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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
1101 2019-12-06 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 13.3 Gadir Guseinov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
1102 2019-12-06 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 12.7 Andrey Esipenko Thai Dai Van Nguyen Won: 1-0 51 Open
1103 2019-12-06 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 11.3 Alexander Motylev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
1104 2019-12-06 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 10.7 Andrey Esipenko Lorin D`Costa Won: 1-0 88 Open
1105 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 7.2 Ante Saric Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 47 Open
1106 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Riazantsev Draw: 1/2-1/2 86 Open
1107 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 5.6 Meelis Kanep Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
1108 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 4.9 Andrey Esipenko Rick Frischmann Won: 1-0 28 Open
1109 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 3.12 Ruslan Kashtanov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 53 Open
1110 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 2.12 Andrey Esipenko Radoslaw Psyk Won: 1-0 55 Open
1111 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 1.15 Dmitrijs Pogrebnojs Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
1112 2019-11-30 Russia-China Match Men Moscow RUS 5 Yang Wen Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
1113 2019-11-29 Russia-China Match Men Moscow RUS 4 Andrey Esipenko Shanglei Lu Won: 1-0 49 Open
1114 2019-11-28 Russia-China Match Men Moscow RUS 3 Jinshi Bai Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
1115 2019-11-27 Russia-China Match Men Moscow RUS 2 Andrey Esipenko Xiangyu Xu Won: 1-0 35 Open
1116 2019-11-26 Russia-China Match Men Moscow RUS 1 Andrey Esipenko Yinglun Xu Won: 1-0 53 Open
1117 2019-11-16 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 7.8 Edwin Van Haastert Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
1118 2019-11-15 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 6.5 Andrey Esipenko Aleksandr Rakhmanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
1119 2019-11-14 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 5.3 Gabor Papp Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
1120 2019-11-13 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 4.1 Andrey Esipenko Ulvi Sadikhov Won: 1-0 41 Open
1121 2019-11-12 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 3.4 Andrey Esipenko Dragan Kosic Won: 1-0 32 Open
1122 2019-11-11 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 2.7 Yair Parkhov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
1123 2019-11-10 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 1.6 Andrey Esipenko Marcel Harff Won: 1-0 32 Open
1124 2019-10-21 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 11.32 Andrey Esipenko Sanan Sjugirov Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
1125 2019-10-20 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 10.3 Pavel Eljanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
1126 2019-10-19 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 9.36 Andrey Esipenko Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Won: 1-0 80 Open
1127 2019-10-18 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 8.41 Etienne Bacrot Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
1128 2019-10-17 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 7.59 Andrey Esipenko Anna Ushenina Won: 1-0 54 Open
1129 2019-10-15 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 6.34 Bassem Amin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 29 Open
1130 2019-10-14 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 5.61 Andrey Esipenko Pia Cramling Won: 1-0 50 Open
1131 2019-10-13 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 4.62 Tingjie Lei Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
1132 2019-10-12 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 3.29 Andrey Esipenko Levon Aronian Lost: 0-1 39 Open
1133 2019-10-11 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 2.72 Andrey Esipenko Jovanka Houska Won: 1-0 48 Open
1134 2019-10-10 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 1.15 Hao Wang Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 45 Open
1135 2019-09-22 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 8.8 Andrey Esipenko Vitaly Shinkevich Lost: 0-1 51 Open
1136 2019-09-22 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 7.6 Eldar Gasanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 72 Open
1137 2019-09-22 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 10.1 Ilia Iljiushenok Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
1138 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 6.3 Andrey Esipenko Vadim Moiseenko Lost: 0-1 38 Open
1139 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 5.3 Nikita Petrov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
1140 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 4.4 Andrey Esipenko Bogdan Belyakov Won: 1-0 57 Open
1141 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 3.3 Oleg Vastrukhin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 73 Open
1142 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 2.3 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Ivlev Won: 1-0 42 Open
1143 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 1.4 Oleg Maximov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
1144 2019-09-15 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.4 Peter Svidler Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 39 Open
1145 2019-09-15 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.3 Andrey Esipenko Peter Svidler Lost: 0-1 32 Open
1146 2019-09-14 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.2 Andrey Esipenko Peter Svidler Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
