Player: Alexey Shirov
Player profile: Boris Gelfand

Classical games: Boris Gelfand beat Alexey Shirov 14 to 12, with 26 draws. Including rapid/exhibition games: Alexey Shirov beat Boris Gelfand 22 to 16, with 33 draws. Only rapid/exhibition games: Alexey Shirov beat Boris Gelfand 10 to 2, with 7 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gelfand vs Shirov 1-0 39 1987 Riga C78 Ruy Lopez 2. Gelfand vs Shirov   ½-½ 21 1988 Klaipeda D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. Gelfand vs Shirov 0-1 88 1992 It (Alekhin's Memorial,cat.18) A21 English 4. Gelfand vs Shirov 0-1 36 1992 Paris D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. Shirov vs Gelfand 1-0 61 1992 Paris B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Gelfand vs Shirov   ½-½ 28 1993 Chalkidiki (Greece) D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. Gelfand vs Shirov 1-0 39 1993 Chalkidiki (Greece) D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. Shirov vs Gelfand 1-0 31 1993 Chalkidiki (Greece) E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov 9. Shirov vs Gelfand   ½-½ 64 1993 Izt B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Gelfand vs Shirov 0-1 40 1993 Linares 57/8 [Shirov,A] A13 English 11. Shirov vs Gelfand   0-1 51 1993 Chalkidiki (Greece) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Gelfand vs Shirov   ½-½ 54 1993 Munich (Germany) C50 Giuoco Piano 13. Gelfand vs Shirov   0-1 63 1994 Horgen SWZ E97 King's Indian 14. Gelfand vs Shirov   ½-½ 57 1994 Linares D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. Gelfand vs Shirov 1-0 38 1995 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) A16 English 16. Gelfand vs Shirov   ½-½ 27 1995 Biel 64/410 [Yagupov,A] D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 17. Gelfand vs Shirov   ½-½ 27 1995 It (cat.15) D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. Shirov vs Gelfand 0-1 69 1995 Dos Hermanas ESP B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. Shirov vs Gelfand   ½-½ 25 1996 Groningen B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Shirov vs Gelfand 0-1 27 1996 Madrid ESP B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Shirov vs Gelfand   ½-½ 53 1996 It (cat.18) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Shirov vs Gelfand 1-0 60 1996 It (cat.19) B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 23. Shirov vs Gelfand 1-0 42 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Gelfand vs Shirov   1-0 42 1996 Tilburg Fontys A20 English 25. Gelfand vs Shirov 1-0 29 1996 It (cat.18) D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Shirov wins | Shirov loses