The match was tied at 8½ points each after 17 games, but Mr. Kasparov left his opponent almost hopelessly behind by winning the 18th and 20th games. [2] With a final score of 12½ to 11½, Garry Kasparov retained the title of World Chess Champion. Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 New York and Lyons Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov talks with Melissa Block about Fischer's influence on the chess world. While in recent years Fischer seemed to have slipped into madness, his impact on the Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness. by Frank Brady. Crown, 402 pp., $25.99. Garry Kasparov. Garry Kasparov was the thirteenth world chess champion. Also a former Russian politician, a writer, and a political activist, he is the chairman of the Human Rights Foundation and In the end the Rest of the World won 52:48 and in no phase of the match could the Russian Grandmasters around Garry Kasparov stop the guests, who were led by India's Viswanathan Anand. Experts were surprised about the final result and the clear four-point lead of the world team. Hardcover. $53.37 24 Used from $2.06 2 New from $51.23 1 Collectible from $129.00. In 1999, world chess champion Garry Kasparov challenged the world to a game in the Microsoft Zone, and the world put up an amazing fight! Millions of participants and tens of thousands of players logged in to follow what turned into one of the most amazing chess Kasparov versus the World was a game of chess played in 1999 over the Internet. [1] Conducting the white pieces, Garry Kasparov faced the rest of the world in consultation, with the World Team moves to be decided by plurality vote. Garry Kasparov vs. the Machines. In 1985, Garry had the chance to compete against 32 of the world’s best chess-playing machines. He won all 32 games. Just 12 years later, he explains in his TED talk video that he was fighting with everything he had against just one of those 32 computers. Eventually, he lost the match against the IBM Winner of the Candidates Tournament. Rating: 2800. ( World No. 1) Rating: 2730. ( World No. 2) ← 1987. 1993 →. The World Chess Championship 1990 was played between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. It was the fifth and final Kasparov–Karpov championship match, and saw Kasparov win by a single point. YIUfc.