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Biography of the greatest chess players

Life and biography of chess players

From Garry Kasparov to Bobby Fischer, Anatoly Karpov, José Raúl Capablanca, Magnus Carlsen and other icons, the history of chess is crossed by unforgettable names that have left a huge mark. Their legacy is already eternal, but little by little, new champions will be added in this biographical section on the greatest chess players of all time.

Anatoly Karpov

A pure Russian champion

Russian chess champion who dominated the game from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s : Anatoli Evgenievitch Karpov.

Garry Kasparov

Kasparov, the ogre of Baku

In 1985, at the age of 22, Garry Kasparov became the youngest world champion in history, defeating Anatoly Karpov.

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