Chess grandmaster & activist
Garry Kasparov
World chess champion for fifteen years, who lost a match to IBM's Deep Blue in 1997, and a political campaigner since. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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).
- Born
- 1963-04-13, Baku, AzerbaijanA Saturday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- Russia
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1963-04-13, Baku, Azerbaijan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Bakuthe zone used then
Asia/BakuThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 22°40′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 9°34′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 6°39′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 17°01′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 9°23′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 2°10′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 21°03′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Virgo | 1°26′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 14°53′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Virgo | 9°53′ | Retrograde |
Garry Kasparov is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Garry Kasparov was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.