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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
1901 2023-02-28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Ruben Domingo Nunez Lost: 0-1 33 Open
1902 2023-02-28 Titled Tue 28th Feb Early chess.com INT 1 Aziz Degenbaev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 34 Open
1903 2023-02-25 WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER 9.5 Praggnanandhaa R Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
1904 2023-02-24 WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER 8.1 Andrey Esipenko Levon Aronian Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
1905 2023-02-23 WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER 7.2 Andrey Esipenko Gukesh D Lost: 0-1 36 Open
1906 2023-02-22 WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER 6.4 Ian Nepomniachtchi Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 88 Open
1907 2023-02-21 WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER 5.3 Andrey Esipenko Wesley So Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
1908 2023-02-19 WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER 4.5 Anish Giri Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
1909 2023-02-18 WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER 3.4 Andrey Esipenko Jan-Krzysztof Duda Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
1910 2023-02-17 WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER 2.2 Nodirbek Abdusattorov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 41 Open
1911 2023-02-16 WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER 1.5 Andrey Esipenko Vincent Keymer Won: 1-0 101 Open
1912 2023-02-07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Denes Boros Lost: 0-1 29 Open
1913 2023-02-07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Zhongyi Tan Won: 1-0 40 Open
1914 2023-02-07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late chess.com INT 4 Przemyslaw Koc Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 36 Open
1915 2023-02-07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Jonathan Dourerassou Lost: 0-1 72 Open
1916 2023-02-07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late chess.com INT 2 Rudi Olenik Campa Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 40 Open
1917 2023-02-07 Titled Tue 7th Feb Late chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Nikolaos Koutlas Won: 1-0 37 Open
1918 2023-02-05 Bundesliga 2022-23 Hamburg GER 6.3 Andrey Esipenko Pavel Eljanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
1919 2023-02-04 Bundesliga 2022-23 Hamburg GER 5.4 Nikola Sedlak Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 38 Open
1920 2023-02-03 Bundesliga 2022-23 Hamburg GER 7.1 Andrey Esipenko Nihal Sarin Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
1921 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Daniel Naroditsky Won: 1-0 39 Open
1922 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late chess.com INT 9 Hikaru Nakamura Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 67 Open
1923 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Igor Bjelobrk Won: 1-0 59 Open
1924 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Leandro Krysa Won: 1-0 47 Open
1925 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late chess.com INT 7 Raunak Sadhwani Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 74 Open
1926 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early chess.com INT 7 Yasel Borges Ferias Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
1927 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Vitaly Gurvich Won: 1-0 44 Open
1928 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez Won: 1-0 67 Open
1929 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early chess.com INT 5 Simon K Williams Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
1930 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late chess.com INT 5 Conrad Holt Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 74 Open
1931 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Konstantin L. Kodinets Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
1932 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Oskar Wieczorek Won: 1-0 38 Open
1933 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Nikolaos Aggelis Won: 1-0 45 Open
1934 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early chess.com INT 3 Luis David Jimenez Almeida Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 69 Open
1935 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Elbek Jumanov Won: 1-0 32 Open
1936 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late chess.com INT 2 Thauane Ferreira Medeiros Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
1937 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Late chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Reprintsev Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
1938 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early chess.com INT 1 Xeniya Balabayeva Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 36 Open
1939 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Denis Lazavik Lost: 0-1 45 Open
1940 2023-01-17 Titled Tue 17th Jan Early chess.com INT 10 Vitaliy Bernadskiy Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 37 Open
1941 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 21.7 Anish Giri Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 45 Open
1942 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 20.15 Andrey Esipenko Zaven Andriasian Won: 1-0 38 Open
1943 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 19.15 Christopher Woojin Yoo Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 159 Open
1944 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 18.13 Andrey Esipenko Jakhongir Vakhidov Draw: 1/2-1/2 74 Open
1945 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 17.23 Giga Quparadze Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 54 Open
