Ilya Smirin
Full name	Илья Смирин
Country	Israel
Born	January 21, 1968 (1968-01-21) (age 40) Belarus
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2630 (No. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. 94 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating	2702 (July 2001)

Ilya (or Ilia) Yulievich Smirin (Hebrew: איליה יוליביץ' סמירין‎; Russian: Илья Юльевич Смирин; born January 21, 1968, in Belarus) is a Soviet-Israeli chess Grandmaster. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE.

As of April 2007, his Elo rating was 2650, making him the 59th-highest rated player in the world. April 2007 is the fourth month of that year It began on a Sunday and 30 days later ended on a Monday. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. ^[1] Smirin's peak rating was 2702 in July 2001, making him one of the elite few grandmasters to achieve a 2700+ rating.

Smirin's chess career began in the Soviet Union. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

Smirin earned a diploma from the Belorussian State Institute of Physical Culture, Minsk, certifying him as a Chess Teacher-Trainer. Minsk (Мінск mʲinsk Минск mʲinsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers ^[2]

In 1992 he emigrated to Israel, and has since been one of the leading Israeli players at Chess Olympiads and other international events. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other He is a member of the Ashdod chess club and the Israel national team. Ashdod (אַשְׁדּוֹד اشدود إسدود Isdud) located in the South District of Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea coast

Smirin's tournament successes include equal first places at Sverdlovsk 1987, New York 1994, and the 2002 Israeli Championship. Yekaterinburg (Екатеринбу́рг also romanized Ekaterinburg, formerly Sverdlovsk) is a major city in the central part of Russia From 1951-1971 the men's and women's championships were held on odd years only

He has also won the first league of the USSR Championship (1987, 1989), the Israel Championship (1992, 1994, 1999), and the qualifying tournaments for the 1994 and 1995 PCA World Grand Prix. The Professional Chess Association (PCA which existed between 1993 and 1996 was a rival organisation to FIDE, the international Chess organization In 2000 he won the prestigious NY Open^[3] and Dos Hermanas 2001. ^[4] In 2007 he won the Acropolis International at Athens, scoring 7/9 to take first by half a point. The Acropolis International is a Chess tournament held in Athens. ^[5]

Here Smirin, as Black, outplays the reigning World Champion:

Kramnik-Smirin, Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World, Moscow 2002^[6] 1. See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian Chess grandmaster There have been three Chess matches featuring Russia (USSR vs Rest of the World. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. c5 Rxa5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. a4 Bh6 16. Ba3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 fxe4 18. Bb5 Bf5 19. h3 Ra8 20. g4 Bc8 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bd7 23. Bf1 Bxa4 24. Bb4 b5 25. Ra3 Rc8 26. Rc3 Qb6 27. Bg2 Rxc3 28. Bxc3 Bb3 29. Re1 Bc4 30. Ba5 Qb7 31. Rd1 Rf4 32. Bc3 Bb3 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. d6 Qd7 35. Rc1 Bc4 36. Qb4 Nc8 37. Qc5 Nxd6 38. Qxe5 Rf8 39. Rd1 Nf7 0-1

References

1. ^ http://www.fide.com/ratings/top.phtml?list=men.
2. ^ Master Preparation
3. ^ http://www.samsloan.com/smirin.htm
4. ^ Events - ChessBase
5. ^ “Ilya Smirin wins Acropolis 2007”, ChessBase News, 26 August 2007, <http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4073>. Retrieved on 10 April 2008 
6. ^ The chess games of Ilya Smirin

External links

• Ilya Smirin at ChessGames.com
• FIDE rating card for Ilia Smirin

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