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RUS Born 2002 (Age ≈24) Male
FIDE ID
24175439

About Andrey Esipenko

Andrey Esipenko was born in Novocherkassk in 2002 and learned chess at five. He won the European under-ten championship in 2012. In 2017 he captured both the European and world under-sixteen titles. Show more

Andrey Esipenko was born in Novocherkassk in 2002 and learned chess at five. He won the European under-ten championship in 2012. In 2017 he captured both the European and world under-sixteen titles. At that year's World Rapid Championship, his queen sacrifice against Sergey Karjakin attracted international attention. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 2018. He finished second in the 2019 Tata Steel Challengers. At the 2019 World Cup, he defeated former world champion Ruslan Ponomariov before losing to Peter Svidler. In 2020 he shared first place at Gibraltar before losing in the playoff. His 2021 Tata Steel Masters performance included a victory over Magnus Carlsen in their first classical meeting. He finished that tournament in third place. Esipenko won the Qatar Masters in 2024. Third place at the 2025 World Cup qualified him for the 2026 Candidates Tournament. He also won the Russian Championship in 2026.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2680.4 -2.6

Live estimate

Rapid

2658

Published FIDE

Blitz

2645

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#41
National rank · RUS
#2

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2723 Mar 2022
Recorded years
2011–2026
Archived games
1864

