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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
551 2025-10-18 Comet Open Titled Losers chess.com INT 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Tuan Minh Le Lost: 0-1 29 Open
552 2025-10-18 Comet Open Titled Winners chess.com INT 1.4 Andrew Tang Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 48 Open
553 2025-10-18 Comet Open Titled Winners chess.com INT 1.3 Andrey Esipenko Andrew Tang Won: 1-0 24 Open
554 2025-10-18 Comet Open Titled Losers chess.com INT 1.3 Andrey Esipenko Aydin Suleymanli Won: 1-0 55 Open
555 2025-10-18 Comet Open Titled Winners chess.com INT 1.2 Andrew Tang Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 71 Open
556 2025-10-18 Comet Open Titled Losers chess.com INT 1.2 Aydin Suleymanli Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 81 Open
557 2025-10-18 Comet Open Titled Winners chess.com INT 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Andrew Tang Lost: 0-1 70 Open
558 2025-10-18 Comet Open Titled Losers chess.com INT 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Aydin Suleymanli Won: 1-0 46 Open
559 2025-10-14 Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 9 Artin Ashraf Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 85 Open
560 2025-10-14 Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Arman Mikaelyan Won: 1-0 40 Open
561 2025-10-14 Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 7 Haowen Xue Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 58 Open
562 2025-10-14 Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Matvey Galchenko Won: 1-0 63 Open
563 2025-10-14 Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 5 Gagik Navoyan Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 28 Open
564 2025-10-14 Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 4 Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 23 Open
565 2025-10-14 Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Guha Mitrabha Won: 1-0 63 Open
566 2025-10-14 Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 2 Sahib Singh Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 62 Open
567 2025-10-14 Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Luca Silva Won: 1-0 31 Open
568 2025-10-12 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 11.1 Andrey Esipenko Savva Vetokhin Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
569 2025-10-11 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 10.6 Daniil Dubov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
570 2025-10-10 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Arseniy Nesterov Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
571 2025-10-09 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 8.5 Ivan Zemlyanskii Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
572 2025-10-08 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Pavel Ponkratov Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
573 2025-10-07 Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 9 Maxim Matlakov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 55 Open
574 2025-10-07 Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 8 Rudik Makarian Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 38 Open
575 2025-10-07 Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Aditya Mittal Won: 1-0 30 Open
576 2025-10-07 Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Hikaru Nakamura Lost: 0-1 54 Open
577 2025-10-07 Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 5 Andrey Drygalov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 88 Open
578 2025-10-07 Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Shamsiddin Vokhidov Won: 1-0 61 Open
579 2025-10-07 Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 3 Federico Perez Ponsa Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 31 Open
580 2025-10-07 Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Matyas Palczert Won: 1-0 54 Open
581 2025-10-07 Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 1 Asman Bayantas Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
582 2025-10-07 Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Eric Rosen Won: 1-0 61 Open
583 2025-10-07 Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025 chess.com INT 10 Andrey Esipenko Jan-Krzysztof Duda Lost: 0-1 37 Open
584 2025-10-06 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 6.4 Vadim Zvjaginsev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
585 2025-10-05 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 5.4 Andrey Esipenko Vladimir Malakhov Won: 1-0 38 Open
586 2025-10-04 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 4.3 Artem Uskov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
587 2025-10-03 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 3.5 Andrey Esipenko Ilia Iljiushenok Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
588 2025-10-02 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 2.2 Sergei Lobanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
589 2025-10-01 78th ch-RUS 2025 Moscow RUS 1.6 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Artemiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
590 2025-09-30 Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Sanan Sjugirov Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
591 2025-09-30 Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 8 Matthias Bluebaum Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
592 2025-09-30 Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Grischuk Lost: 0-1 44 Open
593 2025-09-30 Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Reza Mahdavi Won: 1-0 34 Open
594 2025-09-30 Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 5 Nikolas Theodorou Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 49 Open
595 2025-09-30 Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Daniel Dardha Won: 1-0 32 Open
596 2025-09-30 Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 3 Arman Mikaelyan Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 83 Open
597 2025-09-30 Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Daniel Garcia Ramos Won: 1-0 71 Open
598 2025-09-30 Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 1 Vladislav Lymar Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 34 Open
599 2025-09-30 Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Etienne Bacrot Won: 1-0 70 Open
