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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
1201 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Late chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Borna Franc Won: 1-0 48 Open
1202 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Leonid Starozhilov Won: 1-0 30 Open
1203 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 5 Mika Karttunen Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
1204 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Late chess.com INT 5 Mai Narva Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 40 Open
1205 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Late chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Piotr Brzezina Won: 1-0 53 Open
1206 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Eline Roebers Won: 1-0 36 Open
1207 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Late chess.com INT 3 Francisco Javier Munoz Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
1208 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 3 Krzysztof Jakubowski Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 50 Open
1209 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Roman Ovetchkin Won: 1-0 40 Open
1210 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Late chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Angelo Etienne Won: 1-0 61 Open
1211 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 1 Uliana Dudkina Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 54 Open
1212 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Late chess.com INT 1 Luis Eduardo Ballester Llagaria Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 32 Open
1213 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Late chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Cristobal Henriquez Villagra Won: 1-0 27 Open
1214 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 11 Alireza Firouzja Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 50 Open
1215 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 10 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Donchenko Won: 1-0 36 Open
1216 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Late chess.com INT 10 Hikaru Nakamura Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 33 Open
1217 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Late chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Tymur Keleberda Lost: 0-1 59 Open
1218 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Late chess.com INT 3 Kevin Yang Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
1219 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Late chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko David Larino Nieto Lost: 0-1 30 Open
1220 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Late chess.com INT 1 Aleksander Hnydiuk Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
1221 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Arad Nazari Won: 1-0 67 Open
1222 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late chess.com INT 6 Olexandr Bortnyk Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 34 Open
1223 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late chess.com INT 5 Marco Riehle Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 48 Open
1224 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Levy Rozman Won: 1-0 47 Open
1225 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Malko Martel Bruniaux Won: 1-0 65 Open
1226 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Elmar Atakishiyev Won: 1-0 32 Open
1227 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late chess.com INT 2 Atilla Kuru Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 27 Open
1228 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 2 Rosh Jain Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
1229 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Jude Shearsby Won: 1-0 32 Open
1230 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Artem Postnikov Won: 1-0 27 Open
1231 2024-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 9.1 Evgeny Alekseev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 16 Open
1232 2024-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 8.1 Andrey Esipenko Nikita Matinian Won: 1-0 33 Open
1233 2024-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 7.1 Dmitry Rostovtsev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 62 Open
1234 2024-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Ivan Zemlyanskii Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
1235 2024-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 5.1 Vladislav Artemiev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
1236 2024-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 4.1 Andrey Esipenko Daniil Lintchevski Won: 1-0 35 Open
1237 2024-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Daniil Manelyuk Won: 1-0 35 Open
1238 2024-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 1.1 Lev Rezvy Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
1239 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 9.1 Vladislav Artemiev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 36 Open
1240 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 8.1 Andrey Esipenko Denis Lazavik Won: 1-0 64 Open
1241 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 7.13 Ivan Rozum Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 17 Open
1242 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Daniil Lintchevski Lost: 0-1 34 Open
1243 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 5.9 Andrey Esipenko Daniil Manelyuk Won: 1-0 43 Open
1244 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 4.17 Kirill Otdelnov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 27 Open
1245 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 3.1 Dmitry Kokarev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 57 Open
1246 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Nikita Matinian Won: 1-0 41 Open
1247 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 11.9 Dmitry Rostovtsev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
1248 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 10.9 Andrey Esipenko Nikita Afanasiev Lost: 0-1 48 Open
1249 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 1.1 Elmar Atakishiyev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 59 Open
1250 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 9.3 Denis Khismatullin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 44 Open
  1. vs Borna FrancWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-05 · Round 6Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
  2. vs Leonid StarozhilovWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-05 · Round 6Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  3. vs Mika KarttunenWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-05 · Round 5Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  4. vs Mai NarvaLost · 1-0Black · 2024-11-05 · Round 5Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
  5. vs Piotr BrzezinaWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-05 · Round 4Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
  6. vs Eline RoebersWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-05 · Round 4Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  7. vs Francisco Javier MunozWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-05 · Round 3Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
  8. vs Krzysztof JakubowskiLost · 1-0Black · 2024-11-05 · Round 3Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  9. vs Roman OvetchkinWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-05 · Round 2Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  10. vs Angelo EtienneWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-05 · Round 2Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
  11. vs Uliana DudkinaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-05 · Round 1Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  12. vs Luis Eduardo Ballester LlagariaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-05 · Round 1Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
  13. vs Cristobal Henriquez VillagraWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-05 · Round 11Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
  14. vs Alireza FirouzjaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-05 · Round 11Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  15. vs Alexander DonchenkoWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-05 · Round 10Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  16. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 1-0Black · 2024-11-05 · Round 10Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
  17. vs Tymur KeleberdaLost · 0-1White · 2024-10-29 · Round 4Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
  18. vs Kevin YangWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-29 · Round 3Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
  19. vs David Larino NietoLost · 0-1White · 2024-10-29 · Round 2Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
  20. vs Aleksander HnydiukWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-29 · Round 1Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
  21. vs Arad NazariWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-22 · Round 7Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
  22. vs Olexandr BortnykLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-22 · Round 6Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
  23. vs Marco RiehleWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-22 · Round 5Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
  24. vs Levy RozmanWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-22 · Round 4Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
  25. vs Malko Martel BruniauxWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-22 · Round 3Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  26. vs Elmar AtakishiyevWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-22 · Round 3Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
  27. vs Atilla KuruWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-22 · Round 2Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
  28. vs Rosh JainDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-22 · Round 2Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  29. vs Jude ShearsbyWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-22 · Round 1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
  30. vs Artem PostnikovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-22 · Round 1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  31. vs Evgeny AlekseevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-19 · Round 9.1TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  32. vs Nikita MatinianWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-19 · Round 8.1TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  33. vs Dmitry RostovtsevWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-19 · Round 7.1TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  34. vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-19 · Round 6.1TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  35. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-18 · Round 5.1TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  36. vs Daniil LintchevskiWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-18 · Round 4.1TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  37. vs Daniil ManelyukWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-18 · Round 2.1TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  38. vs Lev RezvyWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-18 · Round 1.1TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  39. vs Vladislav ArtemievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-17 · Round 9.1TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  40. vs Denis LazavikWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-17 · Round 8.1TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  41. vs Ivan RozumDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-17 · Round 7.13TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  42. vs Daniil LintchevskiLost · 0-1White · 2024-10-17 · Round 6.1TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  43. vs Daniil ManelyukWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-17 · Round 5.9TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  44. vs Kirill OtdelnovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-17 · Round 4.17TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  45. vs Dmitry KokarevLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-17 · Round 3.1TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  46. vs Nikita MatinianWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-17 · Round 2.1TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  47. vs Dmitry RostovtsevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-17 · Round 11.9TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  48. vs Nikita AfanasievLost · 0-1White · 2024-10-17 · Round 10.9TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  49. vs Elmar AtakishiyevWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-17 · Round 1.1TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  50. vs Denis KhismatullinWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-16 · Round 9.3ch-RUS Rapid 2024

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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