Famous People with Name Efim

Efim Petrovich Geller            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Efim Petrovich Geller: was a Soviet chess player, a Grandmaster of world class at his peak. He won the Soviet Championship twice, in 1955 and 1979. Geller was a Candidate for the World Championship on six occasions (1953, 1956, 1962, 1965, 1968, and 1971). He won four Ukrainian Championship titles, in 1950, 1957, 1958, and 1959. He shared first in the 1991 World Seniors' Championship, and won that title outright in 1992. Geller was also a coach to World Champions Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov, and an author.

Efim Isaakovich Zelmanov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Efim Isaakovich Zelmanov: Zelmanov was born into a Jewish family in Khabarovsk, Soviet Union (now in Russia). He obtained doctoral degree at Novosibirsk State University in 1980, and a higher degree at Leningrad State University in 1985. He had a position in Novosibirsk until 1987, when he left the Soviet Union.

Efim Dmitriyevich Bogoljubow            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Efim Dmitriyevich Bogoljubow: was a leading Ukrainian-German chess Grandmaster.In 1911, he tied for 1st-2nd in the Kiev championships, and for 9-10th in the Saint Petersburg (All-Russian Amateur) Tournament, won by Stepan Levitsky. In 1912, he took 2nd, behind Karel Hromadka, in Vilna (Hauptturnier).[1] In 1913/14 he took 8th in Sankt Petersburg (All Russian Masters' Tournament – 8th RUS-ch; Alexander Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch won).

Efim (Nakhim) Zalmanovich Shifrin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Efim (Nakhim) Zalmanovich Shifrin: Soviet and Russian actor. Efim Shifrin was born in 1956 in Magadan region (Neksikan village). In 1973—1974 he studied at philological faculty of Latvian University, and from 1974 to 1978 at stage department of State University of Circus and Stage Art, at