Shirov, Alexei

ESP ESP·Born 1972·FIDE #2209390·6,845 Games

Classical25975,689 Games

Rapid2619827 Games

Blitz2616329 Games

Statistics

6845

Total

3262

Wins

2329

Draws

1253

Losses

48%34%18%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.6% average

Solid conversion: 84%

Very consistent (84%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.f4 ♚ (73% in 11 games)

Vulnerable to 1.b3 ♚ (only 44%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 4,111 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.8%

Middlegame93.8%

Endgame95.6%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+4%

Winning (+2 or more)95%

203 Games

Equal position95%

220 Games

Losing (-2 or more)90%

77 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♙

22%

57 errors

♖

20%

51 errors

♕

19%

49 errors

♗

14%

35 errors

♔

12%

32 errors

♞

12%

32 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 28average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

33% of blunders occur between move 16-25. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

f311 err

f49 err

g49 err

h49 err

d38 err

f3/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Fridman, Daniel2560

Coop Saaremaa Rapid 2026 · 24 May 2026

½-½

Strikovic, Aleksa2396

Coop Saaremaa Rapid 2026 · 24 May 2026

1-0

Ponomariov, Ruslan2638

Coop Saaremaa Rapid 2026 · 24 May 2026

½-½

Kozak, Adam2525

Coop Saaremaa Rapid 2026 · 24 May 2026

1-0

Bondarenko, Dmitry1887

Coop Saaremaa Rapid 2026 · 23 May 2026

1-0

Bacrot, Alexandre2459

Coop Saaremaa Rapid 2026 · 23 May 2026

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID

White

Sicilian: e6 Systems

60.5%

258 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

French: Advance

65.9%

176 Games·Wins

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5

Black

London System

84.2%

19 Games·Wins

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6

Italian: Two Knights

59.3%

81 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#26Rd8+??

Tactics

vs Schnaider

Blitz·2025

▶

#35Kf6??

Tactics

vs Tabatabaei

OTB·2025

▶

#24Nb6??

Tactics

vs Rapport

Rapid·2025

▶

#47Rxe4??

Endgame

vs Hong

Rapid·2025

▶

#35Nc7??

Tactics

vs Abdusattorov

Rapid·2025

▶

#35Re7??

Tactics

vs Amartuvshin

Rapid·2025

▶

#70Ng6??

Endgame

vs Smolik

OTB·2025

▶

#49Bc7??

Endgame

vs Lopez Martinez

Rapid·2024

▶

#42cxd5??

Endgame

vs Warmerdam

OTB·2024

▶

#47Rxf4??

Endgame

vs Merario Alarcon

Rapid·2024

Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position

3538 Games

54%31%15%

Move	Games	%
1.e4	2759	70%
1.d4 Strong	731	70%
1.Nf3	33	64%
1.c4	13	50%
1.e3 Strong	1	100%
1.b3 Weak	1	0%

1.e4

70%

2759

1.d4

70%

731

1.Nf3

64%

1.c4

50%

1.e3

100%

1.b3

Shirov, Alexei

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Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

Sicilian: e6 Systems

French: Advance

London System

Italian: Two Knights

Critical Blunders