Ilya Smirin
Ilya Smirin | |
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איליה סמירין | |
Smirin winning at Athens 2007 | |
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| Born | January 12, 1968 Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR |
| Title | Grandmaster (1990) |
| FIDE rating | 2564 (June 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2702 (July 2001) |
| Peak ranking | No. 13 (July 2001) |
Ilya (or Ilia) Smirin (Hebrew: איליה יוליביץ' סמירין; Belarusian: Ілля Юльевіч Смірын, romanized: Illa Juljevič Smiryn; Russian: Илья Юльевич Смирин, romanized: Ilya Yulievich Smirin; born January 21, 1968) is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Champion of Israel in 1992, 2002 and 2023.