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Robert Wayne Smith
Number of games in database: 377
Years covered: 1976 to 2015
Last FIDE rating: 2245 (2213 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)
C45		Scotch Game (9 games)
B22		Sicilian, Alapin (9 games)
B07		Pirc (8 games)
B08		Pirc, Classical (8 games)
B12		Caro-Kann Defense (8 games)
B23		Sicilian, Closed (8 games)
A04		Reti Opening (8 games)
B01		Scandinavian (7 games)
B21		Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (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. A G Kerr vs R W Smith   ½-½ 42 1976 North Island Ch B02 Alekhine's Defense 2. R W Smith vs K Jensen 0-1 37 1976 3rd Winstones Tournament B06 Robatsch 3. R K N Lanning vs R W Smith   ½-½ 27 1976 North Island Ch B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 4. W Wilson vs R W Smith   0-1 25 1976 Auckland Open Ch B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 5. R L Perry vs R W Smith ½-½ 31 1976 North Island Ch B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 6. A Pool vs R W Smith 0-1 15 1976 North Island Ch D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 7. A Day vs R W Smith   1-0 34 1976 Auckland Summer Cup B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation 8. R W Smith vs J Cooper   0-1 32 1976 Olympiad C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 9. I Saren vs R W Smith   1-0 31 1976 Haifa (ol) B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 10. R W Smith vs P Garbett   0-1 80 1976 North Island Ch A48 King's Indian 11. R W Smith vs J N Metge   0-1 32 1977 4th Winstones Tt C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 12. R W Smith vs P Clemance   0-1 60 1977 New Zealand Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 13. J Delamarre vs R W Smith   0-1 30 1977 Wijk-aan-Zee, The Netherlands B03 Alekhine's Defense 14. Chandler vs R W Smith   1-0 48 1977 New Zealand Championship B72 Sicilian, Dragon 15. R W Smith vs K Jensen   0-1 30 1977 New Zealand Championship A57 Benko Gambit 16. B R Anderson vs R W Smith   0-1 44 1977 New Zealand Championship A04 Reti Opening 17. R W Smith vs V Small   ½-½ 45 1977 New Zealand Championship B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 18. P Garbett vs R W Smith   0-1 37 1978 5th Winstones Tt A28 English 19. R W Smith vs R L Perry   ½-½ 37 1978 New Zealand Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. E M Green vs R W Smith   1-0 41 1978 New Zealand Championship E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation 21. L Aptekar vs R W Smith   0-1 29 1978 Auckland Open Ch E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 22. R W Smith vs O Sarapu   0-1 22 1978 Interclub Match A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation 23. P Mataga vs R W Smith   1-0 51 1978 Labour Weekend Tt B22 Sicilian, Alapin 24. R W Smith vs O Sarapu   0-1 27 1978 New Zealand Championship A04 Reti Opening 25. P Garbett vs R W Smith   1-0 86 1978 New Zealand Championship B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern  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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