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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
851 2021-11-18 23rd European Teams Terme Catez SLO 6.1 Gergely Kantor Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
852 2021-11-16 23rd European Teams Terme Catez SLO 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Gadir Guseinov Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
853 2021-11-14 23rd European Teams Terme Catez SLO 3.1 Andrey Esipenko Ivan Salgado Lopez Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
854 2021-11-13 23rd European Teams Terme Catez SLO 2.1 Vojtech Plat Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 39 Open
855 2021-11-12 23rd European Teams Terme Catez SLO 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Andreas Kelires Won: 1-0 30 Open
856 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 9.25 Andrey Esipenko Ivan Morovic Fernandez Won: 1-0 25 Open
857 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 8.35 Mariya Muzychuk Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 29 Open
858 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 7.35 Andrey Esipenko Mariya Muzychuk Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
859 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 6.17 Anton Korobov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
860 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 5.17 Andrey Esipenko Anton Korobov Lost: 0-1 67 Open
861 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 4.36 Andrey Esipenko Divya Deshmukh Won: 1-0 32 Open
862 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 3.36 Divya Deshmukh Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
863 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 2.5 Salome Melia Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 36 Open
864 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 18.15 Andrey Esipenko Vadim Zvjaginsev Won: 1-0 45 Open
865 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 17.15 Vadim Zvjaginsev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 31 Open
866 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 16.15 David W L Howell Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 37 Open
867 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 15.15 Andrey Esipenko David W L Howell Lost: 0-1 40 Open
868 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 14.12 Andrey Esipenko Nils Grandelius Draw: 1/2-1/2 58 Open
869 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 13.12 Nils Grandelius Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
870 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 12.1 Andrey Esipenko Nodirbek Abdusattorov Lost: 0-1 35 Open
871 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 11.1 Nodirbek Abdusattorov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 93 Open
872 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 10.25 Ivan Morovic Fernandez Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 37 Open
873 2021-11-08 Lindores Abbey Tal Mem Riga LAT 1.5 Andrey Esipenko Salome Melia Lost: 0-1 58 Open
874 2021-11-07 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 11.4 Bogdan-Daniel Deac Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
875 2021-11-06 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 10.7 Andrey Esipenko Krishnan Sasikiran Won: 1-0 60 Open
876 2021-11-05 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 9.14 Jorge Cori Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 44 Open
877 2021-11-04 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 8.5 David W L Howell Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 63 Open
878 2021-11-03 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Alexei Shirov Draw: 1/2-1/2 55 Open
879 2021-11-01 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 6.11 Andrey Esipenko Nodirbek Abdusattorov Won: 1-0 27 Open
880 2021-10-31 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 5.1 Alexander Donchenko Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
881 2021-10-30 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 4.23 Andrey Esipenko Jianchao Zhou Won: 1-0 84 Open
882 2021-10-29 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 3.21 Vladislav Kovalev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
883 2021-10-28 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 2.14 Andrey Esipenko Jules Moussard Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
884 2021-10-27 FIDE Grand Swiss 2021 Riga LAT 1.6 Erigaisi Arjun Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
885 2021-10-24 TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2021-22 Austria AUT 6.1 Gert Schnider Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 34 Open
886 2021-10-23 TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2021-22 Austria AUT 5.6 Gabor Nagy Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 37 Open
887 2021-10-22 TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2021-22 Austria AUT 4.2 Andrey Esipenko Jurij Khalakhan Won: 1-0 27 Open
888 2021-10-20 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS 11.1 Andrey Esipenko Maxim Matlakov Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
889 2021-10-19 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS 10.6 Nikita Vitiugov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
890 2021-10-18 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Kirill Alekseenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
891 2021-10-17 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS 8.5 Alexander Motylev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
892 2021-10-16 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Pavel Ponkratov Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
893 2021-10-14 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS 6.4 Dmitry Andreikin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
894 2021-10-13 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS 5.4 Andrey Esipenko Aleksandra Goryachkina Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
895 2021-10-12 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS 4.3 Vladimir Fedoseev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
896 2021-10-11 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS 3.5 Andrey Esipenko Alexandr Predke Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
897 2021-10-10 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS 2.2 Maksim Chigaev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
