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GMAndrey Esipenko

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
1651 2016-11-03 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 6.25 Andrey Esipenko Christian Bussard Won: 1-0 39 Open
1652 2016-11-02 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 5.16 Alexander Stolte Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 49 Open
1653 2016-11-01 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 4.8 Andrey Esipenko 4101685 Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
1654 2016-10-31 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 3.27 Dieter Schatz Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 51 Open
1655 2016-10-30 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 2.28 Andrey Esipenko Lars Goldbeck Won: 1-0 56 Open
1656 2016-10-29 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 1.28 Anita, Dr. Just Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 44 Open
1657 2016-10-23 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 9.38 Roman Martynov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
1658 2016-10-22 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 8.55 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Polyaninov Won: 1-0 41 Open
1659 2016-10-21 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 7.56 Rao S.V. Srinath Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
1660 2016-10-20 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 6.34 Andrey Esipenko Ivan Yeletsky Lost: 0-1 42 Open
1661 2016-10-19 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 5.29 Grigory Palchun Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 67 Open
1662 2016-10-18 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 4.4 Andrey Esipenko Vojislav Markovic Won: 1-0 51 Open
1663 2016-10-17 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 3.26 Evgenij Lesovoi Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 32 Open
1664 2016-10-16 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 2.42 Andrey Esipenko Genadi A Ageichenko Won: 1-0 42 Open
1665 2016-10-15 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 1.46 Sergey Tsapalin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
1666 2016-10-03 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 11.2 Andrey Esipenko Pawel Teclaf Won: 1-0 45 Open
1667 2016-10-02 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 10.2 Chenxi Zhao Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
1668 2016-10-01 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Viachaslau Zarubitski Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
1669 2016-09-30 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 8.2 Kirill Shubin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 28 Open
1670 2016-09-29 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 7.2 Andrey Esipenko Hongchi Peng Won: 1-0 43 Open
1671 2016-09-28 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 6.3 Artur Davtyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
1672 2016-09-26 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Semyon Lomasov Lost: 0-1 46 Open
1673 2016-09-25 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 4.1 Ilja Semjonovs Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 87 Open
1674 2016-09-24 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 3.1 Andrey Esipenko Murad Ibrahimli Won: 1-0 32 Open
1675 2016-09-23 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.1 Danila Pavlov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 73 Open
1676 2016-09-22 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Sugar Gan-Erdene Won: 1-0 57 Open
1677 2016-07-29 World Youth U16 Olympiad Poprad SVK 9.2 Viachaslau Zarubitski Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 50 Open
1678 2016-07-28 World Youth U16 Olympiad Poprad SVK 8.2 Dastan Turar Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 65 Open
1679 2016-07-27 World Youth U16 Olympiad Poprad SVK 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Zlatin Won: 1-0 40 Open
1680 2016-07-27 World Youth U16 Olympiad Poprad SVK 6.1 Alireza Firouzja Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 72 Open
1681 2016-07-25 World Youth U16 Olympiad Poprad SVK 5.2 Andrey Esipenko Pa Iniyan Won: 1-0 28 Open
1682 2016-07-24 World Youth U16 Olympiad Poprad SVK 4.1 Aram Hakobyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 18 Open
1683 2016-07-23 World Youth U16 Olympiad Poprad SVK 3.3 Andrey Esipenko Lampros Giannoulakis Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
1684 2016-07-23 World Youth U16 Olympiad Poprad SVK 2.7 Xinyang Nie Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 63 Open
1685 2016-07-01 69th ch-RUS HL 2016 Kolomna RUS 9.23 Jaroslav Prizant Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 81 Open
1686 2016-06-30 69th ch-RUS HL 2016 Kolomna RUS 8.2 Andrey Esipenko Anton Demchenko Lost: 0-1 44 Open
1687 2016-06-29 69th ch-RUS HL 2016 Kolomna RUS 7.17 Artur Gabrielian Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 50 Open
1688 2016-06-28 69th ch-RUS HL 2016 Kolomna RUS 6.12 Dmitry Kryakvin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 45 Open
1689 2016-06-27 69th ch-RUS HL 2016 Kolomna RUS 5.7 Andrey Esipenko Igor Lysyj Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
1690 2016-06-25 69th ch-RUS HL 2016 Kolomna RUS 4.14 Ivan Popov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
1691 2016-06-24 69th ch-RUS HL 2016 Kolomna RUS 3.13 Andrey Esipenko Evgeny Romanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 69 Open
1692 2016-06-23 69th ch-RUS HL 2016 Kolomna RUS 2.4 Dmitry Kokarev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 49 Open
1693 2016-06-22 69th ch-RUS HL 2016 Kolomna RUS 1.14 Andrey Esipenko Ildar Khairullin Won: 1-0 39 Open
1694 2016-06-07 VII ShakkiNet GM 2016 Helsinki FIN 9.2 Vasily Yemelin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
