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Smirnov, Valerij

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FIDEFIDE 13500350· Male· Belarus· Born in 1953

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Valerij Smirnov, a 73-year-old Belarusian International Master, is rated 2175 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 42 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent appearance: Minsk-2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Open Republican Veterans Tournament 2025) and 1 blitz events (including 40 years of the Republican Chess Palace) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 30 months (2017–2020), 29 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2022–2023). His peak of 2411 was reached at age 49 (Jan 2002); he also reached Belarusian #12 in Apr 2001.

Awarded IM in 2001 (age 48).

Current rating

2175

Standard

Rpd2091·Blz2037

All-time high

2411

−236 pts below
Jan 2002 · age 49

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 4%

#9,590 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

21 entries
2024
67th 70-75 player worldwide
at age 71 · rated 2238
Jun 2024
2023
91st 65-70 player worldwide
at age 70 · rated 2255
Aug 2023
2022
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2255 → returned at 2238
Sep 2022
2020
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 2265 → returned at 2255
Mar 2020
2017
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 2261 → returned at 2265
Aug 2017
500 career games
at age 64
Aug 2017

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Ivan Kirko 1,670
Minsk-2025 · Jul 2025 · +0.5 Elo
Evolution
-42
2217 → 2175
Tournaments
1
10 games
Score
5/ 1050.0%
2W6D2L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsIvan Kirko1,670·Minsk-2025·R3·+0.5
2.[W]vsVasily Drobyshevsky1,625·Minsk-2025·R1·+0.4
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsZakhar Yemelyanau1,741·Minsk-2025·R9·-9.2
2.[L]vsIgnatiy Yahont1,816·Minsk-2025·R2·-8.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Minsk-2025
Open Swiss
Jul 20255/10#701753-41.6
Worst Elo result: Minsk-2025 (-41.6 Elo, finished #70).

Rankings

/
Belarus
#22
out of 521 players
Europe
#6,797
in continent
World
#9,590
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Belarus
1
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2,621
2
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2,479
3
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2,448
4
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2,433
5
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2,427
6
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2,412
7
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2,407
8
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2,396
9
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2,388
10
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2,365
...
22🇧🇾Smirnov, Valerij2,175
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
...
6797🇧🇾Smirnov, Valerij2,175
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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9590🇧🇾Smirnov, Valerij2,175