Pavel Smirnov
Number of games in database: 304
Years covered: 1997 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2517
Highest rating achieved in database: 2637
Overall record: +111 -67 =125 (57.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (63)      B90 B33 B42 B67 B46  Ruy Lopez (26)      C78 C72 C67 C97 C99  Caro-Kann (16)      B12 B18 B19 B17  Sicilian Najdorf (15)      B90 B96 B92  Ruy Lopez, Closed (13)      C97 C99 C95 C87 C91  French Defense (13)      C18 C11 C12 C02	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (66)      B33 B30 B31 B22 B90  Semi-Slav (19)      D45 D47 D43 D44  King's Indian (11)      E97 E63 E81 E73 E67  Slav (11)      D12 D15 D11 D19 D17  Nimzo Indian (10)      E34 E32 E21 E39 E35  Sicilian Najdorf (10)      B90 B91 B96 B92 B97

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Smirnov vs A Belozerov, 2002 1-0
   P Smirnov vs Aronian, 2004 1-0
   Aronian vs P Smirnov, 2004 0-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

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page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 304  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Smirnov vs Chiburdanidze 0-1 38 1997 RUS-Cup5 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 2. P Smirnov vs A Belozerov   ½-½ 47 1999 RUS-ch sf C02 French, Advance 3. P Smirnov vs A Belozerov   1-0 37 1999 RUS-chT (club) C78 Ruy Lopez 4. Kharlov vs P Smirnov   1-0 44 2000 RUS-ch 53rd E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 5. Xu Yuanyuan vs P Smirnov   0-1 54 2001 CHN-RUS Summit Juniors D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. M Mitkov vs P Smirnov   0-1 46 2001 2nd IECC E81 King's Indian, Samisch 7. E Pigusov vs P Smirnov   ½-½ 22 2001 54th ch-RUS E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 8. N Grunina vs P Smirnov   0-1 32 2001 6th Leg Russian Cup B07 Pirc 9. P Smirnov vs E Shaposhnikov   ½-½ 39 2001 RUS-ch U20 B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 10. P Smirnov vs P Tregubov   ½-½ 45 2001 2nd IECC B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 11. P Smirnov vs M Kobalia   0-1 58 2001 2nd IECC B06 Robatsch 12. Epishin vs P Smirnov ½-½ 81 2001 54th ch-RUS E97 King's Indian 13. V Bachin vs P Smirnov   ½-½ 68 2001 6th Leg Russian Cup B25 Sicilian, Closed 14. P Smirnov vs Xu Yuanyuan   1-0 33 2001 CHN-RUS Summit Juniors B12 Caro-Kann Defense 15. P Smirnov vs S Kristjansson   0-1 38 2001 2nd IECC C18 French, Winawer 16. P Smirnov vs Filippov   1-0 68 2001 54th ch-RUS B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 17. P Smirnov vs P Maletin 0-1 31 2001 6th Leg Russian Cup B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. P Smirnov vs D Bocharov   1-0 32 2001 RUS-ch U20 E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 19. P Smirnov vs K Aseev   ½-½ 8 2001 54th ch-RUS A04 Reti Opening 20. C Weiss vs P Smirnov   0-1 32 2001 2nd IECC A10 English 21. P Smirnov vs S Shipov   1-0 39 2001 54th ch-RUS B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. P Smirnov vs I Kurnosov   ½-½ 34 2001 6th Leg Russian Cup A90 Dutch 23. Ni Hua vs P Smirnov   1-0 85 2001 CHN-RUS Summit Juniors B30 Sicilian 24. Tiviakov vs P Smirnov   1-0 48 2001 2nd IECC B23 Sicilian, Closed 25. A Utnasunov vs P Smirnov   0-1 44 2001 54th ch-RUS B30 Sicilian  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 304

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? :)

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