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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
251 2025-05-30 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2025 Belfort FRA 2.1 Murali Karthikeyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
252 2025-05-29 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2025 Belfort FRA 1.3 Andrey Esipenko Lucas Van Foreest Won: 1-0 99 Open
253 2025-05-28 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025 Belfort FRA 7.3 Joseph Girel Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
254 2025-05-27 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025 Belfort FRA 6.4 Pierre Barbot Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 29 Open
255 2025-05-26 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025 Belfort FRA 5.4 Andrey Esipenko Alberto David Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
256 2025-05-25 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025 Belfort FRA 4.2 Daniel Fridman Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
257 2025-05-24 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025 Belfort FRA 3.2 Andrey Esipenko Etienne Bacrot Draw: 1/2-1/2 19 Open
258 2025-05-22 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025 Belfort FRA 1.1 Loek Van Wely Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 47 Open
259 2025-05-05 TCh-RUS HL 2025 Sochi RUS 9.1 Andrey Esipenko Ivan Rozum Won: 1-0 49 Open
260 2025-05-04 TCh-RUS HL 2025 Sochi RUS 8.1 Anton Shomoev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
261 2025-05-03 TCh-RUS HL 2025 Sochi RUS 7.1 Alexander Zabotin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
262 2025-05-02 TCh-RUS HL 2025 Sochi RUS 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Oleg Rychkov Won: 1-0 37 Open
263 2025-04-30 TCh-RUS HL 2025 Sochi RUS 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Mokshanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 70 Open
264 2025-04-29 TCh-RUS HL 2025 Sochi RUS 4.1 Mikhail Panin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 56 Open
265 2025-04-27 Bundesliga 2024-25 Deggendorf GER 15.8 Andrey Esipenko Anton Korobov Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
266 2025-04-26 Bundesliga 2024-25 Deggendorf GER 14.7 Andrey Esipenko Stepan Zilka Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
267 2025-04-25 Bundesliga 2024-25 Deggendorf GER 13.1 Jan Smeets Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
268 2025-04-21 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 9.1 Andrey Esipenko Baadur Jobava Won: 1-0 38 Open
269 2025-04-21 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 8.2 Vincent Keymer Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 24 Open
270 2025-04-20 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Pranesh M Won: 1-0 30 Open
271 2025-04-20 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 6.11 Victor Mikhalevski Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 29 Open
272 2025-04-19 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 5.2 Andrey Esipenko Dinara Wagner Won: 1-0 45 Open
273 2025-04-19 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 4.14 Christopher Woojin Yoo Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 92 Open
274 2025-04-18 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 3.12 Andrey Esipenko Francesco Sonis Draw: 1/2-1/2 93 Open
275 2025-04-18 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 2.17 Antoine Bournel Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
276 2025-04-17 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 1.18 Andrey Esipenko Murat Diyap Won: 1-0 37 Open
277 2025-04-06 TCh-AUT 2024-25 Austria AUT 11.3 Andrey Esipenko Hubert Ebner Won: 1-0 42 Open
278 2025-04-05 TCh-AUT 2024-25 Austria AUT 10.33 Alexander Gschiel Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
279 2025-04-04 TCh-AUT 2024-25 Austria AUT 9.11 Andrey Esipenko Leon Livaic Won: 1-0 21 Open
280 2025-04-03 TCh-AUT 2024-25 Austria AUT 7.17 Andrey Esipenko Milos Perunovic Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
281 2025-04-02 TCh-AUT 2024-25 Austria AUT 6.21 Marius Deuer Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 57 Open
282 2025-03-24 Bundesliga 2024-25 Bad Mergentheim GER 12.3 Vyacheslav Ikonnikov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 32 Open
283 2025-03-23 Bundesliga 2024-25 Bad Mergentheim GER 11.4 Andrey Esipenko Uwe Boensch Won: 1-0 47 Open
284 2025-03-06 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 9.3 Alexander Grischuk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
285 2025-03-05 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 8.2 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Goganov Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
286 2025-03-05 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 7.2 Hans Moke Niemann Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 55 Open
287 2025-03-04 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 6.4 Andrey Esipenko Aleksandr Shimanov Won: 1-0 38 Open
288 2025-03-03 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 5.4 Mihail Nikitenko Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
289 2025-03-03 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 4.11 Andrey Esipenko Ivan Rozum Won: 1-0 39 Open
290 2025-03-02 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 3.11 Artem Uskov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
291 2025-03-02 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 2.25 Andrey Esipenko Kirill Putrenko Won: 1-0 68 Open
292 2025-03-01 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 1.5 Vahe A. Sukiasyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
293 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 20.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 43 Open
294 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 19.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
295 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 18.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 31 Open
296 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 17.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
297 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 16.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 40 Open
