The Akron Chess Club » Efimenko http://www.akronchessclub.com/blog The Premier Chess Club of Northeast Ohio! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:33:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 1 point separates all players after 5 rounds http://www.akronchessclub.com/blog/susan-polgar-chess/1-point-separates-all-players-after-5-rounds.html http://www.akronchessclub.com/blog/susan-polgar-chess/1-point-separates-all-players-after-5-rounds.html#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:10:00 +0000 Contact Information http://www.akronchessclub.com/blog/?guid=d1c072c534be6e02548f026b7e433e17
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 USA 2669 ½ ½ ½ * ½ . . . . ½ 2½
4-7. Rublevsky, S RUS 2681 . . ½ ½ * ½ . ½ . ½ 2½
4-7. Laznicka, V CZE 2701 ½ 0 . . ½ * ½ . 1 . 2½
4-7. Caruana, F ITA 2712 0 ½ . . . ½ * 1 ½ . 2½
8-10. Jakovenko, D RUS 2716 ½ ½ ½ . ½ . 0 * . . 2
8-10. Bruzon, L CUB 2682 . ½ ½ . . 0 ½ . * ½ 2
8-10. Motylev, A RUS 2690 ½ . 0 ½ ½ . . . ½ * 2

Official website: http://www.russiachess.org

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]]> http://www.akronchessclub.com/blog/susan-polgar-chess/1-point-separates-all-players-after-5-rounds.html/feed 0 Caruana, Karjakin, and Efimenko lead Poikovsky http://www.akronchessclub.com/blog/susan-polgar-chess/caruana-karjakin-and-efimenko-lead-poikovsky-2.html http://www.akronchessclub.com/blog/susan-polgar-chess/caruana-karjakin-and-efimenko-lead-poikovsky-2.html#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:22:00 +0000 Contact Information http://www.akronchessclub.com/blog/?guid=662be10b617530273469992082da326c
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
4. Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2705 2
5. Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2681 2
6. Laznicka, Viktor CZE 2701 2
7. Onischuk, Alexander USA 2669 2
8. Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2716 1½
9. Bruzon, Lazaro CUB 2682 1½
10. Motylev, Alexander RUS 2690 1½

Official website: http://www.admoil.ru/chess_2011.html

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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 2
4. Onischuk, Alexander USA 2669 1½
5. Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2681 1½
6. Laznicka, Viktor CZE 2701 1½
7. Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2705 1½
8. Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB 2682 1
9. Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2716 1
10. Motylev, Alexander RUS 2690 1

Official website: http://www.admoil.ru/chess_2011.html

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RUSLAN PONOMARIOV: THE FIGHT GETS MORE DIFFICULT WITH EVERY ROUND

The 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 very satisfied with my victory today.

-Zakhar, what mistakes did you commit today? What did go wrong in the tie-breaks?

Efimenko: — To my mind, the first game where I had White was very important. Having made one imprecise move, I got a worse position that I had to defend very accurately, and Ruslan felt himself more comfortable. Unfortunately, I did not manage to save my position. As for the second game, I was not well prepared psychologically thus did not manage to tune into the fight.

— Ruslan, did this match turn out to be the most difficult for you?

Ponomariov: — The fight gets more difficult with every round. And when you get to the tie-breaks, you realize that you can expect anything and it is not possible to foresee the outcome of the game.

— Your impressions on Khanty-Mansiysk?

Efimenko: — I like it very much here. It is my fifth stay here and sometimes it even seems to me that I come here annually. Last year’s Olympiad was great. We spared some time to do sight seeing in the city and felt ourselves very comfortable during the competitions. As for this World Cup, its organization is at a very high level. Therefore, I have only positive impressions on my present stay here. Besides, it is nice to play here in September when it is not that frosty. So, everything is super!

Ponomariov: — I share Zakhar’s opinion. We played for the Ukrainian team at the last year’s Olympiad thus always went for a walk together. Khanty-Mansiysk leaves only the most pleasant impressions.

Official website: http://chess.ugrasport.com

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RUSLAN PONOMARIOV: THE FIGHT GETS MORE DIFFICULT WITH EVERY ROUND

The 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 very satisfied with my victory today.

-Zakhar, what mistakes did you commit today? What did go wrong in the tie-breaks?

Efimenko: — To my mind, the first game where I had White was very important. Having made one imprecise move, I got a worse position that I had to defend very accurately, and Ruslan felt himself more comfortable. Unfortunately, I did not manage to save my position. As for the second game, I was not well prepared psychologically thus did not manage to tune into the fight.

— Ruslan, did this match turn out to be the most difficult for you?

Ponomariov: — The fight gets more difficult with every round. And when you get to the tie-breaks, you realize that you can expect anything and it is not possible to foresee the outcome of the game.

— Your impressions on Khanty-Mansiysk?

Efimenko: — I like it very much here. It is my fifth stay here and sometimes it even seems to me that I come here annually. Last year’s Olympiad was great. We spared some time to do sight seeing in the city and felt ourselves very comfortable during the competitions. As for this World Cup, its organization is at a very high level. Therefore, I have only positive impressions on my present stay here. Besides, it is nice to play here in September when it is not that frosty. So, everything is super!

Ponomariov: — I share Zakhar’s opinion. We played for the Ukrainian team at the last year’s Olympiad thus always went for a walk together. Khanty-Mansiysk leaves only the most pleasant impressions.

Official website: http://chess.ugrasport.com

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Black to move. How should Black proceed?

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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 points. Naiditsch won the second game of the match, while five other games were drawn.

The festival Transcarpathian Cup, which ended on 18 August, included many other events.

The winners of the open tournaments were:
A1 (classical open) – International Master Daniil Shkuran
A2 (classical open) – Yury Korobov
B (rapid) – FIDE Master Igor Kobyliansky
C (blitz) – Grandmaster Spartak Vysochin
D1 (children’s open) – Oleg Goncharov
D2 (children’s open) – Demian Salievych
E (children’s rapid) – Andrey Vachylya
F (children’s blitz) – Bogdan Klyotska

On 15 August the 2002-2004 FIDE World Champion, Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov gave a simultaneous exhibition, and won all 27 games.

The chief organisers of the Trancarpathian Cup were Josef Resch, Alexander Goncharov and Alexander Fediv.

The International Arbiter from Kyiv, Leonid Bodankin, acted as the Chief Arbiter of the Efimenko-Naiditsch match.

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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

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http://efimenko.chess32x64.org/Najditch2010/eng/chessmatch2010.htm

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