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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
1301 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W chess.com INT 1.4 Andrey Esipenko Gata Kamsky Lost: 0-1 19 Open
1302 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W chess.com INT 1.3 Gata Kamsky Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
1303 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 L chess.com INT 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Mikhail Kobalia Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
1304 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W chess.com INT 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Gata Kamsky Lost: 0-1 45 Open
1305 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 L chess.com INT 1.1 Mikhail Kobalia Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 46 Open
1306 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W chess.com INT 1.1 Gata Kamsky Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
1307 2024-09-26 Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D3 chess.com INT 1.3 Pa Iniyan Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 31 Open
1308 2024-09-26 Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D3 chess.com INT 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Pa Iniyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
1309 2024-09-26 Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D3 chess.com INT 1.1 Pa Iniyan Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 60 Open
1310 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 9 Benjamin Gledura Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
1311 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Alexandr Predke Won: 1-0 36 Open
1312 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 7 Daniel Naroditsky Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 57 Open
1313 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Aryan Tari Won: 1-0 32 Open
1314 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Johan-Sebastian Christiansen Lost: 0-1 14 Open
1315 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 4 Andy Woodward Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 47 Open
1316 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Narayanan S L Draw: 1/2-1/2 69 Open
1317 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 2 Aleksey Grebnev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
1318 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Early chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Eray Kilic Won: 1-0 41 Open
1319 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Hans Moke Niemann Lost: 0-1 50 Open
1320 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Early chess.com INT 8 Vadim Bobkov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 49 Open
1321 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Murad Ibrahimli Won: 1-0 80 Open
1322 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Early chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Pa Iniyan Lost: 0-1 51 Open
1323 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 7 Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
1324 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 6 Levy Rozman Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 18 Open
1325 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Early chess.com INT 6 Milosz Szpar Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 59 Open
1326 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Bryan Enming Lin Won: 1-0 49 Open
1327 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Early chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Sam Shankland Lost: 0-1 37 Open
1328 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Early chess.com INT 4 Alexander Rustemov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
1329 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Evgeny Egorov Won: 1-0 38 Open
1330 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Early chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Daniil Plyasunov Won: 1-0 34 Open
1331 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 3 Daniel Rangel Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 28 Open
1332 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Aaravamudhan Balaji Lost: 0-1 50 Open
1333 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Early chess.com INT 2 Danila Bilan Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 25 Open
1334 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Early chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Ilja Derjabin Won: 1-0 32 Open
1335 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 1 Wojciech Przybylski Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 77 Open
1336 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Matthias Bluebaum Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
1337 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Early chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Vasif Durarbayli Won: 1-0 35 Open
1338 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Early chess.com INT 10 Ilamparthi A R Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
1339 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 10 Egor Baskakov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 47 Open
1340 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Arseniy Nesterov Won: 1-0 28 Open
1341 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 8 Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 78 Open
1342 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 8 Tikhon Popov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 28 Open
1343 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Artem Bardyk Lost: 0-1 24 Open
1344 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Hikaru Nakamura Lost: 0-1 44 Open
1345 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 6 Luca Jr Moroni Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
1346 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 6 Chen Zou Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 38 Open
1347 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Felix-Antonio Ilinca Won: 1-0 54 Open
1348 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Igor Janik Won: 1-0 35 Open
1349 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 4 Aleksandr E. Usov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
1350 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Gabriel Quispe Arteaga Draw: 1/2-1/2 81 Open
  1. vs Gata KamskyLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.4Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W
  2. vs Gata KamskyDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.3Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W
  3. vs Mikhail KobaliaDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 L
  4. vs Gata KamskyLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W
  5. vs Mikhail KobaliaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 L
  6. vs Gata KamskyDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W
  7. vs Pa IniyanWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-26 · Round 1.3Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D3
  8. vs Pa IniyanDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-26 · Round 1.2Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D3
  9. vs Pa IniyanWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-26 · Round 1.1Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D3
  10. vs Benjamin GleduraDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 9Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  11. vs Alexandr PredkeWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-25 · Round 8Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  12. vs Daniel NaroditskyWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 7Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  13. vs Aryan TariWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-25 · Round 6Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  14. vs Johan-Sebastian ChristiansenLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-25 · Round 5Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  15. vs Andy WoodwardWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 4Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  16. vs Narayanan S LDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-25 · Round 3Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  17. vs Aleksey GrebnevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 2Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  18. vs Eray KilicWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-24 · Round 9Titled Tue 24th Sep Early
  19. vs Hans Moke NiemannLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-24 · Round 9Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  20. vs Vadim BobkovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 8Titled Tue 24th Sep Early
  21. vs Murad IbrahimliWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-24 · Round 8Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  22. vs Pa IniyanLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-24 · Round 7Titled Tue 24th Sep Early
  23. vs Krikor Sevag MekhitarianWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 7Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  24. vs Levy RozmanWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 6Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  25. vs Milosz SzparWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 6Titled Tue 24th Sep Early
  26. vs Bryan Enming LinWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-24 · Round 5Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  27. vs Sam ShanklandLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-24 · Round 5Titled Tue 24th Sep Early
  28. vs Alexander RustemovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 4Titled Tue 24th Sep Early
  29. vs Evgeny EgorovWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-24 · Round 4Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  30. vs Daniil PlyasunovWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-24 · Round 3Titled Tue 24th Sep Early
  31. vs Daniel RangelWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 3Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  32. vs Aaravamudhan BalajiLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-24 · Round 2Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  33. vs Danila BilanWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 2Titled Tue 24th Sep Early
  34. vs Ilja DerjabinWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-24 · Round 1Titled Tue 24th Sep Early
  35. vs Wojciech PrzybylskiWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 1Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  36. vs Matthias BluebaumDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-24 · Round 11Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  37. vs Vasif DurarbayliWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-24 · Round 11Titled Tue 24th Sep Early
  38. vs Ilamparthi A RWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 10Titled Tue 24th Sep Early
  39. vs Egor BaskakovLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 10Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  40. vs Arseniy NesterovWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 9Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  41. vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 8Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  42. vs Tikhon PopovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 8Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  43. vs Artem BardykLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-17 · Round 7Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  44. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-17 · Round 7Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  45. vs Luca Jr MoroniDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  46. vs Chen ZouWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  47. vs Felix-Antonio IlincaWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  48. vs Igor JanikWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  49. vs Aleksandr E. UsovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  50. vs Gabriel Quispe ArteagaDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Sep Early

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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