Kasparov of the World Chess Champion title and excluded him from their rating lists.
Information technology and the chess king
The period of the late eighties and all nineties was marked by a fairly rapid pace of development of information and computer technology. improved specifications computers, and accordingly their speed and versatility. At the same time, the global World Wide Web developed, opening up new opportunities for people.
Chess players also began to actively use this. New opportunities have opened up before them, among which some can be noted:
- To play with artificial intelligence by developing their own skills;
- Play with an opponent of any suitable level, from anywhere in the world, right at home at your computer;
- Exchange international experience, knowledge, schemes and advice;
- Access to foreign literature and other sources of knowledge about the game of chess abroad.
Of course, this is far from full list opportunities that the chess king himself used. It is known that Garry Kasparov against the computer repeatedly held regular matches and won unimaginable victories. In addition, he opened his own resource on the Internet, which became the most famous among chess players.
In addition, many are interested in the opinion of Kasparov, as a reviewer of sensational championships. One of the last such events was the confrontation between Magnus Carlsen. Garry Kasparov recently expressed his opinion. Garry Kasparov's response to the Carlsen-Karjakin match was quite unambiguous and predictable.
Where is Garry Kasparov now, what does he do
Despite the sharply reduced volume of chess playing, Kasparov still showed a surprisingly strong level of play, and also remained at the top of the rating. Nevertheless, it was noticeable to everyone that, in general, the trend of his chess achievements went into a clear decline. This phenomenon culminated in 2005 when Garry Kasparov announced that he was ending his career and leaving professional game play chess. Where Garry Kasparov lives now and his photo can be easily found by looking into the depths of the Internet, as well as a video with Kasparov.
In addition, Garry Kasparov publishes a lot as a journalist and columnist, boldly expressing his point of view on world politics, and also publishes books about chess.
Chess player quotes
“Intelligence is not determined by the path taken, but by the result.”
“The greatest art in chess is not to show your opponent what he can do.”
“In chess one does not create masterpieces alone. We need a top level opponent.”
“Games are always different, interviews are always the same.”
The daughter of the chess king and Marina Neyolova charmed the director of the London Gallery
The daughter of the chess king and Marina Neyolova charmed the director of the London Gallery
The 13th world chess champion Garry Kasparov recently had a son. It is probably not by chance that the boy was named in the American manner - Nicholas. Three years ago, Garry Kimovich, having finally chosen the profession of a political prostitute, left Russia and settled in the United States.
Kasparov bought a three-bedroom apartment in Manhattan in New York with an area of 160 sq. m. For this family nest, where his young wife lives Daria Tarasova, their 9-year-old daughter Aida and himself a chess player, the fugitive laid out $ 3.4 million. Now we have to make room a little - there are four of them.
The 52-year-old ex-world champion knows a lot about female beauty. Daria is 20 years younger than him, and some Americans, seeing them together, mistakenly think that she is his daughter. When the romance between Kasparov and Tarasova, a student at the St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, was in full swing, Dasha was once asked who she was to the great chess player. The spectacular brunette, without batting an eyelid, replied: "I am his wife." Although Kasparov at that moment was married to a completely different young lady - Julia Vovk! But Tarasova achieved her goal. In 2006, she really married a chess genius.
As a student, Daria practiced in Washington DC under a program supported by the US government. She opened her own store in St. Petersburg, and Valery Leontiev even dedicated one of his songs to her. In general, this lady also knew her worth.
About the romance of young Kasparov with a wonderful actress Marina Neelova gossiped all theatrical Moscow. When they met, Marina was 37 years old, and Garik was 21. He then lived in Baku and visited Moscow only on short visits. Neelova received a young lover in her apartment on Chistye Prudy. But in the light they have repeatedly appeared together. When in 1984 Kasparov first met in a world title match with Anatoly Karpov, Neelova was sitting in the hall next to the mother of the chess player. But it was Klara Shagenovna who separated them. First she told her son:
You need to focus on chess. And if you want to marry an actress, it's better to marry an entire factory hostel at once. She will infect you with a bad disease!
