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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. Petersburg U8 Championship. At the
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December 2019, he competed in the World Rapid and Blitz Championships. He placed 57th in the rapid with 8½/15 (+6–4=5), and 71st in the blitz with 11½/21 (+8–6=7).
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On 23 December 2019, Alekseenko was announced as the wildcard nominee for the
Candidates Tournament, originally scheduled to be held in
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European Championship placement, Alekseenko was chosen as a wildcard nominee by the organiser of the tournament. He defeated
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title in 2012, but did not reach a FIDE rating of 2500 necessary for the granting of the title until 2015. He competed in the 2015
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in April 2021, Alekseenko returned to
Yekaterinburg and played the final seven games. He finished in seventh place with 5½/14.
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of Poland in the final round, which proved decisive to Russia's first-place finish.
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Russian Grandmasters Leave Russia: 'I Have No Sympathy For This War'
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European Individual Chess Championship 2019: Alekseenko Kirill
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in rounds one and two, then eliminated the 17th-seed
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