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Giri, Anish

Anish Giri

GM🇳🇱

FIDEFIDE 24116068· Male· Netherlands· Born in 1994

Anish Giri, a 32-year-old Dutch Grandmaster, is rated 2752 and ranked 1st among Dutch players, and 11th worldwide. He has held steady between 2750 and 2775 for 13 months. 84 rated games in the past year (≈81/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include the Chess Olympiad (open), the Sinquefield Cup, and the Superbet Chess Classic Romania. Also played 8 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 5 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2798 was reached at age 21 (Oct 2015); he also reached World #3 in Jan 2016 and spent 28 months in the world top 5.

Competes for Netherlands since Jan 2009. Awarded GM in 2009 (age 15) and FM in 2008 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U20, U18 and U16, World #3 in U14 and World #21 in U12.

Current rating

2752

Standard

Rpd2656·Blz2636

All-time high

2798

−46 pts below
Oct 2015 · age 21

Activity

73

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

73 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#1

#1 · Dutch players · of 4,767
28 months in World top 5 (2015–2025)

Profile · last 5 years

  1. Similar results in every format: 58% in classical (188.5 / 323), 55% in rapid (131 / 237), 55% in blitz (174 / 315).
  2. Against higher-rated players (+50): 55 / 132. Against lower-rated (−50): 305.5 / 461.
  3. Out of form: −65 in blitz rating and 37.5 / 74 in rated blitz games over the last 12 months.

From 875 games in FIDE-rated events since Oct 2021 (323 classical, 237 rapid, 315 blitz). Fixed rules: every figure comes from these results.

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Career timeline

26 entries
2025
28 months in world top 5
longest streak 16 months · first Feb 2015
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 2750
at age 31
Oct 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2750
at age 30
Feb 2024
2016
1,000 career games
at age 22
Mar 2016
Peak World rank: #3
at age 22 · rated 2798
Jan 2016
2015
All-time peak 2798
at age 21 · −46 from today
Oct 2015

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Rating history: OlimpBase (opens in a new tab) until 2000, FIDE since 2001

His openings · over the board

What Anish Giri plays, by color

2,888 games with moves in our base · over the board · last in Oct 2026

Prepare against him

As White

468 games270 of 468

236 more games in other lines

As Black

474 games247.5 of 474

245 more games in other lines

Over-the-board games from our public base only.Find his online games ›

Activity & highlights

Best result
40th European Club Cup (open)
perf 2879 (+110) · 4/5 · #228
Evolution
-17
2769 → 2752
Tournaments
7
64 games
Score
36/ 6456.3%
18W36D10L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsFabiano CaruanaGM2,795·FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026·R9·+5.4
2.[W]vsGukesh DGM2,754·Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Masters·R7·+5.0
3.[W]vsNodirbek AbdusattorovGM2,751·Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Masters·R8·+5.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJakhongir VakhidovGM2,527·46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open·R9·-7.9
2.[L]vsAlexander DonchenkoGM2,641·FIDE World Cup 2025·R6·-6.6
3.[L]vsBogdan-Daniel DeacGM2,650·2026 Super Chess Classic Romania·R8·-6.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open
Team
Sep 20266.5/10#932700-5.0
2026 GCT Sinquefield Cup
Round-Robin
Aug 20264/9#92707-7.3
2026 Super Chess Classic Romania
Round-Robin
May 20264.5/9#42741-3.2
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026
Round-Robin
Mar 20268.5/14#22825+14.0
Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Masters
Round-Robin
Jan 20266.5/13#82720-7.1
FIDE World Cup 2025
Knockout
Nov 20252/4R1282587-9.4
40th European Club Cup (open)
Team
Oct 20254/5#2282879+7.1

By color · classical · 5 years

323 games

As White

65%

104 / 161avg opp. 2683

As Black

52%

84.5 / 162avg opp. 2690

Best win

vsMagnus CarlsenGM2859

Tata Steel Masters 2023 · Jan 2023 · White

Worst loss

vsJakhongir VakhidovGM2527

46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open · Sep 2026 · Black

Games 2,885 · 2005–2026

Time control
  • WvsRoman Kovalskyi
    4NCL 2026-2027 Division 1 · R2.41 · 2026-10-11
    French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation · 28 moves · 2752
  • WvsAlexander Cherniaev?
    4NCL 2026-2027 Division 1 · R1.25 · 2026-10-10
    English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Old Indian Formation · 24 moves · 2752
  • DvsVincent KeymerGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R11.177 · 2026-09-27
    Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation · 46 moves · 2757
  • DvsBogdan-Daniel DeacGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R10.193 · 2026-09-26
    Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation · 35 moves · 2757
  • LvsJakhongir VakhidovGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R9.181 · 2026-09-25
    English Opening: Agincourt Defense · 53 moves · 2757
  • DvsHaik MartirosyanGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R8.177 · 2026-09-24
    English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line · 31 moves · 2757
  • WvsArkadij NaiditschGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R7.185 · 2026-09-23
    English Opening: Agincourt Defense · 64 moves · 2757
  • LvsR PraggnanandhaaGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R5.177 · 2026-09-20
    Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation · 58 moves · 2757
  • WvsNikolas TheodorouGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R4.189 · 2026-09-19
    Zukertort Opening · 38 moves · 2757
  • WvsBobby ChengGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R3.189 · 2026-09-18
    Zukertort Opening: Reversed Grünfeld · 76 moves · 2757

Over-the-board games only, matched to this player through official FIDE pairings and tournament records. Opponents marked “?” could not be identified with certainty. Source: Lichess broadcasts (opens in a new tab), CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab).

Most-Played Opponents

vsFabiano CaruanaGM
🇺🇸USA·2784
+12 −16 =55
83 games·last met Aug 2026
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vsMaxime Vachier-LagraveGM
🇫🇷FRA·2717
+10 −18 =53
81 games·last met Aug 2026
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vsLevon AronianGM
🇺🇸USA·2725
+8 −22 =44
74 games·last met Sep 2026
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vsWesley SoGM
🇺🇸USA·2770
+9 −15 =48
72 games·last met Aug 2026
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vsHikaru NakamuraGM
🇺🇸USA·2792
+5 −16 =46
67 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings

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Netherlands
#1
out of 4,766 players
Europe
#4
out of 131,162 players
World
#11
out of 221,391 players

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Netherlands
1
🇳🇱Giri, Anish
2,752
2
🇳🇱Van Foreest, Jorden
2,716
3
🇳🇱Van Wely, Loek
2,627
4
🇳🇱L'Ami, Erwin
2,579
5
🇳🇱Reinderman, Dimitri
2,575
6
🇳🇱Schoppen, Casper
2,564
6
🇳🇱Smeets, Jan
2,564
8
🇳🇱Bok, Benjamin
2,560
9
🇳🇱Sokolov, Ivan
2,559
10
🇳🇱Van den Doel, Erik
2,558
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus
2,823
2
🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent
2,761
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, Alireza
2,757
4
🇳🇱Giri, Anish
2,752
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2,741
6
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan
2,731
7
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2,717
8
🇳🇱Van Foreest, Jorden
2,716
9
🇭🇺Rapport, Richard
2,711
10
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2,710
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus
2,823
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, Hikaru
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, Fabiano
2,784
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, Javokhir
2,782
5
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
2,780
6
🇺🇸So, Wesley
2,770
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa R
2,763
8
🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent
2,761
9
🇨🇳Wei, Yi
2,758
10
🇫🇷Firouzja, Alireza
2,757
...
11
🇳🇱Giri, Anish
2,752
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