The chess games of Anish Giri

A Giri

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Anish Giri
Number of games in database: 629
Years covered: 2005 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2734
Overall record: +218 -80 =259 (62.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      72 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (44)
    B81 B31 B90 B50 B40
Slav (36)
    D17 D11 D12 D10 D15
Queen's Pawn Game (24)
    E00 E10 A41 A45 A40
Grunfeld (20)
    D85 D78 D76 D97 D70
King's Indian (19)
    E90 E98 E92 E60 E91
Catalan (18)
    E04 E06 E05

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (53)
    B90 B40 B48 B91 B50
Petrov (32)
    C42 C43
Grunfeld (25)
    D85 D70 D94 D90 D91
King's Indian (22)
    E92 E97 E98 E91 E61
Slav (21)
    D12 D10 D11 D17 D16
French Defense (18)
    C15 C05 C18 C17 C01

Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Carlsen vs A Giri, 2011 0-1
   A Giri vs F A Cuijpers, 2009 1-0
   Nakamura vs A Giri, 2012 0-1
   W So vs A Giri, 2010 0-1
   Nisipeanu vs A Giri, 2010 0-1
   T Hillarp Persson vs A Giri, 2010 0-1
   A Giri vs D Howell, 2010 1-0
   A Giri vs Morozevich, 2012 1-0
   A Giri vs N Grandelius, 2010 1-0
   A Giri vs Harikrishna, 2010 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Anish Giri's best games by Bezlitosci
   ivilic's favorite games by ivilic
   RPaterno1's favorite games ("Ramon's Lab") by RPaterno1
   GIRI'S BEST GAMES by notyetagm
   Young Promising GMs by Portusboy

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ANISH GIRI (born Jun-28-1994) Russia (citizen of Netherlands)	PRONUNCIATION:		[what is this?]
GM Giri started playing chess at age 7, and a few years later won the Russian U12 championship. He gained his first GM norm by winning the Intomart GfK Open in Hilversum in 2008, his second GM norm at Groningen Chess Festival (2009) and his third GM norm title when he came second at the Corus (Group C) (2009) tournament, thus becoming the youngest Grand Master at the time in the world at the age of 14 years 7 months and 2 days. Furthermore he gained the GM title without acquiring an IM title first. Later that year, Giri placed clear first with 6/8 at the Dutch Championship (2009). He started off 2010 with a bang by winning the Corus (B Group) (2010) tournament, thereby earning an invitation to the A-division of the 2011 event, followed it up in May 2010 by winning the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament (2010) with 4.5/5 and a 2936 performance rating and in June 2010 by coming second to Jan Smeets in the Dutch Championship (2010). The Chess Olympiad (2010) was a successful event for Giri, winning the bronze medal by scoring 8/11 and producing a 2730 performance on board four for the Netherlands. He scored 3rd in the quadrangular Unive Tournament (2010) in October 2010. His debut in the Tata Steel (2011) super tournament was mildly auspicious, finishing in the middle of the table with 6.5/13 (+2 -2 =9) and a 2744 performance rating, defeating Magnus Carlsen and Wang Hao in their individual encounters. He came 3rd with 5/10 in his inaugural Dortmund (2011), and won the Dutch Championship (2011) with a round to spare. In late 2011, he came second behind Vladimir Kramnik at the 15th Unive (Crown Group) (2011) with 3/6. Giri finished 2011 as the lowest rated entrant in the category 20 Reggio Emilia (2011), and started 2012 by emerging as the outright winner of that tournament with 6/10 (+4 -2 =4, TPR 2822), a half point ahead of Alexander Morozevich, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. Unfortunately for him, his recent gains were undone in his first tournament of 2012, when he placed equal last in the category 21 Tata Steel (2012) with 4.5/13 (+2 -6 =5; TPR 2648), although he won the Dutch Championship (2012) with a round to spare to restore him to the 2700 club. A strong =3rd at the Grandmaster tournament in the Biel Chess Festival (2012) considerably boosted his stocks, restoring him to his peak rating. He also represented the Netherlands on board 1 at the Chess Olympiad (2012) in Istanbul, scoring 4/7 at rating par. Giri's second Grand Prix contest at the FIDE Grand Prix Zug (2013) also did not produce the desired outcome, his 5/11 (+0 -1 =10) virtually eliminating him from contention for the top 2 needed to qualify for the Candidates. Giri plays for SK Turm Emsdetten in the German Bundeslige, and is apparently the youngest player to have participated in this very powerful league. In the 2012 European national club championship season, Giri's performances in the Bundesliga, and in the Dutch and Russian team competitions maintained par with his rating. However, he had a disastrous outing at the 13th European Individual Championship (2012), scoring 6.5/11 and shedding 27 points to push him below the 2700 rating level for the first time since breaching it. The FIDE Grand Prix London (2012) was the first in the six legs of the 2012-13 Grand Prix series; Giri participated as an AGON nominee but scored only 4/11, accumulating only 15 GP points that accrue to shared 10th and 11th place. At the end of 2012, he played top board for the Hoogoven team at the World Cities Team Championship (2012), and lead the team to victory in the final, thereby claiming the Sheikh Zayed Cup. The beginning of 2013 saw him play at the category 20 Tata Steel (2013), where he placed =8th, scoring 6/13, followed by =4th with 7.5/10 at the Reykjavik Open (2013), half a point behind the three co-leaders. Giri assisted Viswanathan Anand in his World Championship title defence against Veselin Topalov in April 2010. He currently lives in Holland with his Nepalese father Sanjay Giri (a Research Scientist) and Russian mother, Olga Giri. Anish is a typical Hindu name used in parts of the Hinduism-dominated countries of India and Nepal. As of 1 May 2013, Giri's rating is 2734, making him the top player in the Netherlands, the top Junior (U20) in the world, and number 20 player overall in the world. His FIDE ratings in rapid are 2712 (world #28) and 2685 (world #49) respectively. Anish's official website: http://anishgiri.nl/ live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/ Wikipedia article: Anish Giri

