Player profile

Shirov, Alexei

Standard: 2597 Rapid: 2615 Blitz: 2567 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 2209390 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: ESP Sex: M Birth Year: 1972 Age: 54
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 376 Wins: 179 (48%) Draws: 146 (39%) Losses: 49 (13%) Other: 2
Dossier

329 of 376 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 93.2%
Opened e4: 107/137Opened d4: 24/137Opened c4: 4/137Opened Nf3: 2/137
Castled kingside: 214Same-side castling: 177Did not castle: 32Castled queenside: 27Opposite-side castling: 22
Played in the center: 99Played on the queenside: 78Played on the kingside: 45Fianchettoed queenside: 44Fianchettoed kingside: 39
Active pieces: 216Initiated exchanges: 174Space advantage: 167Sacrificed material: 160Isolated pawn: 141Kept the bishop pair: 140Backward pawn: 114Avoided exchanges: 51Played gambits: 46Missed tactics: 35
Openings

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As White 160 games 90W 52D 18L
Sicilian Defense 52 games 33W 11D 8L
Najdorf Variation 19 games 14W 1D 4L
English Attack 14 games 11W 0D 3L
English Attack, Anti-English 5 games 3W 1D 1L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 6 games 4W 2D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 3 games 3W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Kan Variation 6 games 4W 2D 0L
Swiss Cheese Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Polugaevsky Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Hyperaccelerated Dragon 5 games 3W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 5 games 3W 0D 2L
Taimanov Variation 4 games 3W 1D 0L
Bastrikov Variation, English Attack 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Bastrikov Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Accelerated Dragon 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Maróczy Bind 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Richter-Rauzer Variation 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Neo-Modern Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Neo-Modern Variation, Nyezhmetdinov Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Dragon Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Yugoslav Attack, Modern Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
O'Kelly Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Venice System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kalashnikov Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Lasker-Pelikan Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Ruy Lopez 26 games 11W 14D 1L
Morphy Defense 8 games 3W 4D 1L
Steinitz Deferred 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Cozio Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Schliemann Defense Deferred 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Anderssen Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 7 games 3W 4D 0L
Flohr System 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Martinez Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Zaitsev System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Keres Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Open 4 games 3W 1D 0L
Dilworth Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bernstein Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Open Berlin Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
l'Hermet Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Berlin Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Rio Gambit Accepted 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Schliemann Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Marshall Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 17 games 8W 7D 2L
Advance Variation 12 games 6W 5D 1L
Tal Variation 9 games 4W 4D 1L
Short Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tartakower Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Endgame Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Spassky Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Two Knights Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
French Defense 14 games 11W 1D 2L
Advance Variation 11 games 10W 0D 1L
Euwe Variation 4 games 4W 0D 0L
Milner-Barry Gambit, Hector Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Lputian Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Extended Bishop Swap 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Paulsen Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Wade Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Tarrasch Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Open System, Euwe-Keres Line 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Italian Game 7 games 5W 2D 0L
Giuoco Pianissimo 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Normal 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Two Knights Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Fritz Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Bishop's Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Paris Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Greco Gambit, Modern Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 6 games 3W 1D 2L
Grünfeld Variation 4 games 3W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 4 games 3W 0D 1L
Retreat Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Petrov's Defense 5 games 3W 2D 0L
Damiano Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Kholmov Gambit 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Classical Attack 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Staunton Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Cozio Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Catalan Opening 5 games 3W 2D 0L
Open Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Classical Line 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Philidor Defense 4 games 3W 1D 0L
Lion Variation 4 games 3W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Shirov Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Semi-Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Pseudo-Tarrasch 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Makogonov Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Kazakh Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Indian Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Anti-Nimzo-Indian 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Pirc Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Austrian Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Dragon Formation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Opening 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Agincourt Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Neo-Catalan Declined, Early b3 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Slav Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Quiet Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Schallopp Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Dutch Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Leningrad Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Warsaw Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Czech Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Traditional Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Four Knights Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Glek System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rapport-Jobava System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Quiet Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Dubov Tarrasch 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Alekhine Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Four Pawns Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Main Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Lion Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bayonet Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 159 games 67W 69D 22L
