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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
3051 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 5.6 Meelis Kanep Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
3052 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 4.9 Andrey Esipenko Rick Frischmann Won: 1-0 28 Open
3053 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 3.12 Ruslan Kashtanov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 53 Open
3054 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 2.12 Andrey Esipenko Radoslaw Psyk Won: 1-0 55 Open
3055 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 1.15 Dmitrijs Pogrebnojs Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 26 Open
3056 2019-11-30 Russia-China Match Men Moscow RUS 5 Yang Wen Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
3057 2019-11-29 Russia-China Match Men Moscow RUS 4 Andrey Esipenko Shanglei Lu Won: 1-0 49 Open
3058 2019-11-28 Russia-China Match Men Moscow RUS 3 Jinshi Bai Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
3059 2019-11-27 Russia-China Match Men Moscow RUS 2 Andrey Esipenko Xiangyu Xu Won: 1-0 35 Open
3060 2019-11-26 Russia-China Match Men Moscow RUS 1 Andrey Esipenko Yinglun Xu Won: 1-0 53 Open
3061 2019-11-16 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 7.8 Edwin Van Haastert Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
3062 2019-11-15 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 6.5 Andrey Esipenko Aleksandr Rakhmanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
3063 2019-11-14 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 5.3 Gabor Papp Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
3064 2019-11-13 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 4.1 Andrey Esipenko Ulvi Sadikhov Won: 1-0 41 Open
3065 2019-11-12 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 3.4 Andrey Esipenko Dragan Kosic Won: 1-0 32 Open
3066 2019-11-11 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 2.7 Yair Parkhov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
3067 2019-11-10 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 1.6 Andrey Esipenko Marcel Harff Won: 1-0 32 Open
3068 2019-10-21 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 11.32 Andrey Esipenko Sanan Sjugirov Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
3069 2019-10-20 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 10.3 Pavel Eljanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
3070 2019-10-19 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 9.36 Andrey Esipenko Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Won: 1-0 80 Open
3071 2019-10-18 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 8.41 Etienne Bacrot Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
3072 2019-10-17 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 7.59 Andrey Esipenko Anna Ushenina Won: 1-0 54 Open
3073 2019-10-15 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 6.34 Bassem Amin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 29 Open
3074 2019-10-14 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 5.61 Andrey Esipenko Pia Cramling Won: 1-0 50 Open
3075 2019-10-13 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 4.62 Tingjie Lei Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
3076 2019-10-12 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 3.29 Andrey Esipenko Levon Aronian Lost: 0-1 39 Open
3077 2019-10-11 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 2.72 Andrey Esipenko Jovanka Houska Won: 1-0 48 Open
3078 2019-10-10 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 1.15 Hao Wang Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 45 Open
3079 2019-09-22 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 8.8 Andrey Esipenko Vitaly Shinkevich Lost: 0-1 51 Open
3080 2019-09-22 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 7.6 Eldar Gasanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 72 Open
3081 2019-09-22 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 10.1 Ilia Iljiushenok Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
3082 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 6.3 Andrey Esipenko Vadim Moiseenko Lost: 0-1 38 Open
3083 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 5.3 Nikita Petrov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
3084 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 4.4 Andrey Esipenko Bogdan Belyakov Won: 1-0 57 Open
3085 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 3.3 Oleg Vastrukhin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 73 Open
3086 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 2.3 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Ivlev Won: 1-0 42 Open
3087 2019-09-21 Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP Skolkovo RUS 1.4 Oleg Maximov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
3088 2019-09-15 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.4 Peter Svidler Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 39 Open
3089 2019-09-15 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.3 Andrey Esipenko Peter Svidler Lost: 0-1 32 Open
3090 2019-09-14 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.2 Andrey Esipenko Peter Svidler Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
3091 2019-09-13 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.1 Peter Svidler Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 53 Open
3092 2019-09-11 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Ruslan Ponomariov Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