600 2025-09-30 Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 10 Alireza Firouzja Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 44 Open
  1. vs Tuan Minh LeLost · 0-1White · 2025-10-18 · Round 2.1Comet Open Titled Losers
  2. vs Andrew TangLost · 1-0Black · 2025-10-18 · Round 1.4Comet Open Titled Winners
  3. vs Andrew TangWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-18 · Round 1.3Comet Open Titled Winners
  4. vs Aydin SuleymanliWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-18 · Round 1.3Comet Open Titled Losers
  5. vs Andrew TangLost · 1-0Black · 2025-10-18 · Round 1.2Comet Open Titled Winners
  6. vs Aydin SuleymanliWon · 0-1Black · 2025-10-18 · Round 1.2Comet Open Titled Losers
  7. vs Andrew TangLost · 0-1White · 2025-10-18 · Round 1.1Comet Open Titled Winners
  8. vs Aydin SuleymanliWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-18 · Round 1.1Comet Open Titled Losers
  9. vs Artin AshrafLost · 1-0Black · 2025-10-14 · Round 9Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025
  10. vs Arman MikaelyanWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-14 · Round 8Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025
  11. vs Haowen XueLost · 1-0Black · 2025-10-14 · Round 7Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025
  12. vs Matvey GalchenkoWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-14 · Round 6Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025
  13. vs Gagik NavoyanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-10-14 · Round 5Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025
  14. vs Samvel Ter-SahakyanLost · 1-0Black · 2025-10-14 · Round 4Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025
  15. vs Guha MitrabhaWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-14 · Round 3Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025
  16. vs Sahib SinghWon · 0-1Black · 2025-10-14 · Round 2Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025
  17. vs Luca SilvaWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-14 · Round 1Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025
  18. vs Savva VetokhinDraw · ½–½White · 2025-10-12 · Round 11.178th ch-RUS 2025
  19. vs Daniil DubovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-10-11 · Round 10.678th ch-RUS 2025
  20. vs Arseniy NesterovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-10-10 · Round 9.278th ch-RUS 2025
  21. vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-10-09 · Round 8.578th ch-RUS 2025
  22. vs Pavel PonkratovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-10-08 · Round 7.378th ch-RUS 2025
  23. vs Maxim MatlakovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-10-07 · Round 9Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025
  24. vs Rudik MakarianLost · 1-0Black · 2025-10-07 · Round 8Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025
  25. vs Aditya MittalWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-07 · Round 7Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025
  26. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 0-1White · 2025-10-07 · Round 6Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025
  27. vs Andrey DrygalovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-10-07 · Round 5Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025
  28. vs Shamsiddin VokhidovWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-07 · Round 4Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025
  29. vs Federico Perez PonsaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-10-07 · Round 3Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025
  30. vs Matyas PalczertWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-07 · Round 2Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025
  31. vs Asman BayantasWon · 0-1Black · 2025-10-07 · Round 1Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025
  32. vs Eric RosenWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-07 · Round 11Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025
  33. vs Jan-Krzysztof DudaLost · 0-1White · 2025-10-07 · Round 10Titled Tue 7th Oct 2025
  34. vs Vadim ZvjaginsevDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-10-06 · Round 6.478th ch-RUS 2025
  35. vs Vladimir MalakhovWon · 1-0White · 2025-10-05 · Round 5.478th ch-RUS 2025
  36. vs Artem UskovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-10-04 · Round 4.378th ch-RUS 2025
  37. vs Ilia IljiushenokDraw · ½–½White · 2025-10-03 · Round 3.578th ch-RUS 2025
  38. vs Sergei LobanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-10-02 · Round 2.278th ch-RUS 2025
  39. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½White · 2025-10-01 · Round 1.678th ch-RUS 2025
  40. vs Sanan SjugirovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-09-30 · Round 9Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025
  41. vs Matthias BluebaumWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-30 · Round 8Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025
  42. vs Alexander GrischukLost · 0-1White · 2025-09-30 · Round 7Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025
  43. vs Reza MahdaviWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-30 · Round 6Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025
  44. vs Nikolas TheodorouWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-30 · Round 5Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025
  45. vs Daniel DardhaWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-30 · Round 4Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025
  46. vs Arman MikaelyanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-30 · Round 3Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025
  47. vs Daniel Garcia RamosWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-30 · Round 2Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025
  48. vs Vladislav LymarWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-30 · Round 1Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025
  49. vs Etienne BacrotWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-30 · Round 11Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025
  50. vs Alireza FirouzjaLost · 1-0Black · 2025-09-30 · Round 10Titled Tue 30th Sep 2025

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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