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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
951 2025-02-25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early chess.com INT 7 Jan Gustafsson Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 72 Open
952 2025-02-25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Baver Yilmaz Won: 1-0 72 Open
953 2025-02-25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early chess.com INT 5 Jakub Kosakowski Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 37 Open
954 2025-02-25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Ruben Gideon Koellner Won: 1-0 82 Open
955 2025-02-25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early chess.com INT 3 Sergey Volkov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 36 Open
956 2025-02-25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Krzysztof Budrewicz Won: 1-0 32 Open
957 2025-02-25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early chess.com INT 1 Bence Pribelszky Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
958 2025-02-25 Titled Tue 25th Feb Early chess.com INT 10 Andrey Esipenko Federico Perez Ponsa Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
959 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 20.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 43 Open
960 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 19.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
961 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 18.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 31 Open
962 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 17.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
963 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 16.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 40 Open
964 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 15.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 51 Open
965 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 14.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 39 Open
966 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 13.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
967 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 12.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 36 Open
968 2025-02-22 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 11.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 39 Open
969 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 9.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 47 Open
970 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 8.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 54 Open
971 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 7.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 46 Open
972 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 50 Open
973 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 5.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 85 Open
974 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 4.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Won: 1-0 56 Open
975 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 3.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 24 Open
976 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
977 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 10.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Lost: 0-1 53 Open
978 2025-02-21 Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz Rostov-on-Don RUS 1.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 32 Open
979 2025-02-19 Esipenko-Rapport m cl Rostov-on-Don RUS 6.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
980 2025-02-19 Chessable Masters Losers chess.com INT 3.2 Andrey Esipenko Ian Nepomniachtchi Lost: 0-1 49 Open
981 2025-02-19 Chessable Masters Losers chess.com INT 3.1 Ian Nepomniachtchi Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
982 2025-02-19 Chessable Masters Losers chess.com INT 2.2 Andrey Esipenko Fabiano Caruana Won: 1-0 40 Open
983 2025-02-19 Chessable Masters Losers chess.com INT 2.1 Fabiano Caruana Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 68 Open
984 2025-02-18 Esipenko-Rapport m cl Rostov-on-Don RUS 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Richard Rapport Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
985 2025-02-18 Chessable Masters Winners chess.com INT 1.4 Andrey Esipenko Magnus Carlsen Lost: 0-1 34 Open
986 2025-02-18 Chessable Masters Losers chess.com INT 1.3 Andrey Esipenko Wesley So Won: 1-0 45 Open
987 2025-02-18 Chessable Masters Winners chess.com INT 1.3 Magnus Carlsen Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
988 2025-02-18 Chessable Masters Losers chess.com INT 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Wesley So Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
989 2025-02-18 Chessable Masters Winners chess.com INT 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Magnus Carlsen Draw: 1/2-1/2 90 Open
990 2025-02-18 Chessable Masters Losers chess.com INT 1.1 Wesley So Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
991 2025-02-18 Chessable Masters Winners chess.com INT 1.1 Magnus Carlsen Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 49 Open
992 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Javokhir Sindarov Won: 1-0 57 Open
993 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 8 Sanan Sjugirov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
994 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen Won: 1-0 56 Open
995 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 6 Aleksandr Rakhmanov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 37 Open
996 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Alvar Alonso Rosell Won: 1-0 53 Open
997 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 4 Andrew Hong Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 32 Open
998 2025-02-17 Esipenko-Rapport m cl Rostov-on-Don RUS 4.1 Richard Rapport Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 23 Open
999 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Srinath Narayanan Lost: 0-1 33 Open
1000 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 2 Renato R. Quintiliano Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 48 Open
  1. vs Jan GustafssonWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-25 · Round 7Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
  2. vs Baver YilmazWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-25 · Round 6Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
  3. vs Jakub KosakowskiLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-25 · Round 5Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
  4. vs Ruben Gideon KoellnerWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-25 · Round 4Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
  5. vs Sergey VolkovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-25 · Round 3Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
  6. vs Krzysztof BudrewiczWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-25 · Round 2Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
  7. vs Bence PribelszkyWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-25 · Round 1Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
  8. vs Federico Perez PonsaDraw · ½–½White · 2025-02-25 · Round 10Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
  9. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-22 · Round 20.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  10. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-22 · Round 19.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  11. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-22 · Round 18.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  12. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-22 · Round 17.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  13. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-22 · Round 16.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  14. vs Richard RapportLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-22 · Round 15.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  15. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-22 · Round 14.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  16. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-22 · Round 13.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  17. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-22 · Round 12.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  18. vs Richard RapportLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-22 · Round 11.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  19. vs Richard RapportWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-21 · Round 9.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  20. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-21 · Round 8.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  21. vs Richard RapportLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-21 · Round 7.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  22. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-21 · Round 6.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  23. vs Richard RapportWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-21 · Round 5.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  24. vs Richard RapportWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-21 · Round 4.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  25. vs Richard RapportLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-21 · Round 3.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  26. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½White · 2025-02-21 · Round 2.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  27. vs Richard RapportLost · 0-1White · 2025-02-21 · Round 10.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  28. vs Richard RapportWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-21 · Round 1.1Esipenko-Rapport m Blitz
  29. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-19 · Round 6.1Esipenko-Rapport m cl
  30. vs Ian NepomniachtchiLost · 0-1White · 2025-02-19 · Round 3.2Chessable Masters Losers
  31. vs Ian NepomniachtchiDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-19 · Round 3.1Chessable Masters Losers
  32. vs Fabiano CaruanaWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-19 · Round 2.2Chessable Masters Losers
  33. vs Fabiano CaruanaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-19 · Round 2.1Chessable Masters Losers
  34. vs Richard RapportDraw · ½–½White · 2025-02-18 · Round 5.1Esipenko-Rapport m cl
  35. vs Magnus CarlsenLost · 0-1White · 2025-02-18 · Round 1.4Chessable Masters Winners
  36. vs Wesley SoWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-18 · Round 1.3Chessable Masters Losers
  37. vs Magnus CarlsenDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-18 · Round 1.3Chessable Masters Winners
  38. vs Wesley SoDraw · ½–½White · 2025-02-18 · Round 1.2Chessable Masters Losers
  39. vs Magnus CarlsenDraw · ½–½White · 2025-02-18 · Round 1.2Chessable Masters Winners
  40. vs Wesley SoDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-18 · Round 1.1Chessable Masters Losers
  41. vs Magnus CarlsenLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-18 · Round 1.1Chessable Masters Winners
  42. vs Javokhir SindarovWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-17 · Round 9Chessable Masters Play-In
  43. vs Sanan SjugirovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 8Chessable Masters Play-In
  44. vs Ngoc Truong Son NguyenWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-17 · Round 7Chessable Masters Play-In
  45. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 6Chessable Masters Play-In
  46. vs Alvar Alonso RosellWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-17 · Round 5Chessable Masters Play-In
  47. vs Andrew HongWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 4Chessable Masters Play-In
  48. vs Richard RapportLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 4.1Esipenko-Rapport m cl
  49. vs Srinath NarayananLost · 0-1White · 2025-02-17 · Round 3Chessable Masters Play-In
  50. vs Renato R. QuintilianoWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 2Chessable Masters Play-In

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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