Pavel Smirnov
| Pavel Smirnov | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Павел Смирнов |
| Country |
 Russia |
| Born | 14 April 1982 |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2588 (May 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2645 (January 2005) |
Pavel Smirnov (Russian: Павел Смирнов; born 14 April 1982) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (2003).
In 2004 he reached the 4th round of the FIDE World Chess Championship, but lost to Teimour Radjabov. In the same year he came first in the Tigran Petrosian Memorial in Yerevan.[1] In 2007 he won the Russian Team Chess Championship[2] 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.[3] In 2010 he tied for 1st–4th with Sergei Yudin, Semen Dvoirys and Sergei Iskusnyh at Pavlodar.[4]
Notable games
- Pavel Smirnov vs Andrei Belozerov, RUS-Cup03 2002, Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C72), 1-0
- Pavel Smirnov vs Levon Aronian, FIDE World Championship 2004, Spanish Game: Berlin Defense, (C67), 1-0
References
- ↑ "The review of chess events and sites for November, 2004". Chessib.com. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ↑ "Tomsk wins the Russian Team Championships". ChessBase. 2007-05-13. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ↑ "Illya Nyzhnyk wins Group B in Moscow Open". ChessBase. 2007-02-07. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ↑ "Pavlodar-open 2010". FIDE. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
External links
- Pavel Smirnov player profile and games at Chessgames.com