GARRY KASPAROVSTUDENT: CLAUDIA BAHA

Born April 13th 1963 Baku Azerbaijan Started playing chess in 1968 Began training at Mikhail Botvinnik’s School in 1973 1978 becomes Chess Master World Champion 1985-2000 2000 loses the title Retires from serious competitive chess in 2005 After retirement from chess turns to politics Enters the Russian Presidential Race in 2007

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CASE

Self-expression

“For me chess was not only about winning or losing, I wanted to make a difference, I wanted to find something new, I wanted to make a contribution to the game”

CAREER AS ACTION

Early experiences provided a basis for Kasparov’s feelings of self efficacy in chess

●At nine he stunned Baku by reaching the final round in the city’s Lightning Championship

●At ten he earned the title of candidate Master in Baku

●At twelve he won the USSR Junior Championship

Was able to see positive outcomes from pursuing a career in chess

Self efficacy beliefs and outcome expectations

1993 Kasparov and Short play the game for the World Champion title outside FIDE’s jurisdiction

1993 Kasparov was ejected from FIDE

Karpov became the FIDE Champion and Kasparov will be the PCA Champion

1996 first game in the history of chess in which a world champion has been defeated by a computer

1998 Kasparov participates in the First Advanced Chess Event

Turning points in Chess History

He experienced a satisfying career by constantly finding work that is a good fit with his developing self-concept

He showed agency CHESS PLAYER WRITER POLITICIAN

Career construction

Chess playerPoliticianWriterPhilanthropistEducatorFather and husband

CAREER AS ROLES

Highlights Year AgeSoviet Junior Champion 1976-1977 12-13

World Junior Champion 1980 17

International Grandmaster 1980 17

World Champion 1985-2000 22-35

World’s # 1 rated player 1984-2006 21-42

1st player ever to top 2800 rating

1990 26

Only player ever to reach 2851 rating

2000 37

Chess highlights

Rating progress chart

1990 took part in the creation of the Democratic Party of Russia

2005 created the United Civil Front 2007 March 3 helped organize the Saint Petersburg Dissenters’

March 2007 April 14th was briefly arrested 2007 September 30th enters the Russian presidential race 2007 December 12th withdraws his presidential candidacy

Politician

1995 Garry Kasparov’s Chess Puzzle Book 1997 Lessons in Chess 2004 Checkmate! My First Chess Book 2003-2006 My Great Predecessors 2008 How Life Imitates Chess 2007-2009 Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess 2011 Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov

Writer

Philanthropist-Kasparov Chess Foundation

Educator-September 2009 starts coaching Magnus Carlsen

Kasparov Chess FoundationFather and husband Kasparov was

married three times and has two children

Other Roles

Role ContributionsChess Player Changes the rules of chess

competitionsCreator of Advanced Chess

Educator Kasparov Chess Foundation promotes the study of chess as cognitive learning tool in curricular classes

Role Innovator

Career as Action Career as RolesIgnores the role of others Explains careers in relation to

others

Takes into consideration only one facet of his personality

Takes into consideration all the facets of his personality

Explains the process that led to certain accomplishments

Does not account for the decisions that led to these different roles he played

Emphasizes agency

Action vs. Roles

“ I am lucky that the popular sport in the Soviet Union was chess and not baseball”

CAREER AS FIT

Azerbaijan International. (2011). Kasparov the World’s Chess Conestoga College. (2011) . Course Notes. Card 1060. Kitchener, Ontario,

Canada. Inkson, Kerr (2007). Understanding careers the metaphors of working

lives. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications KasparovAgent.com. (2011). Garrry Kasparov Biography, Retrieved July,

24, 2011 from http://www.kasparovagent.com/garry_kasparov_biography.php

Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia.(2011). Garry Kasparov, Retrieved July, 20, 2011 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov

World Chess Federation. (2011). Rating Progress Chart, Retrieved July, 21, 20111 from http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?event=4100018

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