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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
801 2022-06-02 2nd Festival d'Estate OpA Cattolica ITA 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Vitaly Sivuk Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
802 2022-06-01 2nd Festival d'Estate OpA Cattolica ITA 5.2 Rahul Srivatshav P Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 18 Open
803 2022-06-01 2nd Festival d'Estate OpA Cattolica ITA 4.4 Andrey Esipenko Tarun Kanyamarala Won: 1-0 41 Open
804 2022-05-31 2nd Festival d'Estate OpA Cattolica ITA 3.2 Pier Luigi Basso Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 18 Open
805 2022-05-30 2nd Festival d'Estate OpA Cattolica ITA 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Velikanov Won: 1-0 33 Open
806 2022-05-29 Bundesliga 2021-22 Hamburg GER 10.2 Andrey Esipenko Evgeny Postny Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
807 2022-05-28 Bundesliga 2021-22 Hamburg GER 9.2 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
808 2022-05-26 Grandiscacchi Ch Open A Cattolica ITA 9.2 Oleg Korneev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 93 Open
809 2022-05-25 Grandiscacchi Ch Open A Cattolica ITA 8.1 Andrey Esipenko Jagadeesh Siddharth Won: 1-0 32 Open
810 2022-05-25 Grandiscacchi Ch Open A Cattolica ITA 7.1 Vitaliy Bernadskiy Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 34 Open
811 2022-05-24 Grandiscacchi Ch Open A Cattolica ITA 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Eltaj Safarli Won: 1-0 40 Open
812 2022-05-24 Grandiscacchi Ch Open A Cattolica ITA 5.1 Levan Pantsulaia Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
813 2022-05-23 Grandiscacchi Ch Open A Cattolica ITA 4.2 Andrey Esipenko Isik Can Won: 1-0 39 Open
814 2022-05-23 Grandiscacchi Ch Open A Cattolica ITA 3.2 Harshita Guddanti Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 51 Open
815 2022-05-22 Grandiscacchi Ch Open A Cattolica ITA 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Rahul Srivatshav P Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
816 2022-05-21 Grandiscacchi Ch Open A Cattolica ITA 1.1 Ilia Martinovici Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 48 Open
817 2022-05-15 Bundesliga 2021-22 Muelheim GER 8.3 Luke J McShane Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
818 2022-05-14 Bundesliga 2021-22 Muelheim GER 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Moiseenko Won: 1-0 42 Open
819 2022-05-10 TCh-RUS Premier 2022 Sochi RUS 7.1 Andrey Esipenko Gabriel Sargissian Won: 1-0 38 Open
820 2022-05-08 TCh-RUS Premier 2022 Sochi RUS 6.4 Evgeniy Najer Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 38 Open
821 2022-05-07 TCh-RUS Premier 2022 Sochi RUS 5.2 Andrey Esipenko Kirill Shubin Won: 1-0 36 Open
822 2022-05-05 TCh-RUS Premier 2022 Sochi RUS 4.3 Alexander Grischuk Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 70 Open
823 2022-05-04 TCh-RUS Premier 2022 Sochi RUS 3.3 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Artemiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 17 Open
824 2022-03-28 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 6.2 Andrey Esipenko Hikaru Nakamura Lost: 0-1 38 Open
825 2022-03-27 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 5.2 Levon Aronian Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 23 Open
826 2022-03-25 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 4.1 Grigoriy Oparin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 60 Open
827 2022-03-24 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 3.2 Andrey Esipenko Levon Aronian Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
828 2022-03-23 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 2.2 Hikaru Nakamura Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 64 Open
829 2022-03-22 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Grigoriy Oparin Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
830 2022-02-10 FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A Berlin GER 6.2 Andrey Esipenko Hikaru Nakamura Draw: 1/2-1/2 58 Open
831 2022-02-09 FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A Berlin GER 5.2 Etienne Bacrot Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 44 Open
832 2022-02-07 FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A Berlin GER 4.1 Alexander Grischuk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
833 2022-02-06 FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A Berlin GER 3.2 Andrey Esipenko Etienne Bacrot Won: 1-0 36 Open
834 2022-02-05 FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A Berlin GER 2.2 Hikaru Nakamura Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 46 Open
835 2022-02-04 FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A Berlin GER 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Grischuk Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
836 2022-01-30 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 13.3 Praggnanandhaa R Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 59 Open
837 2022-01-29 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 12.2 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
838 2022-01-28 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 11.4 Nils Grandelius Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
839 2022-01-26 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 10.6 Andrey Esipenko Jorden Van Foreest Won: 1-0 60 Open
840 2022-01-25 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 9.4 Jan-Krzysztof Duda Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
841 2022-01-23 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 8.3 Andrey Esipenko Anish Giri Lost: 0-1 49 Open
842 2022-01-22 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 7.4 Andrey Esipenko Sam Shankland Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
843 2022-01-21 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 6.4 Daniil Dubov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
844 2022-01-20 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 5.3 Andrey Esipenko Fabiano Caruana Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
845 2022-01-18 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 4.2 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
