13th World Champion, 1985 - 1993PCA Champion, 1993 - present. Garry Kimovich Kasparov was born Gary Weinstein in Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR in 1963. Kasparov learned to play chess from his father who later died in a road accident when he was 7 years old. He subsequently changed his name to Kasparov, a Russified version of his mother's maiden name The 1985 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in Moscow from September 3 to November 9, 1985. Kasparov won, to become the thirteenth and youngest world champion at the age of 22. So at this point (22nd game), Kasparov has bult up a lead with 11.5 to 9.5. .

garry kasparov vs anatoly karpov 1985