Anish Giri

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Anish Giri
Country  Netherlands
Born June 28, 1994 (1994-06-28) (age 17)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2717 (March 2012)
(No. 28 in the January 2012 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating 2722 (September 2011)

Anish Giri (born June 28, 1994)[1] is a chess prodigy. He met his final grandmaster norm at the age of 14 years, 7 months and 2 days when he beat Venezuelan GM Eduardo Iturrizaga in the C Group of the 2009 Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands.[2]

He is the youngest ever Grandmaster in the chess history of Soviet Union/Russia and the Netherlands (when he achieved his third GM norm, he was affiliated with the Russian Chess Federation; currently he is affiliated with the Dutch Chess Federation).

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[edit] Family

Anish is the son of a Nepalese father (Sanjay Giri), and a Russian mother (Olga Giri). Anish was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on 28 June 1994. In 2002, he moved to Japan with his parents. Since then he had been residing in Japan, and visiting St. Petersburg regularly. Since February 2008, Anish and his family have been living in the Netherlands, in the Dutch city of Rijswijk where his father is working in a research and consulting foundation (Deltares). He has two sisters, Natasha and Ayusha.

[edit] Chess activity

Anish's first club was a local youth sport club 'DYUSH-2' in St. Petersburg, Russia. His trainers in this club were Asya Kovalyova and Andrei Praslov. He was a member of the Japan Chess Association and the Sapporo Chess Club during his stay in Japan. He became Russian champion (U12) while he was living in Japan.

Anish has been playing for SK Turm Emsdetten since 2008 in the German Chess Bundesliga (the premier league of team chess in Germany). He is the youngest ever player in the history of this league. Furthermore, he is affiliated with several Dutch chess clubs, including the HSG (Hilversum Chess Society) and the Delftsche SchaakClub (Delft Chess Club). He plays in the French league (TOP-16) for l'Echiquier Châlonnais.

He does not have intensive chess training facilities, mostly working by himself using chess programs and books at his leisure. Recently[when?], the KNSB (Dutch Chess Federation) has started to provide him with some training sessions.

Major events and achievements

  • In September 2009 he won at Haaksbergen the closed Dutch Championship, making him the youngest player to win this championship to date.
  • In January 2010, aged 15, he competed in the Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee winning the B-group.[3]
  • In May 2010 it was revealed that Giri had aided Viswanathan Anand in preparation for the World Chess Championship 2010 against challenger Veselin Topalov. Anand won the match 6.5-5.5 to retain the title.[4][5]
  • At the end of May 2010, Giri convincingly won the 18th annual Sigeman & Co. Tournament with a performance rating of 2936.[6]
  • In August 2010, he was one of the best scorers for the Rising Stars team during the NH tournament against the Experienced team, but was unable to qualify for the Amber tournament, losing in tiebreak against Nakamura.[7]
  • In October 2010, Giri won bronze at the 2010 Chess Olympiad at Khanty-Mansiysk, during his first Olympiad appearance. Giri had a performance rating of 2730, playing board 4 for the Dutch team.
  • In January 2011, Giri beat world number one Magnus Carlsen (Elo 2814) with Black in 22 moves at the Wijk Aan Zee chess tournament (category 20).
  • In January 2012, Giri won the 54th annual Reggio Emilia chess tournament. Despite being the lowest rated player in a category 20 tournament (average rating 2744), Giri scored four wins, two losses and four draws for a clear first place (performance rating of 2823).

[edit] Schooling

Giri is currently studying at the Grotius College in Delft. Unlike most other prodigies, he is a regular college student following classes every day, save for some limited absences allowed by the school during major tournaments and events. Thus, playing chess is still a part-time activity for Giri. His favorite subjects include physics, mathematics, geography and history.

[edit] Other interests and skills

Giri speaks Russian, English, Dutch, Japanese and a little bit of Nepalese. In school, he studies German as well. He likes to play football and table tennis.

Recently[when?] Giri contracted a new interest — writing articles and annotating top games. He annotated a number of top games for the popular chess site ChessBase,[8] and has written several articles, including analyses of his own games for chess magazines, such as New in Chess, 64 (chess magazine), and Schach Magazin 64. Since May 2011 he is a columnist for the magazine ChessVibes Training, published by the popular chess news website ChessVibes. See also http://schaaksite.nl

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Anish Giri, 14, makes his final GM norm". Chessbase.com. 2009-01-31. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5188. Retrieved 2009-02-06. 
  2. ^ "NRN boy youngest grandmaster". MyRepublica.com. 2009-02-01. http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=1571. Retrieved 2009-02-06. 
  3. ^ "Promise of greatness in Dutch chess prodigy"
  4. ^ "Anand in Playchess – the helpers in Sofia". Chessbase. 2010-05-19. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6346. Retrieved 2010-05-19. 
  5. ^ "Carlsen, Giri, Kasparov and Kramnik all helped Anand". Chessvibes. 2010-05-20. http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/carlsen-giri-kasparov-and-kramnik-all-helped-anand/. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 
  6. ^ "Sigeman: Giri wins with 4.5/5 and a 2936 performance". ChessBase. 2010-05-31. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6378. Retrieved 31 May 2010. 
  7. ^ "NH Chess Tournament 2010". The Week in Chess. 2011-08-22. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/nh-chess-tournament-2010. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  8. ^ "Sofia World Championship: Giri on game twelve". ChessBase. 2010-05-11. http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6327. Retrieved 2010-05-11. 

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