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Alexei Shirov was born on 4 July, 1972 in Riga, Latvia, is a Latvian-Spanish chess grandmaster (born 1972). Discover Alexei Shirov's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?

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Age 51 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 4 July, 1972
Birthday 4 July
Birthplace Riga, Latvia
Nationality Latvia

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Who Is Alexei Shirov's Wife?

His wife is Olga Dolgova (m. 2010), Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (m. 2001–2007)

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Alexei Shirov Net Worth

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1972

Alexei Shirov (Алексе́й Дми́триевич Ши́ров, Aleksejs Širovs; born 4 July 1972) is a Latvian and Spanish chess player.

1988

Shirov became the world under-16 champion in 1988 and was the runner-up at the World Junior Championship in 1990 (second on tiebreaks to Ilya Gurevich).

In the same year, he achieved the title of Grandmaster.

1991

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.

1994

Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994.

He reached second on the FIDE rating list in January and July 1994, behind Anatoly Karpov, though Garry Kasparov was excluded from those lists and was rated higher.

1998

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.

In 1998, Shirov's ranking rose again, to number four in the PCA rating list.

On the basis of this rating, he was invited to play a ten-game match against Vladimir Kramnik to select a challenger for PCA 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.

2000

When Kasparov instead played Kramnik for Kasparov's 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.

2002

In 2002, he played in the Candidates Tournament to choose a challenger for Classical World Champion Kramnik.

He won his group of four, but lost his semi-final 2½–½ to eventual winner Peter Leko.

2003

After drawing his first two games, Shirov then won three consecutive games, including his first victory over Kramnik since 2003.

Finishing with 4½/6 points, Shirov won the tournament, qualifying along with Kramnik for the Grand Slam final.

2007

In May–June 2007 he played in the Candidates Tournament of the 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).

this is Shirov's last appearance at a Candidates Tournament.

In November–December 2007 Shirov played in the Chess World Cup 2007, which was a qualifier for the World Chess Championship 2010.

He made the final, but lost the final 2½–1½ to Gata Kamsky.

2009

In May 2009, Alexei Shirov won the category 21 M-Tel Masters 2009 tournament, held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2010

In September 2010, Shirov participated in the Grand Slam Chess Masters preliminary tournament in Shanghai, where he faced world No. 4 Levon Aronian, world No. 5 Vladimir Kramnik, and Wang Hao; the top two scorers qualified for the Grand Slam final supertournament from October 9 to 15 in Bilbao against world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and World Champion Viswanathan Anand.

2011

In May 2011, Shirov won a strong round-robin tournament in Lublin, Poland, the 3rd Lublin Union Memorial 2011 with a score of 5/7.

In December 2011, he switched back federations from Spain to Latvia.

2012

In February 2012, Shirov won the Aivars Gipslis Memorial in Riga with 8 points out of 9.

In June 2012 Shirov won the Buenos Aires Masters Tournament (category 13) with 5½/7.

2013

In August 2013, he played in the Chess World Cup.

He won his first-round match against Hou Yifan, and was eliminated when he lost his second round match to Wei Yi.

2015

In August 2015, Shirov won the 5th Riga Technical University Open edging out Robert Hovhannisyan on tiebreak score, after both players finished on 7½/9.

2017

In March 2017, Shirov won the Mikhail Tal Memorial blitz tournament in Jūrmala scoring 9½/11 points.

2018

In 2018 and 2019, he won the 5th and 6th Arica Open.

2020

In September 2020, during the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020, Shirov won the Gazprom Brilliancy Prize for his win as Black against Danyyil Dvirnyy in the Slav Defense, involving a queen sacrifice in a queenside attack, and achieved an overall score of 13/15 (+12−1=2) playing for the Spanish team.

In February 2021, Shirov won the 3rd Salamanca Chess Festival with a score of 6/7.

Through February and March 2022, Shirov played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022.

In the first leg, he placed fourth in Pool D with a 1.5/6 result.

In the second leg, he tied with Vladimir Fedoseev for third in Pool C with a result of 2.5/6, finishing last in the standings with one point.

In July 2023, Shirov played in the 2023 Canadian Open Chess Championship.

Shirov placed first with a result of 8.5/10.