When Neelova became pregnant, Klara Shagenovna inspired her son that an illegitimate child could negatively affect his sports career. Ambitious Harry, who had already won the world title, did not object. His mother told the press: "This is not our child." As if hinting at the fact that Neelova was dating another man in parallel. The proud actress did not utter a word then. But the daughter Nika, whom she gave birth to, turned out to be like two drops of water similar to Kasparov. Neelova's colleagues at the Sovremennik Theater were outraged by the act of the grandmaster, and Valentin Gaft publicly declared:
Kasparov is not worthy to be received in a decent house.
Now Nick is 28 years old. She went to first grade in Paris. When she grew up, she became a sculptor, graduating from the Royal Academy of Arts in the Netherlands. Later, Nika continued her studies in England, and in 2010 she became the winner of the New Sensations competition, which was held by the Saatchi Gallery in London. Her father was replaced by the current husband of Neelova - a Russian diplomat Kirill Gevorgyan. It is thanks to Nika's stepfather that school age visited different countries and learned several foreign languages. Neelova's daughter, a burning brunette, looks very attractive, although she says that she never considered herself a beauty.
I have a young man, we live together in London, - Nika admitted several years ago. - He's Italian, he also works here. Not an artist or a sculptor. Maybe it's for the best - the two of us are not bored.
However, Nika did not dare to introduce the same Italian to the public. Later, he left for his homeland, and the couple broke up. Meanwhile, Neelova Jr. literally charmed the director of the London gallery "Charlie Smith" Xavier Ellis. At first, using wide connections, he helped Nika to show his work in the capital of England, then in Berlin, Amsterdam and other European cities. Outwardly, everything looked quite ordinary: the patron of art helps the young talent pave the way to success. But when the exhibition at London's Somerset House, where the works of leading British artists and sculptors were shown, suddenly turned out to be the creations of Nika Neelova, the only foreigner, many had a question: why would it? Undoubtedly, she has talent, but without high patronage you will not get into the cohort of the elite so quickly. This vernissage, by the way, was supervised by Xavier.
Ellis' former favorite understood everything - Tessa Farmer. The woman gave the ex-boyfriend a scandal:
What is it about this Russian? Her work is completely ordinary. You are driven by personal sympathy.
Tessa insistently asked Xavier to forget about the Russian sculptor for the good of the cause. But he did not listen and began to lose his head more and more from the new favorite. Now Nika is seen with the gallery director not only at exhibitions and museums. Ellis takes her on trips, they dine together in restaurants, walk around the city.
According to our information, Nika Neelova was once offered a job in Moscow - she did not want to. Mom called her daughter to Paris, where she has been living in recent years, and received a polite refusal. And when Nika asks Ellis for something (or vice versa), there are no refusals.
Nika prefers not to talk about Kasparov. She, like her mother, deleted him from her life.
Took the girl away from Short
In 86, friends introduced Harry to a pretty blonde Maria Arapova. A graduate of the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University, she worked as a translator at Intourist. It is curious that her dad was well acquainted with Karpov - the 12th world champion and Kasparov's sworn rival, but Klara Shagenovna found out about this too late. Otherwise, perhaps she would not have given her blessing for the marriage. Three years after the wedding, Maria gave her husband a daughter, who was named Polina. Arapova decided to give birth in Finland, where her parents lived at that time. But Kasparov stayed in Moscow with his mother. They say that Klara Shagenovna was seriously offended by her daughter-in-law. When Harry was about to buy a new home for the family in the center of Moscow, Masha cautiously offered to resettle her mother-in-law - to buy her an apartment in the house next door. The imperious Klara Shagenovna, accustomed to living with her son under the same roof, could not endure such deceit.
Kasparov's wife and her daughter spent several months in Finland, but Harry rarely visited them. And then he went to London for a match for the chess crown with an Englishman Nigel Short. The duel lasted for two whole months, but Maria did not appear in London. It became clear that the couple cooled off towards each other. And it soon became clear that Kasparov dealt a double blow to Short: he won the match against him and stole the chess player girl from Nigel Virginia More. The relationship with this young Frenchwoman lasted two years.
