Kirill Shevchenko ( uk, Кірілл Шевченко; born 22 September 2002) is a Ukrainian (until 2022) and Romanian (since 2023)

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

grandmaster.

Chess career

Born in 2002, Shevchenko earned his

international master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

title in 2016 and his grandmaster title in 2017, at the age of 14 years 10 months. In February 2018, he competed in the

Aeroflot Open The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament; in 2013 it was converted to a rapid and blitz event, whil ...

and finished 51 out of 92, scoring 4½/9 (+2–2=5). In March 2018, he competed in the

European Individual Chess Championship The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organised by the European Chess Union. It was established in 2000 and has since then taken place on a yearly basis. Apart from determining the European champions (open and women's), ...

and placed 32nd, scoring 7½/11 (+6–2=3). In November 2021, Shevchenko won the Lindores Abbey Blitz tournament in

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, Latvia. He finished clear first on 14/18, half a point ahead of

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and

Arjun Erigaisi Arjun Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He is the reigning Indian national chess champion. He earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days, making him the 32nd youngest person ever t ...

. Later in the month, he represented Ukraine at the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

. He played on board 4, scoring 4½/8 (+1–0=7), as Ukraine won gold.

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* * * 2002 births Living people Chess grandmasters Sportspeople from Kyiv Ukrainian chess players Romanian chess players Ukrainian emigrants to Romania Naturalised citizens of Romania {{Ukraine-chess-bio-stub