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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
1651 2023-12-19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early chess.com INT 1 Ulrich Zimmermann Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 32 Open
1652 2023-12-19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Late chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko David Zhurbinsky Won: 1-0 34 Open
1653 2023-12-19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Late chess.com INT 11 Vugar Rasulov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 74 Open
1654 2023-12-19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Late chess.com INT 10 Andrey Esipenko Arman Mikaelyan Won: 1-0 45 Open
1655 2023-12-03 2nd Bundesliga West 23-24 Germany GER 4.5 Neil Stewart Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
1656 2023-12-02 2nd Bundesliga West 23-24 Germany GER 3.5 Andrey Esipenko Egor Bogdanov Won: 1-0 59 Open
1657 2023-11-26 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 6.5 Andrey Esipenko Jaroslav Bures Won: 1-0 35 Open
1658 2023-11-25 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 5.5 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
1659 2023-11-24 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 4.4 Arthur Kruckenhauser Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
1660 2023-11-24 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 3.4 Andrey Esipenko Gustav Gauss Won: 1-0 30 Open
1661 2023-11-23 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 2.5 Andrey Esipenko Peter Schreiner Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
1662 2023-11-22 TCh-AUT 2023-24 Austria AUT 1.4 Alexander Halvax Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
1663 2023-11-21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late chess.com INT 7 Vladislav Kovalev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 21 Open
1664 2023-11-21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Maxim Matlakov Lost: 0-1 42 Open
1665 2023-11-21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late chess.com INT 5 Aleksandr Shimanov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
1666 2023-11-21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Raja Rithvik R Won: 1-0 26 Open
1667 2023-11-21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late chess.com INT 3 Ilan Schnaider Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
1668 2023-11-21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Mikhail Golubev Won: 1-0 21 Open
1669 2023-11-21 Titled Tue 21st Nov Late chess.com INT 1 Juan Antonio Urbina Perez Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 29 Open
1670 2023-11-05 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 11.3 Anish Giri Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 33 Open
1671 2023-11-04 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 10.3 Andrey Esipenko Parham Maghsoodloo Won: 1-0 40 Open
1672 2023-11-03 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 9.2 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
1673 2023-11-02 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 8.3 Andrey Esipenko Vincent Keymer Won: 1-0 55 Open
1674 2023-11-01 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 7.4 Erigaisi Arjun Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 90 Open
1675 2023-10-30 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Hikaru Nakamura Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
1676 2023-10-29 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Fabiano Caruana Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
1677 2023-10-28 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 4.4 MarcAndria Maurizzi Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 28 Open
1678 2023-10-27 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 3.3 Andrey Esipenko Alexandr Predke Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
1679 2023-10-26 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 2.14 Rinat Jumabayev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 70 Open
1680 2023-10-25 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 1.32 Andrey Esipenko Vahap Sanal Won: 1-0 48 Open
1681 2023-10-12 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 11.4 Andrey Esipenko Klementy Sychev Won: 1-0 35 Open
1682 2023-10-11 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 10.3 Evgeny Tomashevsky Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 21 Open
1683 2023-10-10 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 9.5 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Artemiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
1684 2023-10-09 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 8.2 Aleksandra Goryachkina Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
1685 2023-10-08 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 7.6 Andrey Esipenko Evgeniy Najer Won: 1-0 35 Open
1686 2023-10-06 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 6.1 Pavel Ponkratov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 73 Open
1687 2023-10-05 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 5.6 Maxim Matlakov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
1688 2023-10-04 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 4.2 Andrey Esipenko Artyom Timofeev Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
1689 2023-10-03 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 3.5 Volodar Murzin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
1690 2023-10-02 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 2.3 Andrey Esipenko Kateryna Lagno Won: 1-0 30 Open
1691 2023-10-01 76th ch-RUS 2023 St Petersburg RUS 1.4 Ivan Rozum Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 42 Open
1692 2023-09-26 AI Cup Div 3 L chess.com INT 2.2 Martyn Kravtsiv Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 44 Open
1693 2023-09-26 AI Cup Div 3 L chess.com INT 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Martyn Kravtsiv Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
1694 2023-09-25 AI Cup Div 3 W chess.com INT 2.2 Evgeny Tomashevsky Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 36 Open
1695 2023-09-25 AI Cup Div 3 W chess.com INT 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Evgeny Tomashevsky Lost: 0-1 73 Open
