Kirill Alekseenko
Russian chess player
Kirill Alexeyevich Alekseenko (Russian: Кирилл Алексеевич Алексеенко; born 22 June 1997) is a Russian-born chess grandmaster who currently plays for Austria.
Personal life
Alekseenko was born in Vyborg, and moved to Saint Petersburg as a child. His father was a soldier and his mother was a teacher. As of 2019, Alekseenko is a student at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.
Together with 43 other Russian elite chess players, Alekseenko signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people. After playing under the neutral FIDE flag, in July 2023 he transferred to the Austrian Chess Federation.
Chess career
Early career
Alekseenko's grandfather was a chess enthusiast and taught Alekseenko the rules of the game when he was four years old. Aside from his grandfather, no one in his family played chess. At the age of seven, Alekseenko played his first tournament, the St.
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