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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
1351 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 3 Shamil Arslanov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 63 Open
1352 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Marco Riehle Won: 1-0 19 Open
1353 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 2 Jorge Leon Oquendo Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 75 Open
1354 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Joseph Zeltsan Won: 1-0 38 Open
1355 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 1 Vladimir Goncharov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
1356 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Sultanbeibarys Dumanuly Won: 1-0 45 Open
1357 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Vitaliy Bernadskiy Lost: 0-1 61 Open
1358 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 10 Andrew Hong Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 32 Open
1359 2024-08-28 77th ch-RUS TB 2024 Barnaul RUS 2 Vladislav Artemiev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 25 Open
1360 2024-08-28 77th ch-RUS TB 2024 Barnaul RUS 1 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Artemiev Lost: 0-1 62 Open
1361 2024-08-28 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 11.3 Artyom Timofeev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
1362 2024-08-27 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 10.1 Andrey Esipenko Arseniy Nesterov Won: 1-0 79 Open
1363 2024-08-26 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 9.2 Aleksey Dreev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 13 Open
1364 2024-08-25 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 8.6 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Grischuk Won: 1-0 54 Open
1365 2024-08-24 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 7.1 Andrey Esipenko Evgeniy Najer Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
1366 2024-08-22 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 6.6 Aleksey Grebnev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 12 Open
1367 2024-08-21 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 5.2 Andrey Esipenko Rudik Makarian Won: 1-0 33 Open
1368 2024-08-20 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 4.5 Vladislav Artemiev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
1369 2024-08-19 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 3.3 Andrey Esipenko Daniil Dubov Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
1370 2024-08-18 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 2.4 Maxim Matlakov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
1371 2024-08-17 77th ch-RUS 2024 Barnaul RUS 1.4 Andrey Esipenko Pavel Ponkratov Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
1372 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Luka Paichadze Won: 1-0 52 Open
1373 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 8 Bakhtiyar Askarov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
1374 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Gelman Won: 1-0 45 Open
1375 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 6 Dmitriy Kushko Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 45 Open
1376 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Aleksandra Goryachkina Won: 1-0 30 Open
1377 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 4 Harshavardhan G B Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 54 Open
1378 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Egor Bykov Won: 1-0 48 Open
1379 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 2 Vladislav Lymar Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 40 Open
1380 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Emanuel Vaglio Mattey Won: 1-0 44 Open
1381 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 11 Havard Haug Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 42 Open
1382 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 10 Andrey Esipenko Nihal Sarin Lost: 0-1 84 Open
1383 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Hikaru Nakamura Draw: 1/2-1/2 86 Open
1384 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Bojan Maksimovic Won: 1-0 38 Open
1385 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 8 Evgeny Alekseev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
1386 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Denis Lazavik Lost: 0-1 50 Open
1387 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early chess.com INT 7 Matthias Bluebaum Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 63 Open
1388 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Alan Pichot Won: 1-0 56 Open
1389 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Alireza Firouzja Won: 1-0 47 Open
1390 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 6 Yaacov Norowitz Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 61 Open
1391 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Matias Perez Gormaz Won: 1-0 27 Open
1392 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early chess.com INT 5 Zaven Andriasian Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 59 Open
1393 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Juan Cruz Arias Won: 1-0 89 Open
1394 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 4 Alexei Shirov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 32 Open
1395 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Sargis A. Manukyan Won: 1-0 70 Open
1396 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early chess.com INT 3 Viktor Skliarov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 47 Open
1397 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 2 Ashwin Damaraju Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 66 Open
1398 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Mikhail Golubev Won: 1-0 52 Open
1399 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early chess.com INT 1 Antonin Ferey Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
1400 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Sondre Melaa Won: 1-0 25 Open
  1. vs Shamil ArslanovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  2. vs Marco RiehleWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  3. vs Jorge Leon OquendoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 2Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  4. vs Joseph ZeltsanWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 2Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  5. vs Vladimir GoncharovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 1Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  6. vs Sultanbeibarys DumanulyWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 1Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  7. vs Vitaliy BernadskiyLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-17 · Round 11Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  8. vs Andrew HongLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 10Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  9. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 1-0Black · 2024-08-28 · Round 277th ch-RUS TB 2024
  10. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 0-1White · 2024-08-28 · Round 177th ch-RUS TB 2024
  11. vs Artyom TimofeevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-28 · Round 11.377th ch-RUS 2024
  12. vs Arseniy NesterovWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-27 · Round 10.177th ch-RUS 2024
  13. vs Aleksey DreevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-26 · Round 9.277th ch-RUS 2024
  14. vs Alexander GrischukWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-25 · Round 8.677th ch-RUS 2024
  15. vs Evgeniy NajerDraw · ½–½White · 2024-08-24 · Round 7.177th ch-RUS 2024
  16. vs Aleksey GrebnevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-22 · Round 6.677th ch-RUS 2024
  17. vs Rudik MakarianWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-21 · Round 5.277th ch-RUS 2024
  18. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-20 · Round 4.577th ch-RUS 2024
  19. vs Daniil DubovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-08-19 · Round 3.377th ch-RUS 2024
  20. vs Maxim MatlakovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-18 · Round 2.477th ch-RUS 2024
  21. vs Pavel PonkratovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-08-17 · Round 1.477th ch-RUS 2024
  22. vs Luka PaichadzeWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 9Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  23. vs Bakhtiyar AskarovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 8Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  24. vs Alexander GelmanWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 7Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  25. vs Dmitriy KushkoLost · 1-0Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 6Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  26. vs Aleksandra GoryachkinaWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 5Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  27. vs Harshavardhan G BLost · 1-0Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 4Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  28. vs Egor BykovWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 3Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  29. vs Vladislav LymarWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 2Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  30. vs Emanuel Vaglio MatteyWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 1Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  31. vs Havard HaugLost · 1-0Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 11Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  32. vs Nihal SarinLost · 0-1White · 2024-07-30 · Round 10Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  33. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½White · 2024-07-23 · Round 9Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
  34. vs Bojan MaksimovicWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 9Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  35. vs Evgeny AlekseevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 8Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  36. vs Denis LazavikLost · 0-1White · 2024-07-23 · Round 8Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
  37. vs Matthias BluebaumWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 7Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
  38. vs Alan PichotWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 7Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  39. vs Alireza FirouzjaWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 6Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
  40. vs Yaacov NorowitzWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 6Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  41. vs Matias Perez GormazWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 5Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  42. vs Zaven AndriasianWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 5Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
  43. vs Juan Cruz AriasWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 4Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
  44. vs Alexei ShirovLost · 1-0Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 4Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  45. vs Sargis A. ManukyanWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 3Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  46. vs Viktor SkliarovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 3Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
  47. vs Ashwin DamarajuWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 2Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  48. vs Mikhail GolubevWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 2Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
  49. vs Antonin FereyWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 1Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early
  50. vs Sondre MelaaWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 1Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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