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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
2651 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Simon K Williams Won: 1-0 36 Open
2652 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Haridas Pascua Draw: 1/2-1/2 80 Open
2653 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 7 Vladislav Artemiev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 70 Open
2654 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Denis Kovalev Won: 1-0 33 Open
2655 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Pawel Jaracz Won: 1-0 44 Open
2656 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 4 Domen Tisaj Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 29 Open
2657 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 3 Pavel Smirnov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 31 Open
2658 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 1 Guilherme De Borba Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 37 Open
2659 2020-09-27 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 9.4 Bakai Esenbek Uulu Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 40 Open
2660 2020-09-27 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 8.2 Andrey Esipenko Zhihang Xu Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
2661 2020-09-27 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 7.5 Khalil Ur Rehman Butt Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 38 Open
2662 2020-09-27 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Kirill Stupak Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
2663 2020-09-26 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 5.5 Andrey Esipenko Akash G Won: 1-0 67 Open
2664 2020-09-26 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 4.2 Muhammad Khusenkhojaev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 37 Open
2665 2020-09-26 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 3.4 Andrey Esipenko Nodirbek Yakubboev Won: 1-0 56 Open
2666 2020-09-26 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 2.3 Xiangyu Xu Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 32 Open
2667 2020-09-26 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 1.3 Andrey Esipenko Rustam Khusnutdinov Won: 1-0 57 Open
2668 2020-09-22 Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept chess.com INT 8 Pouria Darini Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 54 Open
2669 2020-09-22 Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept chess.com INT 7 Vladimir Fedoseev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 51 Open
2670 2020-09-22 Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Giga Quparadze Won: 1-0 35 Open
2671 2020-09-22 Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko Gellert Karacsonyi Won: 1-0 24 Open
2672 2020-09-22 Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept chess.com INT 4 Sebastien Maze Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 47 Open
2673 2020-09-22 Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Mikhail Golubev Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
2674 2020-09-22 Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept chess.com INT 2 Leonid Sawlin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 84 Open
2675 2020-09-22 Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Timofey Iljin Won: 1-0 37 Open
2676 2020-09-21 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.25 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 56 Open
2677 2020-09-21 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.24 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
2678 2020-09-21 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.23 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 62 Open
2679 2020-09-21 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.22 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Lost: 0-1 85 Open
2680 2020-09-21 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.21 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 74 Open
2681 2020-09-21 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Won: 1-0 62 Open
2682 2020-09-21 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.19 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 75 Open
2683 2020-09-20 European Online Youth U18 Tornelo INT 9.1 Alen Yeremyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 21 Open
2684 2020-09-20 European Online Youth U18 Tornelo INT 8.1 Andrey Esipenko Abdulla Gadimbayli Won: 1-0 48 Open
2685 2020-09-20 European Online Youth U18 Tornelo INT 7.1 Artur Davtyan Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 36 Open
2686 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.9 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 29 Open
2687 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.8 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Lost: 0-1 46 Open
2688 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.7 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 86 Open
2689 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.6 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
2690 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.5 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 66 Open
2691 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.4 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Won: 1-0 32 Open
2692 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.3 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 61 Open
2693 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
2694 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.1 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 36 Open
2695 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.18 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Won: 1-0 49 Open
2696 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.17 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 78 Open
2697 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.16 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
2698 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.15 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 31 Open
2699 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.14 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Lost: 0-1 21 Open
2700 2020-09-20 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.13 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 24 Open
  1. vs Simon K WilliamsWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-29 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  2. vs Haridas PascuaDraw · ½–½White · 2020-09-29 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  3. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-09-29 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  4. vs Denis KovalevWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-29 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  5. vs Pawel JaraczWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-29 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  6. vs Domen TisajWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-29 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  7. vs Pavel SmirnovLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-29 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  8. vs Guilherme De BorbaWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-29 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  9. vs Bakai Esenbek UuluWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-27 · Round 9.4SCO National Chess Online
  10. vs Zhihang XuDraw · ½–½White · 2020-09-27 · Round 8.2SCO National Chess Online
  11. vs Khalil Ur Rehman ButtWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-27 · Round 7.5SCO National Chess Online
  12. vs Kirill StupakDraw · ½–½White · 2020-09-27 · Round 6.1SCO National Chess Online
  13. vs Akash GWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-26 · Round 5.5SCO National Chess Online
  14. vs Muhammad KhusenkhojaevWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-26 · Round 4.2SCO National Chess Online
  15. vs Nodirbek YakubboevWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-26 · Round 3.4SCO National Chess Online
  16. vs Xiangyu XuLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-26 · Round 2.3SCO National Chess Online
  17. vs Rustam KhusnutdinovWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-26 · Round 1.3SCO National Chess Online
  18. vs Pouria DariniLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-22 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept
  19. vs Vladimir FedoseevLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-22 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept
  20. vs Giga QuparadzeWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-22 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept
  21. vs Gellert KaracsonyiWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-22 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept
  22. vs Sebastien MazeWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-22 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept
  23. vs Mikhail GolubevDraw · ½–½White · 2020-09-22 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept
  24. vs Leonid SawlinWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-22 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept
  25. vs Timofey IljinWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-22 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept
  26. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-21 · Round 1.25chess.com Junior Speed
  27. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½White · 2020-09-21 · Round 1.24chess.com Junior Speed
  28. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-21 · Round 1.23chess.com Junior Speed
  29. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 0-1White · 2020-09-21 · Round 1.22chess.com Junior Speed
  30. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-21 · Round 1.21chess.com Junior Speed
  31. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-21 · Round 1.2chess.com Junior Speed
  32. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-09-21 · Round 1.19chess.com Junior Speed
  33. vs Alen YeremyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-09-20 · Round 9.1European Online Youth U18
  34. vs Abdulla GadimbayliWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-20 · Round 8.1European Online Youth U18
  35. vs Artur DavtyanWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-20 · Round 7.1European Online Youth U18
  36. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.9chess.com Junior Speed
  37. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 0-1White · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.8chess.com Junior Speed
  38. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.7chess.com Junior Speed
  39. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½White · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.6chess.com Junior Speed
  40. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.5chess.com Junior Speed
  41. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.4chess.com Junior Speed
  42. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.3chess.com Junior Speed
  43. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½White · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.2chess.com Junior Speed
  44. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.1chess.com Junior Speed
  45. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.18chess.com Junior Speed
  46. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.17chess.com Junior Speed
  47. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½White · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.16chess.com Junior Speed
  48. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.15chess.com Junior Speed
  49. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 0-1White · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.14chess.com Junior Speed
  50. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2020-09-20 · Round 1.13chess.com Junior Speed

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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