| Oct-14-04 |
| tintin: Another good Australian (well, compared to the rest of us at least) |
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| Apr-04-05 |
| acdc: he sure is, he beat me in a simul
scholars mate it was! |
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| Jan-05-06 |
| Where is my mind: Congratulations to David Smerdon on achieving his first GM norm at the Australian Open.He currently shares the lead with Ian Rogers |
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Jan-05-06
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| twinlark: I'll second that, and wish him well in gaining the next two GM norms in the near future. He's a hard working talent. |
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Jan-05-06
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| Chnebelgrind: Congratulations for my part! |
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| Jan-06-06 |
| Where is my mind: Smerdon played 5 GM's in a row(which may be the first time anyone has in Australia)resulting in 3 draws 2 wins.So far the 2421 rated Smerdon has a performance rating of 2719. |
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Jan-08-06
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| Chnebelgrind: 
click for larger view 23....Bf3!! Wohl-Smerdon. Wohl started this game with 1.a3. |
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Jan-09-06
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| Chnebelgrind: D. Smerdon at time produces spectacular games by the dozen. In the last round of the Australian Championship, which is running just now he sacrificed his  with 10.Bxf7+.
click for larger view |
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Jan-09-06
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| whatthefat: An amazing performance by Smerdon!
Good luck to him in the last round, though it seems Rogers has a slightly easier draw for the last game.Hopefully Zhao can win his last game too - he's had a dodgy tournament, but he's a LOT stronger than that. I'm expecting a race between him and Smerdon to be the next aussie GM! |
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| Feb-21-06 |
| Runemaster: <Chnebelgrind> I'm sure that Smerdon is now wishing he hadn't tried to create such a spectacular game, after his early 10.Bxf7+ sacrifice went badly wrong. |
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| Jun-03-06 |
| BIDMONFA: David Smerdon
SMERDON, David
http://www.bidmonfa.com/smerdon_dav...
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| Sep-06-06 |
| p0ubelle: Smerdon in The Netherlands. Played in BDO Premier 5.5/9 lost to Kasparov [Sergey] Missed out Gm norms unfortunately in Torino
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| Apr-06-07 |
| Where is my mind: Smerdon scored his second GM norm in the Bangkok Chess Club Open.
Here http://www.chessvibes.com/?p=769&lp...
he annotates his win over the top seed Rogelio Antonio Jr. |
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Jul-29-07
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| Ken MacGillivray: David scored his third and final GM norm at the Czech Open in Pardubice this week. It only requires the formalities of approval by FIDE and he will become the third Australian to attain the prestigious, Chess Grand Master, title. |
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| Jul-29-07 |
| M.D. Wilson: Well done David. |
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Jul-29-07
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| Benzol: Great that he has his final norm. Congratulations, well done. |
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Jul-30-07
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| whatthefat: Yes, congratulations to Smerdon. He's played in a very attractive tactical fashion of late, and I guess it's paying off. |
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Jul-30-07
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| the bad bishop: Great to have (almost) a third Aussie GM - congratulations! |
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Jul-30-07
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| Richard Taylor: Yes - I think I saw him playing here at a FIDE tournament and maybe the Zonal once. Very good player obviously. |
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| Aug-01-07 |
| Where is my mind: Report of the event is here http://www.chessvibes.com/?p=1080#m...
next tournament for Smerdon is in Hungary http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2007/index...
his rating is now about 2485 so now he just needs to get to 2500 for GM title. |
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| Sep-11-07 |
| cinematic: Despair: Time for the next generation of GM's, Rogers was great for 20 years, Smerdon, Wang and young Max Illingworth are the future of Australian chess. |
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| Sep-22-07 |
| Where is my mind: Who is Wang? Don't forget Moulthun Ly, he's playing in the Isle of Man tournament, where he might get his third IM norm.Smerdon is also competing. |
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| Dec-30-07 |
| Manic: Hehe, I think <cinematic> meant Zhao, but because its a chinese name and 2 of the top players in China are named Wang, he put Wang. Or maybe there is some super kid that is coming up through the ranks. |
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Jan-03-08
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| Karpova: <IM David Smerdon: This is David's third visit to India. Previously he came to participate in the World Youth and World Juniors He is currently ranked third in Australia. David has already got three GM norms and has represented his country in two Olympiads. He also plays in the Netherlands league for almost six months in a year. He feels that Australians are beginning to taste success at international chess events. He himself was the entrusted the task of coaching the Youth team for the Antalaya WYCC this year, where three of his students came very near to winning a medal. A native of Brisbane, he is a big fan of cricketer Mathew Hayden.>
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
Picture: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/... |
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| Jul-13-08 |
| myschkin: (3) Smerdon,D (2472) - Ris,R (2364) [C47]
Stukkenjagers Weekend Tilburg NED (4), 19.08.2006
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.a3 Bd6 Very strange place to put the bishop. 5.Bc4 0–0 6.d3 h6 7.g4 Nh7 8.g5 hxg5 9.Rg1 Bc5 10.Nd5 Ne7 11.Bxg5 Nxg5 12.Nxg5
(even nicer is 12.Nf6+ Kh8 13.Nxg5 g6 14.Nxf7+ Rxf7 15.Bxf7)
Nxd5 13.Qh5 1–0
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