Axel Smith (chess player)

{{About other people|the chess player|Axel Smith}}

{{Short description|Swedish chess grandmaster (born 1986)}}

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| image = Axel Smith.jpg

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| country = Sweden

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|27 June 1986}}

| birth_place = Ystad, Sweden

| title = Grandmaster (2016)

| FideID = 1707930

| peakrating = 2516 (August 2016)

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Axel Smith (born 27 June 1986) is a Swedish chess player and author.

Smith earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2016.{{cite web|title=Axel Smith|url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1707930|publisher=FIDE}}

He is the author or co-author of several chess books including Pump Up Your Rating (Quality Chess, 2013) and The Woodpecker Method (Quality Chess, 2018).