Robin Smith (August 17, 1952 – May 1, 2009) was an American chess player and writer. He held the
ICCF title
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of
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(GM),
was a two-time
US Correspondence Chess Champion, and author of the book ''Modern Chess Analysis''.
His last and highest
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* International Correspondence Chess Federation
* Internati ...
rating
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was 2642, which he achieved in only 64 games from 1997 to 2008.
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2006 photograph of Robin Smith
1952 births
2009 deaths
American chess players
American chess writers
American male non-fiction writers
20th-century chess players
20th-century American male writers
Correspondence chess grandmasters
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