Maria Arapova did not remain silent. In one of the interviews she said:
Perhaps something has changed with Harry personally. Returning from London, he declared that he was ripe for a divorce. I tried to talk to him, but he doesn't want to come back... They put pressure on me. If I do not agree to his terms, then I will be deprived of a credit card. He fights with us as with his chess players or political opponents. But it's just a woman with your own child. I'm disappointed in Harry. God be his judge.
It got to the point that the spouses began to communicate only through lawyers. The divorce and division of property dragged on for a year and a half. As a result, Maria and her daughter left for permanent residence in the United States - Kasparov bought them an apartment in New Jersey. By court decision, he received the right to annually take the child to him for two months. But the ex-wife never let Polina go to her father. However, when the passions subsided and the girl grew up, normal communication improved. Polina did not inherit a love for chess from her father, but she did gymnastics for several years. Now that Harry Kimovich lives in New York, he is able to see his daughter much more often.
Kasparov and Arapova had family secret which they kept hidden for a long time. The fact is that first Mary gave birth to her husband's son. But the boy was barely saved, and a few days later he still died. Harry took this as a bad sign. Even then, he slowly began to move away from Mary.
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In the 95th at the Memorial Mikhail Tal in Riga, Kasparov drew attention to the slender and sexy beauty Yulia Vovk. A classmate invited her to a banquet on the occasion of the closing of the tournament, and, as it turned out, the girl did not come there in vain. An affair immediately broke out between the 32-year-old "king of chess" and the 18-year-old student. Many of Kasparov's colleagues believed that this relationship would last five or six months. Well, at least a year. And they were wrong. Julia managed to please not only Harry, but, most importantly, his mother. Klara Shagenovna gave the green light to the wedding.
When Julia was in her seventh month of pregnancy, a very unpleasant incident occurred. Harry and his young wife were kayaking in the Adriatic Sea. Suddenly the wind blew, a lot of water got into the kayak, and it turned over. All this happened not far from a small island - the stunned spouses managed to swim to it. Fortunately, the chief pilot was not far from the disaster site. Boris Yeltsin and commander of the 235th government detachment Alexander Larin. He brought the married couple from that island.
Despite the shock, Julia gave birth to a healthy child. Note that Klara Shagenovna was present at the birth, but Harry was not there. But his son Vadim Kasparov, of course, loves. For example, when the boy was five years old, dad, as promised, took him to Paris, to Eurodisneyland. Vadik was in seventh heaven with happiness. In 2004, having become the champion of Russia, Kasparov, after the award, took off the gold medal and hung it around the neck of his eight-year-old son. It was very important for the famous chess player that his son was proud of him.
Alas, a year later, Kasparov's second marriage fell apart. His ex-wife Julia still lives in Riga, and Vadim has already grown to be two meters tall and now weighs 120 kilograms. To the disappointment of his father, the son is absolutely indifferent to chess, but he plays iron with pleasure. Vadim became a weightlifter and participated in the Latvian Deadlift Championship. When in 2007 his father was arrested in Moscow (Kasparov organized an unauthorized procession of Russophobes), the guy was in shock. And Harry Kimovich himself did not believe that he would be sent to prison.
They gave me five days, although they could have rolled in 15, - then the chess player, who had become an enemy of the people, whined. - Decided to study. I was placed in a cell for three: three beds screwed to the floor, the passage between them was literally a meter. But there were also concessions. For example, I could walk as much as I wanted, but only in a cage about three meters by five, on the top floor. Lights were not turned on at six in the morning. I managed to take a bar of chocolate and a bottle of water with me (they let me into the cell with this!). I figured out how long such a supply would last for me - I refused the prison gruel. However, five days without food can be sustained.
Apparently, after this incident, Kasparov decided to flee to the West. He tried to obtain Latvian citizenship, but was refused. But the Croats went forward. But Harry Kimovich prefers to live in the USA. He once admitted that he sometimes plays chess on the Internet under a pseudonym. And he feels great pleasure when virtual rivals are amazed at the quality of his game. In general, the rogue likes America much more than Russia, and work for the benefit of the United States is paid very generously. In his own words, Kasparov is now publishing books, giving lectures in various cities of America and abroad, earning quite decently - almost the same as it was in the days of sports career. But he does not serve the country that raised him and glorified him throughout the world. With Russia, Kasparov was not on the way.And there was another case
* Garry Kasparov really liked the famous German figure skater Katharina Witt. Once he managed to meet her in Germany, and mutual sympathy had already arisen between the young people. However, the mother of the Olympic champion, seeing a guy with a Caucasian appearance, categorically told her daughter: “We don’t need such people!” Harry was hurt and offended.
