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Alexei Shirov, an Uncommon card
Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Latvian and Spanish chess player.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 100
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 100 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Alexei Shirov quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alexei Shirov card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Shirov was ______ number two in the world in 1994.
Answer
ranked. Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994. From the Alexei Shirov article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He won a match against Vladimir Kramnik in ____ to qualify to play as challenger for the classical world championship match with Garry Kasparov, it never took place due to a lack of sponsorship.
Answer
1990s. He won a match against Vladimir Kramnik in 1998 to qualify to play as challenger for the classical world championship match with Garry Kasparov, it never took place due to a lack of sponsorship. From the Alexei Shirov article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994.
- He won a match against Vladimir Kramnik in 1998 to qualify to play as challenger for the classical world championship match with Garry Kasparov, it never took place due to a lack of sponsorship.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alexei Shirov article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Alexei Shirov
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alexei Shirov (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Stefan64, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
