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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
1451 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 11.2 Al Taher Abdulrahman Mohammad Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 25 Open
1452 2024-06-21 BRICS Games Blitz Team Kazan RUS 10.6 Andrey Esipenko Lucas Aguiar Cunha Won: 1-0 46 Open
1453 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Kubot Maksudshoev Won: 1-0 25 Open
1454 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 8.2 Andrey Esipenko Alexis Antonio Aristigueta Almeida Won: 1-0 30 Open
1455 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 7.2 Lucas Aguiar Cunha Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 34 Open
1456 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 6.2 Andrey Esipenko Aronyak Ghosh Won: 1-0 34 Open
1457 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 5.2 Yury Borsuk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
1458 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 4.2 Andrey Esipenko Jinshi Bai Won: 1-0 34 Open
1459 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 3.6 Saidakbar Saydaliev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
1460 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 2.14 Andrey Esipenko Haruna Nsubuga Won: 1-0 41 Open
1461 2024-06-20 BRICS Games Rapid Team Kazan RUS 1.2 Taalaibek Imanaliev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
1462 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 9.1 Andrey Esipenko Lucas Aguiar Cunha Won: 1-0 32 Open
1463 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 8.1 Andrey Esipenko Maksim Tsaruk Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
1464 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 7.1 Vladislav Artemiev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 56 Open
1465 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Xiangyu Xu Won: 1-0 44 Open
1466 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 5.3 Jinshi Bai Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 49 Open
1467 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 4.3 Andrey Esipenko Amin Kabilov Won: 1-0 36 Open
1468 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 3.2 Vishnu Prasanna. V Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 47 Open
1469 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 2.2 Andrey Esipenko Abdimalik Abdisalimov Won: 1-0 52 Open
1470 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 11.2 Andrey Esipenko Saidakbar Saydaliev Won: 1-0 35 Open
1471 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 10.1 Aronyak Ghosh Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
1472 2024-06-19 BRICS Games Blitz 2024 Kazan RUS 1.2 Ryan Wesley Da Costa Caetano Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
1473 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 9.1 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Artemiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
1474 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 8.4 Haruna Nsubuga Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
1475 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 7.4 Andrey Esipenko Ruslan Sezdbekov Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
1476 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 6.5 Vishnu Prasanna. V Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
1477 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 5.1 Maksim Tsaruk Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 47 Open
1478 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 4.3 Andrey Esipenko Saidakbar Saydaliev Won: 1-0 36 Open
1479 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 3.6 Maher Ayyad Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 37 Open
1480 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 2.8 Andrey Esipenko Arthur Ssegwanyi Won: 1-0 42 Open
1481 2024-06-18 BRICS Games Rapid 2024 Kazan RUS 1.2 Taalaibek Imanaliev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 45 Open
1482 2024-06-09 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024 Chartres FRA 4.1 Nikita Vitiugov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
1483 2024-06-08 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024 Chartres FRA 3.1 Andrey Esipenko Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
1484 2024-06-07 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024 Chartres FRA 2.3 Lucas Van Foreest Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
1485 2024-06-06 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024 Chartres FRA 1.2 Kirill Shevchenko Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
1486 2024-06-05 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024 Chartres FRA 7.26 Andrey Esipenko Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
1487 2024-06-02 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024 Chartres FRA 4.18 Adrien Demuth Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
1488 2024-06-01 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024 Chartres FRA 3.11 Bassem Amin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
1489 2024-05-31 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024 Chartres FRA 2.25 Andrey Esipenko Alvar Alonso Rosell Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
1490 2024-05-30 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024 Chartres FRA 1.3 Andrey Esipenko Evgeny Postny Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
1491 2024-05-22 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 9.37 Andrey Esipenko Viktor Erdos Won: 1-0 39 Open
1492 2024-05-21 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 8.29 Jagadeesh Siddharth Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 31 Open
1493 2024-05-20 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 7.28 Arseniy Nesterov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 17 Open
1494 2024-05-19 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 6.18 Andrey Esipenko Shamsiddin Vokhidov Lost: 0-1 49 Open
1495 2024-05-18 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 5.16 Eltaj Safarli Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
1496 2024-05-17 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 4.29 Andrey Esipenko Jakub Seemann Won: 1-0 44 Open
1497 2024-05-16 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 3.31 Vitaly Sivuk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
1498 2024-05-15 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 2.15 Andrey Esipenko Bardiya Daneshvar Lost: 0-1 77 Open
1499 2024-05-14 7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Sharjah UAE 1.8 Ediz Gurel Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
