Soviet Union (until 1991) Latvia (1991–95, 2011–18) Spain (1995–2011, since 2018)
Born
(1972-07-04) 4 July 1972 (age 51) Riga, Latvia
Title
Grandmaster (1990)
FIDE rating
2667 (May 2024)
Peak rating
2755 (January 2008)
Ranking
No. 68 (May 2024)
Peak ranking
No. 2 (January 1994)
Alexei Shirov (Russian: Алексе́й Дми́триевич Ши́ров, romanized: Alexey Dmitrievich Shirov, Latvian: Aleksejs Širovs; born 4 July 1972) is a Latvian and Spanish chess player. Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994.[1]
He won a match against Vladimir Kramnik in 1998 to qualify to play as challenger for the classical world championship match with Garry Kasparov; it never took place due to a lack of sponsorship.
AlexeiShirov (Russian: Алексе́й Дми́триевич Ши́ров, romanized: Alexey Dmitrievich Shirov, Latvian: Aleksejs Širovs; born 4 July 1972) is a Latvian and...
In 2022, he was elected the deputy president of FIDE. Anand defeated AlexeiShirov in a six-game match to win the 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship, a...
match was organised between Kramnik and AlexeiShirov, from 24 May to 5 June 1998 in Cazorla, Spain. Shirov was chosen because he was next in the PCA...
championship to Boris Gelfand with the score 3½–4½. In 1998, Kramnik faced AlexeiShirov in a Candidates match for the right to play Garry Kasparov for the Classical...
Gibtelecom Masters in Gibraltar with Zahar Efimenko, Kiril Georgiev, AlexeiShirov and Emil Sutovsky. He also won the Karabakh 2005 International "A" Tournament...
president's nominees. He defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in the first round and AlexeiShirov in the second, then was knocked out by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the...
tying for fourth place with Viswanathan Anand, and behind Carlsen, AlexeiShirov, and Kramnik. In May, Nakamura participated in the 2010 United States...
Chinese player (2007–2008, 2008–2015) 45 Soviet Union Latvia Spain AlexeiShirov 2755 2008-01 1972 Highest-ranked Spanish player (1995–2011, since 2018)...
revolutionary and Soviet politician Alexei Savrasov, Russian artist Alexei Sayle, English comedian and author AlexeiShirov, Latvian-Spanish chess Grandmaster...
players (average of July 2004 and January 2005 ratings): Leko, Adams, Polgar, Shirov and Bacrot. The remaining ten places went to the highest finishers at the...
Olympiad in Kocaeli, Turkey. In 2012, Fedoseev tied for first place with AlexeiShirov in the Paul Keres Memorial rapid tournament in Tallinn, finishing second...
as a player from the host country. Leko won the Candidates Tournament: Shirov won a two-game playoff 1½-½ to be placed first ahead of Topalov. The top...
the Drammen International Chess Festival 2004–05, Carlsen defeated AlexeiShirov, then ranked No. 10 in the world, as well as the co-winner of the tournament...
(IOC) supervised two matches between Viswanathan Anand of India and AlexeiShirov of Spain, which took place in the Sydney Olympic Village. Matches were...
world-class players have used it including grandmasters Paul Keres and AlexeiShirov. The ECO code for the Baltic Defense is D06. This article uses algebraic...
votes, with the game totaling the most votes being Danyyil Dvirnyy–AlexeiShirov; Shirov, in the Slav Defense, executed a decisive queenside attack involving...
against AlexeiShirov (Black) in the last round. It was a must-win situation for both players, Ganguly to finish equal first with Shankland and Shirov to finish...
Grandmasters who were in Prague to spectate the chess match between GM AlexeiShirov and GM Judit Polgár. In 2007, he starred in the film No Country for...
the tournament, going into tie-break only once and defeating Spaniard AlexeiShirov, 2½–1½, in the four-game final. Two 17-year-old players, Sergey Karjakin...
match between AlexeiShirov and Vladimir Kramnik. Shirov won the match, but negotiations for a Kasparov–Shirov match broke down, and Shirov was subsequently...
attracted Boris Spassky, Paul Keres, Bent Larsen, Ljubomir Ljubojević, AlexeiShirov, Vasily Ivanchuk and Nigel Short. The Canadian Youth Chess Championships...
and Mikhail Tal; and grandmasters Vassily Ivanchuk, Michael Adams, AlexeiShirov, Boris Gelfand, and Evgeny Bareev. It is a popular opening at amateur...
Ruslan Ponomariov. In December, he played a friendly six-game match with AlexeiShirov called "Battle of Generations", which was won by the latter. In April...
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