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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
1401 2018-09-05 57th World Juniors 2018 Manavgat TUR 1.6 Andrey Esipenko Martin Hollan Won: 1-0 55 Open
1402 2018-08-26 20th Sants Open 2018 Barcelona ESP 10.6 Andrey Esipenko Suri Vaibhav Won: 1-0 47 Open
1403 2018-08-25 20th Sants Open 2018 Barcelona ESP 9.9 Jonathan Cruz Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 22 Open
1404 2018-08-23 20th Sants Open 2018 Barcelona ESP 7.6 Andreas Diermair Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 39 Open
1405 2018-08-22 20th Sants Open 2018 Barcelona ESP 6.4 Andrey Esipenko Luca Jr Moroni Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
1406 2018-08-21 20th Sants Open 2018 Barcelona ESP 5.3 Jaime Alexander Cuartas Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
1407 2018-08-20 20th Sants Open 2018 Barcelona ESP 4.5 Andrey Esipenko Luis Lazaro Aguero Jimenez Won: 1-0 73 Open
1408 2018-08-19 20th Sants Open 2018 Barcelona ESP 3.6 Andrey Esipenko Antonio Gual Pascual Won: 1-0 33 Open
1409 2018-08-18 20th Sants Open 2018 Barcelona ESP 2.8 Adrian Martinez Fernandez Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 59 Open
1410 2018-08-12 Riga Tech Open A 2018 Riga LAT 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Igor Kovalenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
1411 2018-08-11 Riga Tech Open A 2018 Riga LAT 8.5 Jergus Pechac Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
1412 2018-08-10 Riga Tech Open A 2018 Riga LAT 7.8 Andrey Esipenko Pablo Cruz Lledo Won: 1-0 48 Open
1413 2018-08-09 Riga Tech Open A 2018 Riga LAT 6.8 Paulius Pultinevicius Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
1414 2018-08-09 Riga Tech Open A 2018 Riga LAT 5.13 Andrey Esipenko Yury Lapshun Won: 1-0 38 Open
1415 2018-08-08 Riga Tech Open A 2018 Riga LAT 4.26 Andrey Esipenko Julius Chittka Won: 1-0 33 Open
1416 2018-08-07 Riga Tech Open A 2018 Riga LAT 3.22 Martin Jablonicky Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
1417 2018-08-07 Riga Tech Open A 2018 Riga LAT 2.7 Andrey Esipenko Luka Oboladze Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
1418 2018-08-06 Riga Tech Open A 2018 Riga LAT 1.8 Edgars Ungurs Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 61 Open
1419 2018-07-05 71st ch-RUS HL 2018 Yaroslavl RUS 9.15 Aleksey Dreev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 55 Open
1420 2018-07-04 71st ch-RUS HL 2018 Yaroslavl RUS 8.18 Andrey Esipenko Sergei Iskusnyh Draw: 1/2-1/2 76 Open
1421 2018-07-03 71st ch-RUS HL 2018 Yaroslavl RUS 7.18 Klementy Sychev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 18 Open
1422 2018-07-02 71st ch-RUS HL 2018 Yaroslavl RUS 6.21 Andrey Esipenko Oleg Bykov Won: 1-0 83 Open
1423 2018-06-30 71st ch-RUS HL 2018 Yaroslavl RUS 5.18 Sergei Lobanov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 33 Open
1424 2018-06-29 71st ch-RUS HL 2018 Yaroslavl RUS 4.19 Andrey Esipenko Valery Sviridov Draw: 1/2-1/2 61 Open
1425 2018-06-28 71st ch-RUS HL 2018 Yaroslavl RUS 3.19 Roman Yanchenko Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
1426 2018-06-27 71st ch-RUS HL 2018 Yaroslavl RUS 2.19 Andrey Esipenko Miran Oganian Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
1427 2018-06-26 71st ch-RUS HL 2018 Yaroslavl RUS 1.23 Zaur Tekeyev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 61 Open
1428 2018-06-01 CHN-RUS Summit 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Chao b Li Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
1429 2018-05-31 CHN-RUS Summit 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 4.3 Jianchao Zhou Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 26 Open
