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GM Pavel Smirnov

Pavel Smirnov
Full name
Pavel Smirnov
Born
1982 (age 44)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Russia
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2475
Classical
2408
Rapid
2436
Blitz

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Slav Defense (25 games)
Catalan Opening (20 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (20 games)
Catalan Opening: Closed (19 games)
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (16 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (24 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (23 games)
Catalan Opening: Closed (22 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (21 games)
Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (21 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Pavel Smirnov (2475)
Alexey Mokshanov (2333)
½-½ 20 2026
Pavel Smirnov (2475)
Nikita Konstantinov (2110)
½-½ 45 2026
Pavel Smirnov (2475)
Igor Malakhov (2412)
½-½ 11 2026
Yaroslav Remizov (2462)
Pavel Smirnov (2475)
1-0 65 2026
Vadim Karpov (2286)
Pavel Smirnov (2475)
0-1 71 2026
Andrey Tsvetkov (2423)
Pavel Smirnov (2475)
½-½ 27 2026
Pavel Smirnov (2550)
Vincent Keymer (2737)
1-0 34 2025
Pavel Smirnov (2557)
Anish Giri (2732)
0-1 37 2025
Pavel Smirnov (2556)
Benjamin Bok (2662)
0-1 45 2025
Pavel Smirnov (2557)
Oleksandr Bortnyk (2670)
0-1 47 2025
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