1147 2019-09-13 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.1 Peter Svidler Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 53 Open
1148 2019-09-11 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Ruslan Ponomariov Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
1149 2019-09-10 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 1.1 Ruslan Ponomariov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 55 Open
1150 2019-08-31 2nd European Corporate Minsk BLR 9.1 Vladimir Genba Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 31 Open
  1. vs Gadir GuseinovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-12-06 · Round 13.3European Rapid 2019
  2. vs Thai Dai Van NguyenWon · 1-0White · 2019-12-06 · Round 12.7European Rapid 2019
  3. vs Alexander MotylevDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-12-06 · Round 11.3European Rapid 2019
  4. vs Lorin D`CostaWon · 1-0White · 2019-12-06 · Round 10.7European Rapid 2019
  5. vs Ante SaricWon · 0-1Black · 2019-12-05 · Round 7.2European Rapid 2019
  6. vs Alexander RiazantsevDraw · ½–½White · 2019-12-05 · Round 6.1European Rapid 2019
  7. vs Meelis KanepWon · 0-1Black · 2019-12-05 · Round 5.6European Rapid 2019
  8. vs Rick FrischmannWon · 1-0White · 2019-12-05 · Round 4.9European Rapid 2019
  9. vs Ruslan KashtanovWon · 0-1Black · 2019-12-05 · Round 3.12European Rapid 2019
  10. vs Radoslaw PsykWon · 1-0White · 2019-12-05 · Round 2.12European Rapid 2019
  11. vs Dmitrijs PogrebnojsWon · 0-1Black · 2019-12-05 · Round 1.15European Rapid 2019
  12. vs Yang WenDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-11-30 · Round 5Russia-China Match Men
  13. vs Shanglei LuWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-29 · Round 4Russia-China Match Men
  14. vs Jinshi BaiDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-11-28 · Round 3Russia-China Match Men
  15. vs Xiangyu XuWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-27 · Round 2Russia-China Match Men
  16. vs Yinglun XuWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-26 · Round 1Russia-China Match Men
  17. vs Edwin Van HaastertDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-11-16 · Round 7.835th ECC Open 2019
  18. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovDraw · ½–½White · 2019-11-15 · Round 6.535th ECC Open 2019
  19. vs Gabor PappDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-11-14 · Round 5.335th ECC Open 2019
  20. vs Ulvi SadikhovWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-13 · Round 4.135th ECC Open 2019
  21. vs Dragan KosicWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-12 · Round 3.435th ECC Open 2019
  22. vs Yair ParkhovWon · 0-1Black · 2019-11-11 · Round 2.735th ECC Open 2019
  23. vs Marcel HarffWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-10 · Round 1.635th ECC Open 2019
  24. vs Sanan SjugirovDraw · ½–½White · 2019-10-21 · Round 11.32FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  25. vs Pavel EljanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-10-20 · Round 10.3FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  26. vs Gawain C B Maroroa JonesWon · 1-0White · 2019-10-19 · Round 9.36FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  27. vs Etienne BacrotDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-10-18 · Round 8.41FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  28. vs Anna UsheninaWon · 1-0White · 2019-10-17 · Round 7.59FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  29. vs Bassem AminLost · 1-0Black · 2019-10-15 · Round 6.34FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  30. vs Pia CramlingWon · 1-0White · 2019-10-14 · Round 5.61FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  31. vs Tingjie LeiDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-10-13 · Round 4.62FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  32. vs Levon AronianLost · 0-1White · 2019-10-12 · Round 3.29FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  33. vs Jovanka HouskaWon · 1-0White · 2019-10-11 · Round 2.72FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  34. vs Hao WangLost · 1-0Black · 2019-10-10 · Round 1.15FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  35. vs Vitaly ShinkevichLost · 0-1White · 2019-09-22 · Round 8.8Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  36. vs Eldar GasanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-09-22 · Round 7.6Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  37. vs Ilia IljiushenokDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-09-22 · Round 10.1Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  38. vs Vadim MoiseenkoLost · 0-1White · 2019-09-21 · Round 6.3Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  39. vs Nikita PetrovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-09-21 · Round 5.3Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  40. vs Bogdan BelyakovWon · 1-0White · 2019-09-21 · Round 4.4Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  41. vs Oleg VastrukhinDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-09-21 · Round 3.3Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  42. vs Aleksey IvlevWon · 1-0White · 2019-09-21 · Round 2.3Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  43. vs Oleg MaximovWon · 0-1Black · 2019-09-21 · Round 1.4Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  44. vs Peter SvidlerLost · 1-0Black · 2019-09-15 · Round 2.4FIDE World Cup 2019
  45. vs Peter SvidlerLost · 0-1White · 2019-09-15 · Round 2.3FIDE World Cup 2019
  46. vs Peter SvidlerDraw · ½–½White · 2019-09-14 · Round 2.2FIDE World Cup 2019
  47. vs Peter SvidlerDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-09-13 · Round 2.1FIDE World Cup 2019
  48. vs Ruslan PonomariovDraw · ½–½White · 2019-09-11 · Round 1.2FIDE World Cup 2019
  49. vs Ruslan PonomariovWon · 0-1Black · 2019-09-10 · Round 1.1FIDE World Cup 2019
  50. vs Vladimir GenbaWon · 0-1Black · 2019-08-31 · Round 9.12nd European Corporate

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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