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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
1851 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Early chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Tykhon Cherniaiev Won: 1-0 37 Open
1852 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Late chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 46 Open
1853 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Late chess.com INT 5 Or Bronstein Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 46 Open
1854 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Early chess.com INT 5 Alexander Goldin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 38 Open
1855 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Early chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Nail Bashirli Lost: 0-1 53 Open
1856 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Late chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Grzegorz Nasuta Won: 1-0 37 Open
1857 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Late chess.com INT 3 Ali Rastbod Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 58 Open
1858 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Early chess.com INT 3 Vladislav Nevednichy Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
1859 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Late chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Maryan Kyrychenko Won: 1-0 35 Open
1860 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Early chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Viktor Berezin Won: 1-0 29 Open
1861 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Late chess.com INT 1 Samuel Fieberg Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
1862 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Early chess.com INT 1 Eline Roebers Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
1863 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Late chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Dmitry Andreikin Lost: 0-1 59 Open
1864 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
1865 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Late chess.com INT 10 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 39 Open
1866 2023-04-25 Titled Tue 25th Apr Early chess.com INT 10 Tuan Minh Le Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 69 Open
1867 2023-03-26 TCh-AUT 2022-23 Austria AUT 8.4 Siegfried Baumegger Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 56 Open
1868 2023-03-25 TCh-AUT 2022-23 Austria AUT 7.4 Maximilian Berchtenbreiter Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 37 Open
1869 2023-03-24 TCh-AUT 2022-23 Austria AUT 6.3 Andrey Esipenko Tamas Banusz Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
1870 2023-03-23 TCh-AUT 2022-23 Austria AUT 5.5 Valery Atlas Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 52 Open
1871 2023-03-21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Olexandr Bortnyk Lost: 0-1 75 Open
1872 2023-03-21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early chess.com INT 8 Pouya Idani Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 65 Open
1873 2023-03-21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early chess.com INT 7 Arystanbek Urazayev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 77 Open
1874 2023-03-21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Bobir Sattarov Won: 1-0 42 Open
1875 2023-03-21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Jan-Krzysztof Duda Lost: 0-1 61 Open
1876 2023-03-21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early chess.com INT 4 Dmitry Andreikin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
1877 2023-03-21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early chess.com INT 3 Balazs Csonka Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
1878 2023-03-21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Ali Rastbod Won: 1-0 36 Open
1879 2023-03-21 Titled Tue 21st Mar Early chess.com INT 1 Philipp Sonnenschein Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 27 Open
1880 2023-03-19 Bundesliga 2022-23 Hamburg GER 11.7 Andrey Esipenko Jules Moussard Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
1881 2023-03-18 Bundesliga 2022-23 Hamburg GER 10.8 Parham Maghsoodloo Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
1882 2023-03-13 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 8 Sergei Lobanov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 60 Open
1883 2023-03-13 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Nikita Matinian Won: 1-0 32 Open
1884 2023-03-13 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 6 Dennis Wagner Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 46 Open
1885 2023-03-13 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Federico Perez Ponsa Lost: 0-1 42 Open
1886 2023-03-13 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 4 Dmitry Frolyanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
1887 2023-03-13 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Yinglun Xu Won: 1-0 26 Open
1888 2023-03-13 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 2 Shiroghlan Talibov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
1889 2023-03-13 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Robby Kevlishvili Lost: 0-1 47 Open
1890 2023-03-13 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 11.3 David Paravyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 18 Open
1891 2023-03-12 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 10.1 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
1892 2023-03-11 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 9.4 Andrey Esipenko Jonas Buhl Bjerre Won: 1-0 73 Open
1893 2023-03-10 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 8.12 Tomas Laurusas Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
1894 2023-03-09 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 7.1 Andrey Esipenko Ante Brkic Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
1895 2023-03-08 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 6.7 Vugar Asadli Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
1896 2023-03-07 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 5.18 Andrey Esipenko Nikolozi Kacharava Won: 1-0 29 Open
