Kirill Shevchenko
Ukrainian chess player
Kirill Shevchenko | |
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Shevchenko in 2022
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Country |
Ukraine (until 2022)
Romania (since 2023) |
Born |
22 September 2002
(
2002-09-22
)
(age
20)
Kyiv , Ukraine |
Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
FIDE rating | 2694 (July 2023) |
Peak rating | 2694 (June 2023) |
Ranking | No. 39 (July 2023) |
Peak ranking | No. 39 (June 2023) |
Kirill Shevchenko ( Ukrainian : Кірілл Шевченко ; born 22 September 2002) is a Ukrainian (until 2022) and Romanian (since 2023) chess grandmaster .
Chess career
Born in 2002, Shevchenko earned his international master title in 2016 [1] and his grandmaster title in 2017, at the age of 14 years 10 months. [2] In February 2018, he competed in the Aeroflot Open and finished 51 out of 92, [3] scoring 4½/9 (+2–2=5). [4] In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship and placed 32nd, [5] scoring 7½/11 (+6–2=3). [6]
In November 2021, Shevchenko won the Lindores Abbey Blitz tournament in Riga , Latvia. He finished clear first on 14/18, half a point ahead of Fabiano Caruana and Arjun Erigaisi . [7] Later in the month, he represented Ukraine at the European Team Chess Championship . He played on board 4, scoring 4½/8 (+1–0=7), as Ukraine won gold. [8]
References
- ↑ 87th FIDE Congress 2016, 1-14 September, Baku, Azerbaijan FIDE
- ↑ 88th FIDE Congress 2017, 7-15 October, Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey FIDE
- ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A" . Chess Results.
- ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A: Shevchenko Kirill" . Chess Results.
- ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018" . Chess Results.
- ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018: Shevchenko Kirill" . Chess Results.
- ↑ Doggers, Peter (8 November 2021). "Kirill Shevchenko Surprise Winner At Lindores Abbey Blitz" . Chess.com .
- ↑ Doggers, Peter (22 November 2021). "Ukraine, Russia Winners At 2021 European Team Chess Championships" . Chess.com .
External links
-
Kirill Shevchenko
rating card at
FIDE
- Kirill Shevchenko player profile at Chess.com
- Kirill Shevchenko player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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