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ID: 14321130

David Smith

FIDE ratings

1,774Classical

Performance

50 games
16% Win
34% Draw
50% Loss

David Smith's playing style

Overall score:33%8W 17D 25L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:29%in 17 games
Steady recent form:30%2W 8D 10L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:34%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Levenfish Variation
100%
1g
Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g
French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, London System has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

London System
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Normal Variation
50%
50%
2g
Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Kurajica Variation
50%
50%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

26 games in this line · White to move

Results for Smith, David as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
12%
38%
50%
Move
17 · 65%
12%
35%
53%
9 · 35%
11%
44%
44%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
May 5, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Rubeck, Jonathan(1881)
L—
May 4, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Hill, Glyn(1431)
W—
Jan 5, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Morrison, Joseph(1865)
D—
Jan 5, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Tarr, Stephen F(1801)
D—
Jan 4, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Clark, Robert G(2042)
L—
Jan 4, 2025
OTB - Britbase
Burns, Martin J(1916)
L—
May 4, 2024
OTB - Britbase
Welling, Zac(1922)
L—
Aug 21, 2022
OTB - Britbase
Collinson, Mark I(1854)
L—
Aug 20, 2022
OTB - Britbase
WCMNorman, Dinah M(1670)
D—
Aug 19, 2022
OTB - Britbase
Moore, John C(1946)
L—

Research David Smith’s games and opening repertoire

David Smith is rated 1774 in standard by FIDE. David Smith plays for South Africa.

David Smith has FIDE ID 14321130.

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