CHESS PLAYER

Alexei Shirov

1972 - Today

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Alexei Shirov (Russian: Алексе́й Дми́триевич Ши́ров, romanized: Alexey Dmitrievich Shirov, Latvian: Aleksejs Širovs; born 4 July 1972) is a Latvian and Spanish chess player. Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexei Shirov has received more than 343,148 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Alexei Shirov is the 187th most popular chess player (down from 179th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 158th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Latvian Chess Player.

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Alexei Shirov ranks 187 out of 461. Before him are Albin Planinc, Győző Forintos, Juan Corzo, Serafino Dubois, Vladimir Tukmakov, and Oleg Romanishin. After him are Arnold Denker, Xie Jun, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Anatoly Lein, Paul Felix Schmidt, and Vitaly Tseshkovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Alexei Shirov ranks 265. Before him are Brian Tyler, Alex Kapranos, Takashi Shimizu, Leila Hatami, Fabian Picardo, and João Carlos dos Santos. After him are Roland Møller, Claudia Black, Constantin Gâlcă, Salaheddine Bassir, Željko Rebrača, and Ion Chicu.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Alexei Shirov ranks 183 out of 323. Before him are Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Valdis Muižnieks (1935), Valdis Valters (1957), Ursula Donath (1931), Juris Alunāns (1832), and Aigars Kalvītis (1966). After him are Juris Silovs (1950), Vija Celmins (1938), Vladimirs Petrovs (1907), Aleksandrs Starkovs (1955), Daina Taimiņa (1954), and George Gulack (1905).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Latvia

Among chess players born in Latvia, Alexei Shirov ranks 3. Before him are Mikhail Tal (1936), and Hermanis Matisons (1894). After him are Vladimirs Petrovs (1907), Arkadij Naiditsch (1985), Dana Reizniece-Ozola (1981), and Alexander Shabalov (1967).

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