1430 2018-05-29 CHN-RUS Summit 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 3.4 Andrey Esipenko Yang Wen Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
1431 2018-05-28 CHN-RUS Summit 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 2.5 Jinshi Bai Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 21 Open
1432 2018-05-27 CHN-RUS Summit 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Shanglei Lu Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
1433 2018-05-26 CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Jianchao Zhou Won: 1-0 5 Open
1434 2018-05-26 CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 8.3 Andrey Esipenko Yang Wen Won: 1-0 6 Open
1435 2018-05-26 CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 7.4 Andrey Esipenko Shanglei Lu Lost: 0-1 3 Open
1436 2018-05-26 CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 6.5 Andrey Esipenko Jinshi Bai Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
1437 2018-05-26 CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 5.1 Chao b Li Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 21 Open
1438 2018-05-26 CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 2.4 Shanglei Lu Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 2 Open
1439 2018-05-26 CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 10.1 Andrey Esipenko Chao b Li Won: 1-0 31 Open
1440 2018-05-26 CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018 Qinhuangdao CHN 1.5 Jinshi Bai Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 21 Open
1441 2018-05-10 TCh-RUS Premier 2018 Sochi RUS 9.4 Evgeny Alekseev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 53 Open
1442 2018-05-09 TCh-RUS Premier 2018 Sochi RUS 8.2 Andrey Esipenko Alexei Bezgodov Won: 1-0 39 Open
1443 2018-05-08 TCh-RUS Premier 2018 Sochi RUS 7.5 Dmitry Bocharov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
1444 2018-05-07 TCh-RUS Premier 2018 Sochi RUS 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Vladimir Fedoseev Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
1445 2018-05-05 TCh-RUS Premier 2018 Sochi RUS 5.5 Andrey Esipenko David Paravyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
1446 2018-05-04 TCh-RUS Premier 2018 Sochi RUS 4.2 Ernesto Inarkiev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 77 Open
1447 2018-05-03 TCh-RUS Premier 2018 Sochi RUS 3.4 Andrey Esipenko Alexei Shirov Won: 1-0 31 Open
1448 2018-05-02 TCh-RUS Premier 2018 Sochi RUS 2.3 Petr Palachev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 48 Open
1449 2018-05-01 TCh-RUS Premier 2018 Sochi RUS 1.3 Andrey Esipenko Gata Kamsky Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
1450 2018-03-28 19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 Batumi GEO 11.3 Andrey Esipenko Michal Krasenkow Won: 1-0 47 Open
  1. vs Martin HollanWon · 1-0White · 2018-09-05 · Round 1.657th World Juniors 2018
  2. vs Suri VaibhavWon · 1-0White · 2018-08-26 · Round 10.620th Sants Open 2018
  3. vs Jonathan CruzWon · 0-1Black · 2018-08-25 · Round 9.920th Sants Open 2018
  4. vs Andreas DiermairLost · 1-0Black · 2018-08-23 · Round 7.620th Sants Open 2018
  5. vs Luca Jr MoroniDraw · ½–½White · 2018-08-22 · Round 6.420th Sants Open 2018
  6. vs Jaime Alexander CuartasDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-08-21 · Round 5.320th Sants Open 2018
  7. vs Luis Lazaro Aguero JimenezWon · 1-0White · 2018-08-20 · Round 4.520th Sants Open 2018
  8. vs Antonio Gual PascualWon · 1-0White · 2018-08-19 · Round 3.620th Sants Open 2018
  9. vs Adrian Martinez FernandezWon · 0-1Black · 2018-08-18 · Round 2.820th Sants Open 2018
  10. vs Igor KovalenkoDraw · ½–½White · 2018-08-12 · Round 9.2Riga Tech Open A 2018
  11. vs Jergus PechacWon · 0-1Black · 2018-08-11 · Round 8.5Riga Tech Open A 2018
  12. vs Pablo Cruz LledoWon · 1-0White · 2018-08-10 · Round 7.8Riga Tech Open A 2018
