| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Gelfand vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1988 |
Klaipeda | D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 2. Akopian vs Shirov |
 | 1-0 | 45 |
1988 |
USSR 46/575 [Akopian,V] | D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 3. S Savchenko vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1989 |
It (cat.9) | D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 4. I Sokolov vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1989 |
It (open) | D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 5. T Tabatadze vs Shirov |
 | 0-1 | 28 |
1989 |
Frunze | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 6. E Ubilava vs Shirov |
 | 0-1 | 27 |
1989 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 7. M Marin vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 34 |
1990 |
Izt | D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 8. E J Gausel vs Shirov |
 | 1-0 | 24 |
1990 |
Gausdal Troll Masters | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 9. J Brenninkmeijer vs Shirov |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1991 |
Klooster (Switzerland) | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 10. Bareev vs Shirov |
| 0-1 | 45 |
1991 |
Hastings 53/430 [Shirov,A] | D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 11. Serper vs Shirov |
| 1-0 | 27 |
1991 |
URS-ch58 [Ftacnik] | D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 12. Vyzmanavin vs Shirov |
| 1-0 | 60 |
1992 |
Tilburg 56/487 [Vyzmanavin,A; Arkhangelsky,B] | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 13. S Agdestein vs Shirov |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1992 |
Gausdal m [Shirov,A] | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 14. Beliavsky vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1992 |
Biel 55/407 [Shirov,A] | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 15. Kamsky vs Shirov |
 | 1-0 | 30 |
1992 |
Dortmund | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 16. C Hansen vs Shirov |
 | 0-1 | 22 |
1992 |
Biel (Switzerland) | D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 17. Gelfand vs Shirov |
 | 0-1 | 36 |
1992 |
Paris | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 18. Karpov vs Shirov |
 | 1-0 | 32 |
1992 |
Biel 55/436 [Karpov,An | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 19. P Nikolic vs Shirov |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
1993 |
Wijk aan Zee 56/472 [Shirov,A] | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 20. Kamsky vs Shirov |
 | 0-1 | 31 |
1993 |
Ch World (team) | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 21. Yusupov vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1993 |
Linares 57/424 [Yusupov,A] | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 22. Bareev vs Shirov |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1993 |
Linares 57/417 [Shirov,A] | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 23. I Sokolov vs Shirov |
| 0-1 | 53 |
1993 |
PCA Qualifiers | D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 24. E Lobron vs Shirov |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1993 |
04 | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 25. Adams vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1993 |
Wijk aan Zee (open) 56/488 | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |