Shirov, Alexei (1969)
Alexei Shirov (2010. Creative Commons License)
| Alternative last name spellings: – |
| Alternative first name spellings: Dmitrievich. |
| Alias: – |
GENERAL INFO
| Description: Alexei Shirov is a Latvian and Spanish chess Grandmaster and finalist in World Chess Championship. Shirov is the winner of numerous international tournaments and he was ranked number two in the world in 1994. He has also written several chess books that have achieved great popularity. | |
| Sex: Male. | Occupation: Chess player, writer. |
| Place of Birth / Death: Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union. | Country Tags: Latvia, Spain. |
| Centuries: XX-XXI | Title: Grandmaster (1990). |
| World Champion: – | School: – |
| Styles: Atacking. | Chess Olympiads: 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014. |
IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- Ajedrez de ataque: Alexei Shirov, el último romántico: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%20Articulos/16%20Shirov/Shirov.htm – [27/04/2018].
- Chessbase.com: Alexei Shirov: https://es.chessbase.com/post/shirov-en-chebase – [27/04/2018]
- Alexei Shirov at chess.com: https://www.chess.com/blog/jimthemagic/alexei-shirov2 – [27/04/2018].
- Alexei Shirov at Olimpbase.org: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/fjrn975e.html – [27/04/2018].
- Alexei Shirov chess games and profile in chess-db.com: https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=2209390 – [27/04/2018].
- Alexei Shirov chess games at 365Chess.com: https://www.365chess.com/players/Alexei_Shirov – [27/04/2018].
- Alexei Shirov FIDE Chess profile: https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2209390 – [27/04/2018].
- Alexei Shirov in chess24.com: https://chess24.com/en/read/players/alexei-shirov – [27/04/2018].
- Alexei Shirov player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15809 – [27/04/2018].
- Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Alexei Shirov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Shirov – [27/04/2018].
Bibliography
- Andy Soltis (2005). Why Lasker Matters. Batsford, London, United Kingdom.
- Averbakh, Yuri. (2012). A history of chess. From Chaturanga to the present day. Milford, USA: Russel enterprises Inc.
- Eales, Richard. (2002). Chess: The history of a game. Glasgow, Scotland: Hardinge Simpole Publishing.
- Elo, Arpad E. (2008). The rating of chess players, Past and Present. New York: Ishi Press.
- Hooper, David. Whyld, Kenneth. (1992). The Oxford companion to chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A history of chess. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Shirov, Alexei (1995). Fire on Board: Shirov’s Best Games. Everyman Chess
- Shirov, Alexei (2005). Fire on Board, Part 2: 1997–2004. Everyman Chess.
