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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
401 2024-10-15 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Argisht Voskanyan Won: 1-0 66 Open
402 2024-10-15 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 1.1 A. Izhnin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
403 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 9.12 Ramil Faizrakhmanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
404 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 8.9 Andrey Esipenko Ruslan Gadzhiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
405 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 7.16 Andrey Esipenko Konstantin Novikov Won: 1-0 24 Open
406 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 6.6 Matvey Galchenko Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 60 Open
407 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 5.9 Andrey Esipenko Miran Oganian Won: 1-0 40 Open
408 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 2.2 Artem Bardyk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
409 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 13.3 Andrey Esipenko Roman Al Nosach Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
410 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 12.3 Ivan Zemlyanskii Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
411 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 11.4 Andrey Esipenko Boris Savchenko Won: 1-0 68 Open
412 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 10.7 Alexandr Triapishko Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 4 Open
413 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Prokhor Moskvinov Won: 1-0 39 Open
414 2024-09-29 Bundesliga 2024-25 Kirchweyhe GER 2.2 Zoran Jovanovic Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 87 Open
415 2024-09-28 Bundesliga 2024-25 Kirchweyhe GER 1.2 Volkmar, Dr. Dinstuhl Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 21 Open
416 2024-08-28 77th ch-RUS TB 2024 Barnaul RUS 2 Vladislav Artemiev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 25 Open
417 2024-08-28 77th ch-RUS TB 2024 Barnaul RUS 1 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Artemiev Lost: 0-1 62 Open
418 2024-08-28 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 11.3 Artyom Timofeev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
419 2024-08-27 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 10.1 Andrey Esipenko Arseniy Nesterov Won: 1-0 79 Open
420 2024-08-26 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 9.2 Aleksey Dreev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 13 Open
421 2024-08-25 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 8.6 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Grischuk Won: 1-0 54 Open
422 2024-08-24 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 7.1 Andrey Esipenko Evgeniy Najer Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
423 2024-08-22 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 6.6 Aleksey Grebnev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 12 Open
424 2024-08-21 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 5.2 Andrey Esipenko Rudik Makarian Won: 1-0 33 Open
425 2024-08-20 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 4.5 Vladislav Artemiev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
426 2024-08-19 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 3.3 Andrey Esipenko Daniil Dubov Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
427 2024-08-18 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 2.4 Maxim Matlakov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
428 2024-08-17 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 1.4 Andrey Esipenko Pavel Ponkratov Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
429 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 9.2 Yalemzewde Mekonnen Shiferaw Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 66 Open
430 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 8.2 Andrey Esipenko Alexis Antonio Aristigueta Almeida Won: 1-0 22 Open
431 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 7.2 Aronyak Ghosh Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 59 Open
432 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 6.2 Andrey Esipenko Kubot Maksudshoev Draw: 1/2-1/2 83 Open
433 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 5.2 Taalaibek Imanaliev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 24 Open
434 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 4.2 Andrey Esipenko Xiangyu Xu Lost: 0-1 39 Open
435 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 3.2 Saidakbar Saydaliev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
436 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 2.2 Andrey Esipenko Yury Borsuk Won: 1-0 40 Open
437 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 11.2 Al Taher Abdulrahman Mohammad Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 25 Open
438 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 10.6 Andrey Esipenko Lucas Aguiar Cunha Won: 1-0 46 Open
439 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Kubot Maksudshoev Won: 1-0 25 Open
440 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 8.2 Andrey Esipenko Alexis Antonio Aristigueta Almeida Won: 1-0 30 Open
441 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 7.2 Lucas Aguiar Cunha Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 34 Open
442 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 6.2 Andrey Esipenko Aronyak Ghosh Won: 1-0 34 Open
443 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 5.2 Yury Borsuk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
444 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 4.2 Andrey Esipenko Jinshi Bai Won: 1-0 34 Open
445 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 3.6 Saidakbar Saydaliev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
446 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 2.14 Andrey Esipenko Haruna Nsubuga Won: 1-0 41 Open
447 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 1.2 Taalaibek Imanaliev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
448 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 9.1 Andrey Esipenko Lucas Aguiar Cunha Won: 1-0 32 Open
449 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 8.1 Andrey Esipenko Maksim Tsaruk Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
