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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
3835

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
451 2025-12-27 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 7.42 Ediz Gurel Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
452 2025-12-27 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 6.23 Andrey Esipenko Jakub Kosakowski Lost: 0-1 56 Open
453 2025-12-26 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 5.16 Aleksandr Shimanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 13 Open
454 2025-12-26 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 4.3 Andrey Esipenko Mikhail Kobalia Won: 1-0 32 Open
455 2025-12-26 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 3.25 Ivan Zemlyanskii Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
456 2025-12-26 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 2.18 Andrey Esipenko Emre Can Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
457 2025-12-26 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 1.3 Tong(QD) Xiao Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 60 Open
458 2025-12-23 Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 9 Aleksandar Indjic Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 70 Open
459 2025-12-23 Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Rustam Rustamov Won: 1-0 41 Open
460 2025-12-23 Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 7 Magnus Carlsen Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 28 Open
461 2025-12-23 Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Samuel Sevian Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
462 2025-12-23 Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Jan-Krzysztof Duda Won: 1-0 64 Open
463 2025-12-23 Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 4 Alikhan Khazhatuly Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
464 2025-12-23 Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 3 Shamil Arslanov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 34 Open
465 2025-12-23 Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Stelios Halkias Won: 1-0 51 Open
466 2025-12-23 Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 1 Ethan Saya Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
467 2025-12-23 Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Nitish Belurkar Won: 1-0 60 Open
468 2025-12-23 Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 10 Andrey Esipenko Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Lost: 0-1 41 Open
469 2025-12-09 Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 48 Open
470 2025-12-09 Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 8 Aleksandr Rakhmanov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 95 Open
471 2025-12-09 Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez Won: 1-0 68 Open
472 2025-12-09 Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Alexandros Papasimakopoulos Won: 1-0 19 Open
473 2025-12-09 Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 5 Felix-Antonio Ilinca Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 49 Open
474 2025-12-09 Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Meri Arabidze Won: 1-0 25 Open
475 2025-12-09 Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 3 Logan C Shafer Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
476 2025-12-09 Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Juan Carlos Mesa Cruz Won: 1-0 28 Open
477 2025-12-09 Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 11 Aleksandr Shimanov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 54 Open
478 2025-12-09 Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 10 Andrey Esipenko Luca Jr Moroni Won: 1-0 57 Open
479 2025-12-04 2nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 9 V Pranav Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 79 Open
480 2025-12-04 2nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Renato Terry Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
481 2025-12-04 2nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 7 Eric Hansen Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 50 Open
482 2025-12-04 2nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Sergei Zhigalko Won: 1-0 45 Open
483 2025-12-04 2nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 5 Roman Pyrih Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 52 Open
484 2025-12-04 2nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Eline Roebers Won: 1-0 27 Open
485 2025-12-04 2nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 3 Karina Ambartsumova Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 64 Open
486 2025-12-04 2nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 2 Robert Piliposyan Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 60 Open
487 2025-12-04 2nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Paris Prestia Won: 1-0 45 Open
488 2025-12-04 2nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Matthias Bluebaum Lost: 0-1 65 Open
489 2025-12-04 2nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 chess.com INT 10 Artin Ashraf Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 74 Open
490 2025-12-02 Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Artemiev Won: 1-0 64 Open
491 2025-12-02 Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Mykola Korchynskyi Won: 1-0 41 Open
492 2025-12-02 Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 7 Nitzan Steinberg Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 66 Open
493 2025-12-02 Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Semyon Puzyrevsky Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
494 2025-12-02 Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Kamil Plichta Won: 1-0 18 Open
495 2025-12-02 Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 4 Hikaru Nakamura Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 28 Open
496 2025-12-02 Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 3 L M S T De Silva Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
497 2025-12-02 Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Tran Vo Quoc Bao Won: 1-0 35 Open
498 2025-12-02 Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 1 Temur Shavkatov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 25 Open
499 2025-12-02 Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 11 Rohith Krishna S Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 91 Open
500 2025-12-02 Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025 chess.com INT 10 Dmitry Andreikin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 70 Open