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. A Giri vs B Nikitinyh	1-0	35	2005	Chigorin mem 13th	B15 Caro-Kann
2. V Domnin vs A Giri	0-1	28	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	E70 King's Indian
3. A Giri vs V Toporov	1-0	41	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	C16 French, Winawer
4. E Grigorjev vs A Giri	1-0	48	2005	Chigorin mem 13th	A10 English
5. A Giri vs V Churikov	0-1	37	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
6. A Giri vs N Gaprindashvili	½-½	63	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	E15 Queen's Indian
7. Krivonosov vs A Giri	1-0	117	2005	Chigorin mem 13th	E92 King's Indian
8. A Giri vs D Efremova	1-0	71	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	E90 King's Indian
9. V Plat vs A Giri	0-1	30	2005	EU-ch U12	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
10. V Bagrunov vs A Giri	0-1	34	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
11. A Giri vs H Van Buitenen	1-0	33	2005	Chigorin mem 13th	B50 Sicilian
12. Y Vunder vs A Giri	1-0	75	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	A20 English
13. A Giri vs A Malofeev	½-½	70	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	B15 Caro-Kann
14. A Giri vs Garriy Airapetov	0-1	33	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	B08 Pirc, Classical
15. F Ashiku vs A Giri	0-1	31	2005	EU-ch U12	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
16. M Zacurdajev vs A Giri	1-0	21	2005	Chigorin Mem	A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
17. V S Nikolaev vs A Giri	1-0	62	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
18. I Akimov vs A Giri	1-0	49	2005	Chigorin mem 13th	E97 King's Indian
19. D Kosarev vs A Giri	0-1	39	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	E83 King's Indian, Samisch
20. D Dolbnya vs A Giri	½-½	34	2005	St Petersburg-Moscow m	B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
21. A Giri vs D Vorobiov	0-1	35	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	B40 Sicilian
22. A Giri vs Z Strzemiecki	0-1	33	2005	EU-ch U12	C10 French
23. A Penkov vs A Giri	0-1	45	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	A02 Bird's Opening
24. A Giri vs A Achang	1-0	37	2005	Chigorin mem 13th	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
25. A Giri vs Valentin Abramov	0-1	45	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation


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Jan-06-12		Jason Frost: <achieve> Reggio Emilia (2011)

Jan-06-12		achieve: Thank you, Jason Frost!

