Why Garry Kasparov Is So Disliked…

Saying no one likes Kasparov is a bold understatement. Also the top 3 greatest chess players of all time, Kasparov, Carlsen, and Fischer all had ego problems

Polgar has far more patience then the general GM by giving Kasparov the time of day after that

During his active career, Kasparov did show unsportsmanlike behavior. However, away from active play, he is a lot more docile and well-mannered. He was a dominating player, but his ego got in the way of fair play at times. I think he was so strong that losing was unfathomable to him. That does not mean what he did was right, though.

Not just ego, but also a bad personality that was never taken care of. Add a lot of success to that equation and you get this kind of person. He's way better now ( as a person ). Some times, you just need time off in order to reflect on yourself.

Guys like Karpov, Ivanchuk, Caruana, Nepo, Ding, Gukesh and others are proof that you don t have to be a psychopath to be good at chess

Kasparov is not perfect, but he is a GIANT in chess history. Youngest ever world champion, beating an all time great champion in Karpov who was still in his prime. Longest reign as the world #1 player defeating multiple, younger generations. Only Kramnik could withstand him, and Kramnik had to revolutionize the Berlin Defense (which was AlphaZero's answer to 1. e4) and gear his entire game to an anti-Kasparov style, crushing the Grunfeld and King's Indian Defense, and changing his style to completely dry out the position. I personally believe that Kramnik gearing his entire game to taking out Kasparov actually hurt his game because he didnt develop the attacking dynamism needed to rack up points vs weaker players. I think Kramnik himself came to this same conclusion because after he got crushed by Anand, who had been getting stronger by constantly pushing himself to play double-edged, dynamic positions with winning and losing chances for both sides, Kramnik shifted to a more dynamic and enterprising style, but it was too late and I think Kramnik wasnt able to reach the peak of his immense talent. But the fact that an all time great chess talent and a great world champion like Kramnik had to go to such lengths to beat Kasparov shows just how great Kaspaorov was. Beyond his playing career, Kasparov through the Botvinnik-Kasparov school trained the next generation of Russian greats including Kramnik! Kasparov recognized Kramnik's genius and pushed for him to be on the Russian Olympic team, and accepted full responsibility for putting an untested Kramnik ahead of several super GMs, and Kramnik crushed it completely validating Kasparov's judgment. Kasparov also did a huge amount of work with Magnus Carlsen after which Carlsen became immensely strong and was unbeatable. When you consider Kasparov's playing career and his influence in developing two future world champions, I think it's safe to say that Kasparov has made the greatest impact of anyone on the history of chess. Plus Kasparov has written several great books on his games and matches so that future generations can learn the workings of his genius brain, that's a legacy which will last for centuries. So yes, these actions highlighted by this video are not Kasparov's finest moments, but come on, it doesn't take away from his massive accomplishments and all that he has done for chess. I think it's safe to say that Kasparov has given more to chess than anyone, and this should he remembered when criticizing him.

I encountered Kasparov briefly when he was doing a book signing. I said hello. He offered no response, made no eye contact, signed the book and that was it. He was doing the same with everyone. Got a really negative vibe about the guy. I've been around maybe 20 well known GMs, including Karpov, Yasser, Judit, de Firmian, Finegold, Yermolinsky, Short, Gawain Jones, Sam Shankland, Vishy, Magnus, Naka, Aronian. None of them had the snarl and intensity of Kasparov.

For a guy who makes a living pushing wood around a board, he really couldn't be bothered to do that in a dignified manner...

Kasparov has been doing this ever since he was a teenager and probably before that. I know of one game Andrianov-Kasparov, Baku 1978 when Garry was 15 years old. Anyone can look the game up online. Kasparov's last move in that game was 45...Rd3?? and after 46 RXd2! he resigned. What you can't tell just from the raw game score is that Garry picked up the rook and realized it was a blunder before releasing it and tried to move his king instead. White told him no you have to move the rook (which Garry did with an animated gesture of disgust and immediate resignation after 46 RXd2!).

It's really interesting because he seems very different nowadays. Perhaps he's gotten good at making himself look better, or maybe he's changed with his age? I don't like the man I see in this video, but I do like modern day Kasparov 😊

Well, Kasparov is definitely not cold blood machine , he is emotional person, his chess career was near 30 year with ups and downs and a lot of questionable things could happen. If this video is a summary of his dark side during chess game - it is pretty good.

This video is extremely misleading. Kasparov isn’t disrespectful (for example he visited Bobby Fischer’s grave) and he definitely didn’t cheat?? He isn’t perfect, but he is definitely not what this video portrays him to be. This just seems like a quick view grab meant to mislead people who don’t know as much about chess.

Tbh the first one was arguably just physiologically warfare but the 2nd should be considered cheating considering that he knocked the pieces out of place, the 3rd was against Judit Polgar was outright cheating.

Kasparov is one of the greatest chess players. And that is where all the great things about him end.

He did against Naka in blitz the same what he did against Polgar.

In fairness, I think Kasparov has matured and mellowed over the years as demonstrated by his 2020 chat with Judith Polgar. In all his recent appearances, he comes across as quite a likeable character.

Was the result from the match with Polgar not corrected retroactively? In almost any other sport thats what happens when its found out that someone cheated and didn't actually win. Like how Lance Armstrong lost the medals when it turned out he never actually won those races.

Calling him "cheating" is a bold accusation.

from where did you get those rares videos? I am really impressed. I didn't know about those details with Radjabov. It was you who recorded their playing a game? please answer

4:00 That disbelief in the eyes of little Polgar.