Anish Giri is a Dutch chess grandmaster, born on 28 June 1994 in Saint Petersburg. He spent part of his childhood in Sapporo, Japan, before settling in the Netherlands. A chess prodigy, he completed the requirements for the grandmaster title in 2009 at the age of 14. He speaks Russian, English and Dutch, and has written books and opening courses.

Giri won the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee in 2023 and has won the Dutch Championship five times. In 2025 he won the FIDE Grand Swiss outright in Samarkand with 8/11, qualifying for his third Candidates Tournament. At the 2026 Candidates Tournament in Cyprus he finished second with 8.5/14.