Jan-06-12		brankat: A great talent, certainly, but also, just as importantly, Anish seems to have very strong work ethics. It shows in his amazing progress in these last couple of tears. Although it is hard to predict how things will evolve (many factors, some of them unpredictable, play a role), there will be a very bright future for young Giri.

Jan-06-12		notyetagm: <achieve: Wnich tournament is Giri excelling at? Can someone provide a link? > Reggio Emilia (2011) Giri rounds 1-4: +0 -2 =2 Giri rounds 5-9: +4 -0 =1

Jan-06-12		notyetagm: <brankat: A great talent, certainly, but also, just as importantly, Anish seems to have very strong work ethics. It shows in his amazing progress in these last couple of tears.> So will we have a modern rivalry between the lazy Capablanca-like Carlsen and the industrious Alekhine-like Giri? :-)

Jan-06-12		achieve: Thanks, <notyetagm> - I just now quickly played over the last three wins, and it was purely a joy to see his technique at work... It's so smooth and deft, sometimes brutal if needed. As far as Giri not being inferior to Carlsen "talent-wise", I might hesitantly agree there, but Carlsen's fighting abilities and cool head OTB are imo superior to Giri's - <until now>... Hopefully Giri will be able to further develop on that over the next few years, also cutting out the short draws that are still popping up on occasion.

Jan-06-12		MORPHYEUS: <So will we have a modern rivalry between the lazy Capablanca-like Carlsen and the industrious Alekhine-like Giri?> Well, Giri is still going to school, right?

Jan-06-12		Garech: <achieve> : Reggio Emilia (2011) I will be watching him at Tata closely! -Garech

Jan-06-12		Garech: Congratulations to GM Anish Giri on winning Reggio Emilia! Good luck at Tata Steel - may your momentum carry you! -Garech

Jan-06-12		ketchuplover: Winner winner chicken dinner!!!!!!!!!!

Jan-06-12		fisayo123: Congrats Anish!

Jan-06-12		moronovich: WHAT a finish.. Congrats !

Jan-06-12		AuN1: it'll be interesting to see how the participants from this event perform in just one week at wijk aan zee. if giri continues playing the way he closed out this tournament he'll definitely be in the top three. i'm very excited to see how he does against guys like topalov, karjakin, kamsky, and radjabov.

Jan-06-12		Pyke: Impressive!

Jan-06-12		Marvol: Congrats to my compatriot :). Great job by a soon-to-be great player! Top-ten surely must be his goal for 2012! From his ratings compared to his age he seems similar in talent to Carlsen, I wonder how far he can take it. Somehow he seems to have been flying under the radar, with more attention given to So, LeQuang, and Caruana. Maybe now that will change. (I was for instance piqued slightly by the comment on Chessbase 04 Jan that "the fans are ensured a race to the end between the two players [Nakamura and Morozevich]", this with Giri only 3 points behind. That showed little respect towards Giri, especially since Giri was playing Nakamura next round.)

Jan-06-12		Marmot PFL: To win a tournament like this at 17 is very impressive.

Jan-06-12		Ragh: Congratulation Anish for winning such a strong tournament!! I wonder how the kid manages his full-time studies at college with not just playing professional level super-tournaments, but also winning them.

Jan-06-12		wordfunph: Anish, congrats!!

Jan-06-12		fisayo123: Is he in college yet?

Jan-06-12		alexmagnus: Congrats Anish Giri.

Jan-06-12		ooda: Great win and totally deserved but nobody could deny that he got incredibly lucky in the final round. I think most people who have been following Anish at least since he won Corus B at the age of 15 aren't really surprised by this latest step in his development though.

Jan-06-12		kardopov: Gratz Giri.

Jan-06-12		Penguincw: Somebody better update his bio.

Jan-06-12		Ezzy: A big breakthrough for Anish! Wow, starting with 1/4 and finishing like an express train to win the tournament. Next - Tata Steels!

Jan-06-12		twinlark: <ooda> It was an unusual ending to the tournament but for a winner to emerge, there must be losers. The fact that Giri was sufficiently skilled and cool to draw with Caruana, when his rivals managed to subsequently lose, has nothing to do with luck. They simply lost, and that's what happens in tournaments. There's very little luck in these contests, and certainly none here. Giri was the deserving winner.

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