Anish Giri: Difference between revisions

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 [[Nepal]].<ref name="NRN" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://rsport.ria.ru/interview/20160317/905183667.html |title=Chess player Anish Giri: the wedding in Georgia was amazing, I even sang in Georgian! |author=Oleg Bogatov |date=17 March 2016 |website=Р-Спорт |access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/i-always-think-about-beating-magnus-carlsen-anish-giri/articleshow/72059955.cms?frmapp=yes&from=mdr |title=I always think about beating Magnus Carlsen: Anish Giri |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=14 November 2019 |accessdate=11 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |number=532566999764058112 |user=anishgiri |title=Those who ask why my name looks Indian, it makes some sense,since my father is from Nepal and grandmother from India. |date=12 November 2014}}</ref> He moved to [[Sapporo]], [[Japan]] with his parents in 2002 and lived there until 2008.