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Smeets, Jan

NED NED·Born 1985

FIDE OTB · #1007246 · 1,532 Games

Classical25641,428 g
Rapid251776 g
Blitz251452 g

Play against Smeets's Twin

PRO

Uses their openings, level & style

Statistics

Total

1532

Wins

668

Draws

534

Losses

330
44%35%22%

Play Style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.7% average
Low resilience (33%): Doesn't save lost positions
Solid conversion: 84%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 ♔ (66% in 738 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 144 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.8%
Middlegame
93.2%
Endgame
94.7%
Clutch Factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic Pieces
25%
27 err
19%
20 err
16%
17 err
16%
17 err
15%
16 err
10%
11 err
Critical Moment
Move 38 avg
0%
1-15
20%
16-25
30%
26-35
20%
36-45
30%
46+
30% of blunders after move 26-35 — keep the tension until then.
Error Heatmap
5
6
6
Few
Many
a1
6 err
c7
6 err
d8
5 err
c4
4 err
d2
4 err
a1/c7 account for most of the errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

1,532 Games

Weaknesses

— exploit these
aswhite50.0%Losses
French: Winawer — 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
8 Games · Low sample · last played 12 years agoPlay this line
asblack57.1%Losses
Petroff: Classical — 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4
14 Games · last played last yearPlay this line
asblack54.5%Losses
Reti: KIA — 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6
11 Games · last played 9 months agoPlay this line

Strengths

— avoid these
aswhite65.0%Wins
Sicilian: Rossolimo — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
20 Games · last played last year
aswhite60.9%Wins
Sicilian: Classical — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6
23 Games · last played 7 years ago
asblack61.9%Wins
Queen's Gambit Declined — 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6
21 Games · last played 7 months ago
asblack50.0%Wins
Sicilian: d6 Systems — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6
74 Games

Critical Blunders

10 errors
Nfxh2??vs BaumOTB · 2026
Nf1??vs GirelOTB · 2025
Bxg2??vs DelchevOTB · 2025
Kd3??vs CvitanBlitz · 2024
Nb4??vs HamiteviciBlitz · 2024
Rca8??vs MaierBlitz · 2024
Qa5??vs PacherBlitz · 2024
Nf5??vs PancevskiBlitz · 2024
Rc1??vs ManeaBlitz · 2024
Ne6??vs LarkinBlitz · 2024

Recent Games

Draw
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1. BL Pauli · 1 Mar 2026

½-½
Draw
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½-½
Win
Baselmans, Luuk(2406)

Round 7: Smeets, Jan - Ba... · 7 Feb 2026

1-0
Win
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Dutch Meesterklasse 2025-... · 7 Feb 2026

1-0
Win
Boensch, Uwe(2456)

German Bundesliga 2025-26 · 11 Jan 2026

1-0
Loss
Baum, Jonasz(2449)

German Bundesliga 2025-26 · 10 Jan 2026

1-0

Endgame Statistics

PRO

Repertoire

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Move arrowsmost-played moves
Starting Position
Stockfish
774 Games
49%35%16%
MoveGamesPerformance%
1.e4
738
66%
1.d4
31
61%
1.c4
3
67%
1.Nf3Strong
2
75%

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