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Alexei Shirov
Name: Alexei Shirov
Federation: Spain Spain
Sex: Male Male
Born: 1972
Fide FIDE ID: 2209390 FIDE Profile
Title: Grand Master
ELO Classic: 2620
ELO Rapid: 2674
ELO Blitz: 2696
Years: 1985 - 2025
Total Games: 3734
Wins: 1512 (40.49 %)
Draws: 1575 (42.18 %)
Losses: 647 (17.33 %)
Score: 61.58 %

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

Tournament Date Elo Avg. Country
Bundesliga 2024-25 10/05/2024 2515  Germany
grenke Chess Open 2025 04/17/2025 2275  Germany
TCh-CZE Extraliga 2024-25 11/02/2024 2415  Czech Republic
Bundesliga 2024-25 10/05/2024 2562  Germany

Alexei Shirov Opening Repertoire with White pieces

ECO Opening Games
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 107 games
B12 Caro-Kann defence 101 games
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, open variation 73 games
C42 Petrov's defence 67 games

Alexei Shirov Opening Repertoire with Black pieces

ECO Opening Games
C78 Ruy Lopez, 5.O-O 110 games
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined semi-Slav, 5.e3 73 games
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 4.e3 Bf5 50 games
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 3.Nf3 45 games

Games played by Alexei Shirov

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