David Craig Smerdon (born 1984) is an Australian chess Grandmaster and economist. He achieved his Grandmaster title in 2009 and has represented Australia in multiple Chess Olympiads. Smerdon has also authored chess literature, including “Smerdon’s Scandinavian” and “The Complete Chess Swindler.”
David Smerdon: The Complete Chess Swindler
The Complete Chess Swindler: How to Save Points from Lost Positions won the 2020 English Chess Federation Book of the Year Award. The book is by Grandmaster David Smerdon, who later created a Chessable course based on the book. More 🡢