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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
301 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 12.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 36 Open
302 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 11.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 39 Open
303 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 9.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 47 Open
304 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 8.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 54 Open
305 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 7.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 46 Open
306 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 50 Open
307 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 5.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 85 Open
308 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 4.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 56 Open
309 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 3.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 24 Open
310 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
311 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 10.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Lost: 0-1 53 Open
312 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 1.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 32 Open
313 2025-02-19 Esipenko-Rapport m cl Rostov-on-Don RUS 6.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
314 2025-02-18 Esipenko-Rapport m cl Rostov-on-Don RUS 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
315 2025-02-17 Esipenko-Rapport m cl Rostov-on-Don RUS 4.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 23 Open
316 2025-02-15 Esipenko-Rapport m cl Rostov-on-Don RUS 3.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 49 Open
317 2025-02-14 Esipenko-Rapport m cl Rostov-on-Don RUS 2.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
318 2025-02-13 Esipenko-Rapport m cl Rostov-on-Don RUS 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
319 2025-02-02 Bundesliga 2024-25 Duesseldorf GER 8.5 Andrey Esipenko Jules Moussard Lost: 0-1 39 Open
320 2025-02-01 Bundesliga 2024-25 Duesseldorf GER 7.5 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
321 2025-01-12 Bundesliga 2024-25 St. Pauli GER 6.4 MarcAndria Maurizzi Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
322 2025-01-11 Bundesliga 2024-25 St. Pauli GER 5.4 Andrey Esipenko Lucas Van Foreest Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
323 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 9.27 Elham Amar Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 53 Open
324 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 8.36 Andrey Esipenko Karthik Venkataraman Won: 1-0 46 Open
325 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 7.45 David Brodsky Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
326 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 6.33 Andrey Esipenko Merab Gagunashvili Lost: 0-1 57 Open
327 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 5.13 Jeffery Xiong Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 54 Open
328 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 4.36 Andrey Esipenko Raja Harshit Won: 1-0 28 Open
329 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 3.4 Wesley So Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 45 Open
330 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 2.33 Andrey Esipenko Brewington Hardaway Won: 1-0 31 Open
331 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 13.38 Frederik Svane Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 16 Open
332 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 12.36 Andrey Esipenko Awonder Liang Draw: 1/2-1/2 69 Open
333 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 11.27 Mikhail Al. Antipov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 52 Open
334 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 10.12 Andrey Esipenko Erigaisi Arjun Lost: 0-1 66 Open
335 2024-12-30 World Blitz 2024 New York USA 1.51 Shiyam Thavandiran Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 31 Open
336 2024-12-28 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 13.11 Levon Aronian Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
337 2024-12-28 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 12.4 Andrey Esipenko Alireza Firouzja Lost: 0-1 62 Open
338 2024-12-28 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 11.5 Jan-Krzysztof Duda Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
339 2024-12-28 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 10.5 Andrey Esipenko Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Draw: 1/2-1/2 13 Open
340 2024-12-27 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 9.4 Leinier Dominguez Perez Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
341 2024-12-27 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 8.7 Andrey Esipenko Fabiano Caruana Won: 1-0 37 Open
342 2024-12-27 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 7.2 Jonas Buhl Bjerre Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
343 2024-12-27 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 6.16 Andrey Esipenko Vasif Durarbayli Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
344 2024-12-26 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 5.25 Mikhail Kobalia Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
345 2024-12-26 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 4.42 Andrey Esipenko Ivan Zemlyanskii Won: 1-0 35 Open
346 2024-12-26 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 3.33 Yiping Lou Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