1897 2023-03-06 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 4.43 Richard Stalmach Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
1898 2023-03-05 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 3.33 Andrey Esipenko Jakub Kosakowski Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
1899 2023-03-04 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2.102 Aleks Sahakyan Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 54 Open
1900 2023-03-03 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 1.8 Andrey Esipenko Vugar Manafov Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
  1. vs Tykhon CherniaievWon · 1-0White · 2023-04-25 · Round 6Titled Tue 25th Apr Early
  2. vs Denis LazavikWon · 0-1Black · 2023-04-25 · Round 6Titled Tue 25th Apr Late
  3. vs Or BronsteinWon · 0-1Black · 2023-04-25 · Round 5Titled Tue 25th Apr Late
  4. vs Alexander GoldinWon · 0-1Black · 2023-04-25 · Round 5Titled Tue 25th Apr Early
  5. vs Nail BashirliLost · 0-1White · 2023-04-25 · Round 4Titled Tue 25th Apr Early
  6. vs Grzegorz NasutaWon · 1-0White · 2023-04-25 · Round 4Titled Tue 25th Apr Late
  7. vs Ali RastbodWon · 0-1Black · 2023-04-25 · Round 3Titled Tue 25th Apr Late
  8. vs Vladislav NevednichyWon · 0-1Black · 2023-04-25 · Round 3Titled Tue 25th Apr Early
  9. vs Maryan KyrychenkoWon · 1-0White · 2023-04-25 · Round 2Titled Tue 25th Apr Late
  10. vs Viktor BerezinWon · 1-0White · 2023-04-25 · Round 2Titled Tue 25th Apr Early
  11. vs Samuel FiebergWon · 0-1Black · 2023-04-25 · Round 1Titled Tue 25th Apr Late
  12. vs Eline RoebersWon · 0-1Black · 2023-04-25 · Round 1Titled Tue 25th Apr Early
  13. vs Dmitry AndreikinLost · 0-1White · 2023-04-25 · Round 11Titled Tue 25th Apr Late
  14. vs Denis LazavikWon · 0-1Black · 2023-04-25 · Round 11Titled Tue 25th Apr Early
  15. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2023-04-25 · Round 10Titled Tue 25th Apr Late
  16. vs Tuan Minh LeWon · 0-1Black · 2023-04-25 · Round 10Titled Tue 25th Apr Early
  17. vs Siegfried BaumeggerWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-26 · Round 8.4TCh-AUT 2022-23
  18. vs Maximilian BerchtenbreiterLost · 1-0Black · 2023-03-25 · Round 7.4TCh-AUT 2022-23
  19. vs Tamas BanuszDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-24 · Round 6.3TCh-AUT 2022-23
  20. vs Valery AtlasWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-23 · Round 5.5TCh-AUT 2022-23
  21. vs Olexandr BortnykLost · 0-1White · 2023-03-21 · Round 9Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
  22. vs Pouya IdaniWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-21 · Round 8Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
  23. vs Arystanbek UrazayevWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-21 · Round 7Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
  24. vs Bobir SattarovWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-21 · Round 6Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
  25. vs Jan-Krzysztof DudaLost · 0-1White · 2023-03-21 · Round 5Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
  26. vs Dmitry AndreikinDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-21 · Round 4Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
  27. vs Balazs CsonkaWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-21 · Round 3Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
  28. vs Ali RastbodWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-21 · Round 2Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
  29. vs Philipp SonnenscheinWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-21 · Round 1Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
  30. vs Jules MoussardDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-19 · Round 11.7Bundesliga 2022-23
  31. vs Parham MaghsoodlooDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-18 · Round 10.8Bundesliga 2022-23
  32. vs Sergei LobanovLost · 1-0Black · 2023-03-13 · Round 8Chessable Masters Play-In
  33. vs Nikita MatinianWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-13 · Round 7Chessable Masters Play-In
  34. vs Dennis WagnerLost · 1-0Black · 2023-03-13 · Round 6Chessable Masters Play-In
  35. vs Federico Perez PonsaLost · 0-1White · 2023-03-13 · Round 5Chessable Masters Play-In
  36. vs Dmitry FrolyanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-13 · Round 4Chessable Masters Play-In
  37. vs Yinglun XuWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-13 · Round 3Chessable Masters Play-In
  38. vs Shiroghlan TalibovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-13 · Round 2Chessable Masters Play-In
  39. vs Robby KevlishviliLost · 0-1White · 2023-03-13 · Round 1Chessable Masters Play-In
  40. vs David ParavyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-13 · Round 11.323rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  41. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-12 · Round 10.123rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  42. vs Jonas Buhl BjerreWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-11 · Round 9.423rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  43. vs Tomas LaurusasWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-10 · Round 8.1223rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  44. vs Ante BrkicDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-09 · Round 7.123rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  45. vs Vugar AsadliDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-08 · Round 6.723rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  46. vs Nikolozi KacharavaWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-07 · Round 5.1823rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  47. vs Richard StalmachWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-06 · Round 4.4323rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  48. vs Jakub KosakowskiDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-05 · Round 3.3323rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  49. vs Aleks SahakyanWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-04 · Round 2.10223rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  50. vs Vugar ManafovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-03 · Round 1.823rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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