Dutch Grandmaster and world top-10 player Anish Giri is surely one of the most popular chess personalities.
His witty character pours into an active Twitter account and a +150k youtube channel that have earned him countless fans around the world.
Giri has Russian, Nepalese, and Indian ancestry. He lived in Saint Petersburg and Japan before his family settled in the Netherlands, and he speaks up to six languages with different levels of proficiency. He is married to Georgian International Master Sopiko Guramishvili, with whom he often does chess commentary online.
As a chess prodigy, he became a Grandmaster at the age of 14 and broke the 2700 rating mark shortly after his 17th birthday. In January 2016, he was the world #3 with a 2798 rating while still 21 years old.
His tournament victories include the 2012 Reggio Emilia, 2017 Reykjavik Open, 2019 Shenzhen Masters, three individual bronze medals in the World Chess Olympiad, and four Dutch National Championships. He was a World Championship Candidate in 2016 and 2020.
Since he got to the chess elite, his playing style is mostly solid and positional. The opening preparation, however, is one of his strongest suits. He is constantly referred to as the biggest theory expert in the world, which contributes to his success as a Chessable author.
Giri is responsible for best-sellers like Lifetime Repertoires: French Defense, Lifetime Repertoires: Dragon Sicilian, and Lifetime Repertoires: Najdorf Sicilian -winner of the course of the year 2020- a variation where he is a leading specialist.
In those courses, he gives his students complete repertoires for Black against 1.e4 and teaches how to play the opening in a way that players from all levels can benefit from.
So, if you want to get the highest-level opening instruction on Chessable, look no further: check Anish Giri's courses below.
