Scouting report: Jan Smejkal (GM, CZE)

2,173 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (2,169 classical, 4 rapid): 39% wins, 45% draws, 16% losses. FIDE rating 2504 standard. 97 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.1 blunders per game.

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Jan Smejkal

GM

Czechiaborn 1946FIDE ID 300020

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2480
2520
2504 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2504
2515peak, Jan 2001
2,173games
853wins, 39%
971draws, 45%
349losses, 16%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.8% average
Very consistent (82%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (70% in 117 games)

Play against Smejkal's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,173 games

Openings

2,173 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Reti: KIA1.f3 d5 2.g3 f612 games, last played 28 years ago66.7%wins
English: Reversed Sicilian1.c4 e5 2.c3 c627 games, last played 30 years ago63.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 97 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.9%
Middlegame
94.7%
Endgame
94.6%
Clutch factor
+2%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
26%
35 err
23%
31 err
21%
28 err
11%
15 err
11%
15 err
8%
11 err
Critical moment
Move 43 avg
0%
1-15
25%
16-25
12%
26-35
25%
36-45
38%
46+
38% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
6
5
6
5
5
5
5
Few
Many
d7
6
e5
6
b5
5
e4
5
h3
5
d7/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

9 errors
#81
h3?? vs Smyslov
Endgame · OTB · 1977
#19
a5?? vs Keres
Middlegame · OTB
#32
d6?? vs Bronstein
Middlegame · OTB
#37
f4?? vs Keres
Middlegame · OTB
#34
f4h3?? vs Karpov
OTB
#18
a2a5?? vs Tal
OTB

Recent games

Kastner, Vojtech(1996)

Czech Republic · 15 Dec 2006

0–1
Jansa, Vlastimil(2490)

TCh-CZE 2001-2 · 18 Nov 2001

0–1
Jansa, Vlastimil(2470)

Czech Extra League 2000-1 · 18 Mar 2001

½–½
Votava, Jan(2510)

Czech Extra League 2000-1 · 25 Feb 2001

½–½
Jakubiec, Artur(2501)

Czech Extra League 2000-1 · 24 Feb 2001

0–1
King, Daniel J(2514)

Bundesliga 1999-2000 · 26 Mar 2000

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
2,173 games in scope
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1,107 games47%W40%D13%L
Move
1. c4
510Mar 2000
46%40%14
66%
1. f3
348Feb 2001
45%42%13
66%
1. e4
122Oct 1973
46%39%15
65%
1. d4
117Jan 1997
51%38%
70%
1. g3
9Sept 1983
89%
94%
1. g4
1
100%
100%

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