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Anish Giri is a Chess Grandmaster born on June 28, 1994. He holds an Elo rating of 2798 and is ranked 15th. His official website is anishgiri.eu, and he has 269,871 social media followers.
Giri has authored works including *The Dragon Sicilian* and *Anish Giri*. He is referenced by 267 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- Born
- Anish Kumar Giri , ( 1994-06-28 ) 28 June 1994 (age 31) , Saint Petersburg , Russia
- Spouse
- Sopiko Guramishvili ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 18 July 2015</span>"}]]}'>2015 )
- Country
- Russia (until 2009) Netherlands (since 2009)
- Title
- Grandmaster (2009)
- Fide rating
- 2764 (June 2026)
- Peak rating
- 2798 (October 2015)
- Ranking
- No. 7 (June 2026)
- Peak ranking
- No. 3 (January 2016)
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Spouse
- Sopiko Guramishvili
- Occupation
- chess player
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- Russian
- Participant in
- 43rd Chess Olympiad
- Field of work
- chess
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Russia
- Official website
- www.anishgiri.eu
- Image
- Anish Giri in 2025.jpg
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- title of chess person
- FIDE Master
- Commons category
- Anish Giri
- date of birth
- 1994-06-28
- social media followers
- 227000
- Elo rating
- 2746
- ranking
- 8
- name in native language
- Anish Kumar Giri
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Encyclopedic overview
Anish Kumar Giri (Nepali: अनीश कुमार गिरि; Russian: Аниш Кумар Гири; born 28 June 1994) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. A former chess prodigy, he completed the requirements for the grandmaster title in 2009 at the age of 14 years, 7 months and 2 days. Giri is a five-time Dutch champion (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2023), and has represented the Netherlands at seven Chess Olympiads (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024).
As of April 2026, Giri is the No. 1 ranked player in the Netherlands, having switched from Russia in 2009. He has also won major international tournaments, most notably the 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament becoming the fourth Dutch player since 1968 (after Gennadi Sosonko, Jan Timman, and Jorden van Foreest), and 14th Dutch player overall, to do so. After previously qualifying for and competing in the 2016 and 2020 Candidates Tournaments by having one of the highest average ratings, Giri won the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025 in September 2025, qualifying him for the Candidates Tournament 2026.
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