GM David C Smerdon

Photo courtesy University of Queensland.

Full name

David C Smerdon

Born

Sep 17, 1984 (age 38)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Australia

Retired

Rating

Bio

David Smerdon is an Australian grandmaster who has been part of Australia's Olympiad team. As a behavioral and development economist at the School of Economics, University of Queensland, he has contributed to several studies where chess is used to in research related to cognitive performance.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (83 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (24 games)

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (13 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Milner-Barry Gambit (13 games)

Modern Defense: Standard Line (13 games)

Black Pieces

Scandinavian Defense: Modern, Portuguese Variation (19 games)

Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation (17 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (10 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Morozevich Variation (10 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (9 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
David C Smerdon (2508) Christopher Castellano (2134)	½-½	35	2022
David C Smerdon (2508) Yu Tian Poh (2340)	½-½	55	2022
David C Smerdon (2527) Simon Commercon (2266)	1-0	53	2017
David C Smerdon (2527) Frank Zeller (2397)	1-0	55	2017
David C Smerdon (2520) John J Cox (2346)	1-0	59	2016
David C Smerdon (2516) Stefan Loeffler (2386)	1-0	44	2016
David C Smerdon (2516) Mathias Womacka (2440)	1-0	37	2016
David C Smerdon (2516) Alexander Berelovich (2521)	0-1	63	2016
David C Smerdon (2531) Ivan Saric (2668)	0-1	36	2016
David C Smerdon (2531) Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2736)	0-1	48	2016

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