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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
551 2023-12-27 World Rapid 2023 Samarkand UZB 6.29 Aleksandar Indjic Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 47 Open
552 2023-12-26 World Rapid 2023 Samarkand UZB 5.28 Andrey Esipenko B. Adhiban Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
553 2023-12-26 World Rapid 2023 Samarkand UZB 4.23 Arseniy Nesterov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
554 2023-12-26 World Rapid 2023 Samarkand UZB 3.23 Andrey Esipenko Aryan Tari Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
555 2023-12-26 World Rapid 2023 Samarkand UZB 2.11 Kacper Piorun Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 107 Open
556 2023-12-26 World Rapid 2023 Samarkand UZB 1.21 Andrey Esipenko V Pranav Won: 1-0 39 Open
557 2023-12-03 2nd Bundesliga West 23-24 Germany GER 4.5 Neil Stewart Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
558 2023-12-02 2nd Bundesliga West 23-24 Germany GER 3.5 Andrey Esipenko Egor Bogdanov Won: 1-0 59 Open
559 2023-11-26 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 6.5 Andrey Esipenko Jaroslav Bures Won: 1-0 35 Open
560 2023-11-25 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 5.5 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
561 2023-11-24 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 4.4 Arthur Kruckenhauser Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
562 2023-11-24 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 3.4 Andrey Esipenko Gustav Gauss Won: 1-0 30 Open
563 2023-11-23 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 2.5 Andrey Esipenko Peter Schreiner Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
564 2023-11-22 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 1.4 Alexander Halvax Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
565 2023-11-05 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 11.3 Anish Giri Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 33 Open
566 2023-11-04 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 10.3 Andrey Esipenko Parham Maghsoodloo Won: 1-0 40 Open
567 2023-11-03 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 9.2 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
568 2023-11-02 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 8.3 Andrey Esipenko Vincent Keymer Won: 1-0 55 Open
569 2023-11-01 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 7.4 Erigaisi Arjun Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 90 Open
570 2023-10-30 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Hikaru Nakamura Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
571 2023-10-29 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Fabiano Caruana Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
572 2023-10-28 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 4.4 MarcAndria Maurizzi Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 28 Open
573 2023-10-27 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 3.3 Andrey Esipenko Alexandr Predke Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
574 2023-10-26 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 2.14 Rinat Jumabayev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 70 Open
575 2023-10-25 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 1.32 Andrey Esipenko Vahap Sanal Won: 1-0 48 Open
576 2023-10-12 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 11.4 Andrey Esipenko Klementy Sychev Won: 1-0 35 Open
577 2023-10-11 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 10.3 Evgeny Tomashevsky Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 21 Open
578 2023-10-10 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 9.5 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Artemiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
579 2023-10-09 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 8.2 Aleksandra Goryachkina Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
580 2023-10-08 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 7.6 Andrey Esipenko Evgeniy Najer Won: 1-0 35 Open
581 2023-10-06 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 6.1 Pavel Ponkratov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 73 Open
582 2023-10-05 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 5.6 Maxim Matlakov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
583 2023-10-04 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 4.2 Andrey Esipenko Artyom Timofeev Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
584 2023-10-03 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 3.5 Volodar Murzin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
585 2023-10-02 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 2.3 Andrey Esipenko Kateryna Lagno Won: 1-0 30 Open
586 2023-10-01 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 1.4 Ivan Rozum Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 42 Open
587 2023-08-11 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 4.4 Gukesh D Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 51 Open
588 2023-08-11 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 4.3 Andrey Esipenko Gukesh D Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
589 2023-08-10 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 4.2 Andrey Esipenko Gukesh D Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
590 2023-08-09 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 4.1 Gukesh D Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
591 2023-08-07 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 3.4 Andrey Esipenko Francisco Vallejo Pons Won: 1-0 36 Open
592 2023-08-07 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 3.3 Francisco Vallejo Pons Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 22 Open
593 2023-08-06 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 3.2 Andrey Esipenko Francisco Vallejo Pons Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
594 2023-08-05 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 3.1 Francisco Vallejo Pons Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
