Smirnov was the
Australian junior champion in 2014 and won the Australian Grand Prix in 2015. He has represented his country in the
Chess Olympiad in
2014 in
Tromsø, Norway and in
2016 in
Baku, Azerbaijan. In the Tromsø Chess Olympiad he was undefeated playing on board 5 and scored 7½/9 points. In the Baku Chess Olympiad he was undefeated again, this time on board 4 scoring 8½/10 points. He also achieved 20-game
norm for the title Grandmaster. ==FIDE ratings==