Kirill Shevchenko

Kirill Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Кирило Шевченко; born 22 September 2002 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

Kirill Shevchenko
Shevchenko in 2017
Full nameKirill Shevchenko
CountryUkraine
Born22 September 2002 (2002-09-22) (age 18)
Kyiv, Ukraine
TitleGrandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating2599 (February 2021)
Peak rating2599 (December 2020)

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 fifty-first out of ninety-two,[3] scoring 4½/9 (+2–2=5).[4] In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship and placed thirty-second,[5] scoring 7½/11 (+6–2=3).[6]

Kirill is the best U18 player in Ukraine, and 7th best U18 player in the world as of June 2020.[7]

He is ranked 20th in Ukraine as of June 2020.[7]

References
  1. 87th FIDE Congress 2016, 1-14 September, Baku, Azerbaijan FIDE
  2. 88th FIDE Congress 2017, 7-15 October, Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey FIDE
  3. Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A". Chess Results.
  4. Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A: Shevchenko Kirill". Chess Results.
  5. Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018". Chess Results.
  6. Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018: Shevchenko Kirill". Chess Results.
  7. "Shevchenko, Kirill FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.


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