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| spouse = {{marriage |[[Sopiko Guramishvili]]|18 July 2015}}
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| country = Russia (until 2009)<ref name="Player transfers in 2009">{{cite web |url=https://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2009 |title=Player transfers in 2009 |publisher=FIDE |access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref><br />Netherlands (since 2009)
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2009)
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'''Anish Kumar Giri''' ({{lang-ne|अनीश कुमार गिरि}}; {{lang-ru|Аниш Кумар Гири}}; born 28 June 1994) is a Dutch [[Grandmaster (chess)|chess grandmaster]].<!-- Please DO NOT remove the nationality without supporting your statements with reliable sources nor discussing it in the talk page --> A [[chess prodigy]], he completed the requirements for the grandmaster title in 2009 at the age of 14 years, 7 months and 2 days.<ref name="chessbase-report">{{cite news |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5188 |title=Anish Giri, 14, makes his final GM norm |date=31 January 2009 |publisher=Chessbase.com |access-date=6 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203065222/http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5188 |archive-date=3 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NRN">{{cite news |url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=1571 |title=NRN boy youngest grandmaster |date=1 February 2009 |publisher=MyRepublica.com |access-date=6 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205144657/http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=1571 |archive-date=5 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Giri is a five-time Dutch champion (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2023) and won the Corus Chess B Group in [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2010s|2010]]. He has represented the Netherlands at six Chess Olympiads ([[39th Chess Olympiad|2010]], [[40th Chess Olympiad|2012]], [[41st Chess Olympiad|2014]], [[42nd Chess Olympiad|2016]], [[43rd Chess Olympiad|2018]], [[44th Chess Olympiad|2022]]).
He has also won major international tournaments, including the [[Reggio Emilia chess tournament|2012 Reggio Emilia tournament]], [[Reykjavik Open|2017 Reykjavik Open]], [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023|2023 Tata Steel Chess]], and shared 1st place in the [[London Chess Classic#2015 Classic: 4–13 December|2015 London Chess Classic]]. In 2019 he won clear first at the Third Edition of the Shenzhen Masters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-29 |title=Giri wins
{{As of|2023|9|post=,}} Anish Giri is the No. 1 ranked player in the Netherlands, having switched from Russia in 2009.<ref name="Player transfers in 2009" /> In [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021|2021 Wijk aan Zee]], Giri tied for first place with fellow Dutch GM [[Jorden van Foreest]], but lost to him in the [[Armageddon chess|armageddon]] round after the two blitz games in the playoff ended in a draw. During the [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023|2023 Tata Steel chess]] tournament, Giri edged out [[Nodirbek Abdusattorov]] on the last day to win the event, becoming the fourth Dutch player since 1968 (after [[Gennadi Sosonko]], [[Jan Timman]], and Jorden van Foreest), and 14th Dutch player overall, to do so.
== Early life ==
Giri was born in [[St. Petersburg|Saint Petersburg]] on 28 June 1994 to a Russian mother, Olga,<ref name="NRC">{{cite web |url=http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2460121.ece/Promise_of_greatness_in_Dutch_chess_prodigy |title=Promise of greatness in Dutch chess prodigy |date=15 January 2010 |publisher=Nrc.nl |access-date=14 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329090942/http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2460121.ece/Promise_of_greatness_in_Dutch_chess_prodigy |archive-date=29 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Nepali people|Nepali]] father, Sanjay Giri. His paternal grandmother is from [[
Since February 2008, Giri and his family have lived in the Dutch town of [[Rijswijk, Netherlands|Rijswijk]], where his father worked at a research and consulting foundation. In June 2013, Giri graduated from Grotius College in [[Delft]].
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===2014–2015===
In 2014 Giri shared second place at the Tata Steel tournament, won individual bronze for his first board performance at the [[41st Chess Olympiad]] in [[
In February 2015, Giri briefly crossed the 2800 mark in the live FIDE ratings by beating [[Peter Svidler]] at the [[FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15|FIDE Grand Prix]] in Tbilisi, but did not maintain the ranking level until the end of the month to appear in the official ratings.<ref>{{cite web |last=Doggers (PeterDoggers) |first=Peter |title=Giri Crosses 2800 Mark As Tbilisi Grand Prix Takes Off |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/giri-crosses-2800-mark-as-tbilis-grand-prix-takes-off-4638 |access-date=20 April 2021 |website=Chess.com |date=15 February 2015 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=15 February 2015 |title=Tbilisi Rd1: Giri newest 2800! |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/tbilisi-rd1-giri-newest-2800 |access-date=20 April 2021 |website=Chess News |language=en}}</ref> Giri participated in the 2014/15 FIDE Grand Prix cycle, but again failed to qualify for the Candidates Tournament.
===2016===
In March 2016, Giri participated in the [[Candidates Tournament 2016]] in [[Moscow]] after qualifying (for the first time) as one of the two players with the highest average ratings for 2015. At the tournament, he drew all 14 games and was the only player in the tournament to go undefeated. He went to the tournament with his wife [[Sopiko Guramishvili]] and his coach [[Vladimir Tukmakov]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/fide-candidates-2016 |title=FIDE Candidates 2016 |website=[[The Week in Chess]] |access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/karjakin-wins-candidates-tournament-qualifies-for-world-title-match-7629 |title=Karjakin Wins Candidates' Tournament, Qualifies For World Title Match |last=Doggers (PeterDoggers) |first=Peter |website=Chess.com |date=28 March 2016 |language=en-US |access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref>
Since 2016, Giri has been sponsored by the proprietary trading firm [[Optiver]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Optiver Loves Chess |url=https://www.optiver.com/insights/news-articles/optiver-loves-chess/ |access-date=6 February 2021 |website=Optiver |language=en-US}}</ref>
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