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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
2201 2022-04-16 Chess.com Rapid W10 Swiss chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Olexandr Bortnyk Lost: 0-1 45 Open
2202 2022-04-16 Chess.com Rapid W10 Swiss chess.com INT 3 Igor Kovalenko Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
2203 2022-04-16 Chess.com Rapid W10 Swiss chess.com INT 2 Hikaru Nakamura Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 46 Open
2204 2022-04-16 Chess.com Rapid W10 Swiss chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Dreev Won: 1-0 35 Open
2205 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Early chess.com INT 9 Alan Pichot Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 39 Open
2206 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Late chess.com INT 8 Roman Yanchenko Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 32 Open
2207 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Early chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Frederik Svane Draw: 1/2-1/2 101 Open
2208 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Late chess.com INT 7 Andrey Esipenko Vasiliy Korchmar Lost: 0-1 65 Open
2209 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Early chess.com INT 7 Sergei Zhigalko Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
2210 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Late chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Jules Moussard Won: 1-0 42 Open
2211 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Early chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Maxim Matlakov Lost: 0-1 46 Open
2212 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Late chess.com INT 5 Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 71 Open
2213 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
2214 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Late chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Mikhail Kobalia Won: 1-0 38 Open
2215 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Early chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Jegor Lashkin Won: 1-0 35 Open
2216 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Early chess.com INT 3 Yi Xu Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 38 Open
2217 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Late chess.com INT 3 Renato R. Quintiliano Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 36 Open
2218 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Early chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Uurtsaikh Agibileg Won: 1-0 62 Open
2219 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Late chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Unidentified player Won: 1-0 42 Open
2220 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Late chess.com INT 1 Ivan Khabinets Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
2221 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Early chess.com INT 1 Benik Agasarov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 32 Open
2222 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Early chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Grischuk Won: 1-0 26 Open
2223 2022-04-12 Titled Tue 12th Apr Early chess.com INT 10 Andrey Esipenko Volodar Murzin Won: 1-0 47 Open
2224 2022-04-09 Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss chess.com INT 7 Alexander Grischuk Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 34 Open
2225 2022-04-09 Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Dreev Won: 1-0 50 Open
2226 2022-04-09 Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss chess.com INT 5 David Paravyan Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 97 Open
2227 2022-04-09 Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss chess.com INT 4 Samuel Sevian Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 86 Open
2228 2022-04-09 Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko M. Amin Tabatabaei Lost: 0-1 42 Open
2229 2022-04-09 Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss chess.com INT 2 Olexandr Bortnyk Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
2230 2022-04-09 Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Kirill Alekseenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
2231 2022-03-28 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 6.2 Andrey Esipenko Hikaru Nakamura Lost: 0-1 38 Open
2232 2022-03-27 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 5.2 Levon Aronian Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 23 Open
2233 2022-03-25 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 4.1 Grigoriy Oparin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 60 Open
2234 2022-03-24 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 3.2 Andrey Esipenko Levon Aronian Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
2235 2022-03-23 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 2.2 Hikaru Nakamura Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 64 Open
2236 2022-03-22 FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A Berlin GER 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Grigoriy Oparin Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
2237 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Daniil Dubov Lost: 0-1 44 Open
2238 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Won: 1-0 40 Open
2239 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 7 Aleksey Dreev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 30 Open
2240 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 6 Alexandr Fier Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 53 Open
2241 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Bogdan-Daniel Deac Lost: 0-1 48 Open
2242 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 4 Olzhas Khamzin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 46 Open
2243 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Pranav Anand Won: 1-0 48 Open
2244 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 2 Meri Arabidze Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 39 Open
2245 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Juan Antonio Urbina Perez Won: 1-0 40 Open
2246 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Hikaru Nakamura Lost: 0-1 37 Open
2247 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 10 Yi Xu Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
