GM

Smirin, Ilia

ISR ISR·Born 1968·FIDE #2801990·3,346 Games

Classical25652,918 Games
Rapid2470209 Games
Blitz2508228 Games

Statistics

3346

Total

1391

Wins

1359

Draws

596

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 116 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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9
9
12
13
9
9
16
8
10
abcdefgh
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

D
Atanasov, Anthony2470

Sardinia World Open A · 10 May 2026

½-½
L
Karthikeyan, Murali2648

Sardinia World Open A · 9 May 2026

0-1
W
Lodici, Lorenzo2590

Sardinia World Open A · 8 May 2026

0-1
D
Puranik, Abhimanyu2607

Sardinia World Open A · 7 May 2026

½-½
W
Zwirs, Nico2434

Sardinia World Open A · 6 May 2026

0-1
W
Szwed, Jacek2316

Sardinia World Open A · 5 May 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

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1674 Games
46%40%14%
1.e4
66%
1468
1.c4
69%
116
1.d4
60%
41
1.Nf3
68%
34
1.b3
61%
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1.g3
33%
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