Realistically, How Good Was Garry Kasparov?

Garry Kasparov became World Champion at twenty-two. Garry Kasparov held the number one ranking for over twenty years. Garry Kasparov broke Bobby Fischer's rating record, then set a new one that stood for fourteen years. And on May 11th, 1997, he sat down across from a machine — and lost for the first time in history. This Beyond The Board documentary breaks down exactly how good Garry Kasparov was at his absolute peak — from his record-breaking rise through Soviet chess as a teenager, to five brutal World Championship matches against Anatoly Karpov, to the moment a computer named Deep Blue changed everything the world thought it knew about human intelligence. We cover the numbers most chess channels gloss over: 255 months at world number one, a peak rating of 2851 that stood as the highest ever recorded for fourteen years, and a rivalry with Karpov that produced more World Championship matches than any rivalry in the history of the sport. And we cover the moment he simply walked away — after winning Linares for a record ninth time, at forty-one years old, with no rival left to chase. 🔔 Subscribe to Beyond The Board for weekly chess history documentaries 👍 Like if you think Kasparov is the greatest of all time 💬 Drop in the comments — Kasparov or Fischer? Who takes the crown? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Songs: Music: Wrath by Soundridemusic Link to Video:    • No Copyright Cinematic Cello Music / Wrath...   Music: Dark Knight by Soundridemusic Link to Video:    • Dark Cinematic Thriller NoCopyright Backgr...   #garrykasparov #kasparov #chess #chessdocumentary #chesschampionship