1696 2023-09-25 AI Cup Div 3 W chess.com INT 1.2 Maksim Chigaev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 34 Open
1697 2023-09-25 AI Cup Div 3 W chess.com INT 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Maksim Chigaev Won: 1-0 21 Open
1698 2023-09-18 AI Cup Play-In 2023 chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Georg Meier Won: 1-0 41 Open
1699 2023-09-18 AI Cup Play-In 2023 chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Leinier Dominguez Perez Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
1700 2023-09-18 AI Cup Play-In 2023 chess.com INT 7 Shamsiddin Vokhidov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
  1. vs Ulrich ZimmermannLost · 1-0Black · 2023-12-19 · Round 1Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
  2. vs David ZhurbinskyWon · 1-0White · 2023-12-19 · Round 1Titled Tue 19th Dec Late
  3. vs Vugar RasulovWon · 0-1Black · 2023-12-19 · Round 11Titled Tue 19th Dec Late
  4. vs Arman MikaelyanWon · 1-0White · 2023-12-19 · Round 10Titled Tue 19th Dec Late
  5. vs Neil StewartWon · 0-1Black · 2023-12-03 · Round 4.52nd Bundesliga West 23-24
  6. vs Egor BogdanovWon · 1-0White · 2023-12-02 · Round 3.52nd Bundesliga West 23-24
  7. vs Jaroslav BuresWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-26 · Round 6.5TCh-AUT 2023-24
  8. vs Liviu-Dieter NisipeanuWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-25 · Round 5.5TCh-AUT 2023-24
  9. vs Arthur KruckenhauserWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-24 · Round 4.4TCh-AUT 2023-24
  10. vs Gustav GaussWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-24 · Round 3.4TCh-AUT 2023-24
  11. vs Peter SchreinerDraw · ½–½White · 2023-11-23 · Round 2.5TCh-AUT 2023-24
  12. vs Alexander HalvaxWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-22 · Round 1.4TCh-AUT 2023-24
  13. vs Vladislav KovalevLost · 1-0Black · 2023-11-21 · Round 7Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
  14. vs Maxim MatlakovLost · 0-1White · 2023-11-21 · Round 6Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
  15. vs Aleksandr ShimanovWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-21 · Round 5Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
  16. vs Raja Rithvik RWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-21 · Round 4Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
  17. vs Ilan SchnaiderWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-21 · Round 3Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
  18. vs Mikhail GolubevWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-21 · Round 2Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
  19. vs Juan Antonio Urbina PerezWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-21 · Round 1Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
  20. vs Anish GiriLost · 1-0Black · 2023-11-05 · Round 11.3FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  21. vs Parham MaghsoodlooWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-04 · Round 10.3FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  22. vs Santosh Gujrathi ViditDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-11-03 · Round 9.2FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  23. vs Vincent KeymerWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-02 · Round 8.3FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  24. vs Erigaisi ArjunDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-11-01 · Round 7.4FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  25. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-30 · Round 6.1FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  26. vs Fabiano CaruanaDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-29 · Round 5.1FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  27. vs MarcAndria MaurizziWon · 0-1Black · 2023-10-28 · Round 4.4FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  28. vs Alexandr PredkeDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-27 · Round 3.3FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  29. vs Rinat JumabayevWon · 0-1Black · 2023-10-26 · Round 2.14FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  30. vs Vahap SanalWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-25 · Round 1.32FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  31. vs Klementy SychevWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-12 · Round 11.476th ch-RUS 2023
  32. vs Evgeny TomashevskyDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-11 · Round 10.376th ch-RUS 2023
  33. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-10 · Round 9.576th ch-RUS 2023
  34. vs Aleksandra GoryachkinaDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-09 · Round 8.276th ch-RUS 2023
  35. vs Evgeniy NajerWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-08 · Round 7.676th ch-RUS 2023
  36. vs Pavel PonkratovLost · 1-0Black · 2023-10-06 · Round 6.176th ch-RUS 2023
  37. vs Maxim MatlakovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-05 · Round 5.676th ch-RUS 2023
  38. vs Artyom TimofeevDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-04 · Round 4.276th ch-RUS 2023
  39. vs Volodar MurzinDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-03 · Round 3.576th ch-RUS 2023
  40. vs Kateryna LagnoWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-02 · Round 2.376th ch-RUS 2023
  41. vs Ivan RozumLost · 1-0Black · 2023-10-01 · Round 1.476th ch-RUS 2023
  42. vs Martyn KravtsivLost · 1-0Black · 2023-09-26 · Round 2.2AI Cup Div 3 L
  43. vs Martyn KravtsivDraw · ½–½White · 2023-09-26 · Round 2.1AI Cup Div 3 L
  44. vs Evgeny TomashevskyLost · 1-0Black · 2023-09-25 · Round 2.2AI Cup Div 3 W
  45. vs Evgeny TomashevskyLost · 0-1White · 2023-09-25 · Round 2.1AI Cup Div 3 W
  46. vs Maksim ChigaevWon · 0-1Black · 2023-09-25 · Round 1.2AI Cup Div 3 W
  47. vs Maksim ChigaevWon · 1-0White · 2023-09-25 · Round 1.1AI Cup Div 3 W
  48. vs Georg MeierWon · 1-0White · 2023-09-18 · Round 9AI Cup Play-In 2023
  49. vs Leinier Dominguez PerezDraw · ½–½White · 2023-09-18 · Round 8AI Cup Play-In 2023
  50. vs Shamsiddin VokhidovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-09-18 · Round 7AI Cup Play-In 2023

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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