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Zahar Efimenko
Number of games in database: 492
Years covered: 1999 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2654
Highest rating achieved in database: 2688
Overall record: +181 -79 =230 (60.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (110)      B92 B83 B84 B90 B43  Ruy Lopez (45)      C78 C77 C88 C80 C65  Sicilian Najdorf (27)      B92 B90 B99 B96  French Defense (26)      C11 C05 C10 C03 C07  Caro-Kann (25)      B12 B18 B19 B14 B17  Sicilian Scheveningen (21)      B83 B84 B80 B85	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (71)      B90 B92 B23 B22 B52  Sicilian Najdorf (44)      B90 B92 B96 B91 B93  King's Indian (43)      E92 E83 E63 E67 E91  Queen's Indian (21)      E12 E15 E14 E13  French Defense (16)      C18 C11 C00 C05 C17  Ruy Lopez (15)      C67 C97 C91 C92 C96

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Efimenko vs G Sargissian, 2008 1/2-1/2

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ZAHAR EFIMENKO (born Mar-07-1985) Ukraine [what is this?] Zahar Efimenko was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2002. In 1999, he was the World Under-14 champion. In 2006, he was the Ukrainian champion.

page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 492  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Efimenko vs Navara   ½-½ 78 1999 Groningen Young Masters C05 French, Tarrasch 2. Efimenko vs V Poletaev   1-0 41 1999 UKR-ch U18 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 3. Efimenko vs Bu Xiangzhi   0-1 36 2000 KasparovChess Cadet GP net B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 4. Sedlak vs Efimenko   0-1 49 2000 t-EuCh U18 B32 Sicilian 5. I Dubinka vs Efimenko   0-1 40 2000 Ukrainian Team ch E83 King's Indian, Samisch 6. Efimenko vs G Arzumanian   0-1 40 2000 Ukrainian Team ch B32 Sicilian 7. Nakamura vs Efimenko   ½-½ 27 2000 KasparovChess Cadet GP net C17 French, Winawer, Advance 8. Efimenko vs S Bromberger   1-0 41 2000 t-EuCh U18 B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 9. A Kamenets vs Efimenko   0-1 36 2000 Ukrainian Team ch E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line 10. Efimenko vs A Zubarev   1-0 55 2000 Ukrainian Team ch B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 11. Efimenko vs Nakamura 1-0 40 2000 KasparovChess Cadet GP net B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 12. Efimenko vs G Szabo   1-0 35 2000 t-EuCh U18 B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 13. G Nesterov vs Efimenko   0-1 43 2000 Ukrainian Team ch E61 King's Indian 14. F Berkes vs Efimenko   0-1 36 2000 t-EuCh U18 A15 English 15. O Chaika vs Efimenko   ½-½ 33 2000 Ukrainian Team ch B24 Sicilian, Closed 16. E Pinter vs Efimenko 1-0 71 2000 t-EuCh U18 B23 Sicilian, Closed 17. Efimenko vs G Timoshenko   ½-½ 15 2000 Ukrainian Team ch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. Bu Xiangzhi vs Efimenko   1-0 49 2000 KasparovChess Cadet GP net A45 Queen's Pawn Game 19. Efimenko vs S Steindorsson   ½-½ 55 2000 t-EuCh U18 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 20. Efimenko vs A Kotsuba   1-0 30 2000 Ukrainian Team ch B02 Alekhine's Defense 21. Efimenko vs T Kononenko   0-1 35 2000 Ukrainian Team ch C03 French, Tarrasch 22. H Sadeghi vs Efimenko   0-1 39 2001 MTO A02 Bird's Opening 23. M Erwich vs Efimenko   ½-½ 36 2001 WYB16 C02 French, Advance 24. V Tukmakov vs Efimenko   ½-½ 37 2001 Master Open E97 King's Indian 25. Efimenko vs V Mikhalevski   ½-½ 32 2001 MTO C80 Ruy Lopez, Open  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 492    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Efimenko wins | Efimenko loses

Aug-18-05    Daodejing: Very strong 20 year old player from the Ukrain. This year he won the title with Bremen in the German Bundesliga and he played the decesive game against Waganjan. Aug-30-05    tamar: An impressive attack by Efimenko culminating in 24. Bg6+!. [Event "74th Ukranian Chess Championship "] [Site "Rivne"] [Date "2005.08.30"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Efimenko, Zahar"] [Black "Neverov, Valeriy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2572"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2005.08.24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Rhg1 Re8 16. f5 b5 17. a3 Bf8 18. f6 Qc7 19. h5 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bd3 Qe5 22. g6 Rxc3 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bg6+ hxg6 25. hxg6+ 1-0 Aug-31-05    iron maiden: Efimenko has been incredibly strong with White so far. All he needs is a draw today to put him in the finals. Jul-03-06    BIDMONFA: Zahar Efimenko EFIMENKO, Zahar http://www.bidmonfa.com/efimenko_za... _ Nov-23-08    praddy06: A underrated player has a live rating of 2689.4 +9.4 soon to break 2700 mark Sep-15-09    ROADDOG: Short vs Efimenko. Sept 20-26, 2009. Two games in data base are draws. Nigel is playing well. I dont know much about the young, and strong playing Ukranian. He'll be on his home turf against Mr. Short. Should be a good match.? Sep-20-09    walker: Zahar destroyed Short in the first game. Congratulations!

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