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Corus Wars Gary Kasparov Born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan, U.S.S.R Playing chess at age six, he became Soviet youth champion at age 13, won his first international tournament at age 16 in 1979 and became International grandmaster in 1980. In 1985, became the youngest champion in the history of the game. He goes into the tournament with an ELO rating of 2849 and ranked 1. Photograph: Andrew Redington/ALLSPORT |