Shirov, Alexei
Total Games
1265
Wins
519
Draws
518
Losses
228
41.0% wins40.9% draws18.0% losses
Most Played Openings
C78 - Ruy Lopez: Brix Variation45B66 - Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviations38B90 - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation37E97 - King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Modern System33D15 - Slav Defense: Geller Gambit30B81 - Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack28B06 - Modern Defense21B12 - Caro-Kann Defense21E94 - King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation20A57 - Benko Gambit19
⭐ Best Games
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★ WC/Candidates
0-1Linares 14th • 1997 • B90
Hauchard, Arnaud vs Shirov, Alexei★ WC/Candidates
0-1Wch U20 • 1990 • E32
Kamsky, Gata vs Shirov, Alexei★ WC/Candidates
1-0Amber-rapid 5th • 1996 • B06
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Shirov, Alexei★ WC/Candidates
1-0Amber-blind 5th • 1996 • B08
Gdanski, Jacek vs Shirov, Alexei★ WC/Candidates
1-0Wch U20 • 1989 • B56
Shirov, Alexei vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir★ WC/Candidates
1-0Amber-rapid 5th • 1996 • C17
Shirov, Alexei vs Akopian, Vladimir★ WC/Candidates
1-0FIDE-Wch k.o. • 1997 • B81
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Shirov, Alexei★ WC/Candidates
1-0Amber-rapid 4th • 1995 • E63
Shirov, Alexei vs Kamsky, Gata★ WC/Candidates
0-1Amber-blind 5th • 1996 • B81
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Shirov, Alexei★ WC/Candidates
0-1Linares • 1994 • D11
Games (1265)
Karpov, Anatoly vs Shirov, Alexei★
1-0Amber-blind 4th • 1995 • D30
Khalifman, Alexander vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1995 • A48
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1995 • B66
Shirov, Alexei vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir★
1-0Amber-rapid 4th • 1995 • B77
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2Amber-blind 4th • 1995 • C67
Topalov, Veselin vs Shirov, Alexei★
0-1Linares • 1994 • B15
Shirov, Alexei vs Anand, Viswanathan★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1994 • D43
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1-0Linares • 1994 • C48
Shirov, Alexei vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0Linares • 1994 • B54
Polgar, Judit vs Shirov, Alexei★
0-1Linares • 1994 • B06
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1994 • B33
Gelfand, Boris vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1994 • D15
Shirov, Alexei vs Kasparov, Gary★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1994 • B51
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Shirov, Alexei★
0-1Linares • 1994 • D11
Karpov, Anatoly vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1994 • D47
Shirov, Alexei vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0Linares • 1993 • D87
Shirov, Alexei vs Beliavsky, Alexander G★
0-1Linares • 1993 • D58
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Wch Team • 1993 • A16
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Tilburg • 1993 • E97
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2Tilburg rapid20 • 1993 • C11
Shirov, Alexei vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
1-0Wch Team • 1993 • B65
Shirov, Alexei vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1993 • E12
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Shirov, Alexei★
0-1Linares • 1993 • B59
Nogueiras, Jesus vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Wch Team • 1993 • D06
Shirov, Alexei vs Portisch, Lajos★
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal • 1993 • B85
Gelfand, Boris vs Shirov, Alexei★
0-1Linares • 1993 • A13
Xu Jun vs Shirov, Alexei★
1-0Wch Team • 1993 • A21
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1993 • B85
Serper, Grigory vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Wch Team • 1993 • D12
Timman, Jan H vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1993 • B50
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2Tilburg • 1993 • C11
Anand, Viswanathan vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1993 • B66
Shirov, Alexei vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
1-0Linares • 1993 • D20
Shirov, Alexei vs Hjartarson, Johann★
1-0Wch Team • 1993 • B49
Shirov, Alexei vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2Wch Team • 1993 • B90
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Shirov, Alexei★
1-0Tilburg rapid20 • 1993 • D15
Jussupow, Artur vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1993 • D44
Shirov, Alexei vs Gelfand, Boris★
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal • 1993 • B90
Shirov, Alexei vs Kasparov, Gary★
1/2-1/2Linares • 1993 • E69
Kamsky, Gata vs Shirov, Alexei★
0-1Wch Team • 1993 • D44
Shirov, Alexei vs Kortschnoj, Viktor★
1/2-1/2Wch Team • 1993 • C11
Karpov, Anatoly vs Shirov, Alexei★
1-0Biel • 1992 • D46
Shirov, Alexei vs Adams, Michael★
1/2-1/2Dortmund • 1992 • A57
Shirov, Alexei vs Karpov, Anatoly★
0-1Biel • 1992 • E25
Kamsky, Gata vs Shirov, Alexei★
1-0Dortmund • 1992 • D36
Shirov, Alexei vs Anand, Viswanathan★
1/2-1/2Dortmund • 1992 • D20
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Biel • 1992 • D35
Shirov, Alexei vs Beliavsky, Alexander G★
0-1Biel • 1992 • E25
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2Dortmund • 1992 • B22
Shirov, Alexei vs Kasparov, Gary★
0-1Dortmund • 1992 • E86