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Ilya Smirin
Ilya (or Ilia) Smirin (Hebrew: איליה יוליביץ' סמירין; Belarusian: Ілля Юльевіч Смірын, romanized: Illa Juljevič Smiryn; Russian: Илья Юльевич Смирин, romanized: Ilya Yulievich Smirin; born January 21, 1968) is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Champion of Israel in 1992, 2002 and 2023.
Born in Vitebsk, Smirin's chess career began in the Soviet Union. He was certified as a chess teacher by the Belorussian State Institute of Physical Culture in Minsk. In 1987, Smirin won the championship of the Byelorussian SSR. In 1992, he immigrated to Israel and has since been one of the leading Israeli players. Smirin competed in four FIDE World Championships (1999, 2000, 2002, and 2004) and in three FIDE World Cups (2005, 2009, and 2015).
Smirin's tournament successes include equal first places at Sverdlovsk 1987, New York 1994, and the 2002 Israeli Championship. He has also won the first league of the USSR Championship (1987, 1989), the Israel Championship (1992, 1994, 1999), and the qualifying tournaments for the 1994 and 1995 PCA World Grand Prix.
In 2000, he won the New York Open in its last edition. In 2001, he took the closed tournament at Dos Hermanas (together with Alexei Dreev). Smirin won the traditional Grandmaster Tournament of the Biel Chess Festival in 2002 as clear first. He won a silver medal at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel. In 2007, he won the Acropolis International at Athens, scoring 7/9 points to take first by half a point. In 2008, he tied for first with Evgeny Postny in Maalot-Tarshiha. Smirin won the World Open on tiebreak in 2014, after shared first places in 2001, 2002, and 2003. In 2015, he tied for first again.
In 2019, he tied first place in the 3rd Shlomo Tiran Memorial with Gabriel Flom.
In 2019, he won the Eliahu Levant Memorial with a score of 5/6.
In 2016, he published the critically acclaimed book, King's Indian Warfare.
He is a member of the Ashdod chess club, with which he won two individual bronze medals in the European Club Cup.
Ilya Smirin
Ilya (or Ilia) Smirin (Hebrew: איליה יוליביץ' סמירין; Belarusian: Ілля Юльевіч Смірын, romanized: Illa Juljevič Smiryn; Russian: Илья Юльевич Смирин, romanized: Ilya Yulievich Smirin; born January 21, 1968) is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Champion of Israel in 1992, 2002 and 2023.
Born in Vitebsk, Smirin's chess career began in the Soviet Union. He was certified as a chess teacher by the Belorussian State Institute of Physical Culture in Minsk. In 1987, Smirin won the championship of the Byelorussian SSR. In 1992, he immigrated to Israel and has since been one of the leading Israeli players. Smirin competed in four FIDE World Championships (1999, 2000, 2002, and 2004) and in three FIDE World Cups (2005, 2009, and 2015).
Smirin's tournament successes include equal first places at Sverdlovsk 1987, New York 1994, and the 2002 Israeli Championship. He has also won the first league of the USSR Championship (1987, 1989), the Israel Championship (1992, 1994, 1999), and the qualifying tournaments for the 1994 and 1995 PCA World Grand Prix.
In 2000, he won the New York Open in its last edition. In 2001, he took the closed tournament at Dos Hermanas (together with Alexei Dreev). Smirin won the traditional Grandmaster Tournament of the Biel Chess Festival in 2002 as clear first. He won a silver medal at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel. In 2007, he won the Acropolis International at Athens, scoring 7/9 points to take first by half a point. In 2008, he tied for first with Evgeny Postny in Maalot-Tarshiha. Smirin won the World Open on tiebreak in 2014, after shared first places in 2001, 2002, and 2003. In 2015, he tied for first again.
In 2019, he tied first place in the 3rd Shlomo Tiran Memorial with Gabriel Flom.
In 2019, he won the Eliahu Levant Memorial with a score of 5/6.
In 2016, he published the critically acclaimed book, King's Indian Warfare.
He is a member of the Ashdod chess club, with which he won two individual bronze medals in the European Club Cup.
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