846 2022-01-17 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 3.6 Andrey Esipenko Sergey Karjakin Won: 1-0 42 Open
847 2022-01-16 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 2.5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
848 2022-01-15 84th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Magnus Carlsen Draw: 1/2-1/2 21 Open
849 2021-11-21 23rd European Teams Terme Catez SLO 9.5 Ravi Haria Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 32 Open
850 2021-11-20 23rd European Teams Terme Catez SLO 8.2 Maxime Lagarde Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 47 Open
  1. vs Vitaly SivukDraw · ½–½White · 2022-06-02 · Round 6.12nd Festival d'Estate OpA
  2. vs Rahul Srivatshav PDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-06-01 · Round 5.22nd Festival d'Estate OpA
  3. vs Tarun KanyamaralaWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-01 · Round 4.42nd Festival d'Estate OpA
  4. vs Pier Luigi BassoDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-05-31 · Round 3.22nd Festival d'Estate OpA
  5. vs Alexander VelikanovWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-30 · Round 1.12nd Festival d'Estate OpA
  6. vs Evgeny PostnyDraw · ½–½White · 2022-05-29 · Round 10.2Bundesliga 2021-22
  7. vs Liviu-Dieter NisipeanuDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-05-28 · Round 9.2Bundesliga 2021-22
  8. vs Oleg KorneevWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-26 · Round 9.2Grandiscacchi Ch Open A
  9. vs Jagadeesh SiddharthWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-25 · Round 8.1Grandiscacchi Ch Open A
  10. vs Vitaliy BernadskiyLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-25 · Round 7.1Grandiscacchi Ch Open A
  11. vs Eltaj SafarliWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-24 · Round 6.1Grandiscacchi Ch Open A
  12. vs Levan PantsulaiaDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-05-24 · Round 5.1Grandiscacchi Ch Open A
  13. vs Isik CanWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-23 · Round 4.2Grandiscacchi Ch Open A
  14. vs Harshita GuddantiWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-23 · Round 3.2Grandiscacchi Ch Open A
  15. vs Rahul Srivatshav PDraw · ½–½White · 2022-05-22 · Round 2.1Grandiscacchi Ch Open A
  16. vs Ilia MartinoviciWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-21 · Round 1.1Grandiscacchi Ch Open A
  17. vs Luke J McShaneDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-05-15 · Round 8.3Bundesliga 2021-22
  18. vs Alexander MoiseenkoWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-14 · Round 7.3Bundesliga 2021-22
  19. vs Gabriel SargissianWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-10 · Round 7.1TCh-RUS Premier 2022
  20. vs Evgeniy NajerLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-08 · Round 6.4TCh-RUS Premier 2022
  21. vs Kirill ShubinWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-07 · Round 5.2TCh-RUS Premier 2022
  22. vs Alexander GrischukLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-05 · Round 4.3TCh-RUS Premier 2022
  23. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½White · 2022-05-04 · Round 3.3TCh-RUS Premier 2022
  24. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 0-1White · 2022-03-28 · Round 6.2FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  25. vs Levon AronianLost · 1-0Black · 2022-03-27 · Round 5.2FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  26. vs Grigoriy OparinLost · 1-0Black · 2022-03-25 · Round 4.1FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  27. vs Levon AronianDraw · ½–½White · 2022-03-24 · Round 3.2FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  28. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-03-23 · Round 2.2FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  29. vs Grigoriy OparinDraw · ½–½White · 2022-03-22 · Round 1.1FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  30. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½White · 2022-02-10 · Round 6.2FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A
  31. vs Etienne BacrotWon · 0-1Black · 2022-02-09 · Round 5.2FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A
  32. vs Alexander GrischukDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-02-07 · Round 4.1FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A
  33. vs Etienne BacrotWon · 1-0White · 2022-02-06 · Round 3.2FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A
  34. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 1-0Black · 2022-02-05 · Round 2.2FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A
  35. vs Alexander GrischukDraw · ½–½White · 2022-02-04 · Round 1.1FIDE Grand Prix 1 Pool A
  36. vs Praggnanandhaa RLost · 1-0Black · 2022-01-30 · Round 13.384th Tata Steel Masters
  37. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½White · 2022-01-29 · Round 12.284th Tata Steel Masters
  38. vs Nils GrandeliusDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-01-28 · Round 11.484th Tata Steel Masters
  39. vs Jorden Van ForeestWon · 1-0White · 2022-01-26 · Round 10.684th Tata Steel Masters
  40. vs Jan-Krzysztof DudaDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-01-25 · Round 9.484th Tata Steel Masters
  41. vs Anish GiriLost · 0-1White · 2022-01-23 · Round 8.384th Tata Steel Masters
  42. vs Sam ShanklandDraw · ½–½White · 2022-01-22 · Round 7.484th Tata Steel Masters
  43. vs Daniil DubovDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-01-21 · Round 6.484th Tata Steel Masters
  44. vs Fabiano CaruanaDraw · ½–½White · 2022-01-20 · Round 5.384th Tata Steel Masters
  45. vs Santosh Gujrathi ViditDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-01-18 · Round 4.284th Tata Steel Masters
  46. vs Sergey KarjakinWon · 1-0White · 2022-01-17 · Round 3.684th Tata Steel Masters
  47. vs Shakhriyar MamedyarovDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-01-16 · Round 2.584th Tata Steel Masters
  48. vs Magnus CarlsenDraw · ½–½White · 2022-01-15 · Round 1.184th Tata Steel Masters
  49. vs Ravi HariaWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-21 · Round 9.523rd European Teams
  50. vs Maxime LagardeLost · 1-0Black · 2021-11-20 · Round 8.223rd European Teams

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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