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We present the first results of our search for transiting exoplanetcandidates as part of the Kourovka Planet Search (KPS) project. The primaryobjective of the project is to search for new hot Jupiters which transit theirhost stars, mainly in the Galactic plane, in the $R_c$ magnitude range of 11 to14 mag. Our observations were performed with the telescope of the MASTERrobotic network, installed at the Kourovka astronomical observatory of the UralFederal University (Russia), and the Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph,installed at the private Acton Sky Portal Observatory (USA). As testobservations, we observed three celestial fields of size $2\times2$ deg$^2$during the period from 2012 to 2015. As a result, we discovered four transitingexoplanet candidates among the 39000 stars of the input catalogue. In thispaper, we provide the description of the project and analyse additionalphotometric, spectral, and speckle interferometric observations of thediscovered transiting exoplanet candidates. Three of the four transitingexoplanet candidates are most likely astrophysical false positives, while thenature of the fourth (most promising) candidate remains to be ascertained.Also, we propose an alternative observing strategy that could increase theproject's exoplanet haul.

First results of the Kourovka Planet Search: discovery of transiting exoplanet candidates in the first three target fields