1. Kasparov - Noun
2. Kasparov - Proper noun
Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)
Source: WordNetI object to being called a chess genius because I consider myself to be an all around genius who just happens to play chess, which is rather different. A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he's like an idiot savant. Outside of chess he knows nothing. Bobby Fischer
After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired. Anatoly Karpov
Kasparov is a gangster, he is a disgrace to chess, he is a disgrace to the human race. He is not something Russia should be proud of. He should join Khodorkovsky in prison. He has committed a terrible fraud with all these prearranged games and matches. Bobby Fischer
Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion. Boris Spassky
At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fighting as only Kasparov can, but I could see it in his eyes that he knew he wasn't going to win one of these games. Vladimir Kramnik
IBM scientist Murray Campbell from the Deep Blue team revealed that the "extremely human move” in the chess game against Gary Kasparov was actually a bug in the program that was later fixed. What an opportune moment for a computer to evince that "To err is human!”. Newton Lee