Kirill Shevchenko

Kirill Shevchenko
Full name Kirill Shevchenko
Country Ukraine
Born 22 September 2002 (2002-09-22) (age 16)
Kiev, Ukraine
Title Grandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating 2549 (October 2018)
Peak rating 2569 (April 2018)

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

Chess career

Born in 2002, Shevchenko earned his international master title in 2016[1] and his grandmaster title in 2017.[2] In February 2018, he competed in the Aeroflot Open. He 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. He placed thirty-second,[5] scoring 7½/11 (+6–2=3).[6]

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.


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