1695 2016-06-06 VII ShakkiNet GM 2016 Helsinki FIN 8.3 Andrey Esipenko Tapani Sammalvuo Won: 1-0 38 Open
1696 2016-06-05 VII ShakkiNet GM 2016 Helsinki FIN 7.3 Toivo Keinanen Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
1697 2016-06-04 VII ShakkiNet GM 2016 Helsinki FIN 6.5 Andrey Esipenko Qiyu Zhou Won: 1-0 32 Open
1698 2016-06-03 VII ShakkiNet GM 2016 Helsinki FIN 5.1 Alon Greenfeld Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
1699 2016-06-02 VII ShakkiNet GM 2016 Helsinki FIN 4.3 Andrey Esipenko Jari Jarvenpaa Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
1700 2016-06-01 VII ShakkiNet GM 2016 Helsinki FIN 3.2 Meelis Kanep Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
  1. vs Christian BussardWon · 1-0White · 2016-11-03 · Round 6.2520th OIBM 2016
  2. vs Alexander StolteLost · 1-0Black · 2016-11-02 · Round 5.1620th OIBM 2016
  3. vs 4101685Draw · ½–½White · 2016-11-01 · Round 4.820th OIBM 2016
  4. vs Dieter SchatzWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-31 · Round 3.2720th OIBM 2016
  5. vs Lars GoldbeckWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-30 · Round 2.2820th OIBM 2016
  6. vs Anita, Dr. JustWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-29 · Round 1.2820th OIBM 2016
  7. vs Roman MartynovWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-23 · Round 9.38Chigorin Memorial 2016
  8. vs Aleksey PolyaninovWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-22 · Round 8.55Chigorin Memorial 2016
  9. vs Rao S.V. SrinathDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-10-21 · Round 7.56Chigorin Memorial 2016
  10. vs Ivan YeletskyLost · 0-1White · 2016-10-20 · Round 6.34Chigorin Memorial 2016
  11. vs Grigory PalchunDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-10-19 · Round 5.29Chigorin Memorial 2016
  12. vs Vojislav MarkovicWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-18 · Round 4.4Chigorin Memorial 2016
  13. vs Evgenij LesovoiLost · 1-0Black · 2016-10-17 · Round 3.26Chigorin Memorial 2016
  14. vs Genadi A AgeichenkoWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-16 · Round 2.42Chigorin Memorial 2016
  15. vs Sergey TsapalinWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-15 · Round 1.46Chigorin Memorial 2016
  16. vs Pawel TeclafWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-03 · Round 11.2World Youth Open U14 2016
  17. vs Chenxi ZhaoWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-02 · Round 10.2World Youth Open U14 2016
  18. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiDraw · ½–½White · 2016-10-01 · Round 9.2World Youth Open U14 2016
  19. vs Kirill ShubinWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-30 · Round 8.2World Youth Open U14 2016
  20. vs Hongchi PengWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-29 · Round 7.2World Youth Open U14 2016
  21. vs Artur DavtyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-09-28 · Round 6.3World Youth Open U14 2016
  22. vs Semyon LomasovLost · 0-1White · 2016-09-26 · Round 5.1World Youth Open U14 2016
  23. vs Ilja SemjonovsDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-09-25 · Round 4.1World Youth Open U14 2016
  24. vs Murad IbrahimliWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-24 · Round 3.1World Youth Open U14 2016
  25. vs Danila PavlovWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-23 · Round 2.1World Youth Open U14 2016
  26. vs Sugar Gan-ErdeneWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-22 · Round 1.1World Youth Open U14 2016
  27. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-29 · Round 9.2World Youth U16 Olympiad
  28. vs Dastan TurarWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-28 · Round 8.2World Youth U16 Olympiad
  29. vs Alexander ZlatinWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-27 · Round 7.3World Youth U16 Olympiad
  30. vs Alireza FirouzjaDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-07-27 · Round 6.1World Youth U16 Olympiad
  31. vs Pa IniyanWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-25 · Round 5.2World Youth U16 Olympiad
  32. vs Aram HakobyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-07-24 · Round 4.1World Youth U16 Olympiad
  33. vs Lampros GiannoulakisDraw · ½–½White · 2016-07-23 · Round 3.3World Youth U16 Olympiad
  34. vs Xinyang NieWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-23 · Round 2.7World Youth U16 Olympiad
  35. vs Jaroslav PrizantDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-07-01 · Round 9.2369th ch-RUS HL 2016
  36. vs Anton DemchenkoLost · 0-1White · 2016-06-30 · Round 8.269th ch-RUS HL 2016
  37. vs Artur GabrielianLost · 1-0Black · 2016-06-29 · Round 7.1769th ch-RUS HL 2016
  38. vs Dmitry KryakvinLost · 1-0Black · 2016-06-28 · Round 6.1269th ch-RUS HL 2016
  39. vs Igor LysyjDraw · ½–½White · 2016-06-27 · Round 5.769th ch-RUS HL 2016
  40. vs Ivan PopovWon · 0-1Black · 2016-06-25 · Round 4.1469th ch-RUS HL 2016
  41. vs Evgeny RomanovDraw · ½–½White · 2016-06-24 · Round 3.1369th ch-RUS HL 2016
  42. vs Dmitry KokarevLost · 1-0Black · 2016-06-23 · Round 2.469th ch-RUS HL 2016
  43. vs Ildar KhairullinWon · 1-0White · 2016-06-22 · Round 1.1469th ch-RUS HL 2016
  44. vs Vasily YemelinDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-06-07 · Round 9.2VII ShakkiNet GM 2016
  45. vs Tapani SammalvuoWon · 1-0White · 2016-06-06 · Round 8.3VII ShakkiNet GM 2016
  46. vs Toivo KeinanenDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-06-05 · Round 7.3VII ShakkiNet GM 2016
  47. vs Qiyu ZhouWon · 1-0White · 2016-06-04 · Round 6.5VII ShakkiNet GM 2016
  48. vs Alon GreenfeldDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-06-03 · Round 5.1VII ShakkiNet GM 2016
  49. vs Jari JarvenpaaDraw · ½–½White · 2016-06-02 · Round 4.3VII ShakkiNet GM 2016
  50. vs Meelis KanepDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-06-01 · Round 3.2VII ShakkiNet GM 2016

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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