Jan 18th, 2008 · Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius, has died of kidney failure at a hospital in Iceland. He was 64. Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov talks with Melissa Block about Fischer's influence on the chess world. While in recent years Fischer seemed to have slipped into madness, his impact on the game is still unquestioned.
Oct 12th, 2007 · Gary Kasparov, the former world chess champion who is running for president of Russia, talks about the difficulties of an opposition campaign. The odds are that he will not win, but he says he will remain in the game. President Vladimir Putin cannot run again but has picked a successor.
Oct 1st, 2007 · Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who is vying to succeed Russian President Vladimir Putin, is a step closer to his goal. He was overwhelmingly elected as the opposition coalition's candidate for March elections.
Apr 14th, 2007 · Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, was detained by police Saturday as supporters of his organization tried to hold a forbidden protest march in central Moscow.
Oct 15th, 2006 · Since retiring from professional chess, former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov has turned his powers of strategic thinking to the game of politics, founding an umbrella group to promote free elections in his homeland. Kasparov says that politics in Russia, unlike the game of chess, has no rules.
Mar 18th, 2005 · Gary Kasparov won the world chess championship at 22. Now 41, he announced his retirement last week after winning a tournament in Spain for the ninth time. He tells Robert Siegel he's interested in playing a role in pushing Russia toward democracy.
Jul 31st, 2004 · World chess champion Gary Kasparov is writing a six-volume series on fellow masters of the game. He's also a columnist with The Wall Street Journal. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about Bobby Fischer and other greats of the game.