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Robert Wayne Smith
Number of games in database: 377
Years covered: 1976 to 2015
Last FIDE rating: 2222 (2260 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2316
Overall record: +158 -122 =97 (54.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

A07		King's Indian Attack (14 games)
B22		Sicilian, Alapin (9 games)
C45		Scotch Game (9 games)
B23		Sicilian, Closed (8 games)
A04		Reti Opening (8 games)
B07		Pirc (8 games)
B08		Pirc, Classical (8 games)
B12		Caro-Kann Defense (8 games)
B27		Sicilian (7 games)
B06		Robatsch (7 games)

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ROBERT WAYNE SMITH (born Mar-15-1956, 58 years old) New Zealand [what is this?] Robert Wayne Smith was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1956. An FIDE master, he became joint New Zealand Champion with Russell John Dive and Martin P Dreyer in 1995-96 and jointly again in 2015. He is the husband of Vivian Smith and is also a former President of the New Zealand Chess Federation. Smith is also a FIDE Trainer (2005) and an International Organizer (2011).

page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 377  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. W Wilson vs R W Smith   0-1 25 1976 Auckland Open Ch B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 2. R L Perry vs R W Smith ½-½ 31 1976 North Island Ch B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 3. A Day vs R W Smith   1-0 34 1976 Auckland Summer Cup B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation 4. A Pool vs R W Smith 0-1 15 1976 North Island Ch D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 5. R W Smith vs J Cooper   0-1 32 1976 Olympiad C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 6. I Saren vs R W Smith   1-0 31 1976 Haifa (ol) B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 7. R W Smith vs P Garbett   0-1 80 1976 North Island Ch A48 King's Indian 8. A G Kerr vs R W Smith   ½-½ 42 1976 North Island Ch B02 Alekhine's Defense 9. R W Smith vs K Jensen 0-1 37 1976 3rd Winstones Tournament B06 Robatsch 10. R K N Lanning vs R W Smith   ½-½ 27 1976 North Island Ch B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 11. B R Anderson vs R W Smith   0-1 44 1977 New Zealand Championship A04 Reti Opening 12. R W Smith vs V Small   ½-½ 45 1977 New Zealand Championship B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 13. R W Smith vs P Clemance   0-1 60 1977 New Zealand Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 14. R W Smith vs J N Metge   0-1 32 1977 4th Winstones Tt C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 15. J Delamarre vs R W Smith   0-1 30 1977 Wijk-aan-Zee, The Netherlands B03 Alekhine's Defense 16. Chandler vs R W Smith   1-0 48 1977 New Zealand Championship B72 Sicilian, Dragon 17. R W Smith vs K Jensen   0-1 30 1977 New Zealand Championship A57 Benko Gambit 18. R W Smith vs P W Stuart   0-1 22 1978 New Zealand Championship B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 19. C Laird vs R W Smith   ½-½ 59 1978 New Zealand Championship A40 Queen's Pawn Game 20. R W Smith vs J Cater   1-0 33 1978 Waitemata CC Ch D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. R W Smith vs R L Perry   ½-½ 37 1978 New Zealand Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. P Garbett vs R W Smith   0-1 37 1978 5th Winstones Tt A28 English 23. E M Green vs R W Smith   1-0 41 1978 New Zealand Championship E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation 24. L Aptekar vs R W Smith   0-1 29 1978 Auckland Open Ch E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 25. R W Smith vs O Sarapu   0-1 22 1978 Interclub Match A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 377

Mar-15-09    Benzol: Bob Smith was competing today in Howick Pakuranga Chess Club's Latvian Gambit Tournament. Happy birthday Bob. Richard Taylor, David Taylor and myself were among the chessgames members who were also there. Mar-15-09    Richard Taylor: Good to see Bob's games here! Mar-15-09    blacksburg: <Bob Smith> - most boring chess name ever. needs to be changed to <smithovitchikoviko>. Dec-16-13    Richard Taylor: Yes two common names in English. Like my name also! But Richard has a kingly sound!

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