Alexei Shirov

Modern era · Latvia · b. 1972

Fire on Board: the most spectacular attacking player of his generation.

Career In The Collection

1040Games
228Wins
498Draws
314Losses
46%Score
1986–2026Active
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Head-to-Head Records

Opponent Games Wins Draws Losses
Viswanathan Anand 96 6 57 33 view games
Vladimir Kramnik 93 20 48 25 view games
Vassily Ivanchuk 92 16 49 27 view games
Boris Gelfand 75 22 37 16 view games
Veselin Topalov 75 21 37 17 view games
Anatoly Karpov 53 11 24 18 view games
Peter Leko 52 15 25 12 view games
Michael Adams 51 17 23 11 view games
Gata Kamsky 38 11 14 13 view games
Judit Polgar 36 13 14 9 view games
Peter Svidler 34 8 17 9 view games
Alexander Morozevich 31 11 13 7 view games
Garry Kasparov 31 0 14 17 view games
Alexander Grischuk 28 6 11 11 view games
Magnus Carlsen 26 2 9 15 view games
Levon Aronian 22 1 14 7 view games
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 22 5 10 7 view games
Sergey Karjakin 21 5 9 7 view games
Anish Giri 20 1 12 7 view games
Jan Timman 19 9 6 4 view games
Nigel Short 17 8 9 0 view games
Hikaru Nakamura 14 1 4 9 view games
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 11 0 7 4 view games
Viktor Korchnoi 10 3 5 2 view games
Fabiano Caruana 9 4 2 3 view games
Alireza Firouzja 7 2 2 3 view games
Hou Yifan 7 3 2 2 view games
Arjun Erigaisi 6 1 2 3 view games
Richard Rapport 6 1 4 1 view games
Wesley So 6 0 4 2 view games
Ian Nepomniachtchi 5 0 4 1 view games
Jan-Krzysztof Duda 5 0 1 4 view games
Nodirbek Abdusattorov 5 0 2 3 view games
Boris Spassky 2 1 1 0 view games
Ding Liren 2 1 1 0 view games
Gukesh Dommaraju 2 0 0 2 view games
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 2 0 1 1 view games
Vasily Smyslov 2 1 1 0 view games
Vincent Keymer 2 1 0 1 view games
Wei Yi 2 0 1 1 view games
Bent Larsen 1 0 1 0 view games
Lajos Portisch 1 0 1 0 view games
Svetozar Gligoric 1 1 0 0 view games

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