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
Head-to-Head Records
1040 Games · Page 5 of 6
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand White FIDE-Wch k.o. C43 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber-blind 6th D15 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber-rapid 6th B65 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Boris Gelfand Black Linares 14th D49 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Boris Gelfand White Dos Hermanas B92 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber-blind 6th C78 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber-rapid 6th B36 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Amber-rapid 6th E63 1-0
- 1997 vs Anatoly Karpov White Amber-blind 6th B12 0-1
- 1997 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Tilburg Fontys E97 1-0
- 1997 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Amber-rapid 6th E94 1-0
- 1997 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Linares 14th B66 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Amber-blind 6th C02 1-0
- 1997 vs Veselin Topalov Black Madrid playoff 20' C78 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Veselin Topalov White Madrid playoff 20' C68 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Veselin Topalov White Amber-rapid 6th C11 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Veselin Topalov Black Amber-blind 6th C78 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Veselin Topalov White Madrid playoff 5'-6' C88 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Michael Adams White Tilburg Fontys C69 1-0
- 1996 vs Michael Adams White Hoogovens B12 1-0
- 1996 vs Michael Adams Black Madrid C78 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Michael Adams Black Dortmund B08 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber-rapid 5th E97 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber-blind 5th C88 1-0
- 1996 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Dos Hermanas B06 1-0
- 1996 vs Viswanathan Anand White Dortmund B12 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Viswanathan Anand White Hoogovens B12 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Boris Gelfand Black Tilburg Fontys A20 1-0
- 1996 vs Boris Gelfand Black Dortmund D17 1-0
- 1996 vs Boris Gelfand White Dos Hermanas B92 1-0
- 1996 vs Boris Gelfand White Madrid B90 0-1
- 1996 vs Boris Gelfand White Koop Tjuchem B90 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Boris Gelfand White Hoogovens B81 1-0
- 1996 vs Boris Gelfand White Vienna Millenium B90 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber-blind 5th B67 1-0
- 1996 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Yerevan ol (Men) E94 1-0
- 1996 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Tallinn rapid B43 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Dos Hermanas D15 1-0
- 1996 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber-rapid 5th B42 1-0
- 1996 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Hoogovens D44 1-0
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White Dos Hermanas C88 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky Black Amber-rapid 5th B06 1-0
- 1996 vs Gata Kamsky White Amber-blind 5th B81 0-1
- 1996 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Tilburg Fontys D10 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Amber-blind 5th D30 0-1
- 1996 vs Anatoly Karpov White Amber-rapid 5th B12 0-1
- 1996 vs Anatoly Karpov White Vienna Millenium B12 0-1
- 1996 vs Garry Kasparov Black Dos Hermanas D17 1-0
- 1996 vs Garry Kasparov White Yerevan ol (Men) B52 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Vienna Millenium D15 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Madrid A21 0-1
- 1996 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Koop Tjuchem D15 0-1
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Dortmund D17 1-0
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Chess Classics C78 1-0
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Vienna Millenium D15 0-1
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Chess Classics Final D46 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Chess Classics Final B30 1-0
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Dos Hermanas C85 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Chess Classics D43 1-0
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Amber-rapid 5th B66 0-1
- 1996 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Amber-blind 5th D44 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Peter Leko Black Tilburg Fontys C78 0-1
- 1996 vs Peter Leko Black Koop Tjuchem C78 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Peter Leko Black Vienna Millenium B06 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Peter Leko Black Dortmund B08 0-1
- 1996 vs Peter Leko White Hoogovens B52 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Peter Leko Black Chess Classics B07 0-1
- 1996 vs Peter Leko White Chess Classics B49 1-0
- 1996 vs Alexander Morozevich White Madrid C92 1-0
- 1996 vs Judit Polgar White Vienna Millenium B52 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Judit Polgar Black Amber-blind 5th B06 0-1
- 1996 vs Judit Polgar White Amber-rapid 5th B54 1-0
- 1996 vs Judit Polgar White Yerevan ol (Men) B54 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Judit Polgar White Tilburg Fontys B84 1-0
- 1996 vs Judit Polgar White Dortmund B81 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Judit Polgar White Dos Hermanas B54 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Nigel Short White Koop Tjuchem C68 1-0
- 1996 vs Nigel Short White Yerevan ol (Men) C26 1-0
- 1996 vs Vasily Smyslov White Tallinn rapid C80 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Peter Svidler Black Tilburg Fontys B01 0-1
- 1996 vs Peter Svidler Black Koop Tjuchem C78 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Jan Timman White Koop Tjuchem C16 0-1
- 1996 vs Jan Timman White Hoogovens C80 1-0
- 1996 vs Veselin Topalov Black Hoogovens C78 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Veselin Topalov White Dortmund E94 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Veselin Topalov White Madrid B72 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Veselin Topalov White Dos Hermanas B76 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Veselin Topalov White Vienna Millenium E92 0-1
- 1995 vs Michael Adams Black Dos Hermanas B08 1-0
- 1995 vs Michael Adams White Leon E44 1-0
- 1995 vs Michael Adams Black Belgrade Invest B06 1-0
- 1995 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber-rapid 4th B66 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber-blind 4th C49 0-1
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand Black Belgrade Invest A16 1-0
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand White Dos Hermanas B96 0-1
- 1995 vs Boris Gelfand Black Biel D48 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber-blind 4th C67 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber-rapid 4th E63 1-0