  1. vs Ediz GurelDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-12-27 · Round 7.42World Rapid 2025
  2. vs Jakub KosakowskiLost · 0-1White · 2025-12-27 · Round 6.23World Rapid 2025
  3. vs Aleksandr ShimanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-12-26 · Round 5.16World Rapid 2025
  4. vs Mikhail KobaliaWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-26 · Round 4.3World Rapid 2025
  5. vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-12-26 · Round 3.25World Rapid 2025
  6. vs Emre CanDraw · ½–½White · 2025-12-26 · Round 2.18World Rapid 2025
  7. vs Tong(QD) XiaoWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-26 · Round 1.3World Rapid 2025
  8. vs Aleksandar IndjicWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-23 · Round 9Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
  9. vs Rustam RustamovWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-23 · Round 8Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
  10. vs Magnus CarlsenLost · 1-0Black · 2025-12-23 · Round 7Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
  11. vs Samuel SevianDraw · ½–½White · 2025-12-23 · Round 6Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
  12. vs Jan-Krzysztof DudaWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-23 · Round 5Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
  13. vs Alikhan KhazhatulyWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-23 · Round 4Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
  14. vs Shamil ArslanovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-23 · Round 3Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
  15. vs Stelios HalkiasWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-23 · Round 2Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
  16. vs Ethan SayaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-23 · Round 1Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
  17. vs Nitish BelurkarWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-23 · Round 11Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
  18. vs Maxime Vachier-LagraveLost · 0-1White · 2025-12-23 · Round 10Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
  19. vs Denis LazavikLost · 1-0Black · 2025-12-09 · Round 9Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025
  20. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-09 · Round 8Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025
  21. vs Jose Carlos Ibarra JerezWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-09 · Round 7Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025
  22. vs Alexandros PapasimakopoulosWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-09 · Round 6Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025
  23. vs Felix-Antonio IlincaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-09 · Round 5Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025
  24. vs Meri ArabidzeWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-09 · Round 4Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025
  25. vs Logan C ShaferWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-09 · Round 3Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025
  26. vs Juan Carlos Mesa CruzWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-09 · Round 2Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025
  27. vs Aleksandr ShimanovLost · 1-0Black · 2025-12-09 · Round 11Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025
  28. vs Luca Jr MoroniWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-09 · Round 10Titled Tue 9th Dec 2025
  29. vs V PranavWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-04 · Round 92nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025
  30. vs Renato TerryDraw · ½–½White · 2025-12-04 · Round 82nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025
  31. vs Eric HansenWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-04 · Round 72nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025
  32. vs Sergei ZhigalkoWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-04 · Round 62nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025
  33. vs Roman PyrihWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-04 · Round 52nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025
  34. vs Eline RoebersWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-04 · Round 42nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025
  35. vs Karina AmbartsumovaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-04 · Round 32nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025
  36. vs Robert PiliposyanLost · 1-0Black · 2025-12-04 · Round 22nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025
  37. vs Paris PrestiaWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-04 · Round 12nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025
  38. vs Matthias BluebaumLost · 0-1White · 2025-12-04 · Round 112nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025
  39. vs Artin AshrafLost · 1-0Black · 2025-12-04 · Round 102nd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025
  40. vs Vladislav ArtemievWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-02 · Round 9Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
  41. vs Mykola KorchynskyiWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-02 · Round 8Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
  42. vs Nitzan SteinbergWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-02 · Round 7Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
  43. vs Semyon PuzyrevskyDraw · ½–½White · 2025-12-02 · Round 6Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
  44. vs Kamil PlichtaWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-02 · Round 5Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
  45. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 1-0Black · 2025-12-02 · Round 4Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
  46. vs L M S T De SilvaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-02 · Round 3Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
  47. vs Tran Vo Quoc BaoWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-02 · Round 2Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
  48. vs Temur ShavkatovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-02 · Round 1Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
  49. vs Rohith Krishna SDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-12-02 · Round 11Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
  50. vs Dmitry AndreikinLost · 1-0Black · 2025-12-02 · Round 10Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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