Kirill Chukavin
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 June 2002 |
| Chess career | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| Title | FIDE Master (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2362 (June 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2418 (July 2022) |
Kirill Chukavin (born 25 June 2002) is an Estonian chess player who holds the title of FIDE Master (2018). He won the Estonian Chess Championship winner in 2025.
Biography
[edit]Kirill Chukavin is student of Tallinn chess school. He won medals in the Estonian Youth Chess Championships: gold in the O16 age group (2016),[1] and in O18 age group (2018,[2] 2020[3]). In 2019 he won Estonian Junior Chess Championship.[4] He has represented Estonia several times at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships.[5]
In 2022 he won annual chess tournament Saaremaa Cup.[6]
In 2017 he won bronze medal in Estonian Chess Championship.[7]
In December 2025 Kirill Chukavin won his first senior national chess title by defeating three-time Estonian chess champion Grandmaster Meelis Kanep in the final.[8]
In 2021, he graduated from Lasnamäe Gymnasium.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Boys U-16 Championship 2016". s1.chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Youth U18 Chess Championships". s2.chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Eesti noorte 2020. aasta meistrivoistlused - U18". s2.chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ↑ "Tulemused". sport24.ee. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ↑ "Eesti malepoiss tuli MMil kaheksandaks". www.ohtuleht.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 51st "Saaremaa Cup" chess tournament". s1.chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ↑ "Estonian Men Chess Championship 2017 and Estonian U-20 Boys Championship 2017". Chess-Results.com. June 8, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ↑ "Kirill Chukavin and Margareth Olde triumph at 2025 Estonian Championship – International Chess Federation". Retrieved 2025-12-22.
External links
[edit]- Kirill Chukavin rating card at FIDE
- Kirill Chukavin player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Kirill Chukavin chess games at 365Chess.com
- Kirill Chukavin in sport24.ee
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