Kirill Alekseenko

Kirill Alekseenko
Full name Kirill Alexeyevich Alekseenko
Country Russia
Born 22 June 1997 (1997-06-22) (age 21)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Title Grandmaster (2015)
FIDE rating 2639 (October 2018)
Peak rating 2639 (September 2018)

Kirill Alexeyevich Alekseenko (Russian: Кирилл Алексеевич Алексеенко; born 22 June 1997) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

Born in 1997, Alekseenko earned his grandmaster title in 2015. He had achieved the necessary norms in 2012 but did not reach a FIDE rating of over 2500 until 2015.[1] He won the Chigorin Memorial in 2015.[2] He also won it in 2016[3] and 2017.[4] In February 2018, he participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished thirteenth out of ninety-two,[5] scoring 5½/9 (+4–2=3).[6] In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed thirty-fourth,[7] scoring 7/11 (+6–3=2).[8]

References

  1. ↑ 83rd FIDE Congress, Istanbul, TUR, 27 Aug - 10 Sept 2012 FIDE
  2. ↑ Derakshani, Dorsa (29 October 2015). "Kirill Alekseenko wins Chigorin Memorial". ChessBase.
  3. ↑ Banjan, Priyadarshan (26 October 2017). "Chigorin Memorial: Alekseenko wins; Abdusattorov shines". ChessBase.
  4. ↑ Crowther, Mark (31 October 2017). "Chigorin Memorial 2017". The Week in Chess.
  5. ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A". Chess Results.
  6. ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A: Alekseenko Kirill". Chess Results.
  7. ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018". Chess Results.
  8. ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018: Alekseenko Kirill". Chess Results.


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