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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

2681.8 -1.2

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
1863

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
151 2025-11-22 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 7.2 Andrey Esipenko Yi Wei Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
152 2025-11-21 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 7.1 Yi Wei Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
153 2025-11-19 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 6.6 Andrey Esipenko Sam Shankland Won: 1-0 35 Open
154 2025-11-19 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 6.5 Sam Shankland Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 46 Open
155 2025-11-19 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 6.4 Andrey Esipenko Sam Shankland Lost: 0-1 56 Open
156 2025-11-19 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 6.3 Sam Shankland Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 47 Open
157 2025-11-18 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 6.2 Andrey Esipenko Sam Shankland Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
158 2025-11-17 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 6.1 Sam Shankland Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
159 2025-11-16 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 5.4 Aleksey Grebnev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 145 Open
160 2025-11-16 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 5.3 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Grebnev Won: 1-0 36 Open
161 2025-11-15 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 5.2 Aleksey Grebnev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
162 2025-11-14 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Grebnev Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
163 2025-11-13 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 4.6 Vincent Keymer Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 39 Open
164 2025-11-13 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 4.5 Andrey Esipenko Vincent Keymer Won: 1-0 73 Open
165 2025-11-13 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 4.4 Andrey Esipenko Vincent Keymer Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
166 2025-11-13 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 4.3 Vincent Keymer Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
167 2025-11-12 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 4.2 Vincent Keymer Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
168 2025-11-11 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 4.1 Andrey Esipenko Vincent Keymer Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
169 2025-11-09 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 3.6 Andrey Esipenko Pouya Idani Won: 1-0 41 Open
170 2025-11-09 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 3.5 Pouya Idani Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 66 Open
171 2025-11-09 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 3.4 Pouya Idani Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 63 Open
172 2025-11-09 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 3.3 Andrey Esipenko Pouya Idani Won: 1-0 29 Open
173 2025-11-08 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 3.2 Andrey Esipenko Pouya Idani Won: 1-0 64 Open
174 2025-11-07 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 3.1 Pouya Idani Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 29 Open
175 2025-11-05 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 2.2 Nijat Abasov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 46 Open
176 2025-11-04 FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Nijat Abasov Won: 1-0 26 Open
177 2025-10-12 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 11.1 Andrey Esipenko Savva Vetokhin Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
178 2025-10-11 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 10.6 Daniil Dubov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
179 2025-10-10 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Arseniy Nesterov Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
180 2025-10-09 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 8.5 Ivan Zemlyanskii Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
181 2025-10-08 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Pavel Ponkratov Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
182 2025-10-06 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 6.4 Vadim Zvjaginsev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
183 2025-10-05 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 5.4 Andrey Esipenko Vladimir Malakhov Won: 1-0 38 Open
184 2025-10-04 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 4.3 Artem Uskov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
185 2025-10-03 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 3.5 Andrey Esipenko Ilia Iljiushenok Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
186 2025-10-02 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 2.2 Sergei Lobanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
187 2025-10-01 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 1.6 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Artemiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
188 2025-09-15 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 11.8 Andrey Esipenko Ian Nepomniachtchi Won: 1-0 40 Open
189 2025-09-14 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 10.18 Andrey Esipenko Sanan Sjugirov Won: 1-0 50 Open
190 2025-09-13 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 9.18 David Anton Guijarro Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
191 2025-09-12 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 8.17 Andrey Esipenko Ediz Gurel Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
192 2025-09-11 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 7.18 Alexei Shirov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
193 2025-09-09 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 6.25 Andrey Esipenko Andrei Volokitin Won: 1-0 31 Open
