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David Smerdon (born 17 September 1984) is an Australian chess grandmaster from Brisbane Australia. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School and the University of Melbourne.To qualify for the title of Grandmaster a player must achieve three Grandmaster norm performances and a FIDE Elo rating over 2500. Late in 2007 Smerdon achieved his third and final Grandmaster norm. In the July 2009 FIDE rating list his rating passed 2500 so he qualified for the title of Grandmaster.
