Player: Viswanathan Anand
Player profile: Alexey Shirov

Classical games: Viswanathan Anand beat Alexey Shirov 17 to 4, with 29 draws. Including rapid/exhibition games: Viswanathan Anand beat Alexey Shirov 32 to 6, with 51 draws. Only rapid/exhibition games: Viswanathan Anand beat Alexey Shirov 15 to 2, with 22 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 89  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 58 1989 Moskva 13/565 A04 Reti Opening 2. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 28 1992 Dortmund (Germany) D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 3. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 57 1992 Paris (France) D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 4. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 22 1992 It (Alekhin's Memorial,cat.18) B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 5. Anand vs Shirov 1-0 44 1992 Paris (France) B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 6. Anand vs Shirov   ½-½ 16 1993 Groningen, NED B06 Robatsch 7. Anand vs Shirov ½-½ 64 1993 Linares B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 8. Anand vs Shirov   ½-½ 48 1994 Buenos Aires B32 Sicilian 9. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 34 1994 Linares D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. Shirov vs Anand 1-0 47 1994 Tournament (thematic) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Shirov vs Anand 0-1 51 1995 4th Amber, Blindfold, Monaco (1) C49 Four Knights 12. Anand vs Shirov ½-½ 35 1995 4th Amber, Rapidplay, Monaco (1) B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 13. Anand vs Shirov 1-0 58 1996 It (cat.19) B06 Robatsch 14. Anand vs Shirov   ½-½ 48 1996 Monte Carlo (Monaco) E97 King's Indian 15. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 31 1996 It (cat.18) B12 Caro-Kann Defense 16. Shirov vs Anand 1-0 54 1996 Monte Carlo (Monaco) C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 35 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B12 Caro-Kann Defense 18. Anand vs Shirov 1-0 42 1997 Ch World FIDE C78 Ruy Lopez 19. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 24 1997 6th Amber Rapid, Monaco B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 20. Anand vs Shirov ½-½ 25 1997 Linares C45 Scotch Game 21. Anand vs Shirov 1-0 35 1997 Dos Hermanas D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. Anand vs Shirov   ½-½ 59 1997 6th Amber Blind, Monaco D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. Shirov vs Anand   ½-½ 58 1997 Ch World FIDE C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 24. Anand vs Shirov ½-½ 23 1997 It (cat.18) C78 Ruy Lopez 25. Anand vs Shirov   ½-½ 56 1998 Monaco C67 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 89    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Anand wins | Anand loses