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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
851 2025-04-30 TCh-RUS HL 2025 Sochi RUS 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Mokshanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 70 Open
852 2025-04-29 TCh-RUS HL 2025 Sochi RUS 4.1 Mikhail Panin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 56 Open
853 2025-04-27 Bundesliga 2024-25 Deggendorf GER 15.8 Andrey Esipenko Anton Korobov Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
854 2025-04-26 Bundesliga 2024-25 Deggendorf GER 14.7 Andrey Esipenko Stepan Zilka Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
855 2025-04-25 Bundesliga 2024-25 Deggendorf GER 13.1 Jan Smeets Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
856 2025-04-21 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 9.1 Andrey Esipenko Baadur Jobava Won: 1-0 38 Open
857 2025-04-21 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 8.2 Vincent Keymer Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 24 Open
858 2025-04-20 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Pranesh M Won: 1-0 30 Open
859 2025-04-20 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 6.11 Victor Mikhalevski Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 29 Open
860 2025-04-19 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 5.2 Andrey Esipenko Dinara Wagner Won: 1-0 45 Open
861 2025-04-19 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 4.14 Christopher Woojin Yoo Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 92 Open
862 2025-04-18 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 3.12 Andrey Esipenko Francesco Sonis Draw: 1/2-1/2 93 Open
863 2025-04-18 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 2.17 Antoine Bournel Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
864 2025-04-17 grenke Freestyle Open Karlsruhe GER 1.18 Andrey Esipenko Murat Diyap Won: 1-0 37 Open
865 2025-04-06 TCh-AUT 2024-25 Austria AUT 11.3 Andrey Esipenko Hubert Ebner Won: 1-0 42 Open
866 2025-04-05 TCh-AUT 2024-25 Austria AUT 10.33 Alexander Gschiel Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
867 2025-04-04 TCh-AUT 2024-25 Austria AUT 9.11 Andrey Esipenko Leon Livaic Won: 1-0 21 Open
868 2025-04-03 TCh-AUT 2024-25 Austria AUT 7.17 Andrey Esipenko Milos Perunovic Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
869 2025-04-02 TCh-AUT 2024-25 Austria AUT 6.21 Marius Deuer Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 57 Open
870 2025-04-01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early chess.com INT 9 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 29 Open
871 2025-04-01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Bogdan-Daniel Deac Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
872 2025-04-01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early chess.com INT 7 Erigaisi Arjun Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 16 Open
873 2025-04-01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Martyn Kravtsiv Won: 1-0 48 Open
874 2025-04-01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early chess.com INT 5 Sauat Nurgaliyev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
875 2025-04-01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Mohamed Anees M Won: 1-0 42 Open
876 2025-04-01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Thomas Beerdsen Won: 1-0 35 Open
877 2025-04-01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early chess.com INT 2 Haoxiang Jia Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 56 Open
878 2025-04-01 Titled Tue 1st Apr Early chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Michal Kopczynski Won: 1-0 30 Open
879 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Jonas Lampert Lost: 0-1 46 Open
880 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 7 Artyom Timofeev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 44 Open
881 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 7 Ivan Povshednyi Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 63 Open
882 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Logan C Shafer Won: 1-0 30 Open
883 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Lost: 0-1 41 Open
884 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 5 Srihari L R Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 49 Open
885 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 5 Fabiano Caruana Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 73 Open
886 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 4 Zhouqiao Zhao Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 40 Open
887 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Giorgi Sibashvili Won: 1-0 64 Open
888 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 3 Aleksey Grebnev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 73 Open
889 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Dachey Lin Won: 1-0 50 Open
890 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 2 Maxim Novik Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
891 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Aarav A Won: 1-0 63 Open
892 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Veronika Shubenkova Won: 1-0 39 Open
893 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 1 Andrii Punin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 17 Open
894 2025-03-24 Bundesliga 2024-25 Bad Mergentheim GER 12.3 Vyacheslav Ikonnikov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 32 Open
895 2025-03-23 Bundesliga 2024-25 Bad Mergentheim GER 11.4 Andrey Esipenko Uwe Boensch Won: 1-0 47 Open
896 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Mamikon Gharibyan Lost: 0-1 44 Open
897 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 9 Alexei Shirov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 27 Open
898 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 8 Dmitry Goltsev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 49 Open
899 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 8 Magnus Carlsen Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 66 Open
900 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 7 Rudik Makarian Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
