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Smith, Axel

GM🇸🇪

FIDEFIDE 1707930· Male· Sweden· Born in 1986

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Axel Smith, a 40-year-old Swedish Grandmaster, is rated 2439 and ranked 15th among Swedish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 3 years. 18 rated games in the past year (≈64/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Allsvenskan 2025-2026 Elitserien r7-9, Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 March, and Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 Jan-Feb. Also played 1 rapid (including SM i Snabbschack 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Blixt-SM 2025) recently. His peak of 2516 was reached at age 30 (Aug 2016); he also reached Swedish #7 in Mar 2017 and spent 19 months in Swedish top 10.

Awarded GM in 2016 (age 30) and IM in 2008 (age 22). At junior level, he reached #4 and #4 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2439

Standard

Rpd2445·Blz2412

All-time high

2516

77 pts below
Aug 2016 · age 30

Activity

24

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#15

#15 · Swedish players · of 2,913
19 months in National top 10 (2016–2017)

Career timeline

19 entries
2023
Re-crossed 2400
at age 37
Feb 2023
2017
19 months in national top 10
longest streak 14 months · since Mar 2016
Dec 2017
Peak Swedish rank: #7
at age 31 · rated 2511
Mar 2017
2016
All-time peak 2516
at age 30 · −77 from today
Aug 2016
Re-crossed 2500
at age 30
Jun 2016
GM title awardedGM
at age 30 · 1st quarter Presidential Board 2016
Apr 2016

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Sune Berg HansenGM 2,507
Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 December · Dec 2025 · +1.1 Elo
Evolution
+8
24312439
Tournaments
7
18 games
Score
12/ 1866.7%
8W8D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team
Mar 20261.5/3#452393-1.9
Team
Mar 20261.5/2#482429-0.2
Team
Jan 20262.5/3#72638+7.1
Team
Jan 20262.5/3#42549+4.1
Team
Dec 20250.5/1#1592507+1.0
Team
Nov 20251/3#602264-6.9
Team
Nov 20252.5/3#42585+4.9

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Sweden
#15
out of 3,413 players
Europe
#700
in continent
World
#1,140
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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15🇸🇪Smith, Axel2,439
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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3
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3
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2,759
5
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6
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7
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8
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2,717
8
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10
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World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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4
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5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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10
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1140🇸🇪Smith, Axel2,439