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GM Axel Smith

Full name

Axel Smith

Born

1/1/1986 (age 38)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Sweden

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Slav Defense (16 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (11 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (11 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (10 games)

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (9 games)

Black Pieces

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (10 games)

Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (8 games)

English Opening: King's English Variation (8 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense (8 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Axel Smith (2421) Kristoffer Dyrgaard (2251)	1-0	65	2024
Axel Smith (2430) Torbjorn Glimbrant (2023)	1-0	33	2024
Axel Smith (2430) Tom Wedberg (2373)	1-0	32	2024
Axel Smith (2420) Luis Couso (2250)	½-½	18	2024
Axel Smith (2421) Jung Min Seo (2481)	½-½	54	2024
Axel Smith (2457) Dejan Rajcevski (1963)	1-0	43	2023
Axel Smith (2456) Marjan Pavcevic (1717)	1-0	14	2023
Axel Smith (2456) Drazen Dragicevic (2194)	1-0	59	2023
Axel Smith (2444) Kjell Petersson (2005)	1-0	36	2023
Axel Smith (2444) bigkingkahuna (2103)	1-0	38	2023

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