GM Anton Smirnov

Anton Smirnov. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.

Full name

Anton Smirnov

Born

Jan 28, 2001 (age 23)‎

Place of birth

Canberra, Australia

Federation

Australia

Retired

Rating

Bio

Anton Smirnov is an Australian grandmaster and the youngest from his country to earn the title. In 2014, he became the Australian junior champion as a 12-year-old with a full round to spare. Smirnov is the top-ranked player in Australia and the number-nine junior in the world (as of April 2021).

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Exchange, Alapin Gambit (8 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (8 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Advance Variation (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (7 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (7 games)

Black Pieces

Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Pin Defense (12 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (8 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Accelerated London System (8 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (8 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense (7 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Anton Smirnov (2923) Supratit Banerjee (2584)	1-0	30	2024
Anton Smirnov (2939) Sargis A Manukyan (2612)	1-0	72	2024
Anton Smirnov (2915) Mark Timmermans (2749)	1-0	38	2024
Anton Smirnov (2937) Matthias Bluebaum (3045)	1-0	68	2024
Anton Smirnov (2925) Oleksandr Bortnyk (3112)	1-0	35	2024
Anton Smirnov (2920) Mykola Korchynskyi (2576)	1-0	49	2024
Anton Smirnov (2981) Andrey Gorovets (2782)	1-0	38	2024
Anton Smirnov (2984) Lennis Martinez Ramirez (2730)	1-0	34	2024
Anton Smirnov (2981) Callum Kilpatrick (2509)	1-0	42	2024
Anton Smirnov (2496) Jonty Oud (1563)	1-0	31	2024

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