Alexei Shirov
Alexei Shirov was born on July 4 in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union. This player is characterized by his style of playing, his audacity when making attacks, his creativity and his brilliant sacrifices which has made him one of the best tactical players and to be compared to his youth teacher, Mikhail Tal .
This player has won many trophies over the years, in 1988 he had already positioned himself among the top 4 players and was invited to play with Vladimir Kramnik , the winner of this match would play for the title of World Champion. Defeating Vladimir, Shirov was unable to play through complications against Garry Kasparov for the title and the match was canceled.
Alexei became a master at the age of 17 in 1989 and a Grandmaster at the age of 18 in 1990. He is also a great writer, he is the author of the "Fire on Board" books.
Today Alexei is still a very strong competitor and is in the top of the best players in the world.
Last tournaments played
Alexei Shirov Repertoire with White pieces (most played)
Alexei Shirov Repertoire with Black pieces (most played)
Games played by Alexei Shirov
White
ELO W
Black
ELO B
Result
Moves
ECO
Date
Tournament
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Shirov, A
2657
Kirk, E
2411
1-0
32
B90
2024
4NCL 2023-24
Cherniaev, A
2363
Shirov, A
2657
0-1
24
A07
2024
4NCL 2023-24
Rydl, J
2404
Shirov, A
2655
½-½
34
A11
2024
TCh-CZE Extraliga 2023-24
Shirov, A
2655
Smolik, J
2339
½-½
51
B12
2024
TCh-CZE Extraliga 2023-24
Lammers, M
2336
Shirov, A
2655
0-1
40
D10
2024
Bundesliga 2023-24
Shirov, A
2655
Vogel, R
2471
1-0
37
C50
2024
Bundesliga 2023-24
Shirov, A
2668
Citak, S
2350
½-½
44
C50
2023
4th elllobregat Open 2023
Shirov, A
2668
Nisipeanu, L
2591
½-½
57
B40
2023
24th European Teams
Blohberger, F
2513
Shirov, A
2668
½-½
73
D12
2023
24th European Teams
Skoberne, J
2538
Shirov, A
2668
½-½
37
D02
2023
24th European Teams
Shirov, A
2668
Hillarp Persson, T
2502
1-0
54
B90
2023
24th European Teams
Kourkoulos Arditis, S
2543
Shirov, A
2668
½-½
42
A15
2023
24th European Teams
Shirov, A
2668
Sondergaard, J
2522
½-½
43
C50
2023
24th European Teams
Smirin, I
2578
Shirov, A
2668
½-½
31
C80
2023
24th European Teams
Shirov, A
2668
Pultinevicius, P
2589
1-0
34
B12
2023
24th European Teams
Shirov, A
2668
Bharath, S
2504
½-½
135
C55
2023
4th elllobregat Open 2023
Prraneeth, V
2515
Shirov, A
2668
½-½
24
D14
2023
4th elllobregat Open 2023
Shirov, A
2668
Siddharth, J
2447
1-0
35
C02
2023
4th elllobregat Open 2023
Raja Rithvik R,
2500
Shirov, A
2668
½-½
30
D14
2023
4th elllobregat Open 2023
Abdisalimov, A
2496
Shirov, A
2668
½-½
24
D12
2023
4th elllobregat Open 2023
Shirov, A
2668
Nazari, A
2363
1-0
42
C02
2023
4th elllobregat Open 2023
Shirov, A
2668
Wong, Z
2402
1-0
32
B48
2023
4th elllobregat Open 2023
Habans Aguerrea, J
2359
Shirov, A
2668
½-½
75
A21
2023
4th elllobregat Open 2023
Shirov, A
2655
Rapport, R
2752
½-½
21
B33
2023
FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
Shirov, A
2654
Speelman, J
2487
1-0
36
B12
2023
4NCL 2022-23
Shirov, A
2655
Amar, E
2568
1-0
50
B12
2023
FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
Shirov, A
2654
Camacho Collados, J
2400
1-0
25
B23
2023
4NCL 2022-23
Vidit, S
2716
Shirov, A
2655
1-0
35
D12
2023
FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
Shirov, A
2655
Abdusattorov, N
2716
½-½
115
C02
2023
FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
Yu, Y
2720
Shirov, A
2655
½-½
41
D43
2023
FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
Costa, L
2350
Shirov, A
2662
1-0
36
C65
2023
Bundesliga 2022-23
Shirov, A
2655
Fawzy, A
2535
1-0
50
B33
2023
FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
Shirov, A
2662
Popovic, D
2486
½-½
31
B90
2023
Bundesliga 2022-23
Feygin, M
2454
Shirov, A
2662
½-½
61
D04
2023
Bundesliga 2022-23
Shirov, A
2662
Predojevic, B
2584
½-½
21
C71
2023
Bundesliga 2022-23
Shirov, A
2662
Hrbek, S
2311
1-0
64
B33
2023
ECo-C Extraliga 2022-23
Mihok, O
2545
Shirov, A
2662
½-½
30
C67
2023
ECo-C Extraliga 2022-23
Salles, L
2318
Shirov, A
2655
0-1
28
C02
2023
38th ECC Open 2023
Shirov, A
2655
Zhalmakhanov, R
2447
1-0
27
B27
2023
FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
Shirov, A
2655
Aditya Mittal,
2572
½-½
44
B45
2023
38th ECC Open 2023