Anish Giri has rocketted to 27th in the World

[Javier]

GM Anish Giri, 2717.

 

Only a few days ago, Dutch GM Anish Giri had a rating of 2687, but he's gone up 30 rating points and his current rating is now 2717, which makes him the 27th highest rated player in the World.

Part of the "blame" for such a spectacular rise is his result in the 2011 Dutch Championship, which he won very comfortably with a score of 7.5, winning his last 5 games (!!).

Here's the tournament table and an annotated game.

 

 

[Event "ch-NED"]

[site "Boxtel NED"]

[Date "2011.07.03"]

[Round "7"]

[White "Giri, A."]

[black "Swinkels, R."]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D97"]

[WhiteElo "2687"]

[blackElo "2483"]

[Annotator "I.M. Javier Gil"]

 

[pgn]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.

Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 {And now both 10...Ne5 and 10...Na5 are

well known lines.}) 10. Qb4 {This move is probably stronger than 10.Qa4.} Bxf3

(10... c6 11. e5 {And white is winning, as the Bishop on g4 is hanging. If 11..

.Bxf3, then 12.exf wins a piece.}) 11. Bxf3 c6 (11... c5 {This pawn sacrifice

has been tried also, but with little success.}) 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qa4 {The black

pieces lack coordination on the Queen side...} Nd7 14. Rd1 (14. Be3 Qxb2 15.

Rfc1 Bxc3 16. Rab1 b5 17. Rxb2 bxa4 18. Rxc3 cxd5 19. exd5 Rfc8 {This was not

so clear.}) 14... Rfd8 15. g3 Rac8 (15... Nc5 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Be2 {Is a little

better for white.}) 16. Bg4 Nc5 17. Qc2 e6 18. Bg5 Re8 (18... f6 19. Be3 f5 20.

Na4) 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 cxd5 21. exd5 Nc4 22. dxe6 fxe6 (22... f5 23. Bf3

Nxb2 24. Qd7 Nxd1 25. Rxd1) 23. Rac1 Ne5 (23... Nxb2 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qd7) (

23... Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bf3 Rc5 26. b4 Rxg5 27. Rxc4 {With a better

endgame for white.}) 24. Be3 {Black resigned, as he is losing material.} (24.

Be3 Qa6 (24... Qxb2 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxe6+) 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.

Bxe6+) 1-0[/pgn]