# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-smerdon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:38:05.587Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-smerdon"
name: "David Smerdon"
slug: "david-smerdon"
description: "David Craig Smerdon is an Australian chess player and economist who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). He is the seventh highest ranked chess player of Australia. Smerdon has played for the Australian team in the Chess Olympiad since 2004. He currently is working as a coach at Anglican Church Grammar School, his former school."
tagline: "Australian chess grandmaster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Smerdon_David_(29002963974)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1984-09-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.209144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/dsmerdon"
    handle:    "dsmerdon"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.davidsmerdon.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Смердон, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديڤيد سميردون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Smerdon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smerdon"
    title: "David Smerdon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smerdon"
    title: "David Smerdon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smerdon"
    title: "David Smerdon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smerdon"
    title: "David Smerdon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smerdon"
    title: "David Smerdon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2342711"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump