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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
901 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Nikita Shandrygin Won: 1-0 24 Open
902 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Vladimir Zakhartsov Won: 1-0 39 Open
903 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Gaioz Nigalidze Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
904 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 5 Billy Fellowes Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 52 Open
905 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Rustam Rustamov Won: 1-0 62 Open
906 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 4 Nikita Shandrygin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 51 Open
907 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 3 Erick Zhao Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
908 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Artem S. Lebedev Won: 1-0 28 Open
909 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 2 Yuxu Zhou Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
910 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Georgios Souleidis Won: 1-0 36 Open
911 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Andrii Punin Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
912 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 1 Antonio Naranjo Moreno Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 46 Open
913 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 10 Kacper Drozdowski Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 74 Open
914 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 9 Rinat Jumabayev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 23 Open
915 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Donchenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
916 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 7 Jules Moussard Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
917 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Volodar Murzin Won: 1-0 35 Open
918 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 5 Bakhtiyar Askarov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 16 Open
919 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Sergei Azarov Lost: 0-1 39 Open
920 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 3 Nikita Matinian Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 48 Open
921 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 2 Damian Sliwicki Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 50 Open
922 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Max Mottola Won: 1-0 28 Open
923 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Draw: 1/2-1/2 66 Open
924 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Bogdan-Daniel Deac Won: 1-0 45 Open
925 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 65 Open
926 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Nikita Matinian Won: 1-0 28 Open
927 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 6 Martyn Kravtsiv Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 22 Open
928 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Donchenko Won: 1-0 51 Open
929 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 5 Ivan Povshednyi Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 47 Open
930 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 4 Rogelio Jr Antonio Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
931 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Pawel Jaracz Won: 1-0 40 Open
932 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 3 Simon Lamaze Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 108 Open
933 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Kevin George Won: 1-0 39 Open
934 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 2 Qingyu Yuan Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 23 Open
935 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Meylis Annaberdiyev Won: 1-0 37 Open
936 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Ramil Hasangatin Won: 1-0 27 Open
937 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 1 Simon Thorhallsson Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
938 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Won: 1-0 37 Open
939 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 10 Raunak Sadhwani Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 29 Open
940 2025-03-06 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 9.3 Alexander Grischuk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
941 2025-03-05 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 8.2 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Goganov Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
942 2025-03-05 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 7.2 Hans Moke Niemann Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 55 Open
943 2025-03-04 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 6.4 Andrey Esipenko Aleksandr Shimanov Won: 1-0 38 Open
944 2025-03-03 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 5.4 Mihail Nikitenko Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
945 2025-03-03 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 4.11 Andrey Esipenko Ivan Rozum Won: 1-0 39 Open
946 2025-03-02 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 3.11 Artem Uskov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
947 2025-03-02 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 2.25 Andrey Esipenko Kirill Putrenko Won: 1-0 68 Open
948 2025-03-01 Aeroflot Open A 2025 Moscow RUS 1.5 Vahe A. Sukiasyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
949 2025-02-25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Parham Maghsoodloo Lost: 0-1 45 Open
950 2025-02-25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early chess.com INT 8 Francesco Sonis Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 25 Open
  1. vs Nikita ShandryginWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 7Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  2. vs Vladimir ZakhartsovWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 6Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  3. vs Gaioz NigalidzeDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-18 · Round 6Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  4. vs Billy FellowesWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 5Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  5. vs Rustam RustamovWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 5Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  6. vs Nikita ShandryginWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 4Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  7. vs Erick ZhaoWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 3Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  8. vs Artem S. LebedevWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 3Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  9. vs Yuxu ZhouWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 2Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  10. vs Georgios SouleidisWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 2Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  11. vs Andrii PuninDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-18 · Round 1Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  12. vs Antonio Naranjo MorenoWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 1Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  13. vs Kacper DrozdowskiLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 10Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  14. vs Rinat JumabayevLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-12 · Round 9Paris Play-In Swiss
  15. vs Alexander DonchenkoDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-12 · Round 8Paris Play-In Swiss
  16. vs Jules MoussardWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-12 · Round 7Paris Play-In Swiss
  17. vs Volodar MurzinWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-12 · Round 6Paris Play-In Swiss
  18. vs Bakhtiyar AskarovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-12 · Round 5Paris Play-In Swiss
  19. vs Sergei AzarovLost · 0-1White · 2025-03-12 · Round 4Paris Play-In Swiss
  20. vs Nikita MatinianWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-12 · Round 3Paris Play-In Swiss
  21. vs Damian SliwickiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-12 · Round 2Paris Play-In Swiss
  22. vs Max MottolaWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-12 · Round 1Paris Play-In Swiss
  23. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-11 · Round 9Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  24. vs Bogdan-Daniel DeacWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 8Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  25. vs Ian NepomniachtchiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 7Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  26. vs Nikita MatinianWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 6Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  27. vs Martyn KravtsivLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 6Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  28. vs Alexander DonchenkoWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 5Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  29. vs Ivan PovshednyiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 5Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  30. vs Rogelio Jr AntonioWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 4Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  31. vs Pawel JaraczWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 4Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  32. vs Simon LamazeLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 3Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  33. vs Kevin GeorgeWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 3Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  34. vs Qingyu YuanLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 2Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  35. vs Meylis AnnaberdiyevWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 2Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  36. vs Ramil HasangatinWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 1Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  37. vs Simon ThorhallssonWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 1Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  38. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 11Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  39. vs Raunak SadhwaniLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 10Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  40. vs Alexander GrischukDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-06 · Round 9.3Aeroflot Open A 2025
  41. vs Aleksey GoganovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-05 · Round 8.2Aeroflot Open A 2025
  42. vs Hans Moke NiemannDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-05 · Round 7.2Aeroflot Open A 2025
  43. vs Aleksandr ShimanovWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-04 · Round 6.4Aeroflot Open A 2025
  44. vs Mihail NikitenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-03 · Round 5.4Aeroflot Open A 2025
  45. vs Ivan RozumWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-03 · Round 4.11Aeroflot Open A 2025
  46. vs Artem UskovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-02 · Round 3.11Aeroflot Open A 2025
  47. vs Kirill PutrenkoWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-02 · Round 2.25Aeroflot Open A 2025
  48. vs Vahe A. SukiasyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-01 · Round 1.5Aeroflot Open A 2025
  49. vs Parham MaghsoodlooLost · 0-1White · 2025-02-25 · Round 9Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
  50. vs Francesco SonisWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-25 · Round 8Titled Tue 25th Feb Early

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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