Anish Kumar Giri (Nepali: अनीश कुमार गिरि; Russian: Аниш Кумар Гири; born 28 June 1994) is a Dutch chess grandmaster.

A chess prodigy, he completed the requirements for the grandmaster title in 2009 at the age of 14 years, 7 months and 2 days.

[1] He has also won major international tournaments, most notably the 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament after edging out Nodirbek Abdusattorov on the last day to win the event, becoming the fourth Dutch player since 1968 (after Gennadi Sosonko, Jan Timman, and Jorden van Foreest), and 14th Dutch player overall, to do so.

[5][6] Since February 2008, Giri and his family have lived in the Dutch town of Rijswijk, where his father worked at a research and consulting foundation.

Giri's first appearance at a major tournament came in his shared second place at Corus Chess Group C in January 2009 giving him his third GM norm, his Grandmaster status being confirmed in June.

[15][16] It was revealed in May 2010 that Giri had aided Viswanathan Anand in preparation for the World Chess Championship 2010 against challenger Veselin Topalov.

[23] His solid improvement continued with fourth place at the Reykjavik Open and a match victory against Vassily Ivanchuk at Leon in 2013.

[citation needed] In 2014 Giri shared second place at the Tata Steel tournament, won individual bronze for his first board performance at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø and finished second at the strong Qatar Masters Open.

In March 2016, Giri participated in the Candidates Tournament 2016 in Moscow after qualifying (for the first time) as one of the two players with the highest average ratings for 2015.

[34] He placed fourth in Your Next Move (Rapid and Blitz), Leuven, winning €15,000, his only appearance on the Grand Chess Tour of that year.

[35] In the FIDE Grand Prix, he placed ninth in Moscow, fifth in Geneva and thirteenth in La Palma, ending up twelfth overall.

He reached the fourth round Section 3 of the Chess World Cup, losing to Vassily Ivanchuk in a tie-break.

He won the European Club Cup as part of team Globus, alongside, among others, Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk and Sergey Karjakin.

[41] Giri competed in the 81st Tata Steel Masters in January 2019, placing clear second with 8½/13 (+5−1=7),[42] losing to Ian Nepomniachtchi in the first round.

[43] In May, Giri participated in the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix tournament, which is part of the qualification cycle for the 2020 World Chess Championship.

[44] In December 2019, Giri qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2020 as a player with the highest FIDE rating for the 12 months period (January–December 2019).

[citation needed] Giri played in the Candidates Tournament 2020 which was suspended at the halfway point due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the 83rd Tata Steel Masters held in January, Giri shared first place with Jorden van Foreest on a score of 8½/13 (+4-0=9).

Giri won the 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational, a non-FIDE-rated online tournament, after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the finals in tie-breaks.

[55] Anish Giri finished joint first place in the Tata Steel tournament with 8.5 points from 13 games (5 wins, 7 draws, 1 loss) but lost to the eventual runner-up Gukesh D in the tiebreaker semifinals.

Giri has represented the Netherlands at six Chess Olympiads earning three individual bronze medals and scoring a total of 35 points from 49 games(+23-2=24).

He has participated and won the prestigious European Club Cup with Azeri SOCAR and Russian Siberia.

[63][64][65] Giri is fluent in Russian, English, and Dutch and moderately proficient in Japanese, Nepali, and German.