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Nazar Firman
N Firman 
Photo credit dprimel.com 

Number of games in database: 309
Years covered: 1995 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2441 (2433 rapid, 2414 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2571
Overall record: +123 -97 =78 (54.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 11 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (65) 
    B90 B80 B93 B48 B32
 Ruy Lopez (31) 
    C65 C84 C92 C96 C95
 French Defense (19) 
    C19 C11 C00 C18 C16
 Sicilian Najdorf (17) 
    B90 B93 B92
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (16) 
    C84 C92 C96 C95 C97
 French Winawer (10) 
    C19 C18 C16 C17
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (28) 
    C05 C10 C04 C02 C00
 Pirc (24) 
    B07 B09 B08
 Sicilian (24) 
    B46 B82 B83 B40 B43
 Dutch Defense (15) 
    A81 A85 A90 A84 A87
 French Tarrasch (12) 
    C05 C04 C03 C09
 Queen's Pawn Game (10) 
    A40 E10 E00 A41 D02
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   N Firman vs Areshchenko, 2008 1-0
   N Firman vs A Galliamova, 2002 1-0
   M Hebden vs N Firman, 2000 0-1
   N Firman vs Shirov, 2012 1-0
   B Grabarczyk vs N Firman, 2010 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Cappelle Open (2006)
   Ukrainian Championship (2001)
   Ukrainian Championship (2000)
   Golden Sands Open (2015)
   31st World Open (2003)
   Bundesliga 2007/08 (2007)
   Aeroflot Open (2002)
   Chigorin Memorial Open (2000)
   Bundesliga 2008/09 (2008)
   European Championship (2005)
   Bundesliga 2012/13 (2012)
   Bundesliga 2011/12 (2011)
   Bundesliga 2013/14 (2013)
   Bundesliga 2010/11 (2010)
   Bundesliga 2014/15 (2014)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 24th City of Barcelona Op
   N Firman vs O Perez Mitjans (Oct-01-19) 1/2-1/2
   N Firman vs V Zakhartsov (Dec-04-17) 1-0
   N Shpanko vs N Firman (Feb-18-17) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   A Alexikov vs N Firman (Feb-18-17) 1-0, rapid
   A Cherepov vs N Firman (Feb-17-17) 0-1, blitz

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NAZAR FIRMAN
(born Mar-22-1983, 42 years old) Ukraine

[what is this?]
Grandmaster

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 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 309  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Ponomariov vs N Firman 1-0451995Ukrainian Ch U-12 FinalC05 French, Tarrasch
2. D Maximov vs N Firman  ½-½511999UKR-ch U16C00 French Defense
3. N Firman vs P Staniszewski  0-1441999Swidnica OpenB40 Sicilian
4. V Slapikas vs N Firman  1-0651999Swidnica OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
5. N Firman vs D Maximov  ½-½92000UKR-ch U18B02 Alekhine's Defense
6. N Firman vs E Kobylkin  1-0312000Ukrainian ChampionshipC00 French Defense
7. N Firman vs Y Drozdovskij  0-1552000Ukrainian ChampionshipC00 French Defense
8. N Kushch vs N Firman  0-1352000Ukrainian ChampionshipA80 Dutch
9. D Tkachenko vs N Firman  ½-½642000Ukrainian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
10. Fedorchuk vs N Firman  1-0222000Ukrainian ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
11. N Firman vs S Nelyubin  1-0402000Ukrainian ChampionshipC41 Philidor Defense
12. M Hebden vs N Firman  0-1432000Master Open Lausanne SUIA81 Dutch
13. A Shemeakin vs N Firman  0-1412000Ukrainian ChampionshipA85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
14. N Firman vs A Zozulia  1-0402000Ukrainian ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
15. N Firman vs A Demkovich  1-0492000Ukrainian ChampionshipB27 Sicilian
16. M Kazakov vs N Firman  1-0262000PavlogradC05 French, Tarrasch
17. N Firman vs O Berezin  ½-½3620008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
18. N Firman vs S Klyuka 0-13120008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
19. N Firman vs A Zozulia  0-15520008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
20. N Firman vs A Liashenko  1-03520008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
21. Y Kruppa vs N Firman  1-04120008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipA80 Dutch
22. V Fedchenko vs N Firman  0-15720008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipC00 French Defense
23. Eljanov vs N Firman 1-04320008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipA80 Dutch
24. I Shkuro vs N Firman 0-14220008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
25. P Haba vs N Firman  0-1452000Polanica Zdroj op-AB08 Pirc, Classical
 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 309  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-22-05  Knight13: This game is the most embarrasing and upset loss Firman ever experienced: M Fouts vs N Firman, 2003.
Jun-11-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  nasmichael: Can you tell me more about Firman?
Mar-22-12  wordfunph: <nasmichael>

Nazar Firman finally a GM in 2011.

current = 2544
peak = 2571

http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev...

GM Scalps = Areshchenko / Balogh / Marcelin / Malakhatko / Laznicka / Holzke / Neverov / Delchev

Jul-15-13  BIDMONFA: Nazar Firman

FIRMAN, Nazar
http://www.bidmonfa.com/firman_naza...
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Jun-09-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Congrats to GM Nazar Firman (2466) for upsetting 3rd GM Lu Shanglei (2606) today with black, and remain the lowest rated player still perfect through 2 rounds of the Golden Sands tournament.

Tomorrow, he'll have white against 13th seed Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2511).

Jan-29-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: Firouzja may now be the youngest national champion ever!

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