898 2021-10-09 74th ch-RUS 2021 Ufa RUS 1.6 Andrey Esipenko Aleksandr Rakhmanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
899 2021-10-03 TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2021-22 Austria AUT 3.5 Thies Heinemann Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 85 Open
900 2021-10-02 TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2021-22 Austria AUT 2.3 Andrey Esipenko Emanuel Frank Won: 1-0 42 Open
  1. vs Gergely KantorDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-11-18 · Round 6.123rd European Teams
  2. vs Gadir GuseinovDraw · ½–½White · 2021-11-16 · Round 5.123rd European Teams
  3. vs Ivan Salgado LopezDraw · ½–½White · 2021-11-14 · Round 3.123rd European Teams
  4. vs Vojtech PlatWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-13 · Round 2.123rd European Teams
  5. vs Andreas KeliresWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-12 · Round 1.123rd European Teams
  6. vs Ivan Morovic FernandezWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-08 · Round 9.25Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  7. vs Mariya MuzychukWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-08 · Round 8.35Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  8. vs Mariya MuzychukDraw · ½–½White · 2021-11-08 · Round 7.35Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  9. vs Anton KorobovDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-11-08 · Round 6.17Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  10. vs Anton KorobovLost · 0-1White · 2021-11-08 · Round 5.17Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  11. vs Divya DeshmukhWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-08 · Round 4.36Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  12. vs Divya DeshmukhDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-11-08 · Round 3.36Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  13. vs Salome MeliaWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-08 · Round 2.5Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  14. vs Vadim ZvjaginsevWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-08 · Round 18.15Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  15. vs Vadim ZvjaginsevWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-08 · Round 17.15Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  16. vs David W L HowellWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-08 · Round 16.15Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  17. vs David W L HowellLost · 0-1White · 2021-11-08 · Round 15.15Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  18. vs Nils GrandeliusDraw · ½–½White · 2021-11-08 · Round 14.12Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  19. vs Nils GrandeliusDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-11-08 · Round 13.12Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  20. vs Nodirbek AbdusattorovLost · 0-1White · 2021-11-08 · Round 12.1Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  21. vs Nodirbek AbdusattorovWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-08 · Round 11.1Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  22. vs Ivan Morovic FernandezWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-08 · Round 10.25Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  23. vs Salome MeliaLost · 0-1White · 2021-11-08 · Round 1.5Lindores Abbey Tal Mem
  24. vs Bogdan-Daniel DeacDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-11-07 · Round 11.4FIDE Grand Swiss 2021
  25. vs Krishnan SasikiranWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-06 · Round 10.7FIDE Grand Swiss 2021
  26. vs Jorge CoriWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-05 · Round 9.14FIDE Grand Swiss 2021
  27. vs David W L HowellLost · 1-0Black · 2021-11-04 · Round 8.5FIDE Grand Swiss 2021
  28. vs Alexei ShirovDraw · ½–½White · 2021-11-03 · Round 7.3FIDE Grand Swiss 2021
  29. vs Nodirbek AbdusattorovWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-01 · Round 6.11FIDE Grand Swiss 2021
  30. vs Alexander DonchenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-10-31 · Round 5.1FIDE Grand Swiss 2021
  31. vs Jianchao ZhouWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-30 · Round 4.23FIDE Grand Swiss 2021
  32. vs Vladislav KovalevDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-10-29 · Round 3.21FIDE Grand Swiss 2021
  33. vs Jules MoussardDraw · ½–½White · 2021-10-28 · Round 2.14FIDE Grand Swiss 2021
  34. vs Erigaisi ArjunDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-10-27 · Round 1.6FIDE Grand Swiss 2021
  35. vs Gert SchniderWon · 0-1Black · 2021-10-24 · Round 6.1TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2021-22
  36. vs Gabor NagyWon · 0-1Black · 2021-10-23 · Round 5.6TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2021-22
  37. vs Jurij KhalakhanWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-22 · Round 4.2TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2021-22
  38. vs Maxim MatlakovDraw · ½–½White · 2021-10-20 · Round 11.174th ch-RUS 2021
  39. vs Nikita VitiugovDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-10-19 · Round 10.674th ch-RUS 2021
  40. vs Kirill AlekseenkoDraw · ½–½White · 2021-10-18 · Round 9.274th ch-RUS 2021
  41. vs Alexander MotylevDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-10-17 · Round 8.574th ch-RUS 2021
  42. vs Pavel PonkratovDraw · ½–½White · 2021-10-16 · Round 7.374th ch-RUS 2021
  43. vs Dmitry AndreikinDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-10-14 · Round 6.474th ch-RUS 2021
  44. vs Aleksandra GoryachkinaDraw · ½–½White · 2021-10-13 · Round 5.474th ch-RUS 2021
  45. vs Vladimir FedoseevDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-10-12 · Round 4.374th ch-RUS 2021
  46. vs Alexandr PredkeDraw · ½–½White · 2021-10-11 · Round 3.574th ch-RUS 2021
  47. vs Maksim ChigaevDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-10-10 · Round 2.274th ch-RUS 2021
  48. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovDraw · ½–½White · 2021-10-09 · Round 1.674th ch-RUS 2021
  49. vs Thies HeinemannDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-10-03 · Round 3.5TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2021-22
  50. vs Emanuel FrankWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-02 · Round 2.3TCh-AUT 2nd Mitte 2021-22

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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