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ID: 211745

Michel Smets

FIDE ratings

1,841Classical

Performance

50 games
44% Win
36% Draw
20% Loss

Michel Smets's playing style

Strong overall score:62%22W 18D 10L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:67%in 18 games
Out of form:50%6W 8D 6L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Caro-Kann Defense has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Caro-Kann Defense
50%
50%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
4g
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Anti-Colle
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight 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 Smets, Michel as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
55%
36%
9%
Move
18 · 82%
44%
44%
11%
4 · 18%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 10, 2015
OTB - Codekiddy
De Wel, Herman(1820)
D—
Mar 10, 2015
OTB - Codekiddy
De Wel, Herman(1824)
D—
Dec 16, 2014
OTB - Codekiddy
Kuijpers, Domien(1816)
L—
Dec 16, 2014
OTB - Codekiddy
Kuijpers, Domien(1819)
L—
Feb 23, 2012
OTB - Codekiddy
Jacobs, Roger
W—
Feb 23, 2012
OTB - Codekiddy
Jacobs, Roger(1483)
W—
Apr 23, 2010
OTB - Codekiddy
Geeraert, Pieter(1883)
D—
Apr 23, 2010
OTB - Codekiddy
Geeraert, Pieter
D—
Mar 23, 2010
OTB - Codekiddy
Hovens, Leo(1794)
D—
Mar 23, 2010
OTB - Codekiddy
Hovens, Leo(1847)
D—

Research Michel Smets’s games and opening repertoire

Michel Smets is rated 1841 in standard by FIDE. Michel Smets plays for Belgium.

Michel Smets has FIDE ID 211745.

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