What is Ilia Smirin's FIDE rating?

Ilia Smirin's FIDE rating is 2578 standard, 2464 rapid, 2511 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Ilia Smirin's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Ilia Smirin played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 3,181 over-the-board games by Ilia Smirin (2,785 classical, 196 rapid, 208 blitz), with 41% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Ilia Smirin's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Ilia Smirin?

Open Ilia Smirin's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Ilia Smirin's style, before facing them.

Ilia Smirin

Israelborn 1968FIDE ID 2801990

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2564 · Sep 2023

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2024

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2025

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2578Classical

2511Blitz

2464Rapid

2702peak, Jul 2001

3,181games

1,320wins, 41%

1,304draws, 41%

557losses, 18%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2702 · Jul 2001

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.6% average

Very consistent (88%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.c4 as

(71% in 107 games)

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Based on

3,181 games

Based on 3,181 games

Openings

3,181 gamesBased on 3,181 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Pirc Defense1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♞f642 games, last played last year71.4%wins

Alekhine Defense1.e4 ♞f6 2.e5 ♞d511 games, last played 6 years ago72.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 452 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 452 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.4%

Middlegame

93.5%

Endgame

95.1%

Clutch factor

+4%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

94%187g

EqualEqual position

95%177g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

90%88g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

25%

87 err

22%

77 err

16%

56 err

14%

50 err

12%

42 err

10%

35 err

Critical moment

Move 51 avg

1-15

16-25

13%

26-35

22%

36-45

57%

46+

57% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

104Errors mapped

h4 / e5Hotspot zone

Critical squares

1616 err

1313 err

1111 err

1010 err

99 err

h4/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#76

♝c8?? vs Karthikeyan

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#69

♚d5?? vs Zwirs

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#38

♛xb7?? vs Szwed

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#30

♚f8?? vs Fodor

Middlegame · OTB · 2025

#39

♜xh4?? vs Fecker

Middlegame · OTB · 2025

#24

a3?? vs Maurizzi

Endgame · OTB · 2025

Recent games

3,181 games

Martirosyan, Haik M.(2653)

4th Dole Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026

0–1

Bharath Subramaniyam H(2591)

4th Dole Open 2026 · 24 Jul 2026

½–½

Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav(2495)

4th Dole Open 2026 · 23 Jul 2026

1–0

Narayanan, Samrug(2436)

4th Dole Open 2026 · 22 Jul 2026

½–½

Mendonca, Leon Luke(2616)

4th Dole Open 2026 · 21 Jul 2026

½–½

Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick(2444)

4th Dole Open 2026 · 20 Jul 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

265 endgames (45.8%) · force Opposite-Color Bishops (12%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

45.8%

265 / 579

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Opposite-Color Bishops: only 12% win rate (8 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

3,181 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

1,595 games46%W41%D13%L

1,595games in this linewon 46%, drew 41%, lost 13%

Move

1. e4

14052m

45%41%14

66%

1. c4

1075m

51%38%11

71%

1. d4

404y

43%35%22%

60%

1. ♞f3

3011m

53%30%17

68%

1. b3

73y

57%1429%

64%

1. g3

63m

33%1750%

42%

Scouting report: Ilia Smirin (GM, ISR)

Ilia Smirin

Rating & statistics

Play style

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Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

Deep analysis

Critical blunders

Recent games

Endgame statistics

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