Smeets, Jan
GM
NetherlandsNED
ID: 1007246
Chess.com @jansmeets★

Jan Smeets

FIDE ratings

2,564Classical
2,517Rapid
2,514Blitz

Performance

50 games
50% Win
30% Draw
20% Loss

Jan Smeets's playing style

Strong overall score:65%25W 15D 10L over 50 games
Strongest in classical:57%in 30 games
Steady recent form:70%11W 6D 3L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:30%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation
100%
1g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Queen's Gambit Declined has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Queen's Gambit Declined
33%
67%
3g
King's Indian Attack
50%
50%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

22 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

22 games in this line · White to move

Results for Smeets, Jan as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
59%
32%
9%
Move
14 · 64%
64%
21%
14%
3 · 14%
100%
2 · 9%
100%
2 · 9%
50%
50%
1 · 5%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 19, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
IMEren, Ataberk(2370)
D—
Oct 11, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
GMSeemann, Jakub(2512)
D—
Oct 10, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
GMDelchev, Aleksander(2412)
D—
Oct 9, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
GMDonchenko, Alexander(2610)
D—
Oct 3, 2026
OTB - Mark Crowther
IMGaal, Zsoka(2357)
L—
Feb 7, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
FMBaselmans, Luuk(2406)
W—
Feb 3, 2026
Chess.com@jansmeets
FMWartiovaara, Oliver(2763)@Oliver_Wartiovaara
W
Feb 3, 2026
Chess.com@jansmeets
FMWartiovaara, Oliver(2768)@Oliver_Wartiovaara
W
Feb 3, 2026
Chess.com@jansmeets
FMWartiovaara, Oliver(2773)@Oliver_Wartiovaara
W
Feb 3, 2026
Chess.com@jansmeets
FMWartiovaara, Oliver(2779)@Oliver_Wartiovaara
W

Research Jan Smeets’s games and opening repertoire

GM Jan Smeets is rated 2564 in standard, 2517 in rapid, 2514 in blitz by FIDE. Jan Smeets plays for Netherlands.

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