Ilya Smirin

Ilya Smirin
Smirin winning at Athens 2007
Country	Soviet Union (until 1992) Israel (since 1992)
Born	(1968-01-12) January 12, 1968 (age 56) Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Title	Grandmaster (1990)
FIDE rating	2574 (November 2024)
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.