GM David C Smerdon

David Smerdon is an Australian grandmaster who has been part of Australia's Olympiad team. As a behavioral and development economist at the School of Economics, University of Queensland, he has contributed to several studies where chess is used to in research related to cognitive performance.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (83 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (24 games)

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (13 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Milner-Barry Gambit (13 games)

Modern Defense: Standard Line (13 games)

Black Pieces

Scandinavian Defense: Modern, Portuguese Variation (19 games)

Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation (17 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (10 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Morozevich Variation (10 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (9 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
David C Smerdon (2475) Zeyad Saleh Al Abdali (1780)	1-0	27	2024
David C Smerdon (2475) Catarino Domingos (2229)	1-0	30	2024
David C Smerdon (2475) Daniel Hanwen Gong (2240)	½-½	65	2024
David C Smerdon (2475) David Fitzsimons (2315)	½-½	58	2024
David C Smerdon (2508) Christopher Castellano (2134)	½-½	35	2022
David C Smerdon (2508) Yu Tian Poh (2340)	½-½	55	2022
David C Smerdon (2527) Simon Commercon (2266)	1-0	53	2017
David C Smerdon (2527) Frank Zeller (2397)	1-0	55	2017
David C Smerdon (2520) John J Cox (2346)	1-0	59	2016
David C Smerdon (2516) Stefan Loeffler (2386)	1-0	44	2016

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