Axel Smith


Axel Smith, 2015
Association	Sweden Sweden
Born	June 27, 1986 Ystad
title	International Master (2008) Grand Master (2016)
Current Elo rating	2442 (September 2020)
Best Elo rating	2516 (August 2016)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Axel Ragnar Smith (born June 27, 1986 in Ystad ) is a Swedish chess player .

He played for Sweden at two Chess Olympiads : 2012 and 2016 .

In Sweden he played in the Elitserien for Lunds ASK since the 2004/05 season and became Swedish team champion in 2011 and 2019 . In Denmark he played in the Skakligaen for the Skakklubben K41 and the team Xtracon Køge , with whom he became Danish team champion in 2019 , in Norway for the Kristiansund SK and in France for the Club de Montpellier Echecs and the Club de Mulhouse Philidor . In Germany, Smith has occasionally played for Greifswalder SV in the Oberliga Nord Ost since 2007 . Axel Smith is married to Ellinor Frisk , who holds the title of International Master of Women (WIM).

**Elo development**

Publications

Pump Up Your Rating: Unlock Your Chess Potential . Quality Chess, Glasgow 2013, ISBN 978-1907982736 .
e3 Poison: A 21st Century Opening Repertoire . Quality Chess, Glasgow 2017, ISBN 978-1784830373 .
with Hans Tikkanen : The Woodpecker Method . Quality Chess, Glasgow 2019, ISBN 978-1784830540 .

↑ Calle Erlandsson: Intervju med IM Axel Smith. In: Lunds ASK. June 27, 2015, accessed March 24, 2020 (Swedish).
↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)