# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexei-shirov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:40:54.373Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexei-shirov"
name: "Alexei Shirov"
slug: "alexei-shirov"
description: "Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Latvian and Spanish chess player. Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994."
tagline: "Latvian-Spanish chess player (born 1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AShirov10.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1972-07-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.49594
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  234
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/alexei.shirov.3"
    handle:    "alexei.shirov.3"
sources:
  - url: "https://hy.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%84%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%B5_%D5%87%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BE"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ألكسي شيروف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اليكسى شيروف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Алексей Широв"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Aleksey Chirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksei_X%C3%ADrov"
    title: "Aleksei Xírov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexej_%C5%A0irov"
    title: "Alexej Širov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Shirov"
    title: "Alexei Shirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Schirow"
    title: "Alexei Schirow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Shirov"
    title: "Alexei Shirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Shirov"
    title: "Alexei Shirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alekséi Shírov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksei_%C5%A0irov"
    title: "Aleksei Širov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "الکسی شیروف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksei_%C5%A0irov"
    title: "Aleksei Širov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexe%C3%AF_Chirov"
    title: "Alexeï Chirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Shirov"
    title: "Alexei Shirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "אלכסיי שירוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Aleksejs Širovs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ալեքսեյ Շիրով"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksejs_%C5%A0irovs"
    title: "Aleksejs Širovs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksej_%C5%A0irov"
    title: "Aleksej Širov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksejus_%C5%A0irovas"
    title: "Aleksejus Širovas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksejs_%C5%A0irovs"
    title: "Aleksejs Širovs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9"
    title: "अलेक्सी शिरोव्ह"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksej_Sjirov"
    title: "Aleksej Sjirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214713"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump