12 Facts About Ilya Smirin

Ilya Smirin is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player.

Ilya Smirin was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990.

Ilya Smirin was certified as a chess teacher by the Belorussian State Institute of Physical Culture in Minsk.

In 1987, Ilya Smirin won the championship of the Byelorussian SSR.

Ilya Smirin competed in four FIDE World Championships and in three FIDE World Cups.

Ilya Smirin has won the first league of the USSR Championship, the Israel Championship, and the qualifying tournaments for the 1994 and 1995 PCA World Grand Prix.

Ilya Smirin won the traditional Grandmaster Tournament of the Biel Chess Festival in 2002 as clear first.

Ilya Smirin won a silver medal at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

Ilya Smirin won the World Open on tiebreak in 2014, after shared first places in 2001,2002, and 2003.

Ilya Smirin is a member of the Ashdod chess club, with which he won two individual bronze medals in the European Club Cup.

Ilya Smirin played at the European Team Chess Championship in 1992,1997,1999,2001,2003,2005,2007,2011, and 2017.

Ilya Smirin played at the World Team Chess Championship in 2005,2010,2011, and 2015.