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Zahar Efimenko
Number of games in database: 430
Years covered: 1999 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2680
Overall record: +162 -69 =199 (60.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (102)      B92 B84 B83 B43 B78  Ruy Lopez (37)      C78 C88 C65 C77 C67  Sicilian Najdorf (25)      B92 B90 B99 B96  French Defense (24)      C11 C05 C10 C03 C18  Caro-Kann (21)      B18 B12 B19 B17 B14  Sicilian Scheveningen (19)      B84 B83 B85 B80	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (63)      B90 B92 B22 B52 B23  King's Indian (41)      E92 E63 E67 E91 E90  Sicilian Najdorf (37)      B90 B92 B96 B91 B93  Queen's Indian (21)      E12 E15 E14 E13  French Defense (16)      C18 C11 C00 C05 C10  Queen's Pawn Game (13)      A45 A40 A41 A46 D02

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page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 430  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Efimenko vs Navara   ½-½ 78 1999 Groningen Young Masters C05 French, Tarrasch 2. I Dubinka vs Efimenko   0-1 40 2000 Ukrainian Team ch E83 King's Indian, Samisch 3. Efimenko vs G Arzumanian   0-1 40 2000 Ukrainian Team ch B32 Sicilian 4. Nakamura vs Efimenko   ½-½ 27 2000 KasparovChess Cadet GP net C17 French, Winawer, Advance 5. Efimenko vs S Bromberger   1-0 41 2000 t-EuCh U18 B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 6. A Kamenets vs Efimenko   0-1 36 2000 Ukrainian Team ch E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line 7. Efimenko vs A Zubarev   1-0 55 2000 Ukrainian Team ch B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 8. Efimenko vs Nakamura 1-0 40 2000 KasparovChess Cadet GP net B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 9. Efimenko vs G Szabo   1-0 35 2000 t-EuCh U18 B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 10. G Nesterov vs Efimenko   0-1 43 2000 Ukrainian Team ch E61 King's Indian 11. F Berkes vs Efimenko   0-1 36 2000 t-EuCh U18 A15 English 12. O Chaika vs Efimenko   ½-½ 33 2000 Ukrainian Team ch B24 Sicilian, Closed 13. E Pinter vs Efimenko 1-0 71 2000 t-EuCh U18 B23 Sicilian, Closed 14. Efimenko vs G Timoshenko   ½-½ 15 2000 Ukrainian Team ch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. Bu Xiangzhi vs Efimenko   1-0 49 2000 KasparovChess Cadet GP net A45 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Efimenko vs S Steindorsson   ½-½ 55 2000 t-EuCh U18 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 17. Efimenko vs A Kotsuba   1-0 30 2000 Ukrainian Team ch B02 Alekhine's Defense 18. Efimenko vs T Kononenko   0-1 35 2000 Ukrainian Team ch C03 French, Tarrasch 19. Efimenko vs Bu Xiangzhi   0-1 36 2000 KasparovChess Cadet GP net B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 20. Sedlak vs Efimenko   0-1 49 2000 t-EuCh U18 B32 Sicilian 21. Efimenko vs Blatny   1-0 68 2001 2nd IECC C10 French 22. Efimenko vs N Vink   ½-½ 60 2001 Stork YM B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 23. Efimenko vs Miroshnichenko   ½-½ 22 2001 2nd Governor's Cup B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 24. J Borisek vs Efimenko   0-1 27 2001 TCh-Europe Boys U18 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Areshchenko vs Efimenko   ½-½ 53 2001 ch-UKR C18 French, Winawer  page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 430    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

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