PAVEL SMIRNOV (born Apr-27-1982, 43 years old) Russia PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] In 2001 he was a member of the Russian junior team in the first China vs Russia match that took place in Shanghai. Smirnov finished runner-up in the 2002 Russian Chess Championship. In 2004 Smirnov reached the fourth round of the FIDE World Chess Championship, where he lost to Teimour Radjabov and therefore was eliminated from the competition. He knocked out in the previous rounds Lázaro Bruzón, Abobker Elarbi, and Levon Aronian. In the same year he came first in the 8th World University Chess Championship in Istanbul and in the Tigran Petrosian Memorial in Yerevan; Smirnov won the latter scoring 7.5 points out of 9, half point ahead of Vassily Ivanchuk. He competed in the Chess World Cup 2005, where he was eliminated in the first round by Dmitry Bocharov. In 2007 he played for Tomsk-400 team that won the Russian Team Chess Championship and tied for 3rd–9th with Dmitry Svetushkin, Vladimir Malakhov, Evgeny Vorobiov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Vladimir Dobrov and Aleksej Aleksandrov in the 3rd Moscow Open tournament. In 2010 he tied for 1st–4th with Sergei Yudin, Semen Dvoirys and Sergei Iskusnyh in Pavlodar. In 2013 Smirnov won the 5th Baku Open. Wikipedia article: Pavel Smirnov Last updated: 2022-02-15 20:17:53

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page 1 of 27; games 1-25 of 668  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Smirnov vs A Kundin   ½-½ 14 1993 EU-ch U12 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 2. V Nevostrujev vs P Smirnov   1-0 39 1996 RUS-ch sf E60 King's Indian Defense 3. V I Fedoseev vs P Smirnov   ½-½ 46 1997 RUS-Cup5 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 4. P Smirnov vs V Permiakov   ½-½ 11 1997 Prokojevsk-B B06 Robatsch 5. P Smirnov vs Korneev   0-1 58 1997 RUS-Cup5 C77 Ruy Lopez 6. V Nevostrujev vs P Smirnov   ½-½ 9 1997 Prokojevsk-B E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 7. P Smirnov vs Chiburdanidze 0-1 38 1997 RUS-Cup5 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 8. P Smirnov vs V Permiakov   0-1 32 1998 Prokojevsk C02 French, Advance 9. V Nevostrujev vs P Smirnov   0-1 62 1998 RUS-Cup07 B23 Sicilian, Closed 10. S Beshukov vs P Smirnov   1-0 28 1998 RUS-Cup B20 Sicilian 11. V Isupov vs P Smirnov   1-0 48 1998 Prokojevsk B33 Sicilian 12. P Smirnov vs A Belozerov   ½-½ 47 1999 RUS-ch sf C02 French, Advance 13. P Smirnov vs A Belozerov   1-0 37 1999 RUS-chT (club) C78 Ruy Lopez 14. A Pridorozhni vs P Smirnov   1-0 33 1999 RUS-Cup B30 Sicilian 15. P Smirnov vs V Isupov   1-0 46 1999 RUS-chT (club) B22 Sicilian, Alapin 16. A Galkin vs P Smirnov   ½-½ 19 1999 RUS-Cup B33 Sicilian 17. Khismatullin vs P Smirnov   0-1 45 2000 RUS-chJ U18 A26 English 18. P Smirnov vs O Svirin   1-0 39 2000 Russian Team Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. P Smirnov vs M Rodin   1-0 36 2000 Russian Team Championship C70 Ruy Lopez 20. D Rodin vs P Smirnov   0-1 60 2000 Russian Team Championship B33 Sicilian 21. S Beshukov vs P Smirnov   0-1 55 2000 Russian Team Championship B20 Sicilian 22. P Smirnov vs A Lugovoi   1-0 64 2000 Russian Team Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. P Smirnov vs A Vaulin   0-1 44 2000 Russian Team Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin 24. P Smirnov vs N Vekshenkov   1-0 34 2000 Russian Team Championship B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 25. P Smirnov vs A Balberov   1-0 36 2000 Russian Team Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin  page 1 of 27; games 1-25 of 668

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Dec-05-04    narwhal: Awwww...! Chessgames.com has chosen Pavel Smirnov to be the "player of the day." Smirnov, unfortunately, has the distinction of being Teimour Radjbaov's "whipping boy" (although to be sure, you can't use games played at non-classical time controls to prove that)....Awwww...! Chessgames.com ought to be commended for today's choice...=) Dec-05-04    Swindler: I wonder if he is better than Beer ? Dec-05-04    tamar: Maybe not better, but certainly stronger! Dec-05-04    BradMajors: narwhal, your comment made absolutely no sense. Anyway I remember seeing Smirnov still an IM and over 2600. What is the highest IM rating ever? Dec-05-04    narwhal: Of course my comment made total 100% sense. I was just joking about his "lame" performance against Radjabov in the 2004 FIDE WCC. It's like poking fun at Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox (we in the Ukraine are big American baseball fans) for saying that "Curt Schilling is my daddy." Dec-05-04    narwhal: Yes, I mean 100% sense. =) Dec-05-04    BradMajors: how was it lame? 5 draws, one win. "Whipping boy".? Oct-17-05    sitzkrieg: <his "lame" performance > lol Apr-26-06    BIDMONFA: Pavel Smirnov SMIRNOV, Pavel http://www.bidmonfa.com/smirnov_pav... _ Apr-03-09    Dredge Rivers: Why doesn't his brother Yakov have an entry? :) Jun-06-15    Penguincw: Pretend the date on this post is June 4th: Congrats to 8th seed GM Pavel Smirnov (2588) for remaining one of just 2 players still perfect through 4 rounds of the Mumbai Open. The first 3 rounds were easy, and in R4, he beat 15th seed GM Vitaly Sivuk (2491). Tomorrow, he'll face the other perfect player: 1st seed Dmitry Kokarev (2639) with black. Apr-27-20    dumbgai: Today's POTD. I remember Smirnov's upset win over Aronian at the FIDE WCC (which was eventually won by Kasimdzhanov).

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