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Zaheeruddeen Asefi
Z Asefi 
 

Number of games in database: 76
Years covered: 1998 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 1951 (1898 rapid, 1829 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2078
Overall record: +27 -46 =3 (37.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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B06 Robatsch (7 games)
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation (3 games)
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (3 games)
D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (3 games)
E60 King's Indian Defense (3 games)
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (2 games)
A57 Benko Gambit (2 games)
A04 Reti Opening (2 games)
A48 King's Indian (2 games)
D94 Grunfeld (2 games)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Budapest Olympiad
   Z Asefi vs M Alsaqer (Sep-22-24) 1-0
   Z Asefi vs R W Jones (Sep-14-24) 1/2-1/2
   Z Asefi vs C Shaw (Sep-12-24) 1-0
   Z Asefi vs B L Shrestha (Apr-05-16) 0-1
   Marshool Hamdan vs Z Asefi (Apr-04-16) 1-0

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ZAHEERUDDEEN ASEFI
(born May-31-1965, 60 years old) Afghanistan

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Aka Asefi Zahiruddin. He is a FIDE master.

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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 76  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Z Asefi vs I Datu  0-1291998Elista OlympiadE60 King's Indian Defense
2. Z Asefi vs P Quatre  1-0331998Elista OlympiadD02 Queen's Pawn Game
3. Z J Wong vs Z Asefi  1-0121998Elista OlympiadB06 Robatsch
4. B Olape vs Z Asefi 0-1292004Calvia OlympiadB06 Robatsch
5. Z Asefi vs P Rowe  1-0692004Calvia OlympiadD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. Z Asefi vs M Mannhart  0-1562004Calvia OlympiadA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
7. R Constance vs Z Asefi  0-1482004Calvia OlympiadB06 Robatsch
8. Z Asefi vs Z Kovacova 0-1302004Calvia OlympiadC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
9. Z Asefi vs Daryl Allen 1-0352004Calvia OlympiadC30 King's Gambit Declined
10. S Maduro vs Z Asefi  0-1522004Calvia OlympiadB06 Robatsch
11. Z Asefi vs M Kumar  1-0292004Calvia OlympiadD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
12. R Phillips vs Z Asefi 0-1342004Calvia OlympiadB06 Robatsch
13. Z Asefi vs S Matthews  0-1582004Calvia OlympiadA04 Reti Opening
14. A Kunte vs Z Asefi  1-0372005Asian Team ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
15. Z Asefi vs A Nguyen  0-1562005Asian Team ChampionshipE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
16. E Ghaem Maghami vs Z Asefi 1-0362005Asian Team ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
17. Z Asefi vs Sasikiran 0-1422005Asian Team ChampionshipD94 Grunfeld
18. A Nguyen vs Z Asefi  1-0242005Asian Team ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
19. Z Asefi vs E Ghaem Maghami 0-1252005Asian Team ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
20. M Amanov vs Z Asefi  1-0582006Turin OlympiadD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. J Al-Huwar vs Z Asefi  1-0272006Turin OlympiadA04 Reti Opening
22. Z Asefi vs Yeh Tzu Hao 0-1412006Turin OlympiadC21 Center Game
23. Z Asefi vs A A Howell  1-0392006Turin OlympiadB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
24. Z Asefi vs M Brumo  1-0692006Turin OlympiadA00 Uncommon Opening
25. D Monell Camarasa vs Z Asefi  1-0502006Turin OlympiadD16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
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Jan-13-06  Bobak Zahmat: <ahmadov> He lived in Russia. He has studied International Law at University. At the moment he lives in Afghanistan. He travels a lot. He loves travelling. He visits us in Holland a few times in a year.

In December he played in the 14th Asian Team Championship in Esfahan http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... (there is also a photo of Zaheeruddin)

In February he will play in Aeorflot Open.

In March he plays qualification Matches for the coming Chess Olympiad in Torino http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006...

Jan-13-06  Bobak Zahmat: <ahmadov> Here is another photo http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
Jan-13-06  ahmadov: Thanks Bobak.
Jan-15-06  Bobak Zahmat: <ahmadov> You're welcome!
Feb-15-06  Bobak Zahmat: Zahiruddin has played during the Aeroflot Open, Group C. His result was 5,5/9. I publish his games as soon as possible.
Feb-15-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  lostemperor: <Bobak> do you happen to know Mishtari?
Feb-15-06  Bobak Zahmat: <lostemperor> No, who is he?
Feb-15-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  lostemperor: A former number 3 orso Afghan player who has lived in the Netherlands. Maybe your uncle knows him.
Feb-15-06  Jim Bartle: He's no Leko, apparently, according to his record at the top of the page.
Feb-15-06  Bobak Zahmat: <lostemperor> Really? Do you know him personally?
Feb-15-06  Bobak Zahmat: <Jim Bartle> Do you mean Zahiruddin? Yes, that's true. He always plays for a win, I think he almost never plays a draw, I know for sure he has never offered for a quick draw.
Feb-15-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  lostemperor: Yes I have played a lot with him. He still has a rating equivalent to 2100 Fide now (55). He must be >2200 then and has played in his country's team too.
Feb-15-06  Bobak Zahmat: <lostemperor> Cool. Well I will ask my uncle about him, and let you know what he knows.
Mar-31-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: maybe chessgames.com can incorporate some of Bobak's info into the bio
Mar-31-06  Bobak Zahmat: Well, the winning percentage is a bit lower after the games from Asian Championship is added :)
Apr-02-06  Bobak Zahmat: <Open Defense> I am trying to add as much info as possible with the help of <chessgames.com>, his photo is already been published like you can see.
Apr-13-06  Bobak Zahmat: During the coming Chess Olympiad in Torino Zahiruddin Asefi will play on the first board for Afghanistan. I will give you all an update on his progression and his results. After having performed amazingly at Calvia (8/11 score), he is ready to reach an even better result this time!
Nov-12-06  Bobak Zahmat: Sadly, Zahirruddin played a very bad Olympiad in Torino. One of the main reasons was, that there were too many players from Afghanistan in Torino and because of that he could play much.
Nov-12-06  Bobak Zahmat: My uncle is signed to play in the amateur Group of Corus Tournament.
Nov-12-06  Lt. Col. Majid: <Bobak Zahmat: My uncle is signed to play in the amateur Group of Corus Tournament.>

Wow. I am due to play there too.

What's his name so that I can make I crush him should our paths cross.

Nov-12-06  Karpova: <What's his name so that I can make I crush him should our paths cross.>

His name is Asefi Zahiruddin, i guess

Nov-12-06  Bobak Zahmat: <Lt. Col. Majid> What's your ELO rating? And no offense, but if my uncle is in shape he is hard to beat.
Nov-12-06  Lt. Col. Majid: <Bobak Zahmat:> Just kidding. Ur uncle doesn't need to be in shape to kick my butt:)
Nov-12-06  Bobak Zahmat: My uncle plays his best game against strong opponents, I don't know whether you have already noticed it yet, but he also played a game againt Krishan Sasikiran (A Zahiruddin vs Sasikiran, 2005), he lost that game, but the game was quite equal till the timecontrol.
Aug-18-14  zanzibar: <FIDE> has two players with very similar names:

11700025 Asefi, Zaheeruddeen (1965) AFG FM 1996 / 0

11700343 Asifi, Zahiruddin (0000) AFG IA 0 / 0

Curious, that a new and later ID is created for the IA player. They are likely the same, but maybe not.

If not, FIDE should clean up its records.

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... (our player here) http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... (the IA)

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