1946 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 16.29 Andrey Esipenko Nodirbek Yakubboev Won: 1-0 60 Open
1947 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 15.29 Andrew Tang Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
1948 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 14.36 Andrey Esipenko Zhandos Agmanov Won: 1-0 57 Open
1949 2022-12-30 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 13.29 Alexander Moiseenko Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 77 Open
1950 2022-12-29 World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ 9.21 Aydin Suleymanli Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
  1. vs Ruben Domingo NunezLost · 0-1White · 2023-02-28 · Round 2Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
  2. vs Aziz DegenbaevWon · 0-1Black · 2023-02-28 · Round 1Titled Tue 28th Feb Early
  3. vs Praggnanandhaa RDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-02-25 · Round 9.5WR Chess Masters 2023
  4. vs Levon AronianDraw · ½–½White · 2023-02-24 · Round 8.1WR Chess Masters 2023
  5. vs Gukesh DLost · 0-1White · 2023-02-23 · Round 7.2WR Chess Masters 2023
  6. vs Ian NepomniachtchiDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-02-22 · Round 6.4WR Chess Masters 2023
  7. vs Wesley SoDraw · ½–½White · 2023-02-21 · Round 5.3WR Chess Masters 2023
  8. vs Anish GiriDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-02-19 · Round 4.5WR Chess Masters 2023
  9. vs Jan-Krzysztof DudaDraw · ½–½White · 2023-02-18 · Round 3.4WR Chess Masters 2023
  10. vs Nodirbek AbdusattorovLost · 1-0Black · 2023-02-17 · Round 2.2WR Chess Masters 2023
  11. vs Vincent KeymerWon · 1-0White · 2023-02-16 · Round 1.5WR Chess Masters 2023
  12. vs Denes BorosLost · 0-1White · 2023-02-07 · Round 6Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
  13. vs Zhongyi TanWon · 1-0White · 2023-02-07 · Round 5Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
  14. vs Przemyslaw KocWon · 0-1Black · 2023-02-07 · Round 4Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
  15. vs Jonathan DourerassouLost · 0-1White · 2023-02-07 · Round 3Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
  16. vs Rudi Olenik CampaWon · 0-1Black · 2023-02-07 · Round 2Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
  17. vs Nikolaos KoutlasWon · 1-0White · 2023-02-07 · Round 1Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
  18. vs Pavel EljanovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-02-05 · Round 6.3Bundesliga 2022-23
  19. vs Nikola SedlakWon · 0-1Black · 2023-02-04 · Round 5.4Bundesliga 2022-23
  20. vs Nihal SarinDraw · ½–½White · 2023-02-03 · Round 7.1Bundesliga 2022-23
  21. vs Daniel NaroditskyWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-17 · Round 9Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
  22. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 1-0Black · 2023-01-17 · Round 9Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
  23. vs Igor BjelobrkWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-17 · Round 8Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
  24. vs Leandro KrysaWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-17 · Round 8Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
  25. vs Raunak SadhwaniLost · 1-0Black · 2023-01-17 · Round 7Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
  26. vs Yasel Borges FeriasWon · 0-1Black · 2023-01-17 · Round 7Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
  27. vs Vitaly GurvichWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
  28. vs Jose Carlos Ibarra JerezWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
  29. vs Simon K WilliamsWon · 0-1Black · 2023-01-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
  30. vs Conrad HoltWon · 0-1Black · 2023-01-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
  31. vs Konstantin L. KodinetsDraw · ½–½White · 2023-01-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
  32. vs Oskar WieczorekWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
  33. vs Nikolaos AggelisWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
  34. vs Luis David Jimenez AlmeidaWon · 0-1Black · 2023-01-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
  35. vs Elbek JumanovWon · 1-0White · 2023-01-17 · Round 2Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
  36. vs Thauane Ferreira MedeirosWon · 0-1Black · 2023-01-17 · Round 2Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
  37. vs Alexander ReprintsevDraw · ½–½White · 2023-01-17 · Round 1Titled Tue 17th Jan Late
  38. vs Xeniya BalabayevaLost · 1-0Black · 2023-01-17 · Round 1Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
  39. vs Denis LazavikLost · 0-1White · 2023-01-17 · Round 11Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
  40. vs Vitaliy BernadskiyWon · 0-1Black · 2023-01-17 · Round 10Titled Tue 17th Jan Early
  41. vs Anish GiriLost · 1-0Black · 2022-12-30 · Round 21.7World Blitz 2022
  42. vs Zaven AndriasianWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-30 · Round 20.15World Blitz 2022
  43. vs Christopher Woojin YooDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-30 · Round 19.15World Blitz 2022
  44. vs Jakhongir VakhidovDraw · ½–½White · 2022-12-30 · Round 18.13World Blitz 2022
  45. vs Giga QuparadzeWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-30 · Round 17.23World Blitz 2022
  46. vs Nodirbek YakubboevWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-30 · Round 16.29World Blitz 2022
  47. vs Andrew TangDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-30 · Round 15.29World Blitz 2022
  48. vs Zhandos AgmanovWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-30 · Round 14.36World Blitz 2022
  49. vs Alexander MoiseenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2022-12-30 · Round 13.29World Blitz 2022
  50. vs Aydin SuleymanliDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-29 · Round 9.21World Blitz 2022

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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