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Russian chess grandmaster (born 1963)
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, political activist and writer, who was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. From 1984 until his retirement from regular competitive chess in 2005, Kasparov was ranked the world's No. 1 player for a record 255 months overall. Kasparov also holds records for the most consecutive professional tournament victories (15) and Chess Oscars (11).
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Russia previously did not try to target dissidents on U.S. soil, but President Vladimir Putin is escalating his fight with the West, Kasparov said.
"My family and I will not truly be safe as long as Putin is in power," says the former chess world champion.
13th World Champion Garry Kasparov was warned by U.S. authorities this summer that he was the target of a plot to kill him and was placed under special protection, says Spanish newspaper El Mundo.