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 Opening Repertoire with White pieces
Alexei Shirov Opening Repertoire with Black pieces
Games played by Alexei Shirov
White
ELO W
Black
ELO B
Result
Moves
ECO
Date
Tournament
View
Shirov, A
2666
Dinstuhl, V
2384
1-0
34
B90
2025
Bundesliga 2024-25
Markus, R
2586
Shirov, A
2666
½-½
23
D45
2025
Bundesliga 2024-25
Banusz, T
2605
Shirov, A
2666
1-0
75
A07
2025
Bundesliga 2024-25
Roubalik, J
2323
Shirov, A
2650
1-0
58
D43
2025
grenke Chess Open 2025
Shirov, A
2650
Hurm, M
2004
1-0
35
E11
2025
grenke Chess Open 2025
Shirov, A
2650
Charmeteau, S
2298
1-0
37
B90
2025
grenke Chess Open 2025
Bettalli, F
2355
Shirov, A
2650
1-0
58
A45
2025
grenke Chess Open 2025
Ustianovich, N
2293
Shirov, A
2650
½-½
43
E10
2025
grenke Chess Open 2025
Shirov, A
2650
Nurgaliyeva, Z
2199
½-½
35
B11
2025
grenke Chess Open 2025
Schmitz, T
2246
Shirov, A
2650
0-1
29
B40
2025
grenke Chess Open 2025
Shirov, A
2650
Smolik, J
2326
½-½
73
E04
2025
grenke Chess Open 2025
Shirov, A
2650
Kull, F
2115
1-0
17
C03
2025
grenke Chess Open 2025
Shirov, A
2646
Cuhra, M
2277
1-0
34
D11
2025
TCh-CZE Extraliga 2024-25
Jurcik, M
2408
Shirov, A
2646
0-1
38
A18
2025
TCh-CZE Extraliga 2024-25
Shirov, A
2666
Babula, V
2503
½-½
30
B69
2025
Bundesliga 2024-25
Krause, B
2404
Shirov, A
2666
½-½
60
B52
2025
Bundesliga 2024-25
Kramer, J
2494
Shirov, A
2666
0-1
85
B54
2025
Bundesliga 2024-25
Shirov, A
2666
Michalik, P
2564
½-½
31
C67
2024
Bundesliga 2024-25
Ikonnikov, V
2465
Shirov, A
2666
0-1
44
D43
2024
Bundesliga 2024-25
Petrov, M
2536
Shirov, A
2666
1-0
38
C11
2024
Bundesliga 2024-25
Shirov, A
2666
Girel, J
2482
½-½
51
B30
2024
Bundesliga 2024-25
Shirov, A
2666
Rapport, R
2715
½-½
39
B12
2024
45th Olympiad 2024
Yilmaz, M
2587
Shirov, A
2666
½-½
113
D41
2024
45th Olympiad 2024
Shirov, A
2666
Neiksans, A
2571
½-½
43
A88
2024
45th Olympiad 2024
Mchedlishvili, M
2574
Shirov, A
2666
1-0
25
A14
2024
45th Olympiad 2024
Shirov, A
2666
Ding, L
2736
½-½
44
E10
2024
45th Olympiad 2024
Grandelius, N
2653
Shirov, A
2666
½-½
30
C01
2024
45th Olympiad 2024
Albornoz Cabrera, C
2579
Shirov, A
2666
1-0
35
C07
2024
45th Olympiad 2024
Shirov, A
2666
Maksimovic, B
2503
1-0
35
E71
2024
45th Olympiad 2024
Shirov, A
2665
Lagarde, M
2615
1-0
41
C02
2024
TCh-ESP Div 1 2024
Kryvoruchko, Y
2650
Shirov, A
2665
½-½
34
C67
2024
TCh-ESP Div 1 2024
Shirov, A
2665
Andersen, M
2594
1-0
31
D30
2024
TCh-ESP Div 1 2024
Sjugirov, S
2651
Shirov, A
2665
½-½
30
C67
2024
TCh-ESP Div 1 2024
Shirov, A
2665
Saric, I
2678
½-½
36
B90
2024
TCh-ESP Div 1 2024
Warmerdam, M
2676
Shirov, A
2665
1-0
43
C50
2024
TCh-ESP Div 1 2024
Cuartas, J
2523
Shirov, A
2665
½-½
61
E06
2024
TCh-ESP Div 1 2024
Shirov, A
2668
Jones, G
2620
0-1
37
C79
2024
4NCL 2023-24
Shirov, A
2668
Murphy, C
2478
½-½
34
C77
2024
4NCL 2023-24
Townsend, M
2153
Shirov, A
2668
0-1
58
A62
2024
4NCL 2023-24
Handke, F
2536
Shirov, A
2655
0-1
40
D31
2024
Bundesliga 2023-24