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Axel Smith
A Smith 
Photo: Lars OA Hedlund 

Number of games in database: 342
Years covered: 2006 to 2023
Last FIDE rating: 2430 (2453 rapid, 2428 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2516
Overall record: +98 -87 =135 (51.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 22 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (27) 
    B48 B90 B23 B42 B67
 English (17) 
    A15 A13 A18 A14 A16
 King's Indian (11) 
    E94 E63 E73 E77 E75
 Queen's Pawn Game (9) 
    E00 A41 E10 A50 A46
 French Defense (9) 
    C01 C18 C11 C10 C14
 Slav (9) 
    D10 D17 D15 D11 D12
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (34) 
    B30 B23 B36 B27 B33
 Slav (15) 
    D10 D11 D17 D15 D12
 Queen's Pawn Game (14) 
    D00 D02 E00 E10 A46
 Grunfeld (11) 
    D85 D80 D71 D79 D82
 Ruy Lopez (11) 
    C67 C69 C65 C77 C70
 Queen's Gambit Declined (9) 
    D38 D30 D35 D31 D06
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Berg vs A Smith, 2012 1/2-1/2
   A Smith vs M Fomani, 2015 1-0
   K Lie vs A Smith, 2008 0-1
   A Smith vs B Lindberg, 2012 1/2-1/2
   J Hector vs A Smith, 2012 1/2-1/2
   A Smith vs V Sipila, 2016 1/2-1/2
   V Bernadskiy vs A Smith, 2010 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Swedish Championship (2017)
   Hans Christian Andersen Mind Games (2012)
   Turning Torso Chess (2021)
   London Chess Classic Open (2011)
   Rilton Cup 2010/11 (2010)
   Rilton Cup 2014/15 (2014)
   Hasselbacken Open (2016)
   Politiken Cup (2015)
   Pula Open (2009)
   Czech Open A (2009)
   Rilton Cup (2007)
   European Club Cup (2019)
   Reykjavik Open (2013)
   Istanbul Olympiad (2012)
   Gibraltar Masters (2015)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Club Cup
   A Smith vs A Greenfeld (Oct-05-23) 1/2-1/2
   A Smith vs T Bromann (Nov-20-22) 1/2-1/2
   A Smith vs P Cramling (Jul-10-22) 1/2-1/2
   M Jogstad vs A Smith (Jul-09-22) 1/2-1/2
   A Smith vs E Blomqvist (Jul-08-22) 1-0

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AXEL SMITH
(born Jun-27-1986, 38 years old) Sweden

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IM in 2008, GM in 2016. Swedish junior champion 2006. 2nd in the Deltalift Open (Sweden) 13-15 May 2010. He is also a National Arbiter and FIDE Trainer.

Wikipedia article: Axel Smith (chess player)

Last updated: 2022-06-27 09:21:30

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 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 346  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. N Miezis vs A Smith  1-0512006TSF/SKS Junior OpenA13 English
2. A Smith vs H Tikkanen  0-1422006Skovlunde U20 opB07 Pirc
3. A Smith vs F Beck  0-1572006Pardubice Open-AB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
4. J Havlik vs A Smith  ½-½552006Pardubice Open-AC17 French, Winawer, Advance
5. D Maghalashvili vs A Smith  ½-½802006World Junior ChampionshipA15 English
6. A Smith vs F Corrales Jimenez  0-1352006World Junior ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
7. B Esen vs A Smith  ½-½502006World Junior ChampionshipD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. G Alaverdyan vs A Smith 1-0762006World Junior ChampionshipC18 French, Winawer
9. A Smith vs R Akesson 1-0402006Rilton CupB42 Sicilian, Kan
10. L Karlsson vs A Smith  1-0422006Rilton CupA12 English with b3
11. A Smith vs J Netzer  1-0402006Rilton CupB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
12. D Berczes vs A Smith 1-0322006Rilton CupD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
13. A Smith vs T Engqvist  1-0482007Rilton CupB15 Caro-Kann
14. C Berczes vs A Smith  0-11022007Rilton CupB33 Sicilian
15. A Smith vs S Cicak  0-1412007Rilton CupB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
16. A Smith vs P Cramling  ½-½452007SWE-chB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
17. B Lindberg vs A Smith  1-0242007SWE-chB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
18. M Hoffmann vs A Smith  ½-½212007Czech Open-AB33 Sicilian
19. A Smith vs A Potapov  ½-½322007Czech Open-AC78 Ruy Lopez
20. E Gorovykh vs A Smith  1-0352007Czech Open-AB33 Sicilian
21. V Plat vs A Smith  ½-½442007Olomouc Ave Kontakt Cup IMCB30 Sicilian
22. O Spirin vs A Smith  ½-½532007Ceska Trebova RC Sport opD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. A Smith vs C Popa  1-0542008Schwarzach op 23rdD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
24. L Voloshin vs A Smith  0-1672008Marianske Lazne GM-A2D02 Queen's Pawn Game
25. A Smith vs A Borsuk  0-1582008Cappelle OpenB07 Pirc
 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 346  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-17-06  waddayaplay: This is Axel Smith (SWE), http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph... . He won the Swedish junion championship in 2006, http://www.schacksm.se/ny_sida_3.htm .
Apr-24-08  BIDMONFA: Axel Smith

