How eventful was the personal life of Garry Kasparov?

First wife - Maria Arapova

By the time of his first marriage, Kasparov, already a world champion, had repeatedly given in to temptation. According to him, “there is something to remember.” It's time to settle down. A suitable match was Maria Arapova, a graduate of the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University, who worked as a guide-translator at the Intourist Hotel.

Kasparov with Maria Arapova

In 1989, after three years of dating, the couple legalized their relationship. In 1992, Maria gave birth to Kasparov’s daughter, Polina. The mother and child were in Finland, where she was helped by her parents who worked there under contract. Harry rarely visited his wife, as the relationship was spoiled by the “housing” issue.

Maria and Harry went their separate ways

Maria dared to offer her husband to buy a separate home for Klara Shagenovna in the neighborhood, which caused a split in the family. A year later, Harry announced that he was ready for a divorce, the relationship moved to the stage of communication through lawyers.

Did you know that... Maria was not satisfied with the assigned maintenance from Kasparov during the divorce process. Planning to leave for America, she managed to buy a decent house in New Jersey and many years of financial support to raise a child. The lawyers were able to maintain Maria’s high financial standard.

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Kasparov and women

In the mid-80s, Harry and his mother denigrated the pregnant Neelova

Original of this material © Moskovsky Komsomolets, 07/05/2005

And the king is married! Garry Kasparov was tied up. Marriage

Before St. Petersburg had time to discuss the juicy details of the wedding of the famous figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, new gossip from Hymen was approaching. According to rumors, chess king Garry Kasparov registered his marriage in one of the registry offices of Northern Venice. His chosen one is the famous socialite Daria Tarasova in St. Petersburg.

When it comes to Kasparov’s personal life, the first thing that comes to mind is his affair with Marina Neyolova. Harry was 16 years younger than the actress, but managed to win her heart. Their relationship in the mid-80s lasted about two years, but the question of marriage did not arise. Klara Shagenovna, Kasparov's mother, convinced him that for the sake of his career he had to break up with his beloved. When their meetings stopped, it turned out that Neelova was pregnant. Having learned that childbirth could not be avoided, the champion and his mother said a lot of things about Marina. [“ Klara Shagenovna made an official statement in the press:

“This is not our child” [... ] and convinced her son: “If you want to marry an actress, it’s better to marry the whole person right away - insert by K.Ru]

But the actress herself did not say a word, but simply gave birth to a charming girl, Nika...

In 1986, Kasparov met Maria Arapova, a graduate of the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University. Three years later they got married, and Maria gave birth to Harry's daughter, Polina. However, after five years of family happiness, “the love boat crashed into everyday life.” When the time came to buy a new home in the center of Moscow, Masha made an unforgivable mistake, allegedly offering her husband to buy an apartment for Klara Shagenovna in the building next door. Soon Kasparov sent his ex-wife and daughter to America...

In 1996, Kasparov married the beautiful economics student Yulia Vovk. At the end of the year, she gave her husband a son, Vadim. It seemed that after his new marriage, the champion’s life stabilized and family harmony began...

But at the end of 2004, Harry began to be increasingly spotted in the company of students at the University of Trade Unions of St. Petersburg and superstar Dasha Tarasova. Kasparov visited different countries with her, including America, and bought an apartment in the Northern capital - Dasha used to live outside the city, but now she has moved to the center. It is known that she practiced in Washington under a program supported by the American government. The money earned was enough to open his own store in the city on the Neva. The girl is well known in St. Petersburg. Her face and extensive interview adorned almost a full-length thick glossy magazine published in St. Petersburg.

And just now, according to rumors, Harry bought housing for his last wife, Julia (do not throw her out onto the street). After which he sent his son on vacation to Turkey, and he himself flew to St. Petersburg, where he registered his marriage with Dasha. This spectacular brunette is 20 years younger than the chess king. They met during Kasparov’s speech at the aforementioned University of St. Petersburg. By the way, at the beginning of 2005, at one of Kasparov’s press conferences, where he was accompanied by Dasha, she was asked an immodest question: “Who are you related to Harry?” “I’m his wife,” the girl answered with dignity. She was a little hasty then, but now it seems that this answer is just right.

