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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
601 2025-09-23 Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Rustemov Won: 1-0 68 Open
602 2025-09-23 Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Javokhir Sindarov Lost: 0-1 76 Open
603 2025-09-23 Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 7 Bogdan-Daniel Deac Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 55 Open
604 2025-09-23 Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 6 Pablo Salinas Herrera Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 55 Open
605 2025-09-23 Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Hikaru Nakamura Lost: 0-1 52 Open
606 2025-09-23 Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Martyn Kravtsiv Won: 1-0 21 Open
607 2025-09-23 Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 3 Erick Zhao Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 86 Open
608 2025-09-23 Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Mika Karttunen Won: 1-0 56 Open
609 2025-09-23 Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 1 Gediz Avsar Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 61 Open
610 2025-09-23 Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 11 Olexandr Bortnyk Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 78 Open
611 2025-09-23 Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 10 Maxim Matlakov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 38 Open
612 2025-09-16 Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Georgijs Germanovs Won: 1-0 58 Open
613 2025-09-16 Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 8 Andrew Tang Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 80 Open
614 2025-09-16 Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Dmitry Gordievsky Won: 1-0 50 Open
615 2025-09-16 Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Xiangyu Xu Won: 1-0 70 Open
616 2025-09-16 Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 5 Vitaliy Bernadskiy Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 87 Open
617 2025-09-16 Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez Lost: 0-1 97 Open
618 2025-09-16 Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 3 Alexander Rustemov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 64 Open
619 2025-09-16 Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Viachaslau Zarubitski Won: 1-0 26 Open
620 2025-09-16 Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 1 Jai Sankar Subramanian Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 73 Open
621 2025-09-16 Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Magnus Carlsen Lost: 0-1 19 Open
622 2025-09-16 Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 10 David Paravyan Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 49 Open
623 2025-09-15 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 11.8 Andrey Esipenko Ian Nepomniachtchi Won: 1-0 40 Open
624 2025-09-14 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 10.18 Andrey Esipenko Sanan Sjugirov Won: 1-0 50 Open
625 2025-09-13 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 9.18 David Anton Guijarro Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
626 2025-09-12 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 8.17 Andrey Esipenko Ediz Gurel Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
627 2025-09-11 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 7.18 Alexei Shirov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
628 2025-09-09 Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Gianmarco Leiva Won: 1-0 46 Open
629 2025-09-09 Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 8 Guha Mitrabha Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 63 Open
630 2025-09-09 Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 7 Alexander Rustemov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 79 Open
631 2025-09-09 Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Khagan Ahmad Lost: 0-1 24 Open
632 2025-09-09 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 6.25 Andrey Esipenko Andrei Volokitin Won: 1-0 31 Open
633 2025-09-09 Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 5 Rustam Rustamov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
634 2025-09-09 Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 4 David Navara Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
635 2025-09-09 Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Jakub Kosakowski Won: 1-0 32 Open
636 2025-09-09 Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 2 Oleksii Nakonechnyi Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 27 Open
637 2025-09-09 Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Noam Sason Won: 1-0 46 Open
638 2025-09-09 Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Ilan Schnaider Won: 1-0 39 Open
639 2025-09-09 Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025 chess.com INT 10 Igor L. Vakhlamov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 60 Open
640 2025-09-08 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 5.19 V Pranav Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 98 Open
641 2025-09-07 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 4.15 Andrey Esipenko Aydin Suleymanli Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
642 2025-09-06 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 3.14 Cristobal Henriquez Villagra Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
643 2025-09-05 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 2.25 Andrey Esipenko Anton Korobov Won: 1-0 56 Open
644 2025-09-04 FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Samarkand UZB 1.25 Leon Luke Mendonca Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
645 2025-09-02 Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Hikaru Nakamura Won: 1-0 75 Open
646 2025-09-02 Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Sergei Zhigalko Won: 1-0 34 Open
647 2025-09-02 Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 7 Sargis Vach. Sargsyan Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 39 Open
648 2025-09-02 Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Federico Perez Ponsa Won: 1-0 32 Open
649 2025-09-02 Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 5 Luca Jr Moroni Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 48 Open
650 2025-09-02 Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Matthew J Wadsworth Won: 1-0 27 Open
  1. vs Alexander RustemovWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-23 · Round 9Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
  2. vs Javokhir SindarovLost · 0-1White · 2025-09-23 · Round 8Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
