The chess games of Anish 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

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Groningen Chess Festival (2009)
   Corus (Group C) (2009)
   Dutch Open (2009)
   Corus (B Group) (2010)
   Chess Olympiad (2010)
   Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament (2010)
   French Team Championships (2011)
   Dutch Championship (2011)
   13th European Individual Championship (2012)
   Bundesliga (2012)
   Dutch Championship (2012)
   Reykjavik Open (2013)

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
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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 played a combined rapid/blitz match against Vassily Ivanchuk at the 26th Leon Masters 2013. Giri won the 45 minute (G45) 2-game match with 1 win and 1 draw, and then took out the 4-game G20 rapid match with 3 wins and 1 draw. However, he decisively lost the blitz (G5) portion of the match by 2.5-7.5 (+1 -6 =3). Giri was declared the winner of the match as the slower games were given greater weighting than the blitz games. 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 June 2013, Giri's rating is 2734, making him the top player in the Netherlands, the top Junior (U20) in the world, and number 21 player overall in the world. His FIDE ratings in rapid are 2712 (world #27) and 2685 (world #51) 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 A Butylkin	0-1	47	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
2. V Domnin vs A Giri	0-1	28	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	E70 King's Indian
3. A Giri vs B Nikitinyh	1-0	35	2005	Chigorin mem 13th	B15 Caro-Kann
4. A Giri vs V Toporov	1-0	41	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	C16 French, Winawer
5. A Giri vs V Churikov	0-1	37	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
6. E Grigorjev vs A Giri	1-0	48	2005	Chigorin mem 13th	A10 English
7. A Giri vs N Gaprindashvili	½-½	63	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	E15 Queen's Indian
8. A Giri vs D Efremova	1-0	71	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	E90 King's Indian
9. Krivonosov vs A Giri	1-0	117	2005	Chigorin mem 13th	E92 King's Indian
10. V Plat vs A Giri	0-1	30	2005	EU-ch U12	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
11. V Bagrunov vs A Giri	0-1	34	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
12. Y Vunder vs A Giri	1-0	75	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	A20 English
13. A Giri vs H Van Buitenen	1-0	33	2005	Chigorin mem 13th	B50 Sicilian
14. A Giri vs A Malofeev	½-½	70	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	B15 Caro-Kann
15. A Giri vs Garriy Airapetov	0-1	33	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	B08 Pirc, Classical
16. F Ashiku vs A Giri	0-1	31	2005	EU-ch U12	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
17. M Zacurdajev vs A Giri	1-0	21	2005	Chigorin Mem	A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
18. V S Nikolaev vs A Giri	1-0	62	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
19. D Kosarev vs A Giri	0-1	39	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	E83 King's Indian, Samisch
20. I Akimov vs A Giri	1-0	49	2005	Chigorin mem 13th	E97 King's Indian
21. D Dolbnya vs A Giri	½-½	34	2005	St Petersburg-Moscow m	B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
22. A Giri vs D Vorobiov	0-1	35	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	B40 Sicilian
23. A Giri vs Z Strzemiecki	0-1	33	2005	EU-ch U12	C10 French
24. A Penkov vs A Giri	0-1	45	2005	St Petersburg Chigorin op	A02 Bird's Opening
25. A Giri vs Valentin Abramov	0-1	45	2005	St Petersburg White Nights op	B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation


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Feb-11-12		MORPHYEUS: The cartoon illustration is funny (Giri going out last at the Tata factory).

Feb-11-12		cro777: One week ago (February 4-5, 2012) Giri played in the Bundesliga for his team SK Turm Emsdetten, and faced GM Vachier-Lagrave (2715) with black ("I obviously wasn�t going to let my Petroff go after one loss, so a week later I�d repaired the damage as best I could", he said) and GM Negi (2631) with white (the dynamic English). Both games ended in a draw.

Feb-23-12		delftfan: An interesting news...Giri met Kasparov? http://anishgiri.nl/html/eng/news.h...

Feb-24-12		bronkenstein: <...Giri met Kasparov?> sounds like another... no , no , it can�t be ... =)

Feb-24-12		delftfan: hehe ....seems it can be...i believe:)

Feb-24-12		Blunderdome: For those too lazy to download the Excel file, here are the 2700+ names playing in the European Individual Championships starting March 19th: Mamedyarov, Caruana, Jakovenko, Vitiugov, Giri, Navara, Riazantsev, Malakhov, Vallejo-Pons, Bacrot, Jobava, Laznicka, Sutovsky, Naiditsch, Movsesian. More to be added?

Feb-25-12		cro777: This weekend (25th and 26th of February) the 10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga are taking place. Giri is playing on board 1 for his chess club (Schachklub) Turm Emsdetten. The 10th round starts today (26th of February) at 14:00 local time (UTC+2). Giri is playing against GM Markus Ragger (2655), the first board of SG Solingen. All games are covered live (with computer analysis) here http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/?l...

Feb-25-12		cro777: The game Giri - Ragger is very sharp. In the Semi Slav Meran Anish opted for a rare set-up (Morozevich's idea) and sacrificed a piece. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. Bc2 O-O-O 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. a4 h6 click for larger view <15. Nxf7> Giri sacrificed a piece. In the game Kozul - Predojevic at the Croatian Team Championship White retreated the knight 15.Nf3 (Kozul lost the game).

Feb-26-12		polarmis: An interview with one of Giri's first chess coaches in St. Petersburg, Russia: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2...

Feb-26-12		delftfan: @polarmis Thanks...interesting!

