GM

Smeets, Jan

NED NED·Born 1985·FIDE #1007246·1,532 Games

Classical25641,428 Games
Rapid251776 Games
Blitz251452 Games

Statistics

1532

Total

668

Wins

534

Draws

330

Losses

44%35%22%

Play Style

What you need to know 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
Opening96.8%
Middlegame93.2%
Endgame94.7%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+6%
Winning (+2 or more)95%
53 Games
Equal position95%
54 Games
Losing (-2 or more)90%
37 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♕
25%
27 errors
♖
19%
20 errors
♔
16%
17 errors
♙
16%
17 errors
♞
15%
16 errors
♗
10%
11 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 38average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
30% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

5
6
3
4
3
4
4
3
6
3
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
a16 err
c76 err
d85 err
c44 err
d24 err
a1/c7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

D
Howell, David W L2668

1. BL Pauli · 1 Mar 2026

½-½
D
Engel, Luis2591

1. BL Pauli · 28 Feb 2026

½-½
W
Baselmans, Luuk2406

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

1-0
W
Baselmans, Luuk2406

Dutch Meesterklasse 2025-... · 7 Feb 2026

1-0
W
Boensch, Uwe2456

German Bundesliga 2025-26 · 11 Jan 2026

1-0
L
Baum, Jonasz2449

German Bundesliga 2025-26 · 10 Jan 2026

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White
French: Winawer
50.0%
8 GamesLow sample·Loses

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

Black
Petroff: Classical
57.1%
14 Games·Loses

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4

Reti: KIA
54.5%
11 Games·Loses

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6

Strengths

AVOID
White
Sicilian: Rossolimo
65.0%
20 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5

Sicilian: Classical
60.9%
23 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6

Black
Queen's Gambit Declined
61.9%
21 Games·Wins

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6

Sicilian: d6 Systems
50.0%
74 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
▶
#37Nfxh2??
Tactics
vs Baum
OTB·2026
▶
#58Nf1??
Endgame
vs Girel
OTB·2025
▶
#17Bxg2??
Tactics
vs Delchev
OTB·2025
▶
#44Kd3??
Endgame
vs Cvitan
Blitz·2024
▶
#49Nb4??
Endgame
vs Hamitevici
Blitz·2024
▶
#31Rca8??
Tactics
vs Maier
Blitz·2024
▶
#27Qa5??
Tactics
vs Pacher
Blitz·2024
▶
#16Nf5??
Tactics
vs Pancevski
Blitz·2024
▶
#46Rc1??
Endgame
vs Manea
Blitz·2024
▶
#34Ne6??
Tactics
vs Larkin
Blitz·2024
Endgame Statistics

22 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position
774 Games
49%35%16%
1.e4
66%
738
1.d4
61%
31
1.c4
67%
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1.Nf3
75%
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