Zahar Efimenko
GM Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine)
Rating: 2689
National Rank : 7
Date of birth: 03.07.1985
Grandmaster since: 2002
Peak Rating: 2708 (1.03.2011)
Key achievements:
- World Youth Champion U-14 - Oropesa del Mar (1999)
- Member of Ukrainian Team at Olympic Games: Turin (2006), Dresden (2008), Khanty-Mansiysk (2010)
- Champion of the Ukraine (2006)
- IInd place in Ukrainian Championship (2005)
- World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk (2005) - achieved IIIrd round
- Winner or Co-winner of International Chess Tournaments: Hengelo (2001), Kramatorsk (2001), Donetsk (2001), Furth (2002), Hastings (2003/2004), Montreal (2004), Gibraltar (2005), Gyorgy Marx Memorial - Paks (2006), Man Island (2007), Sarajevo (2010)
- Gold medal at the 2010 Chess Olympiad (Ukrainian Team) in Khanty-Mansiysk