Australian Grandmaster (2009) who is currently living in Amsterdam. Best results: Australian championship 2006, 2nd; Queenstown Chess Classic tournament 2009, 1st: 2009 Oceania Chess Championship, 1st; Curacao Chess Festival 2012, 1st; Commonwealth and South African Open (2011), 3rd.
Author of: Smerdon’s Scandinavian (2015).
A participant in seven Olympiads since 2004, in 2016 he played at the first board of the Australian team.