Sicilian Defense 20 games 14W 5D 1L
Taimanov Variation 8 games 6W 1D 1L
Bastrikov Variation 3 games 3W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Bastrikov Variation, English Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Szén Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Alapin Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Barmen Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Najdorf Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Zagreb Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Moscow Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Delayed Alapin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
with e6 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Chekhover Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Variations 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Defense 19 games 9W 5D 5L
Advance Variation 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Euwe Variation 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Classical Variation 4 games 4W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Shirov-Anand Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Tarrasch Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Chistyakov Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Open System, Euwe-Keres Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Steinitz Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Boleslavsky Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Two Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Paulsen Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Knight Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
English Opening 14 games 5W 5D 3L
Agincourt Defense 9 games 3W 2D 3L
Catalan Defense Accepted 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Wimpy System 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Neo-Catalan Declined 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
King's Knight Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anglo-Grünfeld Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Mikenas-Carls Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defensive System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anglo-Grünfeld Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Ruy Lopez 12 games 3W 8D 1L
Morphy Defense 6 games 3W 2D 1L
Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation 5 games 2W 2D 1L
Bayreuth Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Martinez Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Schliemann Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Berlin Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rio Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Open 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Bernstein Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 10 games 4W 6D 0L
Colle System 4 games 0W 4D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 0W 4D 0L
London System 4 games 3W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 3W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 10 games 2W 3D 5L
Chigorin Defense 3 games 0W 0D 3L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 0D 3L
Normal Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Moscow Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Moscow Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Stoltz Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Marshall Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Forgotten Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Opening 10 games 3W 6D 1L
Open Defense 9 games 3W 6D 0L
Classical Line 5 games 1W 4D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Closed 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Gambit Declined 9 games 1W 7D 1L
Semi-Tarrasch Defense 6 games 0W 5D 1L
(unspecified) 4 games 0W 3D 1L
Endgame Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Main Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Ragozin Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 6 games 2W 1D 3L
Spassky Variation 3 games 2W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Double Fianchetto 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Italian Game 6 games 5W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 4 games 4W 0D 0L
Giuoco Pianissimo 4 games 4W 0D 0L
Giuoco Pianissimo 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Italian Four Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Two Knights Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Polerio Defense, Yankovich Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Slav Defense 6 games 4W 2D 0L
Quiet Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Schallopp Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Modern Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 5 games 0W 5D 0L
Two Knights Variation 4 games 0W 4D 0L
(unspecified) 4 games 0W 4D 0L
Dubov Tarrasch 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Scotch Game 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Mieses Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Scotch Gambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Cochrane-Shumov Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 4 games 2W 2D 0L
Vitolins Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Grünfeld Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Retreat Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Normal Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Gligoric System, Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Réti Opening 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Anglo-Slav Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Gurevich System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Capablanca Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
with g3 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Game 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Spanish Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Rubinstein Variation Accepted 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Rapport-Jobava System 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Three Knights Opening 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Steinitz Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Bird Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Dutch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rapport-Jobava System, with e6 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Endgame Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Original Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Benoni Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Bishop's Gambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Bledow Countergambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 767

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2024.07.19 · 29. h5 (−86.1% win chance) 1-0
Palczert, Matyas
Shirov, Alexei
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2024.07.19 · 30. g4 (−80.6% win chance) 1-0
Palczert, Matyas
Shirov, Alexei
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2024.07.19 · 28. Kh2 (−76.9% win chance) 1-0
Palczert, Matyas
Shirov, Alexei
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2026.06.18 · 20... Qxb2 (−75.1% win chance) 1-0
Shirov, Alexei
Pang, Tao
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