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Zahar Efimenko
Efimenko 
Photo courtesy of Eric Schiller.  

Number of games in database: 1,118
Years covered: 1997 to 2022
Last FIDE rating: 2602 (2609 rapid, 2601 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2708
Overall record: +336 -137 =548 (59.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 97 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (189) 
    B92 B90 B84 B47 B33
 Ruy Lopez (105) 
    C65 C78 C77 C67 C80
 Reti System (48) 
    A05 A06 A04
 Sicilian Najdorf (45) 
    B92 B90 B99 B97 B96
 French Defense (45) 
    C11 C05 C07 C10 C02
 Caro-Kann (41) 
    B18 B12 B13 B17 B15
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (87) 
    B90 B92 B22 B52 B23
 Ruy Lopez (68) 
    C78 C67 C95 C97 C96
 King's Indian (58) 
    E92 E62 E63 E71 E97
 Sicilian Najdorf (51) 
    B90 B92 B96 B93 B91
 Queen's Indian (48) 
    E12 E15 E17 E14 E19
 Queen's Pawn Game (42) 
    A41 A45 A46 E00 A40
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   T Thorhallsson vs Efimenko, 2006 0-1
   Kuzubov vs Efimenko, 2012 0-1
   McShane vs Efimenko, 2011 0-1
   Efimenko vs E Berg, 2011 1-0
   Efimenko vs M Cornette, 2001 1-0
   Efimenko vs Kryvoruchko, 2013 1/2-1/2
   J L Hammer vs Efimenko, 2011 0-1
   Mecking vs Efimenko, 2009 0-1
   Efimenko vs G Sargissian, 2008 1/2-1/2
   Efimenko vs S Reutsky, 2010 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   2nd Governor's Cup (2001)
   Gibraltar Masters (2005)
   Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010)
   Moscow Open (2008)
   Ukrainian Championship (2005)
   European Championship (2010)
   Gibraltar Masters (2008)
   Gibraltar Masters (2006)
   Qatar Masters (2014)
   Golden Sands (2012)
   8th Ukrainian Team Championship (2000)
   European Championship (2008)
   Ukrainian Championship (2000)
   Dubai Open (2004)
   Dresden Olympiad (2008)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Bundesliga
   Fridman vs Efimenko (Oct-22-22) 1/2-1/2
   Efimenko vs M Kolosowski (Dec-30-21) 1/2-1/2, blitz
   N Theodorou vs Efimenko (Dec-30-21) 1-0, blitz
   G Nasuta vs Efimenko (Dec-30-21) 1/2-1/2, blitz
   Efimenko vs M Dziuba (Dec-30-21) 1-0, blitz

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ZAHAR EFIMENKO
(born Jul-03-1985, 38 years old) Ukraine
PRONUNCIATION:
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Zahar Efimenko was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2002. He was the World Under-14 champion in 1999 and champion of Ukraine in 2006. He qualified for the World Cup (2011) through his results in the European Individual Championships (2010). He defeated Czech GM Vlastimil Babula and Hungarian GM Ferenc Berkes in rounds one and two, but was eliminated from the contest in the third round rapid-game (25+10) tiebreaker by Ukrainian GM and former FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov.

Wikipedia article: Zahar Efimenko


 page 1 of 45; games 1-25 of 1,118  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Efimenko vs A Volokitin  0-1511997UKR-ch U12D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. Efimenko vs M Gagunashvili  ½-½441998EU-ch U14B33 Sicilian
3. D Maximov vs Efimenko  1-0271999UKR-ch U18B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
4. Efimenko vs V Poletaev  1-0411999UKR-ch U18B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
5. A Volokitin vs Efimenko  ½-½201999UKR-ch U14C15 French, Winawer
6. Efimenko vs M Gagunashvili  ½-½281999Artek ol U16B33 Sicilian
7. M Nikolov vs Efimenko  0-1311999Wch U14B50 Sicilian
8. Efimenko vs M Gagunashvili  ½-½221999Wch U14B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
9. Efimenko vs Navara ½-½781999Groningen Young MastersC05 French, Tarrasch
10. Efimenko vs Stellwagen  ½-½251999Groningen Young MastersC05 French, Tarrasch
11. Efimenko vs A Volokitin  ½-½411999Groningen Young MastersB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
12. Efimenko vs G Arzumanian  0-14020008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
13. Efimenko vs G Leontiev  1-0442000Ukrainian ChampionshipC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
14. Efimenko vs S Ovsejevitsch  1-0302000AlushtaB06 Robatsch
15. Efimenko vs A Kotsuba  1-03020008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipB02 Alekhine's Defense
16. O Chaika vs Efimenko  ½-½3320008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
17. Efimenko vs A Zubarev  1-05520008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
18. S Okhrimenko vs Efimenko  0-1552000Ukrainian ChampionshipC18 French, Winawer
19. Efimenko vs T Kononenko  0-13520008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipC03 French, Tarrasch
20. Efimenko vs Timoshenko  ½-½1520008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
21. G Nesterov vs Efimenko  0-14320008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipE61 King's Indian
22. A Kamenets vs Efimenko  0-13620008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
23. I Romanova vs Efimenko  0-14020008th Ukrainian Team ChampionshipE84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line
24. V Murashko vs Efimenko  ½-½132000Ukrainian ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
25. Efimenko vs D Shilin  ½-½362000Ukrainian ChampionshipB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
 page 1 of 45; games 1-25 of 1,118  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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...
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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!
May-14-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewi...

2nd place today in Bosna 2010:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr316...

Oct-02-10  notyetagm: Efimenko blasts his way into the 2700-club, gaining <+24.2> points to <2707.2>.

http://chess.liverating.org/

Jul-03-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy Birthday to Zahar Efimenko! Currently, he is at 2652; World #100 is currently at 2653.
Apr-06-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Messiah: In this very moment Efimenko tries to lose against Maze:

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. b3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d4 6. O-O g5 7. b4 g4 8. Ne1 Nxb4 9. e3 h5 10. exd4 Bg7 11. Bb2 cxd4


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