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Biography

Garry (Weinstein) Kasparov has Jewish Roots.

Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. From 1984 until his retirement from regular competitive chess in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world no. 1 for a record 255 months overall. Kasparov also holds records for the most consecutive professional tournament victories and Chess Oscars.

Born Garik Kimovich Weinstein (Russian: Гарик Кимович Вайнштейн, Garik Kimovich Vainshtein) in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR (now Azerbaijan), in 1963, in the Soviet Union. His father, [[Kim Moiseyevich Weinstein (1906-1963), was Jewish and his mother,Klara Shagenovna Kasparova (1937-2020), was Armenian.

"Kasparov figured out how the chess pieces move simply by watching his parents play; Kim and Klara, both engineers, were astonished when their 5-year-old son offered them a solution to a chess problem published in the local newspaper."^[1]

Garry's father died when Garry was 7 years old.

Sources

1. ↑ Garry Kasparov personal website. Page title: "April 13th, 1963"https://www.kasparov.com/timeline-event/apr-1972/archived link

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