Feb-26-12		cro777: The game Giri - Ragger was a marathon running to 99, ending in a draw. In Round 11 Giri met with black the Ukrainian GM Sergey Fedorchuk (2635) who played on board 1 for the chess club Remagen. The players followed the game Zambrana - Matamoros Franco (Dos Hermanas 2006) with an exchange sacrifice and counter-sacrifice in the Two Knights Defense with 4.d3 (Modern Bishop's Opening). 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. c3 Ng8 9. d4 f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Rxe4 click for larger view 11...Rxf3 12. gxf3 Here Matamoros Franco played <12...Bf5> and the game continued by 13.Be3 Bxe4 14.fxe4 Nxe5 (Black won in 28 moves). Giri opted for <12...Nxe5> and after 13.Rxe5 dxe5 the game soon ended in a draw. 14.Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bg4 18. Kg2 Bh4 19. f3 Bh5 20.Be3 Rd8 21. b4 h6 Draw

Mar-01-12		timhortons: Giri is playing on board 1 for his chess club (Schachklub) Turm Emsdetten. <cro777> this is european team tournament right? this boy is taking the right path to stardom!

Mar-01-12		cro777: <timhortons: Giri is playing on board 1 for his chess club (Schachklub) Turm Emsdetten. <cro777> this is european team tournament right?> This is Chess Bundesliga (Schach-Bundesliga), the premier league of team chess in Germany. It is arguably the strongest and longest running league of its kind, attracting many top grandmasters from Europe and beyond. Emsdetten is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In the last four rounds of Bundesliga Giri played on board 1 for the chess club Turm Emsdetten. Vachier-Lagrave - Giri (Round 8) Giri - Negi (Round 9) Giri - Ragger (Round 10) Fedorchuk -Giri (Round 11) The games were very sharp although ended in a draw. "In Round 8 of the Bundesliga I faced �the Frenchman with two names�. It was a good fight that ended in a draw. ...After my exciting battle with Vachier-Lagrave I had to play another dangerous young player - Parimarjan Negi. And again, it was fun! Parimarjan and I know each other very well, but within two moves we�d managed to step away from any preparation whatsoever". (Giri)

Mar-01-12		cro777: This month Giri will take part at the European Individual Chess Championship 2012 in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) from March 19 until April 1. The Championship is a qualification event for the next World Cup (23 players will qualify). This important European event (with 11 Rounds - Swiss System) will present a rather interesting field of participants. Top players (2700+): 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2747 2 GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2736 3 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2729 4 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2726 5 GM Giri Anish NED 2714 6 GM Navara David CZE 2712 7 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2710 8 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2705 9 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2705 10 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2704 11 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2704 12 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2704 13 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2703 14 GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2702 15 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2700

Mar-01-12		timhortons: thanks for the update <cro777>

Mar-01-12		delftfan: Please vote for Anish for Memorial Tal: http://russiachess.org/news/all/vpe...

Mar-02-12		cro777: After the European Individual Chess Championship 2012 in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) from March 19 until April 1, the numbers 1 and 2 on the current Juniors rating list, Caruana and Giri, will face each other again at the 20-year jubilee Sigeman Tournament, an 8-player round robin, which will take place May 9-16, 2012 in Malm�, Sweden. Four international top players (Caruana, Leko, Giri and Li Chao) and four GMs from Sweden (Tikkanen, Hector, Berg and Grandelius) will participate.

Mar-17-12		cro777: This weekend (17th and 18th of March) the 12th and 13th round of the Schachbundesliga are taking place. Giri is playing on board 1 for his chess club (Schachklub) Turm Emsdetten. In round 12 Giri played with black against Poland's GM Lukasz Cyborowski (2543). Cyborowski - Giri. Position after 46.c6 click for larger view 46...e3 47. Kg1 e2 48. Re1 Rxd4 49.Rxe2 Rc4 50. Nd8 a3 51. Ra2 Rc3 52. Kf2 e5 53. Nf7+ Kg7 54. Nxe5 Kf6 55. Nf3 Rxc6 Draw http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/?l...

Mar-18-12		cro777: In round 13 the game Giri -Anand was a quick draw in 22 moves. Anish is now ready to participate in the 13th European Individual Chess Championship in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The Championship (11 rounds, Swiss system) is a qualification event for the next World Cup (23 players will qualify). The tournament (Round 1) starts Tuesday, March 20 at 15:00 (local time).

Mar-18-12		cro777: Anish Giri was the only 2700+ player in the Emsdetten squad. Interestingly, Schachklub Turm Emsdetten played with five players from the Netherlands: Giri, Spoelman, Brandenburg, Janssen and Pruijssers.

Mar-19-12		cro777: Tomorrow (Tuesday 20th March) in Round 1 of the 13th European Individual Chess Championship Giri plays with white against GM Vlad-Cristian Jianu (2497), Romanian champion in 2006.

Mar-21-12		delftfan: terrible loss today!!!

Mar-22-12		cro777: Bad start for Giri at the European Championship. In round 3 he split the point with the Bosnian IM Dalibor Stojanovic (2471). <deltfan> How would you comment?

Mar-22-12		hatsis: Giri is off form, he usually just breezes through 2500 players but this time, hmmm... -11 points elo in just a few games. I hope he gets his gravity balance in check.

Mar-23-12		delftfan: something seems to be going wrong with Giri. i can only think of the hectic time he might be having in the school (5th year of vwo?) or belated teen-age syndrome:)...

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