SMITH, Axel
http://www.bidmonfa.com/smith_axel....
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Dec-11-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: IM Axel Smith, Sweden, born 27 June 1986. Now rated 2414, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

IM in 2008. ICC: tumme

From http://www.schackstudion.se/elitser...:

Placed 4th in Pardubice B 2003. Swedish junior champion 2006, 3rd in SWE Blitz Ch 2006. Chairman in Lund Chess Club 2004-07. Webmaster for www.lask.se/ and www.schackstudion.se/

From http://www.k41.dk/turnering/k412009...:

IM Axel Smith (b. 1986) has made enormous progress after he decided to work seriously with chess in 2006. That year he won the Swedish junior championship and started out on a chess odyssey through Europe which earned him a number of tournament victories and more than 350 ELO points in two years. Last year he finished eighth in the strong Swedish championship and was invited to the prestigious GM tournament Sigeman Cup in Malmö where he had a hard time but managed to win a nice game against Norwegian GM Kjetil Lie. He has been the chairman of his club Lunds ASK and run its website as well as his own chess blog. Along with Esben Lund and Daniel Semcesen he plays for Lunds ASK and K41 in the Swedish and Danish leagues respectively.

He also plays for Kristiansund in the Norwegian league.

CCC 2009 (placed 7-13):
http://www.kobenhavnsskakunion.dk/i...

Scandinavian Open 2009 (18-19):
http://www.k41.dk/turnering/k412009...

Winner of LASK Open A 2009:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr281...

Pictures:
http://ksk.no/foto/Axel%20Smith%200...
http://www.schacksnack.se/wordpress...

May-16-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: He was 2nd yesterday in Deltalift Open (Sweden) (8 rounds) 13-15 May 2010:

http://deltaliftopen.deltalift.se/r...

Aug-18-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Placed 3rd in Manhem's Chess Week (Sweden) 10-18 August 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr372...

Oct-03-13  wordfunph: <Tabanus: IM Axel Smith (b. 1986) has made enormous progress after he decided to work seriously with chess in 2006.>

his book title says it all - Pump Up Your Rating by Axel Smith..

http://www.newinchess.com/Pump_Up_y...

Jun-04-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Well things have escalated pretty quickly for Axel Smith. In R5, he drew Wojtaszek (who's rated about 300 points higher) with black, which was important in "Montpellier"'s 4 1/2-3 1/2 mini-upset of "Mulhouse". Then in R6, Smith overlooks a mate in 1, and they lose 5 1/2-2 1/2 (not costly, but still sucks).

R Wojtaszek vs A Smith, 2015

S Maze vs A Smith, 2015

Oct-17-15  sonia91: Nordic Champion in 2013: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordi...
Dec-21-15  sfm: He has a very pleasant personality, BTW.
Aug-13-17  refutor: any thoughts on Axel's book "e3 poison" which encourages openings like 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 in order to switch the struggle from preparation to the middlegame?

A Smith vs V Sveshnikov, 2016

Aug-13-17  paavoh: @refutor: <any thoughts on Axel's book "e3 poison" which encourages openings like 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3...>

None on the book, but isn't this "opening" prone to a quick transposition to QGD, Slav family etc?

IMHO, even the average club player is familiar with transposition so I gather 2.e3 is not going to throw a wrench in the works.

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