Marriage of Harry and Yulia Vovk

The chess player’s new chosen one was Yulia Vovk, a student at the Faculty of Economics. The girl was nineteen years old at the time they met, Harry was thirty-two. The wedding took place in 1996 when Julia was pregnant. In the same year, his son Vadim Kasparov was born.

Yulia Vovk

The marriage, to the surprise of Kasparov's friends, lasted nine years until Harry fell in love again. For a peaceful separation, the chess player bought an apartment for Yulia and his son in the next building to visit the child.

Kasparov with his second wife Yulia

Unequal Romance

On the eve of her birthday, Neelova gave an interview in which she spoke about her difficult relationship with the chess player. Their romance might not have happened: the actress is 16 years older than Kasparov.

The age difference did not bother the couple: 37-year-old Marina and 21-year-old Harry were making plans for the future. The relationship lasted two years, but after the news of Neelova’s pregnancy, it broke up.

From that moment on, the couple never communicated or met again. In the book “Child of Change” published in 1987, Kasparov spoke about his relationship with the actress.

The chess player met Marina at the theater. The role of Masha in “Three Sisters”, played by Neelova, charmed the guy. Mutual friends of the couple - pianist Vladimir Krainev and figure skating coach Tatyana Tarasova - invited them to visit, where the first personal meeting of Harry and Marina took place.

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In his autobiography, Kasparov wrote that perhaps their union was built primarily on the feeling of exclusivity inherent in both of them. According to him, Marina is a very extraordinary woman.

Kasparov's third wife - Daria Tarasova

In 2005, Harry married again to a girl nineteen years younger than him. Daria Tarasova is known as an extraordinary person endowed with many talents. The girl was fond of horse riding, volleyball, and studied several foreign languages.

Kasparov with his third wife Daria

Daria completed her internship among gifted students in the United States, in the presidential office. After graduating from the Humanitarian University in St. Petersburg, she was offered a job in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. In 2006, in America, Daria gave birth to a daughter, who was named Aida, thereby making a gift to Kasparov’s mother. (Aida Klara Shagenovna was called in the family until she was 14 years old). In 2015, the family was replenished with a son, Nikolas Kasparov.

The married couple chose the American way of life

The marriage has been going strong for fifteen years. The family often lives in America, sometimes in Croatia, where real estate was purchased. In St. Petersburg, Daria runs her own business. Kasparov reports: “Now I lead an extremely exemplary lifestyle and I really like myself this way. Although I am constantly traveling.”

Personal life of Garry Kasparov

Royal bounty

In 1989 in Paris, in a rapid chess tournament using the knockout system, Kasparov and Korchnoi met in one of the semi-finals. Both main games ended peacefully, and according to the position, the third blitz game was played, and in it White needed a victory, and Black was satisfied with a draw. Black went to Korchnoi, he achieved the desired result and reached the final. But then Judge Giessen, interested in Kasparov ending up in the final, in violation of the rules, forced his partners to sit down at the board again, and actually put Harry on trial. This time Kasparov won and made it to the finals, where he prevailed over Short. Of course, the judge was to blame for the fact that Korchnoi suffered financially, but Harry felt awkward and found a way out of the conflict situation. When the prizes were awarded at the closing of the tournament, he without further ado gave Korchnoi 16 thousand dollars in cash - that much Viktor Lvovich would have been guaranteed in the final...

All world champions love money, but only Kasparov parted with it so generously...