- 1995 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Linares E63 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Belgrade Invest C00 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Gata Kamsky White Amber-rapid 4th E46 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Gata Kamsky Black Amber-blind 4th B53 1-0
- 1995 vs Gata Kamsky Black Dos Hermanas E97 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Anatoly Karpov White Amber-rapid 4th E12 0-1
- 1995 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Amber-blind 4th D30 1-0
- 1995 vs Anatoly Karpov White Dos Hermanas C22 0-1
- 1995 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Linares B08 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Belgrade Invest D46 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Amber-blind 4th B33 1-0
- 1995 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Amber-rapid 4th A48 0-1
- 1995 vs Peter Leko White Belgrade Invest C92 1-0
- 1995 vs Peter Leko White EUCup f C95 1-0
- 1995 vs Alexander Morozevich White Donner mem D07 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar Black Amber-rapid 4th B53 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar Black Donner mem B06 1-0
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar White Dos Hermanas E98 0-1
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar White Amber-blind 4th E98 1-0
- 1995 vs Nigel Short Black Linares B06 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Jan Timman Black Donner mem E63 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Jan Timman White Biel C51 1-0
- 1995 vs Jan Timman White Belgrade Invest C99 1-0
- 1995 vs Veselin Topalov Black Belgrade Invest E63 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Veselin Topalov White Linares A59 1-0
- 1994 vs Michael Adams White Las Palmas E44 1-0
- 1994 vs Viswanathan Anand White Linares D43 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Buenos Aires Sicilian B32 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Viswanathan Anand White Buenos Aires Sicilian B84 1-0
- 1994 vs Boris Gelfand Black Linares D15 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Boris Gelfand Black Horgen CS E97 0-1
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Buenos Aires Sicilian B66 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Novgorod D44 1-0
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Linares C48 1-0
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Buenos Aires Sicilian B84 0-1
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Novgorod C44 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Gata Kamsky Black Buenos Aires Sicilian B66 0-1
- 1994 vs Gata Kamsky Black Las Palmas D45 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Gata Kamsky Black Madrid D48 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Gata Kamsky White Linares B54 1-0
- 1994 vs Gata Kamsky White Buenos Aires Sicilian B65 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Anatoly Karpov White Las Palmas B12 0-1
- 1994 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Linares D47 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Buenos Aires Sicilian B66 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Anatoly Karpov White Buenos Aires Sicilian B49 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Garry Kasparov White Novgorod B54 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Garry Kasparov Black Horgen CS B33 1-0
- 1994 vs Garry Kasparov White Linares B51 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Garry Kasparov Black Novgorod A21 1-0
- 1994 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Horgen CS E99 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Novgorod D48 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Novgorod B31 0-1
- 1994 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Linares D11 0-1
- 1994 vs Peter Leko White Horgen CS C49 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Judit Polgar White Madrid E92 0-1
- 1994 vs Judit Polgar White Buenos Aires Sicilian B54 0-1
- 1994 vs Judit Polgar Black Buenos Aires Sicilian B32 1-0
- 1994 vs Judit Polgar Black Linares B06 0-1
- 1994 vs Judit Polgar Black Las Palmas B53 1-0
- 1994 vs Nigel Short Black Novgorod B08 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Nigel Short White Novgorod C48 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Veselin Topalov Black Linares B15 0-1
- 1994 vs Veselin Topalov Black Las Palmas B70 1-0
- 1993 vs Michael Adams Black Munich B66 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Michael Adams Black Wijk op D46 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Michael Adams Black Chalkidiki Nikiti playoff g/15 B66 0-1
- 1993 vs Michael Adams White Chalkidiki Afitos A57 1-0
- 1993 vs Michael Adams Black Chalkidiki Afitos B33 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Michael Adams White Chalkidiki Nikiti playoff g/15 B49 1-0
- 1993 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Linares B66 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Groningen PCA B07 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Boris Gelfand White Chalkidiki Nikiti E99 1-0
- 1993 vs Boris Gelfand Black Munich C54 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Boris Gelfand Black Chalkidiki Nikiti D15 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Boris Gelfand Black Linares A13 0-1
- 1993 vs Boris Gelfand White Biel Interzonal B90 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Boris Gelfand White Chalkidiki Afitos B90 0-1
- 1993 vs Boris Gelfand Black Chalkidiki Afitos D15 1-0
- 1993 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Wch Team B90 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Tilburg C11 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Moscow blitz B66 0-1
- 1993 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Tilburg rapid20 C11 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Tilburg E97 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Linares B85 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Tilburg rapid20 D15 1-0
- 1993 vs Gata Kamsky White Buenos Aires Najdorf E86 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Gata Kamsky White Linares D87 1-0
- 1993 vs Gata Kamsky Black Wch Team D44 0-1
- 1993 vs Anatoly Karpov White Moscow blitz E25 0-1
- 1993 vs Anatoly Karpov White Linares E12 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Garry Kasparov White Linares E69 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Wijk op E11 0-1
- 1993 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Buenos Aires Najdorf E98 1-0
- 1993 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Wch Team C11 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Groningen PCA B65 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Wch Team B65 1-0
- 1993 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Bundesliga 9293 E81 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Linares D20 1-0
- 1993 vs Bent Larsen Black Buenos Aires Najdorf D55 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Lajos Portisch White Biel Interzonal B85 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow blitz B50 0-1
- 1993 vs Jan Timman Black Linares B50 1/2-1/2
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