My Great Predecessors

Author: Garri "Gary" Kimovich Kasparov (1963- ) signedYear: 2003-2006Publisher: Everyman ChessPlace: LondonDescription:5 volumes: 464 page with diagrams and index; 480 pages with diagrams and index; 322 pages with diagrams and index; 496 pages with diagrams and index; 480 pages with diagrams and index, with participation by Dmitry Plisetsky. Small quarto (10 1/4" x 7") issued in red cloth with gilt lettering to volume one and silver lettering to volume 2 through 5. Translated by Ken Neat. Volumes 2 through 4 signed. 1st American editions.Garry Kasparov, (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union; now Azerbaijan) is a Soviet/Russian former World Chess Champion, regarded by many as the greatest chess player of all time. He is also a writer and political activist. Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985. He held the official FIDE world title until 1993, when a dispute with FIDE led him to set up a rival orga