Magic Sweater

In 1981, the world youth team championship was held in Austria. After the victory of the Soviet team, Kasparov, its leader, purchased a dozen red and white sweaters with large numbers “85” on the chest - as gifts to everyone who intends to help him in the fight for the champion title. “What is this strange number? - asked his coach Alexander Nikitin, putting on a sweater. “If you expect to play a fight for the crown, then the next one will take place only three years later, in 1984, and the next one three years later, and it is unlikely that FIDE President Campomanes will break the calendar for you.” “We’ll wait and see,” Harry smiled mysteriously. “For now, let’s assume that I took these sweaters because of the sum of the numbers, 8+5=13.” Indeed, the devil's dozen is a lucky number for Kasparov, who was born on April 13 and was subsequently proclaimed the 13th world champion. But, apparently, Harry was cunning - even then he had the gift of providence... And in fact, Kasparov became the chess king in the second, extraordinary match with Karpov in 1985!

And twenty years later, in 2005, the voice from above remained silent and did not give Kasparov any deadlines. So he left big chess.

Women's duel

In 1984, even before the marathon with Karpov, Kasparov began an affair with the popular actress of the Sovremennik Theater Marina Neyolova. They met while visiting a famous married couple - pianist Vladimir Krainev and figure skating coach Tatyana Tarasova. Although Harry was sixteen years younger, he managed to win Marina’s heart and fell seriously in love. Their relationship lasted for about two years, but the question of marriage, apparently, did not arise. Harry lived in Baku with his mother, and whenever he was in Moscow, he would certainly visit Marina. She was assigned the role of a second, Moscow mother: her chess talent needed female tutelage. Neyolova was a homebody, and Kasparov loved to sparkle in society, especially with such a beautiful lady, and the famous artist, in order to please him, went to meet him halfway.

It is not known how long this relationship would have lasted, but Klara Shagenova, Harry’s mother, was tired of sharing her son with another woman, and she convinced him that for the sake of his career he had to break up with Neyolova. Of the two mature and experienced competitors, the mother won...

Second try

In 1986, Kasparov met a graduate of the Romano-Germanic department of the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University, Maria Arapova, who worked as a guide-translator at Intourist. A pretty blonde with pleasant manners, a good education and a prestigious job - all with a plus sign. They dated for three years and finally got married. In 1992, Harry’s wife gave birth to a daughter, Polina, and the birth took place in Finland, where Maria’s parents were on a business trip at the time. Alas, after five years of cloudless happiness, “the family boat crashed into everyday life.” There is a version that the spouses were ruined by the “housing problem.” When the time came to buy a new home in the center of Moscow, Masha made an unforgivable mistake by suggesting that her husband buy a separate apartment for Klara Shagenovna in the building next door. The loving mother, who always lived with her son under the same roof and could not imagine anything else, could not tolerate such deceit. The divorce process was long and difficult. Maria was not satisfied with the generous allowance that Kasparov assigned to her and Polina. The wife said that she was disappointed in the chess player who was fighting with her for square meters, as with Karpov for the fields of a 64-square board. Having hired experienced lawyers, she presented claims to Harry for each item of income, demanding the division of all property “accumulated during their life together.” It seems that the main reason for the divorce was the wife’s desire to go abroad, while maintaining a high material level at Harry’s expense. In the end, Maria went with her daughter and parents to America, where Harry bought them a very comfortable house in New Jersey. The daughter is already more than twenty years old, she is a student at Columbia University, but Kasparov still supports Polina and her mother.

Latvian trace

For several years, Kasparov was a bachelor and was one of the most eligible bachelors. Lucky was the beautiful Yulia Vovk, a tall, long-legged girl whom Harry met in 1995 in Riga at the Tal Memorial: she was nineteen, he was thirty-two. A year later, the wedding took place (although there was no official registration of the marriage). Soon the young wife gave her husband a son, Vadim. “Are you going to quit chess?” – Harry was asked every now and then. “Not before my son sees my victory on stage! - came the answer, - he must realize who his father is.

In 2000, Kasparov lost to Kramnik, for several years all his attempts to play a rematch were in vain, and in 2005, disappointed with the situation, Harry made a sensational statement that he was leaving big chess, abandoning the fight for the return of the crown and switching to politics . However, parting with his beloved chess, Harry managed to please his son - at the end of 2004 he won the “missing” title of Russian champion. Vadim was present in the hall and, as Kasparov had planned, he saw with his own eyes what an outstanding father he had. Moreover, it was the son who received the gold medal - a valuable toy! But time flies quickly, Vadim is already eighteen, he is a tall guy, a giant, almost two meters tall.

