Zahar Efimenko's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 25481,727 games
Zahar Efimenko, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 1,727 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zahar Efimenko most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White907 games · +382 =408 −117 · 65%
As Black820 games · +263 =396 −161 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%669 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening23%204 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%25 games · scores 76% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game47%178 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense34%128 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%27 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%249 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d616%52 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%12 games · scores 79% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5
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