Marsel Efroimski

Marsel Efroimski (Hebrew: מרסל אפרוימסקי‎; born February 13, 1995) is an Israeli chess player. She was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 2016.[1]

Marsel Efroimski
Efroimski at the Israeli Championship Finals, December 2008
CountryIsrael
Born (1995-02-13) February 13, 1995
Israel
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2016)
Peak rating2331 (September 2014)

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]

She represented Israel in the Women's Chess Olympiad at Dresden 2008,[6] at Khanty-Mansiysk 2010,[7] and at Istanbul 2012[8] She was awarded the Woman FIDE Master title in 2008, and the Woman International Master title in 2011.[9]

In 2011, Efroimski shared first place (with four other players) in the Girls under-16 European Youth Chess Championship in Albena. On points, she got the third place.[10]

References
  1. "List of titles approved by General Assembly in Baku, Azerbaijan". FIDE. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  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. Olimpbase.org - 38th Chess Olympiad (women): Dresden 2008
  7. Efroimski at the 2010 chess olympiad Archived 2016-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Efroimski at the 2012 chess olympiad Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
  9. FIDE Chess Profile - Efroimski, Marsel
  10. Results Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine of the Girls U-16 European Chess Championship 2001
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