Pavel Smirnov (russian: Павел Смирнов; born 27 April 1982 in
Mezhdurechensk
Mezhdurechensk (russian: Междуреченск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast, a city in Kemerovo Oblast; administratively incorporated as a city under oblast jurisd ...
) is a Russian
chess
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Grandmaster.
Chess career
In 2001 he was a member of the Russian junior team in the first China vs Russia match that took place in
Shanghai
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. 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
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A former child prodigy, he earned the title of Grandmaster ...
and therefore was eliminated from the competition. He knocked out in the previous rounds
Lázaro Bruzón
Lázaro Bruzón Batista (born 2 May 1982 in Holguín) is a Cuban-American chess grandmaster. He is a former World Junior Champion, two-times American Continental champion, two-time Iberoamerican champion and five-time Cuban champion.
Bruzó ...
,
Abobker Elarbi, and
Levon Aronian
Levon Grigori Aronian ( hy, Լևոն Գրիգորի Արոնյան, Levon Grigori Aronyan; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenians, Armenian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, who currently plays for the United States Chess Federation. A ches ...
. In the same year he came first in the 8th World University Chess Championship in
Istanbul
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and in the
Tigran Petrosian Memorial in
Yerevan
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; Smirnov won the latter scoring 7.5 points out of 9, half point ahead of
Vassily Ivanchuk
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.
He competed in the
Chess World Cup 2005
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The top ten finishers qualified for ...
, where he was eliminated in the first round by
Dmitry Bocharov
Dmitry Bocharov (russian: Дмитрий Бочаров; born October 20, 1982) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
In 2003 he tied for first with Vladimir Burmakin, Eduardas Rozentalis, Philipp Schlosser, Alexander Areshchenko, Jakov Geller and ...
.
In 2007 he played for Tomsk-400 team that won the Russian Team Chess Championship and tied for 3rd–9th with
Dmitry Svetushkin
Dmitry Svetushkin (; ro, Dumitru Svetuşchin; 25 July 1980 – 4 September 2020) was a Moldovan chess player.
He was awarded the title Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002; Svetushkin played for the Moldovan national team in the Ches ...
,
Vladimir Malakhov,
Evgeny Vorobiov,
Murtas Kazhgaleyev
Murtas Kazhgaleyev ( kk, Мұртас Мұратұлы Қажығалиев, Mūrtas Mūratūly Qajyğaliev; born 17 November 1973) is a Kazakhstani chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1998.
In 2004, he tied for firs ...
,
Vladimir Dobrov
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and
Aleksej Aleksandrov in the 3rd
Moscow
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Open tournament. In 2010 he tied for 1st–4th with
Sergei Yudin,
Semen Dvoirys and
Sergei Iskusnyh in
Pavlodar
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.
In 2013 Smirnov won the 5th
Baku
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Open.
Notable games
Pavel Smirnov vs Andrei Belozerov, RUS-Cup03 2002, Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C72), 1-0Pavel Smirnov vs Levon Aronian, FIDE World Championship 2004, Spanish Game: Berlin Defense, (C67), 1-0
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Russian chess players
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