450 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 7.1 Vladislav Artemiev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 56 Open
  1. vs Argisht VoskanyanWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-15 · Round 2.1ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  2. vs A. IzhninWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 1.1ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  3. vs Ramil FaizrakhmanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 9.12ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  4. vs Ruslan GadzhievDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-14 · Round 8.9ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  5. vs Konstantin NovikovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 7.16ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  6. vs Matvey GalchenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 6.6ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  7. vs Miran OganianWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 5.9ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  8. vs Artem BardykDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 2.2ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  9. vs Roman Al NosachDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-14 · Round 13.3ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  10. vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 12.3ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  11. vs Boris SavchenkoWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 11.4ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  12. vs Alexandr TriapishkoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 10.7ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  13. vs Prokhor MoskvinovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 1.2ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  14. vs Zoran JovanovicWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-29 · Round 2.2Bundesliga 2024-25
  15. vs Volkmar, Dr. DinstuhlWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-28 · Round 1.2Bundesliga 2024-25
  16. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 1-0Black · 2024-08-28 · Round 277th ch-RUS TB 2024
  17. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 0-1White · 2024-08-28 · Round 177th ch-RUS TB 2024
  18. vs Artyom TimofeevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-28 · Round 11.377th ch-RUS 2024
  19. vs Arseniy NesterovWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-27 · Round 10.177th ch-RUS 2024
  20. vs Aleksey DreevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-26 · Round 9.277th ch-RUS 2024
  21. vs Alexander GrischukWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-25 · Round 8.677th ch-RUS 2024
  22. vs Evgeniy NajerDraw · ½–½White · 2024-08-24 · Round 7.177th ch-RUS 2024
  23. vs Aleksey GrebnevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-22 · Round 6.677th ch-RUS 2024
  24. vs Rudik MakarianWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-21 · Round 5.277th ch-RUS 2024
  25. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-20 · Round 4.577th ch-RUS 2024
  26. vs Daniil DubovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-08-19 · Round 3.377th ch-RUS 2024
  27. vs Maxim MatlakovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-18 · Round 2.477th ch-RUS 2024
  28. vs Pavel PonkratovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-08-17 · Round 1.477th ch-RUS 2024
  29. vs Yalemzewde Mekonnen ShiferawWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-21 · Round 9.2BRICS Games Blitz Team
  30. vs Alexis Antonio Aristigueta AlmeidaWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-21 · Round 8.2BRICS Games Blitz Team
  31. vs Aronyak GhoshWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-21 · Round 7.2BRICS Games Blitz Team
  32. vs Kubot MaksudshoevDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-21 · Round 6.2BRICS Games Blitz Team
  33. vs Taalaibek ImanalievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-21 · Round 5.2BRICS Games Blitz Team
  34. vs Xiangyu XuLost · 0-1White · 2024-06-21 · Round 4.2BRICS Games Blitz Team
  35. vs Saidakbar SaydalievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-21 · Round 3.2BRICS Games Blitz Team
  36. vs Yury BorsukWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-21 · Round 2.2BRICS Games Blitz Team
  37. vs Al Taher Abdulrahman MohammadWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-21 · Round 11.2BRICS Games Blitz Team
  38. vs Lucas Aguiar CunhaWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-21 · Round 10.6BRICS Games Blitz Team
  39. vs Kubot MaksudshoevWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-20 · Round 9.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  40. vs Alexis Antonio Aristigueta AlmeidaWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-20 · Round 8.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  41. vs Lucas Aguiar CunhaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-20 · Round 7.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  42. vs Aronyak GhoshWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-20 · Round 6.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  43. vs Yury BorsukDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-20 · Round 5.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  44. vs Jinshi BaiWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-20 · Round 4.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  45. vs Saidakbar SaydalievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-20 · Round 3.6BRICS Games Rapid Team
  46. vs Haruna NsubugaWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-20 · Round 2.14BRICS Games Rapid Team
  47. vs Taalaibek ImanalievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-20 · Round 1.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  48. vs Lucas Aguiar CunhaWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-19 · Round 9.1BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  49. vs Maksim TsarukDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-19 · Round 8.1BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  50. vs Vladislav ArtemievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-19 · Round 7.1BRICS Games Blitz 2024

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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