  3. vs Bogdan-Daniel DeacWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-23 · Round 7Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
  4. vs Pablo Salinas HerreraWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-23 · Round 6Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
  5. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 0-1White · 2025-09-23 · Round 5Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
  6. vs Martyn KravtsivWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-23 · Round 4Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
  7. vs Erick ZhaoWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-23 · Round 3Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
  8. vs Mika KarttunenWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-23 · Round 2Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
  9. vs Gediz AvsarWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-23 · Round 1Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
  10. vs Olexandr BortnykWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-23 · Round 11Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
  11. vs Maxim MatlakovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-23 · Round 10Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
  12. vs Georgijs GermanovsWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-16 · Round 9Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
  13. vs Andrew TangLost · 1-0Black · 2025-09-16 · Round 8Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
  14. vs Dmitry GordievskyWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-16 · Round 7Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
  15. vs Xiangyu XuWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-16 · Round 6Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
  16. vs Vitaliy BernadskiyWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-16 · Round 5Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
  17. vs Jose Carlos Ibarra JerezLost · 0-1White · 2025-09-16 · Round 4Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
  18. vs Alexander RustemovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-16 · Round 3Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
  19. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-16 · Round 2Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
  20. vs Jai Sankar SubramanianWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-16 · Round 1Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
  21. vs Magnus CarlsenLost · 0-1White · 2025-09-16 · Round 11Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
  22. vs David ParavyanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-16 · Round 10Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
  23. vs Ian NepomniachtchiWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-15 · Round 11.8FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  24. vs Sanan SjugirovWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-14 · Round 10.18FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  25. vs David Anton GuijarroDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-09-13 · Round 9.18FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  26. vs Ediz GurelDraw · ½–½White · 2025-09-12 · Round 8.17FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  27. vs Alexei ShirovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-09-11 · Round 7.18FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  28. vs Gianmarco LeivaWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-09 · Round 9Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
  29. vs Guha MitrabhaLost · 1-0Black · 2025-09-09 · Round 8Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
  30. vs Alexander RustemovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-09 · Round 7Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
  31. vs Khagan AhmadLost · 0-1White · 2025-09-09 · Round 6Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
  32. vs Andrei VolokitinWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-09 · Round 6.25FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  33. vs Rustam RustamovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-09-09 · Round 5Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
  34. vs David NavaraDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-09-09 · Round 4Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
  35. vs Jakub KosakowskiWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-09 · Round 3Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
  36. vs Oleksii NakonechnyiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-09 · Round 2Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
  37. vs Noam SasonWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-09 · Round 1Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
  38. vs Ilan SchnaiderWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-09 · Round 11Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
  39. vs Igor L. VakhlamovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-09 · Round 10Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
  40. vs V PranavLost · 1-0Black · 2025-09-08 · Round 5.19FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  41. vs Aydin SuleymanliDraw · ½–½White · 2025-09-07 · Round 4.15FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  42. vs Cristobal Henriquez VillagraDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-09-06 · Round 3.14FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  43. vs Anton KorobovWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-05 · Round 2.25FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  44. vs Leon Luke MendoncaDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-09-04 · Round 1.25FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
  45. vs Hikaru NakamuraWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-02 · Round 9Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025
  46. vs Sergei ZhigalkoWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-02 · Round 8Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025
  47. vs Sargis Vach. SargsyanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-02 · Round 7Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025
  48. vs Federico Perez PonsaWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-02 · Round 6Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025
  49. vs Luca Jr MoroniWon · 0-1Black · 2025-09-02 · Round 5Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025
  50. vs Matthew J WadsworthWon · 1-0White · 2025-09-02 · Round 4Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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