🔹 Alexei Shirov
🔹 Chess grandmaster
💢 #about_Shirov_1
♦️ Alexei Shirov is a Latvian and Spanish chess grandmaster. He was ranked number two in the world in 1994.
▪️ Full name: Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov
▪️ Country: Soviet Union Latvia
Spain (1995–2011)
▪️ Born: 4 July 1972 (age 45)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
▪️ Title: Grandmaster (1990)
▪️ FIDE rating: 2644 (April 2018)
▪️ Peak rating: 2755 (January 2008)
▪️ Peak ranking: No. 2 (January 1994)
♦️ IM (1989); GM (1990).
♦️Alexey Dmitrievich Shirov was born in Riga in what was then Soviet Latvia. He has a distinctive aggressive and imaginative style that has won him many admirers throughout his career. He has ranked among the world's top players since 1990. He frequently worked his way deep into the World Championship cycles, coming as close to the pinnacle of chess as winning the right to challenge Garry Kasparov for the Classical World Championship, meeting Viswanathan Anand in the final of the 2000 Knockout Tournament and playing in the final match of the World Chess Cup (2007) and playing in the 2007 Candidates. He has been officially ranked as high as number 2 in the world.
♦️ Shirov became the U16 World Champion in 1988 and was runner-up in 1990 in the World Junior Championship behind Ilya M Gurevich. He won the Spanish championship in 2002 with 8.5/9.
♦️ A memorable game by Alexey Shirov which known "Troublesome Priest" in chessgames.com site!!👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov vs Alexey Shirov
🔸 Linares (1998), Linares ESP, rd 10, Mar-04
🔸 Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85)
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🔹 Chess grandmaster
💢 #about_Shirov_1
♦️ Alexei Shirov is a Latvian and Spanish chess grandmaster. He was ranked number two in the world in 1994.
▪️ Full name: Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov
▪️ Country: Soviet Union Latvia
Spain (1995–2011)
▪️ Born: 4 July 1972 (age 45)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
▪️ Title: Grandmaster (1990)
▪️ FIDE rating: 2644 (April 2018)
▪️ Peak rating: 2755 (January 2008)
▪️ Peak ranking: No. 2 (January 1994)
♦️ IM (1989); GM (1990).
♦️Alexey Dmitrievich Shirov was born in Riga in what was then Soviet Latvia. He has a distinctive aggressive and imaginative style that has won him many admirers throughout his career. He has ranked among the world's top players since 1990. He frequently worked his way deep into the World Championship cycles, coming as close to the pinnacle of chess as winning the right to challenge Garry Kasparov for the Classical World Championship, meeting Viswanathan Anand in the final of the 2000 Knockout Tournament and playing in the final match of the World Chess Cup (2007) and playing in the 2007 Candidates. He has been officially ranked as high as number 2 in the world.
♦️ Shirov became the U16 World Champion in 1988 and was runner-up in 1990 in the World Junior Championship behind Ilya M Gurevich. He won the Spanish championship in 2002 with 8.5/9.
♦️ A memorable game by Alexey Shirov which known "Troublesome Priest" in chessgames.com site!!👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov vs Alexey Shirov
🔸 Linares (1998), Linares ESP, rd 10, Mar-04
🔸 Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85)
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✴️ #about_Shirov
🔸 Alexei Shirov
🔸 Latvian and Spanish chess grandmaster
🔰 Alexei Shirov is a Latvian and Spanish chess grandmaster. He was ranked number two in the world in 1994.
🔘 Full name: Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov
🔘 Country: Soviet Union (until 1991)
Latvia (1991–95, 2011–18)
Spain (1995–2011, since 2018)
🔘 Born: 4 July 1972 (age 45)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1990)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2637 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2755 (January 2008)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 2 (January 1994)
🔰 Shirov is the winner of numerous international tournaments: Biel 1991, Madrid 1997 (shared first place with Veselin Topalov), Ter Apel 1997, Monte Carlo 1998, Mérida 2000, Paul Keres Memorial Rapid Tournament in Tallinn (2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013), Canadian Open Chess Championship 2005.
🔰 In 1998 Shirov's ranking rose to number four in the world. On the basis of his rating, he was invited to play a ten-game match against Vladimir Kramnik to select a challenger for World Champion Garry Kasparov. Shirov won the match with two wins, no losses and seven draws. However, the plans for the Kasparov match fell through when sufficient financial backing could not be found. When Kasparov instead played Kramnik for the world title in 2000, Shirov maintained that the match was invalid and he was the rightful challenger.
🔰 In 2000, Shirov reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Championship, losing 3½–½ to Viswanathan Anand.
🔰 In May–June 2007 he played in the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. He won his first round match against Michael Adams (+1−1=4, won in rapid playoff), but was eliminated when he lost his second round match to Levon Aronian (+0−1=5).
🔰 In November–December 2007 Shirov played in the Chess World Cup 2007. He made the final, but lost the final 2½–1½ to Gata Kamsky.
🔰 In May 2009, Alexei Shirov won the category 21 M-Tel Masters 2009 tournament, held in Sofia, Bulgaria ....
♦️ A memorable game by Shirov which known "Grunfeld of Dreams" in chessgames.com site!! 👇
🔹 Boris Gelfand vs Alexey Shirov
🔹 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup (2007) (rapid), Odessa UKR, rd 7, Jul-06
🔹 Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Modern Exchange Variation (D85)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
🔸 Alexei Shirov
🔸 Latvian and Spanish chess grandmaster
🔰 Alexei Shirov is a Latvian and Spanish chess grandmaster. He was ranked number two in the world in 1994.
🔘 Full name: Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov
🔘 Country: Soviet Union (until 1991)
Latvia (1991–95, 2011–18)
Spain (1995–2011, since 2018)
🔘 Born: 4 July 1972 (age 45)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1990)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2637 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2755 (January 2008)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 2 (January 1994)
🔰 Shirov is the winner of numerous international tournaments: Biel 1991, Madrid 1997 (shared first place with Veselin Topalov), Ter Apel 1997, Monte Carlo 1998, Mérida 2000, Paul Keres Memorial Rapid Tournament in Tallinn (2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013), Canadian Open Chess Championship 2005.
🔰 In 1998 Shirov's ranking rose to number four in the world. On the basis of his rating, he was invited to play a ten-game match against Vladimir Kramnik to select a challenger for World Champion Garry Kasparov. Shirov won the match with two wins, no losses and seven draws. However, the plans for the Kasparov match fell through when sufficient financial backing could not be found. When Kasparov instead played Kramnik for the world title in 2000, Shirov maintained that the match was invalid and he was the rightful challenger.
🔰 In 2000, Shirov reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Championship, losing 3½–½ to Viswanathan Anand.
🔰 In May–June 2007 he played in the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. He won his first round match against Michael Adams (+1−1=4, won in rapid playoff), but was eliminated when he lost his second round match to Levon Aronian (+0−1=5).
🔰 In November–December 2007 Shirov played in the Chess World Cup 2007. He made the final, but lost the final 2½–1½ to Gata Kamsky.
🔰 In May 2009, Alexei Shirov won the category 21 M-Tel Masters 2009 tournament, held in Sofia, Bulgaria ....
♦️ A memorable game by Shirov which known "Grunfeld of Dreams" in chessgames.com site!! 👇
🔹 Boris Gelfand vs Alexey Shirov
🔹 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup (2007) (rapid), Odessa UKR, rd 7, Jul-06
🔹 Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Modern Exchange Variation (D85)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess