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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
601 2023-06-29 Global Chess League 2023 Dubai UAE 8.6 Raunak Sadhwani Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 53 Open
602 2023-06-28 Global Chess League 2023 Dubai UAE 7.6 Andrey Esipenko Praggnanandhaa R Lost: 0-1 42 Open
603 2023-06-27 Global Chess League 2023 Dubai UAE 6.6 Nihal Sarin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
604 2023-06-26 Global Chess League 2023 Dubai UAE 5.6 Andrey Esipenko Jonas Buhl Bjerre Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
605 2023-06-24 Global Chess League 2023 Dubai UAE 4.6 Andrey Esipenko Javokhir Sindarov Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
606 2023-06-24 Global Chess League 2023 Dubai UAE 3.6 Andrey Esipenko Raunak Sadhwani Won: 1-0 52 Open
607 2023-06-23 Global Chess League 2023 Dubai UAE 2.6 Praggnanandhaa R Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
608 2023-06-22 Global Chess League 2023 Dubai UAE 1.6 Andrey Esipenko Nihal Sarin Draw: 1/2-1/2 53 Open
609 2023-06-11 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 4.1 Andrey Esipenko Maxim Rodshtein Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
610 2023-06-10 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 3.2 Andrey Esipenko Rauf Mamedov Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
611 2023-06-09 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 2.4 Clovis Vernay Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 38 Open
612 2023-06-08 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 1.3 Andrey Esipenko Anton Korobov Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
613 2023-06-06 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 6.3 Andrey Esipenko Visakh N R Won: 1-0 30 Open
614 2023-06-05 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 5.2 Andrey Esipenko Mircea-Emilian Parligras Won: 1-0 55 Open
615 2023-06-03 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 3.1 Jorden Van Foreest Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 36 Open
616 2023-06-02 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 2.4 Pierre Laurent-Paoli Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
617 2023-06-01 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023 Chartres FRA 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Philippe Brochet Won: 1-0 31 Open
618 2023-05-25 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 Sharjah UAE 9.5 Andrey Esipenko Sanan Sjugirov Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
619 2023-05-24 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 Sharjah UAE 8.7 Denis Kadric Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
620 2023-05-23 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 Sharjah UAE 7.5 Andrey Esipenko Nihal Sarin Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
621 2023-05-22 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 Sharjah UAE 6.6 Aryan Chopra Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 18 Open
622 2023-05-21 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 Sharjah UAE 5.11 Andrey Esipenko Nikolas Theodorou Won: 1-0 46 Open
623 2023-05-20 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 Sharjah UAE 4.11 Shamsiddin Vokhidov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
624 2023-05-19 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 Sharjah UAE 3.9 Andrey Esipenko Shant Sargsyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
625 2023-05-18 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 Sharjah UAE 2.8 Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 61 Open
626 2023-05-17 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 Sharjah UAE 1.12 Andrey Esipenko Valentin Dragnev Won: 1-0 34 Open
627 2023-05-11 Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023 Jermuk ARM 9.5 Andrey Esipenko Narayanan S L Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
628 2023-05-10 Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023 Jermuk ARM 8.1 Artur Davtyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
629 2023-05-09 Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023 Jermuk ARM 7.5 Thai Dai Van Nguyen Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
630 2023-05-08 Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023 Jermuk ARM 6.2 Andrey Esipenko Robert Hovhannisyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
631 2023-05-07 Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023 Jermuk ARM 5.4 Nodirbek Yakubboev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
632 2023-05-06 Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023 Jermuk ARM 4.3 Andrey Esipenko Frederik Svane Draw: 1/2-1/2 21 Open
633 2023-05-05 Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023 Jermuk ARM 3.3 Haik M. Martirosyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
634 2023-05-04 Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023 Jermuk ARM 2.4 Andrey Esipenko Samuel Sevian Lost: 0-1 53 Open
635 2023-05-03 Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023 Jermuk ARM 1.2 M. Amin Tabatabaei Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 29 Open
636 2023-03-26 TCh-AUT 2022-23 Austria AUT 8.4 Siegfried Baumegger Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 56 Open
637 2023-03-25 TCh-AUT 2022-23 Austria AUT 7.4 Maximilian Berchtenbreiter Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 37 Open
638 2023-03-24 TCh-AUT 2022-23 Austria AUT 6.3 Andrey Esipenko Tamas Banusz Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
639 2023-03-23 TCh-AUT 2022-23 Austria AUT 5.5 Valery Atlas Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 52 Open
640 2023-03-19 Bundesliga 2022-23 Hamburg GER 11.7 Andrey Esipenko Jules Moussard Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
641 2023-03-18 Bundesliga 2022-23 Hamburg GER 10.8 Parham Maghsoodloo Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
642 2023-03-13 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 11.3 David Paravyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 18 Open
643 2023-03-12 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 10.1 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
644 2023-03-11 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 9.4 Andrey Esipenko Jonas Buhl Bjerre Won: 1-0 73 Open
645 2023-03-10 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 8.12 Tomas Laurusas Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
646 2023-03-09 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 7.1 Andrey Esipenko Ante Brkic Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
647 2023-03-08 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 6.7 Vugar Asadli Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
648 2023-03-07 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 5.18 Andrey Esipenko Nikolozi Kacharava Won: 1-0 29 Open
649 2023-03-06 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 4.43 Richard Stalmach Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
650 2023-03-05 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 3.33 Andrey Esipenko Jakub Kosakowski Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
  1. vs Raunak SadhwaniWon · 0-1Black · 2023-06-29 · Round 8.6Global Chess League 2023
  2. vs Praggnanandhaa RLost · 0-1White · 2023-06-28 · Round 7.6Global Chess League 2023
  3. vs Nihal SarinDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-06-27 · Round 6.6Global Chess League 2023
  4. vs Jonas Buhl BjerreDraw · ½–½White · 2023-06-26 · Round 5.6Global Chess League 2023
  5. vs Javokhir SindarovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-06-24 · Round 4.6Global Chess League 2023
  6. vs Raunak SadhwaniWon · 1-0White · 2023-06-24 · Round 3.6Global Chess League 2023
  7. vs Praggnanandhaa RDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-06-23 · Round 2.6Global Chess League 2023
  8. vs Nihal SarinDraw · ½–½White · 2023-06-22 · Round 1.6Global Chess League 2023
  9. vs Maxim RodshteinDraw · ½–½White · 2023-06-11 · Round 4.1TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023
  10. vs Rauf MamedovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-06-10 · Round 3.2TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023
  11. vs Clovis VernayWon · 0-1Black · 2023-06-09 · Round 2.4TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023
  12. vs Anton KorobovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-06-08 · Round 1.3TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023
  13. vs Visakh N RWon · 1-0White · 2023-06-06 · Round 6.3TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023
  14. vs Mircea-Emilian ParligrasWon · 1-0White · 2023-06-05 · Round 5.2TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023
  15. vs Jorden Van ForeestLost · 1-0Black · 2023-06-03 · Round 3.1TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023
  16. vs Pierre Laurent-PaoliWon · 0-1Black · 2023-06-02 · Round 2.4TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023
  17. vs Philippe BrochetWon · 1-0White · 2023-06-01 · Round 1.2TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2023
  18. vs Sanan SjugirovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-05-25 · Round 9.56th Sharjah Masters 2023
  19. vs Denis KadricDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-05-24 · Round 8.76th Sharjah Masters 2023
  20. vs Nihal SarinDraw · ½–½White · 2023-05-23 · Round 7.56th Sharjah Masters 2023
  21. vs Aryan ChopraDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-05-22 · Round 6.66th Sharjah Masters 2023
  22. vs Nikolas TheodorouWon · 1-0White · 2023-05-21 · Round 5.116th Sharjah Masters 2023
  23. vs Shamsiddin VokhidovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-05-20 · Round 4.116th Sharjah Masters 2023
  24. vs Shant SargsyanDraw · ½–½White · 2023-05-19 · Round 3.96th Sharjah Masters 2023
  25. vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-05-18 · Round 2.86th Sharjah Masters 2023
  26. vs Valentin DragnevWon · 1-0White · 2023-05-17 · Round 1.126th Sharjah Masters 2023
  27. vs Narayanan S LDraw · ½–½White · 2023-05-11 · Round 9.5Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023
  28. vs Artur DavtyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-05-10 · Round 8.1Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023
  29. vs Thai Dai Van NguyenDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-05-09 · Round 7.5Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023
  30. vs Robert HovhannisyanDraw · ½–½White · 2023-05-08 · Round 6.2Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023
  31. vs Nodirbek YakubboevDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-05-07 · Round 5.4Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023
  32. vs Frederik SvaneDraw · ½–½White · 2023-05-06 · Round 4.3Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023
  33. vs Haik M. MartirosyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-05-05 · Round 3.3Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023
  34. vs Samuel SevianLost · 0-1White · 2023-05-04 · Round 2.4Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023
  35. vs M. Amin TabatabaeiWon · 0-1Black · 2023-05-03 · Round 1.2Stepan Avagyan Mem 2023
  36. vs Siegfried BaumeggerWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-26 · Round 8.4TCh-AUT 2022-23
  37. vs Maximilian BerchtenbreiterLost · 1-0Black · 2023-03-25 · Round 7.4TCh-AUT 2022-23
  38. vs Tamas BanuszDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-24 · Round 6.3TCh-AUT 2022-23
  39. vs Valery AtlasWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-23 · Round 5.5TCh-AUT 2022-23
  40. vs Jules MoussardDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-19 · Round 11.7Bundesliga 2022-23
  41. vs Parham MaghsoodlooDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-18 · Round 10.8Bundesliga 2022-23
  42. vs David ParavyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-13 · Round 11.323rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  43. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-12 · Round 10.123rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  44. vs Jonas Buhl BjerreWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-11 · Round 9.423rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  45. vs Tomas LaurusasWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-10 · Round 8.1223rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  46. vs Ante BrkicDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-09 · Round 7.123rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  47. vs Vugar AsadliDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-08 · Round 6.723rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  48. vs Nikolozi KacharavaWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-07 · Round 5.1823rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  49. vs Richard StalmachWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-06 · Round 4.4323rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  50. vs Jakub KosakowskiDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-05 · Round 3.3323rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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