Ironically, none of his children play chess. Viva! recalls well-known and not-so-famous facts from the biography of the 13th world chess champion, writer, the most influential Russian opposition figure in the West, personal enemy of the Kremlin and recognized playboy Garry Kasparov.
1. Head coach and adviser - mother.“I can be frank with her, like with no one else. At critical moments, you hear a voice that you used to believe for many years. Each of us needs someone whom you can trust, to express everything without concealment, calling a spade a spade. And then most often you yourself understand what to do. Mom jokes that she absorbs my stress.”
2. The first serious romance was with a famous actress.“Our close communication with Marina Neelova lasted more than two years. She was 16 years older than me, like all my then girlfriends. Partly because I grew up so fast. But rather more due to the fact that peers, as a rule, sought to get married as soon as possible. Of course, I could not even think about this, as I was preparing for my first match for the world championship. Everything - my health, my training, my aspirations - was subordinated to this goal. On the other hand, I was a normal young man with normal needs and desires. Not a monk at all. It is quite possible that our union was also based on a sense of our exclusivity.
3. Garry Kasparov did not recognize his daughter from Marina Neelova.“We had a relationship. They were not fixed, moreover, they were in no way limited to the two of us. They ended, probably, not very well, but, nevertheless, I had no reason to believe that I left her with the child. In any case, I believe that if I had something to do with a child, then life would have turned out differently.
4. In 2005, Garry Kasparov changed chess for politics.“There are too many generals and colonels in Russian politics and little intelligence. I hope that my ability to think strategically will help my homeland.”
5. Garry Kasparov considers chess players to be ordinary people. Luzhin's Defense, Zweig's chess short stories - great literature, unfortunately, has created clichés that cannot withstand any collision with reality. It is clear that there are people with their oddities. But there are no more of them than in any other mental activity that requires tension.
6. With the third wife of Garry Kasparov - 19 years difference.“I met my wife in St. Petersburg, at a lecture on alternative history. I was married, I had a son, but I decided to divorce. I realized that Dasha and I are on the same wavelength and I practically don’t feel the 19-year age difference. Now I'm driving extremely exemplary image life and I like it very much. Even though I am constantly on the move. After all, I don’t have an oil well or a candle factory, I live mainly due to lectures.
7. Has a reputation as a playboy.“At 22, I became a world champion, I had money, status, opportunities. All this created a lot of temptations. Therefore, life, let's say, was rather chaotic. Fans did not besiege the entrance, but there is something to remember. There was less confusion than you might think, but still enough.
8. Garry Kasparov goes in for sports every day.“In the late 90s, I had perfect athletic tone, I did 100 push-ups. For me, having a routine has always been important. It doesn't matter what it is - the main thing is that it be. Whenever possible, you need to sleep. I try to sleep during the day. In addition, it is important to eat properly and qualitatively. Naturally, I have never smoked, I have no need for alcohol. For me, four weeks at sea is a recovery, six weeks is a recharge. Walking, swimming, proper food plus an hour a day are sports. You can do push-ups and pump the press without any simulators.
9. Garry Kasparov considers Putin to be Hitler's successor.“I have a feeling that Putin instinctively tries to repeat even the rhythm of Hitler's speeches. How he does it is another matter, but the style of statements has long become the style of the Third Reich. Many psychological moments in his behavior with world leaders are a copy of what the Fuhrer did. And I guess the final part of the equation will be the same."
10. Garry Kasparov's favorite number is 13.“I must in every possible way support the magical faith in the power of the number 13, because I have a lot connected with it: I was born on April 13, became the 13th world champion. Although, it must be said that most of our superstitions are made up of a set of facts that are already analyzed after the fact. We put together for ourselves a kind of mosaic picture that has successfully lined up, and then we begin to adjust everything to fit it. Accordingly, what does not fit into it, we carefully push aside.
