Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess player.
Garry Kasparov . Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985 at age 22 by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov . He held the official FIDE world title until 1993 , when a dispute with FIDE led him to set up a rival organization , the Professional Chess Association . The Professional Chess Association ( PCA ) , which existed between 1993 and 1996 , was a rival organisation to FIDE , the international chess organization . The World Chess Championship ( sometimes abbreviated as WCC ) is played to determine the World Champion in chess .