GM Jan Smeets Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. Full name Jan Smeets Born 1985 (age 41) Place of birth Federation Netherlands Profiles #178 World Ranking 2562 Classical 2520 Rapid 2518 Blitz Rating Bio Bio coming soon. Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (18 games) Ruy López Opening: Berlin, l'Hermet, Berlin Wall Defense (13 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Rauzer Variation (13 games) Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (12 games) Scotch Game: Schmidt, Mieses Variation (12 games) Black Pieces English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (28 games) Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Pin Defense (19 games) Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation (18 games) Slav Defense (17 games) Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Main Line (14 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Jan Smeets (2562) Uwe Boensch (2463) 1-0 35 2026 Jonasz Baum (2449) Jan Smeets (2562) 1-0 40 2026 Jan Smeets (2559) Roger Labruyere (2340) 1-0 38 2025 Jan Smeets (2552) Raj Tischbierek (2427) 1-0 22 2025 Jan Smeets (2525) Guntars Antoms (2166) 1-0 30 2025 Jan Smeets (2562) Glen De Schampheleire (2358) 1-0 46 2025 Jan Smeets (2568) Jakub Kosakowski (2522) 0-1 39 2025 Jan Smeets (2525) Ferdinand Hellers (2368) 0-1 46 2025 Jan Smeets (2559) Thibaut Vandenbussche (2420) ½-½ 52 2025 Jan Smeets (2568) Andrey Esipenko (2696) ½-½ 32 2025 Show All Games