Pavel Smirnov is a Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n chess Grandmaster (2003).

In 2004 he reached the 4th round of the FIDE World Chess Championship

FIDE World Chess Championship 2004

The FIDE World Chess Championship, 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13.It was won by Rustam Kasimdzhanov, who beat Michael Adams in the final by a score of 4½-3½...

, but lost to Teimour Radjabov

Teimour Radjabov

Radjabov's knight sacrifice, 21. ... Ngxe5, was praised by several strong players for its bravery, including English grandmaster Nigel Short. Said Short of the move, "Radjabov plays very imaginatively... he just won't give up, he is extremely tenacious and will always find a way to muddy the...

. In the same year he came first in the Tigran Petrosian

Tigran Petrosian

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was a Soviet-Armenian grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his playing style because of his almost impenetrable defence, which emphasised safety above all else...

 Memorial in Yerevan. In 2007 he won the Russian Team Chess Championship and tied for 3rd-9th with Dmitry Svetushkin

Dmitry Svetushkin

Dmitry Svetushkin is a Moldovan chess grandmaster .He tied for 1st-3rd with Johan Hellsten and Marcin Szymanski in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003....

, Vladimir Malakhov, Evgeny Vorobiov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev

Murtas Kazhgaleyev

Murtas Kazhgaleyev is a chess Grandmaster from Kazakhstan.He played for Kazakhstan in the Chess Olympiads of 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2008. In 2004, he tied for first with Slim Belkhodja in the 27th Syre Memorial in Issy les Moulineaux. In 2006 he won the men's rapid tournament in the 15th Asian...

, Vladimir Dobrov and Aleksej Aleksandrov

Aleksej Aleksandrov

Aleksej Aleksandrov is a chess grandmaster .-Selected tournament results:* 1991: Victory at the USSR Junior Chess Championship* 1992: Victory at the European Junior Chess Championship...

 in the 3rd Moscow Open tournament. In 2010 he tied for 1st-4th with Sergei Yudin, Semen Dvoirys

Semen Dvoirys

Semen Dvoirys is a Russian chess Grandmaster .In 2001 he tied for 1st-2nd with Alexey Korotylev at Geneva Open. In 2010, he won the Izmailov Memorial in Tomsk and tied for 1st-4th with Sergei Yudin, Pavel Smirnov and Sergei Iskusnyh at Pavlodar. In 2011 he came first in the Lev Polugaevsky...

 and Sergei Iskusnyh at Pavlodar

Pavlodar

Pavlodar is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Province. It is located 350 km northeast of the national capital Astana, and 400 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the city has a population of 331710...

.

Notable games

• Pavel Smirnov vs Andrei Belozerov, RUS-Cup03 2002, Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C72), 1-0
• Pavel Smirnov vs Levon Aronian, FIDE World Championship 2004, Spanish Game: Berlin Defense, (C67), 1-0

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