347 2024-12-26 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 2.58 Andrey Esipenko Dambasuren Batsuren Won: 1-0 46 Open
348 2024-12-26 World Rapid 2024 New York USA 1.31 Frederik Svane Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 82 Open
349 2024-12-15 New Year Festival Blitz Moscow RUS 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Grebnev Lost: 0-1 73 Open
350 2024-12-15 New Year Festival Blitz Moscow RUS 8.7 Aleksey Dreev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 39 Open
  1. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-22 · Round 12.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  2. vs Richard RapportLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-22 · Round 11.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  3. vs Richard RapportWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-21 · Round 9.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  4. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-21 · Round 8.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  5. vs Richard RapportLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-21 · Round 7.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  6. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-21 · Round 6.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  7. vs Richard RapportWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-21 · Round 5.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  8. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-21 · Round 4.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  9. vs Richard RapportLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-21 · Round 3.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  10. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½White · 2025-02-21 · Round 2.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  11. vs Richard RapportLost · 0-1White · 2025-02-21 · Round 10.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  12. vs Richard RapportWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-21 · Round 1.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  13. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-19 · Round 6.1Esipenko-Rapport m cl
  14. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½White · 2025-02-18 · Round 5.1Esipenko-Rapport m cl
  15. vs Richard RapportLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 4.1Esipenko-Rapport m cl
  16. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-15 · Round 3.1Esipenko-Rapport m cl
  17. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-14 · Round 2.1Esipenko-Rapport m cl
  18. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½White · 2025-02-13 · Round 1.1Esipenko-Rapport m cl
  19. vs Jules MoussardLost · 0-1White · 2025-02-02 · Round 8.5Bundesliga 2024-25
  20. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-01 · Round 7.5Bundesliga 2024-25
  21. vs MarcAndria MaurizziDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-01-12 · Round 6.4Bundesliga 2024-25
  22. vs Lucas Van ForeestDraw · ½–½White · 2025-01-11 · Round 5.4Bundesliga 2024-25
  23. vs Elham AmarWon · 0-1Black · 2024-12-30 · Round 9.27World Blitz 2024
  24. vs Karthik VenkataramanWon · 1-0White · 2024-12-30 · Round 8.36World Blitz 2024
  25. vs David BrodskyWon · 0-1Black · 2024-12-30 · Round 7.45World Blitz 2024
  26. vs Merab GagunashviliLost · 0-1White · 2024-12-30 · Round 6.33World Blitz 2024
  27. vs Jeffery XiongLost · 1-0Black · 2024-12-30 · Round 5.13World Blitz 2024
  28. vs Raja HarshitWon · 1-0White · 2024-12-30 · Round 4.36World Blitz 2024
  29. vs Wesley SoLost · 1-0Black · 2024-12-30 · Round 3.4World Blitz 2024
  30. vs Brewington HardawayWon · 1-0White · 2024-12-30 · Round 2.33World Blitz 2024
  31. vs Frederik SvaneDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-12-30 · Round 13.38World Blitz 2024
  32. vs Awonder LiangDraw · ½–½White · 2024-12-30 · Round 12.36World Blitz 2024
  33. vs Mikhail Al. AntipovLost · 1-0Black · 2024-12-30 · Round 11.27World Blitz 2024
  34. vs Erigaisi ArjunLost · 0-1White · 2024-12-30 · Round 10.12World Blitz 2024
  35. vs Shiyam ThavandiranWon · 0-1Black · 2024-12-30 · Round 1.51World Blitz 2024
  36. vs Levon AronianDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-12-28 · Round 13.11World Rapid 2024
  37. vs Alireza FirouzjaLost · 0-1White · 2024-12-28 · Round 12.4World Rapid 2024
  38. vs Jan-Krzysztof DudaDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-12-28 · Round 11.5World Rapid 2024
  39. vs Shakhriyar MamedyarovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-12-28 · Round 10.5World Rapid 2024
  40. vs Leinier Dominguez PerezDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-12-27 · Round 9.4World Rapid 2024
  41. vs Fabiano CaruanaWon · 1-0White · 2024-12-27 · Round 8.7World Rapid 2024
  42. vs Jonas Buhl BjerreWon · 0-1Black · 2024-12-27 · Round 7.2World Rapid 2024
  43. vs Vasif DurarbayliDraw · ½–½White · 2024-12-27 · Round 6.16World Rapid 2024
  44. vs Mikhail KobaliaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-12-26 · Round 5.25World Rapid 2024
  45. vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiWon · 1-0White · 2024-12-26 · Round 4.42World Rapid 2024
  46. vs Yiping LouDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-12-26 · Round 3.33World Rapid 2024
  47. vs Dambasuren BatsurenWon · 1-0White · 2024-12-26 · Round 2.58World Rapid 2024
  48. vs Frederik SvaneLost · 1-0Black · 2024-12-26 · Round 1.31World Rapid 2024
  49. vs Aleksey GrebnevLost · 0-1White · 2024-12-15 · Round 9.2New Year Festival Blitz
  50. vs Aleksey DreevWon · 0-1Black · 2024-12-15 · Round 8.7New Year Festival Blitz

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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