Toward the top Garry Kasparov

kasparov becomes world junior champion @ dortmund in 1980

as teenager, kasparov tied first place in ussr chess championship in 1981–82. first win in superclass-level international tournament scored @ bugojno, bosnia , herzegovina in 1982. earned place in 1982 moscow interzonal tournament, won, qualify candidates tournament. @ age 19, youngest candidate since bobby fischer, 15 when qualified in 1958. @ stage, no. 2-rated player in world, trailing world chess champion anatoly karpov on january 1983 list.

kasparov s first (quarter-final) candidates match against alexander beliavsky, whom defeated 6–3 (four wins, 1 loss). politics threatened kasparov s semi-final against viktor korchnoi, scheduled played in pasadena, california. korchnoi had defected soviet union in 1976, , @ time strongest active non-soviet player. various political maneuvers prevented kasparov playing korchnoi, , kasparov forfeited match. resolved korchnoi allowing match replayed in london, along scheduled match between vasily smyslov , zoltán ribli. kasparov-korchnoi match put on short notice raymond keene. kasparov lost first game won match 7–4 (four wins, 1 loss).

in january 1984, kasparov became no. 1 ranked player in world, fide rating of 2710. became youngest ever world no. 1, record lasted 12 years until being broken vladimir kramnik in january 1996; record held magnus carlsen.

later in 1984, won candidates final 8½–4½ (four wins, no losses) against resurgent former world champion vasily smyslov, @ vilnius, qualifying play anatoly karpov world championship. year joined communist party of soviet union (cpsu), member of elected central committee of komsomol in 1987.