  1. vs Alexey MokshanovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-04-30 · Round 5.1TCh-RUS HL 2025
  2. vs Mikhail PaninWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-29 · Round 4.1TCh-RUS HL 2025
  3. vs Anton KorobovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-04-27 · Round 15.8Bundesliga 2024-25
  4. vs Stepan ZilkaDraw · ½–½White · 2025-04-26 · Round 14.7Bundesliga 2024-25
  5. vs Jan SmeetsDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-04-25 · Round 13.1Bundesliga 2024-25
  6. vs Baadur JobavaWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-21 · Round 9.1grenke Freestyle Open
  7. vs Vincent KeymerLost · 1-0Black · 2025-04-21 · Round 8.2grenke Freestyle Open
  8. vs Pranesh MWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-20 · Round 7.3grenke Freestyle Open
  9. vs Victor MikhalevskiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-20 · Round 6.11grenke Freestyle Open
  10. vs Dinara WagnerWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-19 · Round 5.2grenke Freestyle Open
  11. vs Christopher Woojin YooDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-04-19 · Round 4.14grenke Freestyle Open
  12. vs Francesco SonisDraw · ½–½White · 2025-04-18 · Round 3.12grenke Freestyle Open
  13. vs Antoine BournelWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-18 · Round 2.17grenke Freestyle Open
  14. vs Murat DiyapWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-17 · Round 1.18grenke Freestyle Open
  15. vs Hubert EbnerWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-06 · Round 11.3TCh-AUT 2024-25
  16. vs Alexander GschielWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-05 · Round 10.33TCh-AUT 2024-25
  17. vs Leon LivaicWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-04 · Round 9.11TCh-AUT 2024-25
  18. vs Milos PerunovicDraw · ½–½White · 2025-04-03 · Round 7.17TCh-AUT 2024-25
  19. vs Marius DeuerWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-02 · Round 6.21TCh-AUT 2024-25
  20. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2025-04-01 · Round 9Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
  21. vs Bogdan-Daniel DeacDraw · ½–½White · 2025-04-01 · Round 8Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
  22. vs Erigaisi ArjunLost · 1-0Black · 2025-04-01 · Round 7Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
  23. vs Martyn KravtsivWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-01 · Round 6Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
  24. vs Sauat NurgaliyevWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-01 · Round 5Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
  25. vs Mohamed Anees MWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-01 · Round 4Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
  26. vs Thomas BeerdsenWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-01 · Round 3Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
  27. vs Haoxiang JiaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-04-01 · Round 2Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
  28. vs Michal KopczynskiWon · 1-0White · 2025-04-01 · Round 1Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
  29. vs Jonas LampertLost · 0-1White · 2025-03-25 · Round 8Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  30. vs Artyom TimofeevLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 7Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  31. vs Ivan PovshednyiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 7Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  32. vs Logan C ShaferWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-25 · Round 6Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  33. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 0-1White · 2025-03-25 · Round 6Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  34. vs Srihari L RLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 5Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  35. vs Fabiano CaruanaDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 5Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  36. vs Zhouqiao ZhaoWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 4Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  37. vs Giorgi SibashviliWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-25 · Round 4Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  38. vs Aleksey GrebnevDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 3Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  39. vs Dachey LinWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-25 · Round 3Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  40. vs Maxim NovikWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 2Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  41. vs Aarav AWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-25 · Round 2Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  42. vs Veronika ShubenkovaWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-25 · Round 1Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  43. vs Andrii PuninWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 1Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  44. vs Vyacheslav IkonnikovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-24 · Round 12.3Bundesliga 2024-25
  45. vs Uwe BoenschWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-23 · Round 11.4Bundesliga 2024-25
  46. vs Mamikon GharibyanLost · 0-1White · 2025-03-18 · Round 9Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  47. vs Alexei ShirovLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 9Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  48. vs Dmitry GoltsevWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 8Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  49. vs Magnus CarlsenWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 8Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  50. vs Rudik MakarianWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 7Titled Tue 18th Mar Early

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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