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Efimenko, Zahar

UKR UKR·Born 1985

FIDE OTB · #14107201 · 2,268 Games

Classical25482,123 g
Rapid260776 g
Blitz254669 g

Play against Efimenko's Twin

PRO

Uses their openings, level & style

Statistics

Total

2268

Wins

870

Draws

1051

Losses

347
38%46%15%

Play Style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.0% average
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 ♔ (73% in 46 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 246 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.1%
Middlegame
93.8%
Endgame
95.7%
Clutch Factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic Pieces
23%
39 err
19%
32 err
18%
30 err
16%
28 err
15%
26 err
9%
16 err
Critical Moment
Move 39 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
60%
26-35
20%
36-45
20%
46+
60% of blunders after move 26-35 — keep the tension until then.
Error Heatmap
11
Few
Many
e5
11 err
f5
8 err
b4
5 err
c1
5 err
d3
5 err
e5/f5 account for most of the errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

2,268 Games

Weaknesses

— exploit these

No significant weaknesses detected as white

No significant weaknesses detected as black

Strengths

— avoid these
aswhite65.2%Wins
Sicilian: Dragon — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
23 Games · last played 12 years ago
aswhite57.9%Wins
French: Classical — 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
19 Games · last played 17 years ago
asblack62.5%Wins
Sicilian: e6 Systems — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6
16 Games · last played 2 years ago
asblack53.3%Wins
King's Indian: Main Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O
15 Games · last played 19 years ago

Critical Blunders

10 errors
Kg3??vs MaghsoodlooOTB · 2024
Nxe4+??vs SchneiderOTB · 2024
Nd8??vs SamunenkovBlitz · 2021
Kf6??vs KlekowskiBlitz · 2021
Qc7??vs KosakowskiBlitz · 2021
Kh1??vs Gukesh DBlitz · 2021
Rc5??vs GumularzBlitz · 2021
Qh3??vs DubovRapid · 2021
gxf5??vs BognerOTB · 2021
Kc6??vs BluebaumOTB · 2020

Recent Games

Loss
Baum, Jonasz(2446)

Bundesliga 2025-26 · 26 Apr 2026

1-0
Draw
Druska, Juraj(2457)

Bundesliga 2025-26 · 25 Apr 2026

½-½
Draw
Predojevic, Borki(2565)

Bundesliga 2025-26 · 24 Apr 2026

½-½
Draw
Janik, Igor(2517)

German Bundesliga 2025-26 · 22 Mar 2026

½-½
Draw
Lampert, Jonas(2536)

1. BL Pauli · 21 Mar 2026

½-½
Draw
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy(2616)

1. BL Bremen · 1 Mar 2026

½-½

Endgame Statistics

PRO

Repertoire

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Move arrowsmost-played moves
Stockfish
1156 Games
43%45%12%
MoveGamesPerformance%
1.e4
852
66%
1.Nf3
249
63%
1.d4Strong
46
73%
1.c4
9
67%

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