595 2023-08-04 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 2.4 Eltaj Safarli Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 31 Open
596 2023-08-04 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 2.3 Andrey Esipenko Eltaj Safarli Won: 1-0 33 Open
597 2023-08-03 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 2.2 Eltaj Safarli Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
598 2023-08-02 FIDE World Cup 2023 Baku AZE 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Eltaj Safarli Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
599 2023-07-01 Global Chess League 2023 Dubai UAE 10.6 Jonas Buhl Bjerre Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 79 Open
600 2023-06-30 Global Chess League 2023 Dubai UAE 9.6 Javokhir Sindarov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 24 Open
  1. vs Aleksandar IndjicLost · 1-0Black · 2023-12-27 · Round 6.29World Rapid 2023
  2. vs B. AdhibanDraw · ½–½White · 2023-12-26 · Round 5.28World Rapid 2023
  3. vs Arseniy NesterovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-12-26 · Round 4.23World Rapid 2023
  4. vs Aryan TariDraw · ½–½White · 2023-12-26 · Round 3.23World Rapid 2023
  5. vs Kacper PiorunDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-12-26 · Round 2.11World Rapid 2023
  6. vs V PranavWon · 1-0White · 2023-12-26 · Round 1.21World Rapid 2023
  7. vs Neil StewartWon · 0-1Black · 2023-12-03 · Round 4.52nd Bundesliga West 23-24
  8. vs Egor BogdanovWon · 1-0White · 2023-12-02 · Round 3.52nd Bundesliga West 23-24
  9. vs Jaroslav BuresWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-26 · Round 6.5TCh-AUT 2023-24
  10. vs Liviu-Dieter NisipeanuWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-25 · Round 5.5TCh-AUT 2023-24
  11. vs Arthur KruckenhauserWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-24 · Round 4.4TCh-AUT 2023-24
  12. vs Gustav GaussWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-24 · Round 3.4TCh-AUT 2023-24
  13. vs Peter SchreinerDraw · ½–½White · 2023-11-23 · Round 2.5TCh-AUT 2023-24
  14. vs Alexander HalvaxWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-22 · Round 1.4TCh-AUT 2023-24
  15. vs Anish GiriLost · 1-0Black · 2023-11-05 · Round 11.3FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  16. vs Parham MaghsoodlooWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-04 · Round 10.3FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  17. vs Santosh Gujrathi ViditDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-11-03 · Round 9.2FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  18. vs Vincent KeymerWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-02 · Round 8.3FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  19. vs Erigaisi ArjunDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-11-01 · Round 7.4FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  20. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-30 · Round 6.1FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  21. vs Fabiano CaruanaDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-29 · Round 5.1FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  22. vs MarcAndria MaurizziWon · 0-1Black · 2023-10-28 · Round 4.4FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  23. vs Alexandr PredkeDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-27 · Round 3.3FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  24. vs Rinat JumabayevWon · 0-1Black · 2023-10-26 · Round 2.14FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  25. vs Vahap SanalWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-25 · Round 1.32FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  26. vs Klementy SychevWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-12 · Round 11.476th ch-RUS 2023
  27. vs Evgeny TomashevskyDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-11 · Round 10.376th ch-RUS 2023
  28. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-10 · Round 9.576th ch-RUS 2023
  29. vs Aleksandra GoryachkinaDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-09 · Round 8.276th ch-RUS 2023
  30. vs Evgeniy NajerWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-08 · Round 7.676th ch-RUS 2023
  31. vs Pavel PonkratovLost · 1-0Black · 2023-10-06 · Round 6.176th ch-RUS 2023
  32. vs Maxim MatlakovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-05 · Round 5.676th ch-RUS 2023
  33. vs Artyom TimofeevDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-04 · Round 4.276th ch-RUS 2023
  34. vs Volodar MurzinDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-03 · Round 3.576th ch-RUS 2023
  35. vs Kateryna LagnoWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-02 · Round 2.376th ch-RUS 2023
  36. vs Ivan RozumLost · 1-0Black · 2023-10-01 · Round 1.476th ch-RUS 2023
  37. vs Gukesh DLost · 1-0Black · 2023-08-11 · Round 4.4FIDE World Cup 2023
  38. vs Gukesh DDraw · ½–½White · 2023-08-11 · Round 4.3FIDE World Cup 2023
  39. vs Gukesh DDraw · ½–½White · 2023-08-10 · Round 4.2FIDE World Cup 2023
  40. vs Gukesh DDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-08-09 · Round 4.1FIDE World Cup 2023
  41. vs Francisco Vallejo PonsWon · 1-0White · 2023-08-07 · Round 3.4FIDE World Cup 2023
  42. vs Francisco Vallejo PonsWon · 0-1Black · 2023-08-07 · Round 3.3FIDE World Cup 2023
  43. vs Francisco Vallejo PonsDraw · ½–½White · 2023-08-06 · Round 3.2FIDE World Cup 2023
  44. vs Francisco Vallejo PonsDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-08-05 · Round 3.1FIDE World Cup 2023
  45. vs Eltaj SafarliWon · 0-1Black · 2023-08-04 · Round 2.4FIDE World Cup 2023
  46. vs Eltaj SafarliWon · 1-0White · 2023-08-04 · Round 2.3FIDE World Cup 2023
  47. vs Eltaj SafarliDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-08-03 · Round 2.2FIDE World Cup 2023
  48. vs Eltaj SafarliDraw · ½–½White · 2023-08-02 · Round 2.1FIDE World Cup 2023
  49. vs Jonas Buhl BjerreLost · 1-0Black · 2023-07-01 · Round 10.6Global Chess League 2023
  50. vs Javokhir SindarovLost · 1-0Black · 2023-06-30 · Round 9.6Global Chess League 2023

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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