 Smerdon has played for the Australian team in the Chess Olympiad since 2004.Smerdon was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2009.He achieved the norms required for the title at the Australian championship in 2005, the 7th Bangkok Chess Club Open, which he won in 2007 with a score of 7½/9 points, and the Czech Open in Pardubice, Czech Republic in 2007.