Robert Wayne Smith
Number of games in database: 319
Years covered: 1976 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2238
Highest rating achieved in database: 2316
Overall record: +129 -109 =81 (53.1%)*
   * 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 (13 games)
B22		Sicilian, Alapin (9 games)
B07		Pirc (8 games)
B08		Pirc, Classical (8 games)
C45		Scotch Game (8 games)
B01		Scandinavian (7 games)
B27		Sicilian (7 games)
B23		Sicilian, Closed (7 games)
B12		Caro-Kann Defense (6 games)
B06		Robatsch (6 games)

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ROBERT WAYNE SMITH (born Mar-15-1956) New Zealand [what is this?] Robert Wayne Smith was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1956. An FIDE Master he was joint New Zealand Champion with Russell John Dive and Martin P Dreyer in 1995-96. He is the husband of Vivian Smith and is also a former President of the New Zealand Chess Federation.

page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 319  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R K N Lanning vs R W Smith   ½-½ 27 1976 North Island Ch B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 2. R W Smith vs K Jensen 0-1 37 1976 3rd Winstones Tournament B06 Robatsch 3. W Wilson vs R W Smith   0-1 25 1976 Auckland Open Ch B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 4. R L Perry vs R W Smith   ½-½ 31 1976 North Island Ch B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 5. A Pool vs R W Smith 0-1 15 1976 North Island Ch D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 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 Day vs R W Smith   1-0 34 1976 Auckland Summer Cup B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation 9. R W Smith vs J Cooper   0-1 32 1976 Olympiad C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 10. A G Kerr vs R W Smith   ½-½ 42 1976 North Island Ch B02 Alekhine's Defense 11. J Delamarre vs R W Smith   0-1 30 1977 Wijk-aan-Zee, The Netherlands B03 Alekhine's Defense 12. R W Smith vs J N Metge   0-1 32 1977 4th Winstones Tt C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 13. R W Smith vs O Sarapu   0-1 27 1978 New Zealand Championship A04 Reti Opening 14. R W Smith vs J Cater   1-0 33 1978 Waitemata CC Ch D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. R W Smith vs K Jensen   0-1 30 1978 New Zealand Championship A57 Benko Gambit 16. P Garbett vs R W Smith   0-1 37 1978 5th Winstones Tt A28 English 17. R W Smith vs O Sarapu   0-1 22 1978 Interclub Match A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation 18. P Mataga vs R W Smith   1-0 51 1978 Labour Weekend Tt B22 Sicilian, Alapin 19. L Aptekar vs R W Smith   0-1 29 1978 Auckland Open Ch E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 20. R W Smith vs A Carpinter   0-1 47 1979 87th New Zealand Ch B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 21. E M Green vs R W Smith   0-1 50 1979 87th New Zealand Ch E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 22. R W Smith vs P R Green   0-1 51 1979 6th Winstones Tt B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 23. R W Smith vs P Beach   ½-½ 46 1979 86th NZ Ch Premier Reserve B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 24. P Garbett vs R W Smith   0-1 36 1979 2nd Waitemata Tt A74 Benoni, Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4 25. R W Smith vs D Body   1-0 29 1980 Waitemata C C Ch C45 Scotch Game  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 319

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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