194 2025-09-08 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 5.19 V Pranav Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 98 Open
195 2025-09-07 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 4.15 Andrey Esipenko Aydin Suleymanli Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
196 2025-09-06 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 3.14 Cristobal Henriquez Villagra Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
197 2025-09-05 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 2.25 Andrey Esipenko Anton Korobov Won: 1-0 56 Open
198 2025-09-04 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 1.25 Leon Luke Mendonca Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
199 2025-08-13 TCh-TUR Super League 2025 Ankara TUR 12.37 Andrey Esipenko Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
200 2025-08-12 TCh-TUR Super League 2025 Ankara TUR 11.1 Andrey Esipenko Atilla Kuru Won: 1-0 27 Open
  1. vs Yi WeiDraw · ½–½White · 2025-11-22 · Round 7.2FIDE World Cup 2025
  2. vs Yi WeiDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-11-21 · Round 7.1FIDE World Cup 2025
  3. vs Sam ShanklandWon · 1-0White · 2025-11-19 · Round 6.6FIDE World Cup 2025
  4. vs Sam ShanklandWon · 0-1Black · 2025-11-19 · Round 6.5FIDE World Cup 2025
  5. vs Sam ShanklandLost · 0-1White · 2025-11-19 · Round 6.4FIDE World Cup 2025
  6. vs Sam ShanklandWon · 0-1Black · 2025-11-19 · Round 6.3FIDE World Cup 2025
  7. vs Sam ShanklandDraw · ½–½White · 2025-11-18 · Round 6.2FIDE World Cup 2025
  8. vs Sam ShanklandDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-11-17 · Round 6.1FIDE World Cup 2025
  9. vs Aleksey GrebnevDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-11-16 · Round 5.4FIDE World Cup 2025
  10. vs Aleksey GrebnevWon · 1-0White · 2025-11-16 · Round 5.3FIDE World Cup 2025
  11. vs Aleksey GrebnevDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-11-15 · Round 5.2FIDE World Cup 2025
  12. vs Aleksey GrebnevDraw · ½–½White · 2025-11-14 · Round 5.1FIDE World Cup 2025
  13. vs Vincent KeymerWon · 0-1Black · 2025-11-13 · Round 4.6FIDE World Cup 2025
  14. vs Vincent KeymerWon · 1-0White · 2025-11-13 · Round 4.5FIDE World Cup 2025
  15. vs Vincent KeymerDraw · ½–½White · 2025-11-13 · Round 4.4FIDE World Cup 2025
  16. vs Vincent KeymerDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-11-13 · Round 4.3FIDE World Cup 2025
  17. vs Vincent KeymerDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-11-12 · Round 4.2FIDE World Cup 2025
  18. vs Vincent KeymerDraw · ½–½White · 2025-11-11 · Round 4.1FIDE World Cup 2025
  19. vs Pouya IdaniWon · 1-0White · 2025-11-09 · Round 3.6FIDE World Cup 2025
  20. vs Pouya IdaniDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-11-09 · Round 3.5FIDE World Cup 2025
  21. vs Pouya IdaniLost · 1-0Black · 2025-11-09 · Round 3.4FIDE World Cup 2025
  22. vs Pouya IdaniWon · 1-0White · 2025-11-09 · Round 3.3FIDE World Cup 2025
  23. vs Pouya IdaniWon · 1-0White · 2025-11-08 · Round 3.2FIDE World Cup 2025
  24. vs Pouya IdaniLost · 1-0Black · 2025-11-07 · Round 3.1FIDE World Cup 2025
  25. vs Nijat AbasovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-11-05 · Round 2.2FIDE World Cup 2025
  26. vs Nijat AbasovWon · 1-0White · 2025-11-04 · Round 2.1FIDE World Cup 2025
  27. vs Savva VetokhinDraw · ½–½White · 2025-10-12 · Round 11.178th ch-RUS 2025
  28. vs Daniil DubovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-10-11 · Round 10.678th ch-RUS 2025
  29. vs Arseniy NesterovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-10-10 · Round 9.278th ch-RUS 2025
  30. vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-10-09 · Round 8.578th ch-RUS 2025
  31. vs Pavel PonkratovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-10-08 · Round 7.378th ch-RUS 2025
  32. vs Vadim ZvjaginsevDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-10-06 · Round 6.478th ch-RUS 2025
  33. vs Vladimir MalakhovWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-05 · Round 5.478th ch-RUS 2025
  34. vs Artem UskovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-10-04 · Round 4.378th ch-RUS 2025
  35. vs Ilia IljiushenokDraw · ½–½White · 2025-10-03 · Round 3.578th ch-RUS 2025
  36. vs Sergei LobanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-10-02 · Round 2.278th ch-RUS 2025
  37. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½White · 2025-10-01 · Round 1.678th ch-RUS 2025
  38. vs Ian NepomniachtchiWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-15 · Round 11.8FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  39. vs Sanan SjugirovWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-14 · Round 10.18FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  40. vs David Anton GuijarroDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-09-13 · Round 9.18FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  41. vs Ediz GurelDraw · ½–½White · 2025-09-12 · Round 8.17FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  42. vs Alexei ShirovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-09-11 · Round 7.18FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  43. vs Andrei VolokitinWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-09 · Round 6.25FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  44. vs V PranavLost · 1-0Black · 2025-09-08 · Round 5.19FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  45. vs Aydin SuleymanliDraw · ½–½White · 2025-09-07 · Round 4.15FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  46. vs Cristobal Henriquez VillagraDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-09-06 · Round 3.14FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  47. vs Anton KorobovWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-05 · Round 2.25FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  48. vs Leon Luke MendoncaDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-09-04 · Round 1.25FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  49. vs Shakhriyar MamedyarovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-08-13 · Round 12.37TCh-TUR Super League 2025
  50. vs Atilla KuruWon · 1-0White · 2025-08-12 · Round 11.1TCh-TUR Super League 2025

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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