This grandmaster chess player at age 13 surpassed the highest rating in what year?
Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров , ] ; born Garik Kimovich Weinstein, 13 April 1963) is a Russian (since 1991) and Croatian (since 2014) chess grandmaster, former world chess champion, writer, and political activist. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 225 out of 228 months. His peak rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. Kasparov also holds records for consecutive professional tournament victories (15) and Chess Oscars (11).
List of chess grandmasters This is a list of chess grandmasters. The title of Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess players by the sport's governing body FIDE. It is the highest title a chess player can attain and is generally held for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles in cases of cheating or corruption.