2248 2022-02-24 Airthings Masters KO 2022 chess24.com INT 2.13 Ian Nepomniachtchi Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 35 Open
2249 2022-02-24 Airthings Masters KO 2022 chess24.com INT 2.12 Andrey Esipenko Ian Nepomniachtchi Lost: 0-1 32 Open
2250 2022-02-24 Airthings Masters KO 2022 chess24.com INT 2.11 Ian Nepomniachtchi Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 55 Open
  1. vs Olexandr BortnykLost · 0-1White · 2022-04-16 · Round 4Chess.com Rapid W10 Swiss
  2. vs Igor KovalenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-04-16 · Round 3Chess.com Rapid W10 Swiss
  3. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-16 · Round 2Chess.com Rapid W10 Swiss
  4. vs Aleksey DreevWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-16 · Round 1Chess.com Rapid W10 Swiss
  5. vs Alan PichotWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-12 · Round 9Titled Tue 12th Apr Early
  6. vs Roman YanchenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-12 · Round 8Titled Tue 12th Apr Late
  7. vs Frederik SvaneDraw · ½–½White · 2022-04-12 · Round 8Titled Tue 12th Apr Early
  8. vs Vasiliy KorchmarLost · 0-1White · 2022-04-12 · Round 7Titled Tue 12th Apr Late
  9. vs Sergei ZhigalkoWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-12 · Round 7Titled Tue 12th Apr Early
  10. vs Jules MoussardWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-12 · Round 6Titled Tue 12th Apr Late
  11. vs Maxim MatlakovLost · 0-1White · 2022-04-12 · Round 6Titled Tue 12th Apr Early
  12. vs Rodrigo Vasquez SchroederDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-04-12 · Round 5Titled Tue 12th Apr Late
  13. vs Denis LazavikDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-04-12 · Round 5Titled Tue 12th Apr Early
  14. vs Mikhail KobaliaWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-12 · Round 4Titled Tue 12th Apr Late
  15. vs Jegor LashkinWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-12 · Round 4Titled Tue 12th Apr Early
  16. vs Yi XuWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-12 · Round 3Titled Tue 12th Apr Early
  17. vs Renato R. QuintilianoWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-12 · Round 3Titled Tue 12th Apr Late
  18. vs Uurtsaikh AgibilegWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-12 · Round 2Titled Tue 12th Apr Early
  19. vs Unidentified playerWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-12 · Round 2Titled Tue 12th Apr Late
  20. vs Ivan KhabinetsDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-04-12 · Round 1Titled Tue 12th Apr Late
  21. vs Benik AgasarovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-12 · Round 1Titled Tue 12th Apr Early
  22. vs Alexander GrischukWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-12 · Round 11Titled Tue 12th Apr Early
  23. vs Volodar MurzinWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-12 · Round 10Titled Tue 12th Apr Early
  24. vs Alexander GrischukLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-09 · Round 7Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss
  25. vs Aleksey DreevWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-09 · Round 6Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss
  26. vs David ParavyanLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-09 · Round 5Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss
  27. vs Samuel SevianWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-09 · Round 4Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss
  28. vs M. Amin TabatabaeiLost · 0-1White · 2022-04-09 · Round 3Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss
  29. vs Olexandr BortnykWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-09 · Round 2Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss
  30. vs Kirill AlekseenkoDraw · ½–½White · 2022-04-09 · Round 1Chess.com Rapid Wk9 Swiss
  31. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 0-1White · 2022-03-28 · Round 6.2FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  32. vs Levon AronianLost · 1-0Black · 2022-03-27 · Round 5.2FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  33. vs Grigoriy OparinLost · 1-0Black · 2022-03-25 · Round 4.1FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  34. vs Levon AronianDraw · ½–½White · 2022-03-24 · Round 3.2FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  35. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-03-23 · Round 2.2FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  36. vs Grigoriy OparinDraw · ½–½White · 2022-03-22 · Round 1.1FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A
  37. vs Daniil DubovLost · 0-1White · 2022-03-15 · Round 9Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  38. vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-15 · Round 8Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  39. vs Aleksey DreevWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 7Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  40. vs Alexandr FierWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 6Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  41. vs Bogdan-Daniel DeacLost · 0-1White · 2022-03-15 · Round 5Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  42. vs Olzhas KhamzinWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 4Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  43. vs Pranav AnandWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-15 · Round 3Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  44. vs Meri ArabidzeWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 2Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  45. vs Juan Antonio Urbina PerezWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-15 · Round 1Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  46. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 0-1White · 2022-03-15 · Round 11Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  47. vs Yi XuDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 10Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  48. vs Ian NepomniachtchiLost · 1-0Black · 2022-02-24 · Round 2.13Airthings Masters KO 2022
  49. vs Ian NepomniachtchiLost · 0-1White · 2022-02-24 · Round 2.12Airthings Masters KO 2022
  50. vs Ian NepomniachtchiDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-02-24 · Round 2.11Airthings Masters KO 2022

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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