Smirin, Ilia

ISR ISR·Born 1968·FIDE #2801990·3,340 Games

Classical25622,912 Games

Rapid2478209 Games

Blitz2508228 Games

Statistics

3340

Total

1388

Wins

1357

Draws

595

Losses

42%41%18%

Play Style

What 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 ♔ (69% in 115 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 441 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.4%

Middlegame93.5%

Endgame95.1%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+4%

Winning (+2 or more)94%

182 Games

Equal position95%

173 Games

Losing (-2 or more)90%

86 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♕

25%

83 errors

♖

23%

75 errors

♙

17%

56 errors

♗

14%

45 errors

♞

12%

40 errors

♔

10%

32 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 50average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

52% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

h416 err

e513 err

c512 err

f310 err

a59 err

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

Recent Games

Rozen, Eytan2506

Round 7: Rozen, Eytan - S... · 6 Feb 2026

0-1

Shohat, Yotam2398

TCh-ISR GpA 2026 · 31 Jan 2026

½-½

Tifferet, Shakked2336

Israel Team Championship ... · 30 Jan 2026

½-½

Shilon Rahav, Eliran2367

ch-ISR Open 2026 · 27 Jan 2026

1-0

Alekseev, Evgeny2504

ch-ISR Open 2026 · 26 Jan 2026

1-0

Yaniv, Yuval2467

Israeli Open Chess Champi... · 25 Jan 2026

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID

White

Italian: Two Knights

83.3%

12 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6

French: Tarrasch

56.0%

84 Games·Wins

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2

Black

Sicilian: Rossolimo

48.0%

25 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#30Kf8??

Tactics

vs Fodor

OTB·2025

▶

#39Rxh4??

Tactics

vs Fecker

OTB·2025

▶

#24a3??

Tactics

vs Maurizzi

OTB·2025

▶

#48Kd8??

Endgame

vs Sapenov

Rapid·2025

▶

#73Rc3??

Endgame

vs Poleg

OTB·2025

▶

#34Bxf5??

Tactics

vs Vachier-Lagrave

Blitz·2024

▶

#58Kf1??

Endgame

vs Stefansson

Blitz·2024

▶

#40Rc7+??

Endgame

vs Ben Ari

Blitz·2024

▶

#24Bf3??

Tactics

vs Bronstein

Blitz·2024

▶

#29hxg3??

Tactics

vs Kobo

Blitz·2024

Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire

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Starting Position

1671 Games

46%40%14%

Move	Games	%
1.e4	1466	66%
1.c4	115	69%
1.d4	41	60%
1.Nf3	34	68%
1.b3	9	61%
1.g3	6	33%

1.e4

66%

1466

1.c4

69%

115

1.d4

60%

1.Nf3

68%

1.b3

61%

1.g3

33%

Smirin, Ilia

Play against Smirin, Ilia's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

Italian: Two Knights

French: Tarrasch

Sicilian: Rossolimo

Critical Blunders