No. 80 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Former world chess champion, activist
Garry Kasparov is a former world chess champion and a leading critic of Vladimir Putin.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Garry Kasparov's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Argued against engaging Russia at the Munk Debates, on the winning side.
Kasparov was world champion from 1985 to 2000 and ranked the world's No. 1 player for a record 255 months.
Since retiring from competition he has become a political activist and writer.
On the record
2015
April 10, 2015
Formal debateWon the audience vote
Against Stephen F. Cohen and Vladimir Pozner · Munk Debates, Toronto
Garry Kasparov argued against the motion with Anne Applebaum. The con side won the audience vote, swinging 10 percent.
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