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Live rankings

Rating history

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
451 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Xiangyu Xu Won: 1-0 44 Open
452 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 5.3 Jinshi Bai Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 49 Open
453 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 4.3 Andrey Esipenko Amin Kabilov Won: 1-0 36 Open
454 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 3.2 Vishnu Prasanna. V Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 47 Open
455 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 2.2 Andrey Esipenko Abdimalik Abdisalimov Won: 1-0 52 Open
456 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 11.2 Andrey Esipenko Saidakbar Saydaliev Won: 1-0 35 Open
457 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 10.1 Aronyak Ghosh Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
458 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 1.2 Ryan Wesley Da Costa Caetano Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
459 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 9.1 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Artemiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
460 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 8.4 Haruna Nsubuga Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
461 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 7.4 Andrey Esipenko Ruslan Sezdbekov Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
462 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 6.5 Vishnu Prasanna. V Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
463 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 5.1 Maksim Tsaruk Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 47 Open
464 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 4.3 Andrey Esipenko Saidakbar Saydaliev Won: 1-0 36 Open
465 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 3.6 Maher Ayyad Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 37 Open
466 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 2.8 Andrey Esipenko Arthur Ssegwanyi Won: 1-0 42 Open
467 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 1.2 Taalaibek Imanaliev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 45 Open
468 2024-06-09 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024 Chartres FRA 4.1 Nikita Vitiugov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
469 2024-06-08 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024 Chartres FRA 3.1 Andrey Esipenko Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
470 2024-06-07 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024 Chartres FRA 2.3 Lucas Van Foreest Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
471 2024-06-06 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024 Chartres FRA 1.2 Kirill Shevchenko Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
472 2024-06-05 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024 Chartres FRA 7.26 Andrey Esipenko Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
473 2024-06-02 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024 Chartres FRA 4.18 Adrien Demuth Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
474 2024-06-01 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024 Chartres FRA 3.11 Bassem Amin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
475 2024-05-31 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024 Chartres FRA 2.25 Andrey Esipenko Alvar Alonso Rosell Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
476 2024-05-30 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024 Chartres FRA 1.3 Andrey Esipenko Evgeny Postny Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
477 2024-05-22 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 9.37 Andrey Esipenko Viktor Erdos Won: 1-0 39 Open
478 2024-05-21 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 8.29 Jagadeesh Siddharth Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 31 Open
479 2024-05-20 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 7.28 Arseniy Nesterov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 17 Open
480 2024-05-19 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 6.18 Andrey Esipenko Shamsiddin Vokhidov Lost: 0-1 49 Open
481 2024-05-18 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 5.16 Eltaj Safarli Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
482 2024-05-17 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 4.29 Andrey Esipenko Jakub Seemann Won: 1-0 44 Open
483 2024-05-16 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 3.31 Vitaly Sivuk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
484 2024-05-15 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 2.15 Andrey Esipenko Bardiya Daneshvar Lost: 0-1 77 Open
485 2024-05-14 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 1.8 Ediz Gurel Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
486 2024-05-10 TCh-RUS Premier 2024 Sochi RUS 9.25 Andrey Esipenko Arseniy Nesterov Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
487 2024-05-09 TCh-RUS Premier 2024 Sochi RUS 8.1 Dmitry Bocharov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
488 2024-05-07 TCh-RUS Premier 2024 Sochi RUS 6.7 Andrey Esipenko Dmitry Kryakvin Won: 1-0 39 Open
489 2024-05-06 TCh-RUS Premier 2024 Sochi RUS 5.19 Alexander Grischuk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
490 2024-05-04 TCh-RUS Premier 2024 Sochi RUS 4.13 Andrey Esipenko Kirill Shubin Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
491 2024-05-03 TCh-RUS Premier 2024 Sochi RUS 3.13 Denis Lazavik Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
492 2024-05-01 TCh-RUS Premier 2024 Sochi RUS 1.7 Timur Gareyev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
493 2024-03-07 Aeroflot Open A 2024 Moscow RUS 9.1 M. Amin Tabatabaei Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 63 Open
494 2024-03-06 Aeroflot Open A 2024 Moscow RUS 8.2 Andrey Esipenko Sergey Drygalov Won: 1-0 30 Open
495 2024-03-06 Aeroflot Open A 2024 Moscow RUS 7.1 Alexander Grischuk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
496 2024-03-05 Aeroflot Open A 2024 Moscow RUS 6.2 Andrey Esipenko Shamsiddin Vokhidov Won: 1-0 41 Open
497 2024-03-05 Aeroflot Open A 2024 Moscow RUS 5.2 Ivan Zemlyanskii Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 39 Open
498 2024-03-04 Aeroflot Open A 2024 Moscow RUS 4.8 Andrey Esipenko Erik Hakobyan Won: 1-0 36 Open
499 2024-03-04 Aeroflot Open A 2024 Moscow RUS 3.6 Emin Ohanyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
500 2024-03-03 Aeroflot Open A 2024 Moscow RUS 2.2 Andrey Esipenko Yaroslav Remizov Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
  1. vs Xiangyu XuWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-19 · Round 6.1BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  2. vs Jinshi BaiWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-19 · Round 5.3BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  3. vs Amin KabilovWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-19 · Round 4.3BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  4. vs Vishnu Prasanna. VLost · 1-0Black · 2024-06-19 · Round 3.2BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  5. vs Abdimalik AbdisalimovWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-19 · Round 2.2BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  6. vs Saidakbar SaydalievWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-19 · Round 11.2BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  7. vs Aronyak GhoshDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-19 · Round 10.1BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  8. vs Ryan Wesley Da Costa CaetanoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-19 · Round 1.2BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  9. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-18 · Round 9.1BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  10. vs Haruna NsubugaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-18 · Round 8.4BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  11. vs Ruslan SezdbekovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-18 · Round 7.4BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  12. vs Vishnu Prasanna. VDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-18 · Round 6.5BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  13. vs Maksim TsarukLost · 1-0Black · 2024-06-18 · Round 5.1BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  14. vs Saidakbar SaydalievWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-18 · Round 4.3BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  15. vs Maher AyyadWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-18 · Round 3.6BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  16. vs Arthur SsegwanyiWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-18 · Round 2.8BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  17. vs Taalaibek ImanalievLost · 1-0Black · 2024-06-18 · Round 1.2BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  18. vs Nikita VitiugovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-09 · Round 4.1TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024
  19. vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-08 · Round 3.1TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024
  20. vs Lucas Van ForeestDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-07 · Round 2.3TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024
  21. vs Kirill ShevchenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-06 · Round 1.2TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024
  22. vs Samvel Ter-SahakyanDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-05 · Round 7.26TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024
  23. vs Adrien DemuthDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-02 · Round 4.18TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024
  24. vs Bassem AminDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-01 · Round 3.11TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024
  25. vs Alvar Alonso RosellDraw · ½–½White · 2024-05-31 · Round 2.25TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024
  26. vs Evgeny PostnyDraw · ½–½White · 2024-05-30 · Round 1.3TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024
  27. vs Viktor ErdosWon · 1-0White · 2024-05-22 · Round 9.377th Sharjah Masters 2024
  28. vs Jagadeesh SiddharthLost · 1-0Black · 2024-05-21 · Round 8.297th Sharjah Masters 2024
  29. vs Arseniy NesterovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-20 · Round 7.287th Sharjah Masters 2024
  30. vs Shamsiddin VokhidovLost · 0-1White · 2024-05-19 · Round 6.187th Sharjah Masters 2024
  31. vs Eltaj SafarliDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-18 · Round 5.167th Sharjah Masters 2024
  32. vs Jakub SeemannWon · 1-0White · 2024-05-17 · Round 4.297th Sharjah Masters 2024
  33. vs Vitaly SivukDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-16 · Round 3.317th Sharjah Masters 2024
  34. vs Bardiya DaneshvarLost · 0-1White · 2024-05-15 · Round 2.157th Sharjah Masters 2024
  35. vs Ediz GurelDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-14 · Round 1.87th Sharjah Masters 2024
  36. vs Arseniy NesterovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-05-10 · Round 9.25TCh-RUS Premier 2024
  37. vs Dmitry BocharovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-05-09 · Round 8.1TCh-RUS Premier 2024
  38. vs Dmitry KryakvinWon · 1-0White · 2024-05-07 · Round 6.7TCh-RUS Premier 2024
  39. vs Alexander GrischukDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-06 · Round 5.19TCh-RUS Premier 2024
  40. vs Kirill ShubinDraw · ½–½White · 2024-05-04 · Round 4.13TCh-RUS Premier 2024
  41. vs Denis LazavikDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-03 · Round 3.13TCh-RUS Premier 2024
  42. vs Timur GareyevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-01 · Round 1.7TCh-RUS Premier 2024
  43. vs M. Amin TabatabaeiLost · 1-0Black · 2024-03-07 · Round 9.1Aeroflot Open A 2024
  44. vs Sergey DrygalovWon · 1-0White · 2024-03-06 · Round 8.2Aeroflot Open A 2024
  45. vs Alexander GrischukDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-03-06 · Round 7.1Aeroflot Open A 2024
  46. vs Shamsiddin VokhidovWon · 1-0White · 2024-03-05 · Round 6.2Aeroflot Open A 2024
  47. vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiWon · 0-1Black · 2024-03-05 · Round 5.2Aeroflot Open A 2024
  48. vs Erik HakobyanWon · 1-0White · 2024-03-04 · Round 4.8Aeroflot Open A 2024
  49. vs Emin OhanyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-03-04 · Round 3.6Aeroflot Open A 2024
  50. vs Yaroslav RemizovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-03-03 · Round 2.2Aeroflot Open A 2024

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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