Player profile

Smekens, Ruben

Standard: 2102 Rapid: 2021 Blitz: 2002 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 210447 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: BEL Sex: M Birth Year: 1994 Age: 32
Title: — Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 9 Wins: 2 (22%) Draws: 5 (56%) Losses: 2 (22%)
Dossier

7 of 9 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 90.2%
Opened e4: 3/3
Same-side castling: 6Castled kingside: 5Castled queenside: 2
Fianchettoed kingside: 4Played on the queenside: 3Fianchettoed queenside: 2Played in the center: 1Played on the kingside: 1
Active pieces: 5Kept the bishop pair: 5Isolated pawn: 4Sacrificed material: 4Initiated exchanges: 4Backward pawn: 3Space advantage: 3Avoided exchanges: 2Missed tactics: 1Played gambits: 1
Openings

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As White 5 games 1W 3D 1L
Sicilian Defense 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Richter-Rauzer Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Modern Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Hyperaccelerated Dragon 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
French Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Winawer Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Portisch-Hook Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzowitsch Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Scandinavian Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
As Black 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Pterodactyl Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Eastern 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rhamphorhynchus 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Sicilian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Traditional 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Wahls Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Grünfeld Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Smyslov Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Blunders Top 4 of 34

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2026.05.16 · 56... d2 (−35.9% win chance) 0-1
Smekens, Ruben
Maes, Tibo
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2026.05.07 · 29... c6 (−27.2% win chance) 1-0
Smekens, Ruben
Onyshchuk, Volodymyr
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2026.05.16 · 46. Bf7 (−24.9% win chance) 1-0
Van Hecke, Bert
Smekens, Ruben
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2026.05.15 · 8... e6 (−22.4% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Smekens, Ruben
Carpentier, Jannes
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Games Showing all 9 games
Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves