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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
1251 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 8.2 Andrey Esipenko Mikhail Demidov Draw: 1/2-1/2 83 Open
1252 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 7.8 Yaroslav Remizov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 39 Open
1253 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 6.2 Andrey Esipenko Arsen Kukhmazov Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
1254 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 11.3 Dmitry Kokarev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
1255 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 10.1 Andrey Esipenko Nikita Afanasiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
1256 2024-10-15 Titled Tue 15th Oct Late chess.com INT 9 Gata Kamsky Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
1257 2024-10-15 Titled Tue 15th Oct Late chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Arystanbek Urazayev Won: 1-0 27 Open
1258 2024-10-15 Titled Tue 15th Oct Late chess.com INT 7 Nihal Sarin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 52 Open
1259 2024-10-15 Titled Tue 15th Oct Late chess.com INT 6 Daniel Naroditsky Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 71 Open
1260 2024-10-15 Titled Tue 15th Oct Late chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Vincent Keymer Won: 1-0 26 Open
1261 2024-10-15 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 5.2 Savva Vetokhin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
1262 2024-10-15 Titled Tue 15th Oct Late chess.com INT 4 Aleksandr E. Usov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 49 Open
1263 2024-10-15 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 4.1 Andrey Esipenko Kirill Shubin Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
1264 2024-10-15 Titled Tue 15th Oct Late chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Matfey Rogov Won: 1-0 70 Open
1265 2024-10-15 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 3.1 Daniil Manelyuk Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 44 Open
1266 2024-10-15 Titled Tue 15th Oct Late chess.com INT 2 Alejandro Domingo Nunez Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
1267 2024-10-15 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Argisht Voskanyan Won: 1-0 66 Open
1268 2024-10-15 Titled Tue 15th Oct Late chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Boris Abrashkin Won: 1-0 22 Open
1269 2024-10-15 Titled Tue 15th Oct Late chess.com INT 11 Matthias Bluebaum Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 59 Open
1270 2024-10-15 Titled Tue 15th Oct Late chess.com INT 10 Andrey Esipenko Bojan Maksimovic Won: 1-0 39 Open
1271 2024-10-15 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 1.1 A. Izhnin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
1272 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 9.12 Ramil Faizrakhmanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
1273 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 8.9 Andrey Esipenko Ruslan Gadzhiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
1274 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 7.16 Andrey Esipenko Konstantin Novikov Won: 1-0 24 Open
1275 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 6.6 Matvey Galchenko Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 60 Open
1276 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 5.9 Andrey Esipenko Miran Oganian Won: 1-0 40 Open
1277 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 2.2 Artem Bardyk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
1278 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 13.3 Andrey Esipenko Roman Al Nosach Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
1279 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 12.3 Ivan Zemlyanskii Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
1280 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 11.4 Andrey Esipenko Boris Savchenko Won: 1-0 68 Open
1281 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 10.7 Alexandr Triapishko Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 4 Open
1282 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Prokhor Moskvinov Won: 1-0 39 Open
1283 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Early chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Andrey Drygalov Lost: 0-1 41 Open
1284 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Early chess.com INT 8 Eray Kilic Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 63 Open
1285 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Early chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov Won: 1-0 50 Open
1286 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Early chess.com INT 6 Grigoriy Oparin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 43 Open
1287 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Early chess.com INT 5 Fidel Corrales Jimenez Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 36 Open
1288 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Late chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Lucas Do Valle Cardoso Lost: 0-1 30 Open
1289 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Late chess.com INT 4 Derek Wu Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
1290 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Early chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Arseniy Nesterov Won: 1-0 74 Open
1291 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Late chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Velikanov Lost: 0-1 37 Open
1292 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Early chess.com INT 3 Allahverdi Hamidov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
1293 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Early chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Artem Odegov Won: 1-0 39 Open
1294 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Late chess.com INT 2 Tomasz Jaskolka Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
1295 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Late chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Oleksandr Matlak Won: 1-0 58 Open
1296 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Early chess.com INT 1 Beksultan Moldagali Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 36 Open
1297 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Early chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Konstantin Popov Won: 1-0 74 Open
1298 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Early chess.com INT 10 Havard Haug Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 48 Open
1299 2024-09-29 Bundesliga 2024-25 Kirchweyhe GER 2.2 Zoran Jovanovic Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 87 Open
1300 2024-09-28 Bundesliga 2024-25 Kirchweyhe GER 1.2 Volkmar, Dr. Dinstuhl Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 21 Open
  1. vs Mikhail DemidovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-16 · Round 8.2ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  2. vs Yaroslav RemizovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-16 · Round 7.8ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  3. vs Arsen KukhmazovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-16 · Round 6.2ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  4. vs Dmitry KokarevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-16 · Round 11.3ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  5. vs Nikita AfanasievDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-16 · Round 10.1ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  6. vs Gata KamskyDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 9Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
  7. vs Arystanbek UrazayevWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-15 · Round 8Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
  8. vs Nihal SarinLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 7Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
  9. vs Daniel NaroditskyDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 6Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
  10. vs Vincent KeymerWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-15 · Round 5Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
  11. vs Savva VetokhinDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 5.2ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  12. vs Aleksandr E. UsovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 4Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
  13. vs Kirill ShubinDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-15 · Round 4.1ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  14. vs Matfey RogovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-15 · Round 3Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
  15. vs Daniil ManelyukWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 3.1ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  16. vs Alejandro Domingo NunezWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 2Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
  17. vs Argisht VoskanyanWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-15 · Round 2.1ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  18. vs Boris AbrashkinWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-15 · Round 1Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
  19. vs Matthias BluebaumLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 11Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
  20. vs Bojan MaksimovicWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-15 · Round 10Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
  21. vs A. IzhninWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 1.1ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  22. vs Ramil FaizrakhmanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 9.12ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  23. vs Ruslan GadzhievDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-14 · Round 8.9ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  24. vs Konstantin NovikovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 7.16ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  25. vs Matvey GalchenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 6.6ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  26. vs Miran OganianWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 5.9ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  27. vs Artem BardykDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 2.2ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  28. vs Roman Al NosachDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-14 · Round 13.3ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  29. vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 12.3ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  30. vs Boris SavchenkoWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 11.4ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  31. vs Alexandr TriapishkoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 10.7ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  32. vs Prokhor MoskvinovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 1.2ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  33. vs Andrey DrygalovLost · 0-1White · 2024-10-01 · Round 9Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
  34. vs Eray KilicWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-01 · Round 8Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
  35. vs Mukhammadali AbdurakhmonovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-01 · Round 7Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
  36. vs Grigoriy OparinLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-01 · Round 6Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
  37. vs Fidel Corrales JimenezWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-01 · Round 5Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
  38. vs Lucas Do Valle CardosoLost · 0-1White · 2024-10-01 · Round 5Titled Tue 1st Oct Late
  39. vs Derek WuWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-01 · Round 4Titled Tue 1st Oct Late
  40. vs Arseniy NesterovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-01 · Round 4Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
  41. vs Alexander VelikanovLost · 0-1White · 2024-10-01 · Round 3Titled Tue 1st Oct Late
  42. vs Allahverdi HamidovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-01 · Round 3Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
  43. vs Artem OdegovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-01 · Round 2Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
  44. vs Tomasz JaskolkaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-01 · Round 2Titled Tue 1st Oct Late
  45. vs Oleksandr MatlakWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-01 · Round 1Titled Tue 1st Oct Late
  46. vs Beksultan MoldagaliWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-01 · Round 1Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
  47. vs Konstantin PopovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-01 · Round 11Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
  48. vs Havard HaugWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-01 · Round 10Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
  49. vs Zoran JovanovicWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-29 · Round 2.2Bundesliga 2024-25
  50. vs Volkmar, Dr. DinstuhlWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-28 · Round 1.2Bundesliga 2024-25

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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