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| Oct-11-15 | | sonia91: He just won the 23rd Chigorin Memorial: http://chess-results.com/tnr189543.... |
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| Oct-29-15 | | sonia91: Report and interview with the winner of the Chigorin Memorial by Dorsa Derakhshani for ChessBase: http://en.chessbase.com/post/kirill... |
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Feb-08-16
 | | WTHarvey: I posted 14 critical positions in chess games of teen RUS GM Kirill Alekseenko @ http://wtharvey.com/alkk.html What wins? |
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| Apr-29-16 | | sonia91: Alekseenko just won the Russian Junior Championship 2016 (on tiebreak over Urii Eliseev): http://www.chess-results.com/tnr217... |
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| Nov-01-16 | | sonia91: Congrats on winning the Chigorin Memorial for the second year in a row! He scored 8/9: <Chigorin Memorial: Alekseenko wins; Abdusattorov shines> http://en.chessbase.com/post/chigor... |
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| Nov-04-17 | | diagonal: thanks, <Sonia 91>, and congrats again to <Kirill>! Alekseenko is now triple winner of the Chigroin Memorial (Open): <Chigorin Memorial 2015>: Kirill Alekseenko, Chanda Sandipan and Dmitry Kokarev tied for the first place at 7.5 points each but Kirill Alekseenko lifted the trophy on a superior tie-break score. Khalifman finished shared fourth. <Chigorin Memorial 2016>: Kirill Alekseenko scored 8/9 to take a convincing clear first place. Romanov, Kamsky, and Volkov were joint second to fourth. Top-seed was Smirin. <Chigorin Memorial 2017>: Kirill Alekseenko edged out David Paravyan, SP Sethuraman and Alexey Sarana on tie-break after all scored 7.5 points / 9 rounds. Many participants of the massive horde of strong 'anonymous' players from the former Soviet areas and promising youngsters:
Uzbek talent, 13-year-young Nodirbek Abdusattorov, became the second youngest chess player behind Sergey Karjakin to become a GM. <The Chigorin Memorial Tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia, has a long tradition. It is named after the founder of the Soviet Chess School Mikhail Chigorin. Akiba Rubinstein, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, Svetozar Gligoric, Mark Taimanov, Lev Polugaevsky, and Viktor Korchnoi — Each of them did something special that changed our sport in numerous ways. They may have all passed away, but their ideas still lead generations of chessplayers forward. Something else is common between these greats: All have won the Chigorin Memorial tournament at some point in their lives, as well as for instance Alexander Beliavsky (closed series) or Alexander Grischuk (open series). Record winner of the strong international invitation Chigorin Memorial is Lev Polugaevsky who won four times, in 1963, 1974, and 1976 in Sochi, plus 1972 in Kislovodsk (the closed editions are not to mix with the later and ongoing Open tournament series in St. Petersburg). As Sergey Volkov who (co-)won in 1998, 1999, and in 2009, Kirill Alekseenko is now a triple winner of the Chigorin Memorial. He claimed clear first or first on tie-break in 2015, 2016 & 2017.> |
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| Oct-18-19 | | Kapmigs: Best of luck sir! |
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| Oct-19-19 | | Kurakotsaba: 👈💪💪💪💪💪👉 |
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| Oct-21-19 | | paavoh: Great result in the very strong Swiss Isle of Man 2019! |
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Oct-21-19
 | | MissScarlett: Good looking kid! Magnus is furious. |
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Jan-05-20
 | | Eggman: Anyone know why this kid, ranked 36th in the world, was chosen as the wildcard for the 2020 Candidates? There are several Russians ranked ahead of him - why were none of them given preference? |
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| Jan-05-20 | | fabelhaft: <The Organizer of the 2020 FIDE Candidates Tournament has the right to nominate a player who meets at least one of the following criteria (provided that he participates in at least two events listed below in b., c. and d.):
a. The player from the top-10 players by average FIDE rating as per Clause E;
b. The player placed third in the 2019 FIDE World Cup (if the third player is qualified - then the player placed fourth, but not any further);
c. The best non-qualifying player from the 2019 FIDE Grand Swiss;
d. The best non-qualifying player from the 2019 FIDE Grand Prix Series> |
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| Jan-05-20 | | fabelhaft: Alekseenko had a good result in the Grand Swiss, where he edged out a bunch of other players on tiebreak to reach third, and thanks to that in the end becoming the only Russian eligible for the wild card. Since then he has lost to 2570 rated Plat and been beaten rather badly with white against Leko, and I don’t think he will be much of a threat in the Candidates, but good for him to get the chance to participate. |
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| Jan-05-20 | | parmetd: There are rules on who can be picked for the wild card spot. No other Russian qualified for the spot under those restrictions. |
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Jan-05-20
| | Eggman: Thanks for the clarification, <fabelhaft>, <parmetd>. |
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| Jan-05-20 | | parmetd: Welcome.
The wildcard spot isn't as wild as it used to be. There were in fact only four total eligible choices in the end. 1. MVL
2. Aronian
3. Mamedyarov
4. Alekseenko
I suspect that if Alekseenko had not been an option that Russia would have withdrawn its bid to the event period. |
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| Jan-17-20 | | redribbon3700: A true wildcard. Everyone who wants to win the candidates must score at least 1.5-.5 against Alekseenko. |
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| Feb-11-20 | | paavoh: Born in Vyborg (Viipuri), a former Finnish & Swedish city. |
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Mar-12-21
| | MissScarlett: Has he played any competitive chess since last March? Wang Hao seems to be in much the same boat. |
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| Apr-10-21 | | macer75: <redribbon3700: A true wildcard. Everyone who wants to win the candidates must score at least 1.5-.5 against Alekseenko.> After the first leg everyone still has the possibility to do that. |
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| Apr-10-21 | | macer75: <MissScarlett: Has he played any competitive chess since last March? Wang Hao seems to be in much the same boat.> Wang Hao has had some tense contests with FIDE. |
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Oct-02-21
 | | naresb: this man got all 3 out of 3 (as White) in
European Club Cup (2021) while playing from winner team- Mednyi Vsadnik. another one was Pavel Ponkratov who (as per cg record) also got all 3 out of 3. Congrates! |
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| Oct-12-21 | | Albertan: Kirill Alekseenko Leads Race At Russian Championship Superfinal: https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/kiri... |
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Jul-19-23
| | MissScarlett: <Russian chess continues to lose its top players. Former Candidates player GM Kirill Alekseenko has now completed the transfer to Austria and becomes the country's highest-rated player. The 26-year-old from St. Petersburg who was ranked among the world's top 30 players in 2021, is currently rated 2674 and 63rd in the world. This makes Alekseenko one of the strongest Russians to change federations since the invasion of Ukraine. "I am very happy and I am really looking forward to develop chess in Austria, share my experiences, and win trophies in the international arena," Alekseenko says in a brief comment to Chess.com.> https://www.chess.com/news/view/kir... |
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| Jul-20-23 | | Caissanist: Alekseenko is at least the fourth top 100 player to change his federation from Russia since the war broke out. Others were Grigoriy Oparin (USA), and Alexey Sarana and Alexander Predke (Serbia). |
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