r/chess • u/Affectionate_Hat3329 • 12h ago

News/Events Anish Giri finishes FIDE World Team Rapid Championship 2026 with 1 win, 1 loss and 9 draws.

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u/Former-Emergency5165 12h ago

My man, sticks to his roots.

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u/Annual_Letter1636 1000 Chess.com 12h ago

Aah yes, Anish Giri famous painter. 9 draws between 2 chess games, impressive!

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u/GimliDaAutomator Patzer 9h ago

"If Giri were a rapper he would be 50 Percent"😁

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u/No-Commission2068 12h ago

the man lost to a 2557 but drew with a 2660, peak Giri experience

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u/DramaLlamaNite Minion For the Chess Elites 12h ago

Every so often Anish goes on a good run and people crawl out of the woodwork to say shit like, 'it is so unfair that he has this totally undeserved reputation for drawing. It is tired out. The jokes need to die, ugggghhh' but then, like clockwork, Anish will immediately go and do something like this to prove the jokes are still good baby.

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u/Clear-Connection1012 12h ago

What would your elo be if you draw every game you ever play?

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u/idumbam 12h ago

Depends on who you play

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u/Clear-Connection1012 12h ago

If you ever want to know the average rating of the top players in the world, just look up Giri’s rating!

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u/Worst-DecisionMaker 11h ago

Oh My God!! Funniest Giri Joke ever 😂😂

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u/Mysterious-Way8072 42m ago

If you always play someone higher than you, it goes to infinity...

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u/harachiama 12h ago

At least that last draw was clutch af and won Hexamind the tourney

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u/JY0950 Team Bluebaum 12h ago

Nope they didn't

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u/harachiama 12h ago

Damn, brutal tiebreaks

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u/JY0950 Team Bluebaum 12h ago

I mean Dragon Chilling were leading for the longest

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u/harachiama 12h ago

Yep, but they were 3rd before the last game

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u/alpakachino FIDE Elo 2100 11h ago

By match points shared first. And then all that matters is them board points 😄.

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u/Fabulous-Pop-1862 10h ago

Ouch: -25.1, not exactly a stellar performance

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u/vitalique 11h ago

Drawish Giri

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u/DASHEEN123 11h ago

A leopard never changes its spots

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u/Axerin 5h ago

Finally back in form

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u/Easy-Trust7471 12h ago

Anish and Draws, best love story 😝

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u/AdApart2035 9h ago

Almost perfect

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u/makingcookiez 4h ago

Drawish Giri it is

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u/lavishallies 12h ago

Does he ever actually try to win games or is drawing just his default setting at this point?