Marsel Efroimski

Marsel Efroimski
Efroimski at the 2022 Battle of the Sexes in Gibraltar
CountryIsrael
Born (1995-02-13) February 13, 1995 (age 29)
TitleInternational Master (2021)
Woman Grandmaster (2016)
Peak rating2470 (November 2022)

Marsel Efroimski (Hebrew: מרסל אפרוימסקי; born February 13, 1995) is an Israeli chess player. She was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 2021.[1]

She is currently (December 2021) the top rated Israeli woman chess player.

She was introduced to chess by her grandfather in her hometown of Kfar Saba, and has been competing internationally since 2007. Her parents immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union.[2]

Efroimski won the World Youth Chess Championship twice, in the Girls Under 12 category at Kemer in 2007 and in the Girls Under 14 at Antalya in 2009,[3] as well as the European Youth Chess Championship in the Girls Under 14 division at Fermo in 2009.[4][5] At the Girls under-16 European Youth Chess Championship in Albena 2011 Efroimski scored 7 of 9 points and tied for first place with four other players. She was awarded the third prize on tiebreaks.[6]

She represented Israel in the Women's Chess Olympiad at Dresden 2008,[7] at Khanty-Mansiysk 2010,[8] at Istanbul 2012[9] at Baku 2016,[10] and at Batumi 2018.[11] She was awarded the Woman FIDE Master title in 2008, the Woman International Master title in 2011, and the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 2016.[1]

  1. ^ a b "FIDE Chess Profile - Efroimski, Marsel"
  2. ^ Dreams Into Lightning - Morning Report: November 30, 2007
  3. ^ Haaretz.com - Chess for every child
  4. ^ Chess-Results.com - European Youth Chess Championship 2009 Girls - 14
  5. ^ ChessBase.com - Gil and Marsel – Schoolmates and Champions
  6. ^ Results Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine of the Girls U-16 European Chess Championship 2001
  7. ^ Olimpbase.org - 38th Chess Olympiad (women): Dresden 2008
  8. ^ Efroimski at the 2010 chess olympiad Archived 2016-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Efroimski at the 2012 chess olympiad Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Chess-Results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women"
  11. ^ "Chess-Results.com - 43nd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women"