  13. vs Paulius PultineviciusDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-08-09 · Round 6.8Riga Tech Open A 2018
  14. vs Yury LapshunWon · 1-0White · 2018-08-09 · Round 5.13Riga Tech Open A 2018
  15. vs Julius ChittkaWon · 1-0White · 2018-08-08 · Round 4.26Riga Tech Open A 2018
  16. vs Martin JablonickyDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-08-07 · Round 3.22Riga Tech Open A 2018
  17. vs Luka OboladzeDraw · ½–½White · 2018-08-07 · Round 2.7Riga Tech Open A 2018
  18. vs Edgars UngursWon · 0-1Black · 2018-08-06 · Round 1.8Riga Tech Open A 2018
  19. vs Aleksey DreevWon · 0-1Black · 2018-07-05 · Round 9.1571st ch-RUS HL 2018
  20. vs Sergei IskusnyhDraw · ½–½White · 2018-07-04 · Round 8.1871st ch-RUS HL 2018
  21. vs Klementy SychevDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-07-03 · Round 7.1871st ch-RUS HL 2018
  22. vs Oleg BykovWon · 1-0White · 2018-07-02 · Round 6.2171st ch-RUS HL 2018
  23. vs Sergei LobanovLost · 1-0Black · 2018-06-30 · Round 5.1871st ch-RUS HL 2018
  24. vs Valery SviridovDraw · ½–½White · 2018-06-29 · Round 4.1971st ch-RUS HL 2018
  25. vs Roman YanchenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-06-28 · Round 3.1971st ch-RUS HL 2018
  26. vs Miran OganianDraw · ½–½White · 2018-06-27 · Round 2.1971st ch-RUS HL 2018
  27. vs Zaur TekeyevDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-06-26 · Round 1.2371st ch-RUS HL 2018
  28. vs Chao b LiDraw · ½–½White · 2018-06-01 · Round 5.1CHN-RUS Summit 2018
  29. vs Jianchao ZhouLost · 1-0Black · 2018-05-31 · Round 4.3CHN-RUS Summit 2018
  30. vs Yang WenDraw · ½–½White · 2018-05-29 · Round 3.4CHN-RUS Summit 2018
  31. vs Jinshi BaiDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-05-28 · Round 2.5CHN-RUS Summit 2018
  32. vs Shanglei LuDraw · ½–½White · 2018-05-27 · Round 1.2CHN-RUS Summit 2018
  33. vs Jianchao ZhouWon · 1-0White · 2018-05-26 · Round 9.2CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018
  34. vs Yang WenWon · 1-0White · 2018-05-26 · Round 8.3CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018
  35. vs Shanglei LuLost · 0-1White · 2018-05-26 · Round 7.4CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018
  36. vs Jinshi BaiDraw · ½–½White · 2018-05-26 · Round 6.5CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018
  37. vs Chao b LiLost · 1-0Black · 2018-05-26 · Round 5.1CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018
  38. vs Shanglei LuLost · 1-0Black · 2018-05-26 · Round 2.4CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018
  39. vs Chao b LiWon · 1-0White · 2018-05-26 · Round 10.1CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018
  40. vs Jinshi BaiLost · 1-0Black · 2018-05-26 · Round 1.5CHN-RUS Summit Blitz 2018
  41. vs Evgeny AlekseevLost · 1-0Black · 2018-05-10 · Round 9.4TCh-RUS Premier 2018
  42. vs Alexei BezgodovWon · 1-0White · 2018-05-09 · Round 8.2TCh-RUS Premier 2018
  43. vs Dmitry BocharovDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-05-08 · Round 7.5TCh-RUS Premier 2018
  44. vs Vladimir FedoseevDraw · ½–½White · 2018-05-07 · Round 6.1TCh-RUS Premier 2018
  45. vs David ParavyanDraw · ½–½White · 2018-05-05 · Round 5.5TCh-RUS Premier 2018
  46. vs Ernesto InarkievDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-05-04 · Round 4.2TCh-RUS Premier 2018
  47. vs Alexei ShirovWon · 1-0White · 2018-05-03 · Round 3.4TCh-RUS Premier 2018
  48. vs Petr PalachevWon · 0-1Black · 2018-05-02 · Round 2.3TCh-RUS Premier 2018
  49. vs Gata KamskyDraw · ½–½White · 2018-05-01 · Round 1.3TCh-RUS Premier 2018
  50. vs Michal KrasenkowWon · 1-0White · 2018-03-28 · Round 11.319th ch-EUR Indiv 2018

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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