Ranking crosstable after round 6 Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Efimenko Zahar 2647 UKR * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 4,5 11,25 0,0 4,0 2 GM Kovchan Alexander 2583 UKR 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 […]
4-way tie for 1st in Abu Dhabi
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Efimenko leads Abu Dhabi after 6
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1 point separates all players after 5 rounds
Crosstable after 5 rounds 1-3. Bacrot, E FRA 2705 * . . ½ . ½ 1 ½ . ½ 3 1-3. Karjakin, S RUS 2772 . * . ½ . 1 ½ ½ ½ . 3 1-3. Efimenko, Z UKR 2703 . . * ½ ½ . . ½ ½ 1 3 4-7. Onischuk, A […]
Caruana, Karjakin, and Efimenko lead Poikovsky
Round 4 results Caruana, Fabiano – Karjakin, Sergey ½ Onischuk, Alexander – Efimenko, Zahar ½ Jakovenko, Dmitry – Rublevsky, Sergei ½ Laznicka, Viktor – Bacrot, Etienne ½ Bruzon, Lazaro – Motylev, Alexander ½ Standings after 4 rounds 1-3. Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2772 2½ 1-3. Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2712 2½ 1-3. Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2703 2½ […]
Caruana, Karjakin, and Efimenko lead Poikovsky
Round 3 results Karjakin, Sergey – Laznicka, Viktor 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro ½ Efimenko, Zahar – Motylev, Alexander 1-0 Bacrot, Etienne – Jakovenko, Dmitry ½ Rublevsky, Sergei – Onischuk, Alexander ½ Standings after 3 rounds 1-3. Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2772 2 1-3. Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2712 2 1-3. Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2703 […]
Everything is super
RUSLAN PONOMARIOV: THE FIGHT GETS MORE DIFFICULT WITH EVERY ROUNDThe Ukrainian grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov outplayed his compatriot Zakhar Efimenko and qualified to the 4th Round. The chess players shared their impressions on the game with the journalists at the press conference. — Ruslan, how do you feel after the 3rd Round? Ponomariov: — I am […]
Complex World Cup Chess Tactic
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Mukachevo press release
The chess match between Grandmasters Zahar EFIMENKO (Ukraine) and Arkadij NAIDITSCH (Germany) was organised by Universal Event Promotion and the Mukachevo Chess Club 32×64 in Mukachevo, Ukraine on 12-18 August 2010. The best player of Germany, Naiditsch, achieved a victory against the Ukrainian national team player, Efimenko, by a narrow margin: 3,5 points to 2,5 […]
Naiditsch wins match
Final results: Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2684 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2689 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2½ Official website: http://efimenko.chess32x64.org/Najditch2010/eng/chessmatch2010.htm Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar