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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 308,721 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Alexei Shirov is the 179th most popular chess player (up from 185th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 150th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Chess Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

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  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Alexei Shirov ranks 179 out of 374. Before him are Herman Steiner, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Susan Polgár, Xie Jun, Max Weiss, and Leonid Shamkovich. After him are Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladimirs Petrovs, Gedeon Barcza, Arnold Denker, Gyula Sax, and Harry Golombek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Alexei Shirov ranks 224. Before him are Craig Jones, Mathias Énard, Mark Hoppus, Kerr Smith, Hiroyuki Takei, and Mili Avital. After him are Andrey Melnichenko, Nikolai Lugansky, Maya Rudolph, Devin Townsend, Christian von Koenigsegg, and Darío Silva.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Alexei Shirov ranks 158 out of 284. Before him are Gunnar Birkerts (1925), Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Juris Upatnieks (1936), Alexei Kudrin (1960), Rutanya Alda (1942), and Bruno Habārovs (1939). After him are Dainis Kūla (1959), Vladimirs Petrovs (1907), Tatjana Ždanoka (1950), Māris Verpakovskis (1979), Juris Silovs (1950), and Aigars Kalvītis (1966).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Latvia

Among chess players born in Latvia, Alexei Shirov ranks 2. Before him are Mikhail Tal (1936). After him are Vladimirs Petrovs (1907), Dana Reizniece-Ozola (1981), Arkadij Naiditsch (1985), and Alexander Shabalov (1967).

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