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Birth Name: Anish Kumar Giri
Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date of Birth: 28 June, 1994
Ethnicity: * father – Bhojpuri Indian, possibly Khas * mother – Russian
Anish Giri is a Russian-born Dutch chess grandmaster. He was a chess prodigy. He completed the requirements for the title Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 7 months, and 2 days, and is a five-time Dutch champion, and the no. 1 ranked player in the Netherlands. He won the 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
Anish was born in Saint Petersburg, to a Russian mother, Olga, and a father, Sanjay Giri, who is from Biratnagar, Nepal, and is of Bhojpuri and possibly Khas descent. He moved with his parents to Sapporo, Japan, in the early 2000s, and then to Rijswijk, Netherlands, in 2008, where his father worked. He speaks Russian, English, and Dutch, and, to a degree, Japanese, Nepali, and German.
He is married to Georgian-born Dutch chess player, author, and commentator Sopiko Guramishvili, with whom he has three children. Sopiko holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Anish’s paternal grandmother is Bhojpuri Indian, from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
Sources: https://www.chessbase.in https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com