It is important to note here that Julia is a native of Riga, has Latvian citizenship, and thanks to this, Vadim has a residence permit, and he often visits Riga. In 2013, these circumstances played an important role in the fact that Kasparov himself asked to be granted Latvian citizenship (of course, retaining Russian citizenship)! Thus, if the Latvian Seimas had made a positive decision, then a chess king would again appear in Riga (the first was Mikhail Tal). However, in 2014, Kasparov received Croatian citizenship, became a full-fledged European, and the question of Riga registration disappeared by itself...

(to be continued)

Why Garry Kasparov betrayed Marina Neelova and did not recognize his own daughter

When actress Marina Neyolova met chess player Kasparov, she was 37 years old, and Harry was only 21. The young champion was in love with the beauty even before he met her, and soon after the first meeting a whirlwind romance broke out.

The couple lived together for two happy years and the age difference did not bother them at all. Neelova and Kasparov were considered a very touching romantic couple - Marina was inseparable from Harry and went with him to all his matches. Kasparov also often appeared backstage at the theater, watching his beloved play.

Everything was just wonderful and, perhaps, the couple would never have separated, but Garry Kasparov’s mother intervened in their fate, who really did not like her son’s woman. She was sure that Neelova was unworthy of her brilliant Harry, and besides this, she was irritated by the age difference.

When Marina announced that she was expecting a child, her mother realized that it was time to act. She tried her best to convince her son that this was not his child and that they were simply trying to fool him. In this situation, the chess player behaved absolutely unmanly, following his mother’s lead. Despite Marina’s pregnancy, he left her and the woman immediately understood what the love of her chosen one was worth.

Neyolova completely stopped any communication with the person who so treacherously betrayed her. The breakup of the star couple was a real shock for both fans and friends. No one could understand why the union, which everyone considered ideal, broke up so quickly and decisively. Quite recently, Kasparov was crazy about Neelova and she reciprocated his feelings completely.

In 1987, Marina had a daughter, who was named Nika. Two years after the birth of the girl, Neelova met diplomat Kirill Gevorgyan, who became her husband and Nika’s father. The young family lived in Europe for several years, and in 2009 returned to their homeland.

After finishing school, Nika entered University College in London, and in 2010 she completed a sculpting course. Now the woman lives in the capital of Great Britain and is completely immersed in creativity. Nika's sculptures can be found in the collections of art lovers around the world, and her personal exhibitions were held in Germany, France and Lithuania.

As for Kasparov, he never showed interest in the fate of his daughter. Although Nika is very similar to her father and it is simply stupid to deny their relationship, the chess player never recognized her as his daughter. Obviously, the influence of his mother on Kasparov turned out to be too strong and he will never change his opinion.

Marina Neelova, now 73, continues to work at the Sovremennik Theater. She looks great and is happy with her husband Kirill. Today, few people remember the long-standing romance between the beautiful Marina and the chess genius Kasparov. And not only about him - many unions of Soviet stars of the first magnitude remained in the shadows and are known only to a narrow circle of especially passionate fans.

What Kasparov's illegitimate daughter looks like now

The daughter of Garry Kasparov and Marina Neelova was born in 1987, now she is 33 years old. Her name is Nika, she bears her mother’s surname - Neelova.

Thanks to her father’s capabilities, the girl knew from an early age what it was like to go abroad. She went to first grade in Paris, graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague in 2008, and then received a second education in London at the School of Design. Now she lives permanently in London and only occasionally comes to visit her mother in Moscow.

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Currently, Nika Neyolova is seriously engaged in art. The daughter of a popular actress creates interesting installations from a variety of materials, including the railings of old houses. She organizes exhibitions of her works, two of which were acquired by the Saatchi Gallery.

The girl has a high intelligence: she is fluent not only in Russian and English, but also in Dutch and French.