Kirill Chukavin

Kirill Chukavin
Personal information
Born (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002
Chess career
Country Estonia
TitleFIDE Master (2018)
FIDE rating2358 (December 2025)
Peak rating2418 (July 2022)

Kirill Chukavin (born 25 June 2002) is an Estonian chess player who holds the title of FIDE Master (2018). Estonian Chess Championship winner (2025).

Biography

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

  1. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Boys U-16 Championship 2016". s1.chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  2. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Estonian Youth U18 Chess Championships". s2.chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  3. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Eesti noorte 2020. aasta meistrivoistlused - U18". s2.chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  4. ^ "Tulemused". sport24.ee. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  5. ^ "Eesti malepoiss tuli MMil kaheksandaks". www.ohtuleht.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  6. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 51st "Saaremaa Cup" chess tournament". s1.chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  7. ^ "Estonian Men Chess Championship 2017 and Estonian U-20 Boys Championship 2017". Chess-Results.com. June 8, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  8. ^ "Kirill Chukavin and Margareth Olde triumph at 2025 Estonian Championship – International Chess Federation". Retrieved 2025-12-22.


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