Kirill Shevchenko | |
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![]() Shevchenko in 2023 | |
Country | Ukraine (until 2022) Romania (since 2023) |
Born | 22 September 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine | (age 21)
Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
FIDE rating | 2680 (June 2024) |
Peak rating | 2694 (June 2023) |
Ranking | No. 51 (June 2024) |
Peak ranking | No. 39 (June 2023) |
Kirill Shevchenko ( Ukrainian: Кірілл Шевченко; born 22 September 2002) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster currently playing for Romania.
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]