Garry Kasparov died April 13, 1963.
Garry Kimovich Kasparov ( Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров , [ ˈɡarʲɪ ˈkʲiməvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsparəf ] ; born Garik Kimovich Weinstein , 13 April 1963 ) is a Russian chess grandmaster , former World Chess Champion , writer , and political activist , whom many consider to be the greatest chess player of all time . In 2008 , he announced an intention to run as a candidate in that year 's Russian presidential race , but failure to find a sufficiently large rental space to assemble the number of supporters that is legally required to endorse such a candidacy led him to withdraw .