1500 2024-05-12 Chess.com Classic Div 2 L chess.com INT 3.2 Andrey Esipenko Wesley So Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
  1. vs Al Taher Abdulrahman MohammadWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-21 · Round 11.2BRICS Games Blitz Team
  2. vs Lucas Aguiar CunhaWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-21 · Round 10.6BRICS Games Blitz Team
  3. vs Kubot MaksudshoevWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-20 · Round 9.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  4. vs Alexis Antonio Aristigueta AlmeidaWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-20 · Round 8.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  5. vs Lucas Aguiar CunhaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-20 · Round 7.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  6. vs Aronyak GhoshWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-20 · Round 6.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  7. vs Yury BorsukDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-20 · Round 5.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  8. vs Jinshi BaiWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-20 · Round 4.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  9. vs Saidakbar SaydalievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-20 · Round 3.6BRICS Games Rapid Team
  10. vs Haruna NsubugaWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-20 · Round 2.14BRICS Games Rapid Team
  11. vs Taalaibek ImanalievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-20 · Round 1.2BRICS Games Rapid Team
  12. vs Lucas Aguiar CunhaWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-19 · Round 9.1BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  13. vs Maksim TsarukDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-19 · Round 8.1BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  14. vs Vladislav ArtemievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-19 · Round 7.1BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  15. vs Xiangyu XuWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-19 · Round 6.1BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  16. vs Jinshi BaiWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-19 · Round 5.3BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  17. vs Amin KabilovWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-19 · Round 4.3BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  18. vs Vishnu Prasanna. VLost · 1-0Black · 2024-06-19 · Round 3.2BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  19. vs Abdimalik AbdisalimovWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-19 · Round 2.2BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  20. vs Saidakbar SaydalievWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-19 · Round 11.2BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  21. vs Aronyak GhoshDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-19 · Round 10.1BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  22. vs Ryan Wesley Da Costa CaetanoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-19 · Round 1.2BRICS Games Blitz 2024
  23. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-18 · Round 9.1BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  24. vs Haruna NsubugaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-18 · Round 8.4BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  25. vs Ruslan SezdbekovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-18 · Round 7.4BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  26. vs Vishnu Prasanna. VDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-18 · Round 6.5BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  27. vs Maksim TsarukLost · 1-0Black · 2024-06-18 · Round 5.1BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  28. vs Saidakbar SaydalievWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-18 · Round 4.3BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  29. vs Maher AyyadWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-18 · Round 3.6BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  30. vs Arthur SsegwanyiWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-18 · Round 2.8BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  31. vs Taalaibek ImanalievLost · 1-0Black · 2024-06-18 · Round 1.2BRICS Games Rapid 2024
  32. vs Nikita VitiugovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-09 · Round 4.1TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024
  33. vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-08 · Round 3.1TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024
  34. vs Lucas Van ForeestDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-07 · Round 2.3TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024
  35. vs Kirill ShevchenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-06 · Round 1.2TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2024
  36. vs Samvel Ter-SahakyanDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-05 · Round 7.26TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024
  37. vs Adrien DemuthDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-02 · Round 4.18TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024
  38. vs Bassem AminDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-01 · Round 3.11TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024
  39. vs Alvar Alonso RosellDraw · ½–½White · 2024-05-31 · Round 2.25TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024
  40. vs Evgeny PostnyDraw · ½–½White · 2024-05-30 · Round 1.3TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2024
  41. vs Viktor ErdosWon · 1-0White · 2024-05-22 · Round 9.377th Sharjah Masters 2024
  42. vs Jagadeesh SiddharthLost · 1-0Black · 2024-05-21 · Round 8.297th Sharjah Masters 2024
  43. vs Arseniy NesterovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-20 · Round 7.287th Sharjah Masters 2024
  44. vs Shamsiddin VokhidovLost · 0-1White · 2024-05-19 · Round 6.187th Sharjah Masters 2024
  45. vs Eltaj SafarliDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-18 · Round 5.167th Sharjah Masters 2024
  46. vs Jakub SeemannWon · 1-0White · 2024-05-17 · Round 4.297th Sharjah Masters 2024
  47. vs Vitaly SivukDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-16 · Round 3.317th Sharjah Masters 2024
  48. vs Bardiya DaneshvarLost · 0-1White · 2024-05-15 · Round 2.157th Sharjah Masters 2024
  49. vs Ediz GurelDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-14 · Round 1.87th Sharjah Masters 2024
  50. vs Wesley SoDraw · ½–½White · 2024-05-12 · Round 3.2Chess.com Classic Div 2 L

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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