1. Anish Giri had a bittersweet year. He played a great tournament in the Netherlands at the 83rd Tata Steel tournament but lost the tiebreaker against his Dutch friend and countryman, Jorden Van Foreest. Giri, who is also competing in the Candidates, came into the Magnus Invitational with high motivation and impressive preparation.
2. Anish improves his Rapid & Blitz in Online chess tournaments July 23, 2020 Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Anish has been very active in online events over the past months.
3. 1 day ago  Chess player Anish Giri has again achieved a victory in the twelfth round of the Candidates Tournament. In Yekaterinburg, the Dutch grandmaster was in charge with the American Fabiano Caruana. His victory brought Giri to 7.5 points and he therefore remains very.

Anish Giri on Twitter: Between chess professionals, we all know that there is no such thing as 'offensive'/'defensive' player, nobody plays 'to win' or 'to draw'. Team Carlsen is using primitive terms to shape bad public image of players who aren't dominated by him psychologically.

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Grandmaster since 2009, acquiring the title at the age of 14 years 7 months 2 days.

Russian U12 Champion 2006, Dutch Champion 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2015.

World Cup 2013 & 2015; Grand Prix 2012-13 & 2014-15; Candidate 2016.

Best tournament wins to date include Corus Group B 2010 and Reggio Emilia 2011.

Represented the Netherlands at the Olympiads of 2010, 2012 & 2014 winning individual bronze in 2010 & 2014.

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Best result in the European Club Cup was when he team and individual gold in 2014, but also won individual silver in 2013, team bronze in 2012 & 2013, and team silver in 2015.

Also played board one for Hoogeveen City in the World Cities Championship 2012, winning team gold.

Won team gold and individual bronze in the Russian Premier League 2011 and team bronze in 2012.

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Won team gold for Guildford in the Four Nations Chess League in 2014.

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