298 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 15.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 51 Open
299 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 14.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 39 Open
300 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 13.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
  1. vs Murali KarthikeyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-30 · Round 2.1TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2025
  2. vs Lucas Van ForeestWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-29 · Round 1.3TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2025
  3. vs Joseph GirelDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-28 · Round 7.3TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025
  4. vs Pierre BarbotWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 6.4TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025
  5. vs Alberto DavidDraw · ½–½White · 2025-05-26 · Round 5.4TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025
  6. vs Daniel FridmanDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-25 · Round 4.2TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025
  7. vs Etienne BacrotDraw · ½–½White · 2025-05-24 · Round 3.2TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025
  8. vs Loek Van WelyLost · 1-0Black · 2025-05-22 · Round 1.1TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2025
  9. vs Ivan RozumWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-05 · Round 9.1TCh-RUS HL 2025
  10. vs Anton ShomoevDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-04 · Round 8.1TCh-RUS HL 2025
  11. vs Alexander ZabotinDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-03 · Round 7.1TCh-RUS HL 2025
  12. vs Oleg RychkovWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-02 · Round 6.1TCh-RUS HL 2025
  13. vs Alexey MokshanovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-04-30 · Round 5.1TCh-RUS HL 2025
  14. vs Mikhail PaninWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-29 · Round 4.1TCh-RUS HL 2025
  15. vs Anton KorobovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-04-27 · Round 15.8Bundesliga 2024-25
  16. vs Stepan ZilkaDraw · ½–½White · 2025-04-26 · Round 14.7Bundesliga 2024-25
  17. vs Jan SmeetsDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-04-25 · Round 13.1Bundesliga 2024-25
  18. vs Baadur JobavaWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-21 · Round 9.1grenke Freestyle Open
  19. vs Vincent KeymerLost · 1-0Black · 2025-04-21 · Round 8.2grenke Freestyle Open
  20. vs Pranesh MWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-20 · Round 7.3grenke Freestyle Open
  21. vs Victor MikhalevskiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-20 · Round 6.11grenke Freestyle Open
  22. vs Dinara WagnerWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-19 · Round 5.2grenke Freestyle Open
  23. vs Christopher Woojin YooDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-04-19 · Round 4.14grenke Freestyle Open
  24. vs Francesco SonisDraw · ½–½White · 2025-04-18 · Round 3.12grenke Freestyle Open
  25. vs Antoine BournelWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-18 · Round 2.17grenke Freestyle Open
  26. vs Murat DiyapWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-17 · Round 1.18grenke Freestyle Open
  27. vs Hubert EbnerWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-06 · Round 11.3TCh-AUT 2024-25
  28. vs Alexander GschielWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-05 · Round 10.33TCh-AUT 2024-25
  29. vs Leon LivaicWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-04 · Round 9.11TCh-AUT 2024-25
  30. vs Milos PerunovicDraw · ½–½White · 2025-04-03 · Round 7.17TCh-AUT 2024-25
  31. vs Marius DeuerWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-02 · Round 6.21TCh-AUT 2024-25
  32. vs Vyacheslav IkonnikovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-24 · Round 12.3Bundesliga 2024-25
  33. vs Uwe BoenschWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-23 · Round 11.4Bundesliga 2024-25
  34. vs Alexander GrischukDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-06 · Round 9.3Aeroflot Open A 2025
  35. vs Aleksey GoganovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-05 · Round 8.2Aeroflot Open A 2025
  36. vs Hans Moke NiemannDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-05 · Round 7.2Aeroflot Open A 2025
  37. vs Aleksandr ShimanovWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-04 · Round 6.4Aeroflot Open A 2025
  38. vs Mihail NikitenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-03 · Round 5.4Aeroflot Open A 2025
  39. vs Ivan RozumWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-03 · Round 4.11Aeroflot Open A 2025
  40. vs Artem UskovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-02 · Round 3.11Aeroflot Open A 2025
  41. vs Kirill PutrenkoWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-02 · Round 2.25Aeroflot Open A 2025
  42. vs Vahe A. SukiasyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-01 · Round 1.5Aeroflot Open A 2025
  43. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-22 · Round 20.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  44. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-22 · Round 19.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  45. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-22 · Round 18.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  46. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-22 · Round 17.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  47. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-22 · Round 16.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  48. vs Richard RapportLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-22 · Round 15.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  49. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-22 · Round 14.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  50. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-22 · Round 13.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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