3093 2019-09-10 FIDE World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 1.1 Ruslan Ponomariov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 55 Open
3094 2019-08-31 2nd European Corporate Minsk BLR 9.1 Vladimir Genba Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 31 Open
3095 2019-08-31 2nd European Corporate Minsk BLR 8.1 Andrey Esipenko Jop Delemarre Won: 1-0 44 Open
3096 2019-08-31 2nd European Corporate Minsk BLR 7.1 Aleksej Aleksandrov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
3097 2019-08-31 2nd European Corporate Minsk BLR 6.1 Andrey Esipenko Davit Jojua Won: 1-0 40 Open
3098 2019-08-31 2nd European Corporate Minsk BLR 5.1 Sergei Zhigalko Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
3099 2019-08-30 2nd European Corporate Minsk BLR 4.1 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Kovalev Lost: 0-1 51 Open
3100 2019-08-30 2nd European Corporate Minsk BLR 3.1 Kirill Stupak Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 52 Open
  1. vs Meelis KanepWon · 0-1Black · 2019-12-05 · Round 5.6European Rapid 2019
  2. vs Rick FrischmannWon · 1-0White · 2019-12-05 · Round 4.9European Rapid 2019
  3. vs Ruslan KashtanovWon · 0-1Black · 2019-12-05 · Round 3.12European Rapid 2019
  4. vs Radoslaw PsykWon · 1-0White · 2019-12-05 · Round 2.12European Rapid 2019
  5. vs Dmitrijs PogrebnojsWon · 0-1Black · 2019-12-05 · Round 1.15European Rapid 2019
  6. vs Yang WenDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-11-30 · Round 5Russia-China Match Men
  7. vs Shanglei LuWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-29 · Round 4Russia-China Match Men
  8. vs Jinshi BaiDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-11-28 · Round 3Russia-China Match Men
  9. vs Xiangyu XuWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-27 · Round 2Russia-China Match Men
  10. vs Yinglun XuWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-26 · Round 1Russia-China Match Men
  11. vs Edwin Van HaastertDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-11-16 · Round 7.835th ECC Open 2019
  12. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovDraw · ½–½White · 2019-11-15 · Round 6.535th ECC Open 2019
  13. vs Gabor PappDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-11-14 · Round 5.335th ECC Open 2019
  14. vs Ulvi SadikhovWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-13 · Round 4.135th ECC Open 2019
  15. vs Dragan KosicWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-12 · Round 3.435th ECC Open 2019
  16. vs Yair ParkhovWon · 0-1Black · 2019-11-11 · Round 2.735th ECC Open 2019
  17. vs Marcel HarffWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-10 · Round 1.635th ECC Open 2019
  18. vs Sanan SjugirovDraw · ½–½White · 2019-10-21 · Round 11.32FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  19. vs Pavel EljanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-10-20 · Round 10.3FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  20. vs Gawain C B Maroroa JonesWon · 1-0White · 2019-10-19 · Round 9.36FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  21. vs Etienne BacrotDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-10-18 · Round 8.41FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  22. vs Anna UsheninaWon · 1-0White · 2019-10-17 · Round 7.59FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  23. vs Bassem AminLost · 1-0Black · 2019-10-15 · Round 6.34FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  24. vs Pia CramlingWon · 1-0White · 2019-10-14 · Round 5.61FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  25. vs Tingjie LeiDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-10-13 · Round 4.62FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  26. vs Levon AronianLost · 0-1White · 2019-10-12 · Round 3.29FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  27. vs Jovanka HouskaWon · 1-0White · 2019-10-11 · Round 2.72FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  28. vs Hao WangLost · 1-0Black · 2019-10-10 · Round 1.15FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
  29. vs Vitaly ShinkevichLost · 0-1White · 2019-09-22 · Round 8.8Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  30. vs Eldar GasanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-09-22 · Round 7.6Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  31. vs Ilia IljiushenokDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-09-22 · Round 10.1Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  32. vs Vadim MoiseenkoLost · 0-1White · 2019-09-21 · Round 6.3Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  33. vs Nikita PetrovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-09-21 · Round 5.3Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  34. vs Bogdan BelyakovWon · 1-0White · 2019-09-21 · Round 4.4Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  35. vs Oleg VastrukhinDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-09-21 · Round 3.3Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  36. vs Aleksey IvlevWon · 1-0White · 2019-09-21 · Round 2.3Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  37. vs Oleg MaximovWon · 0-1Black · 2019-09-21 · Round 1.4Skolkovo Russian Rapid GP
  38. vs Peter SvidlerLost · 1-0Black · 2019-09-15 · Round 2.4FIDE World Cup 2019
  39. vs Peter SvidlerLost · 0-1White · 2019-09-15 · Round 2.3FIDE World Cup 2019
  40. vs Peter SvidlerDraw · ½–½White · 2019-09-14 · Round 2.2FIDE World Cup 2019
  41. vs Peter SvidlerDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-09-13 · Round 2.1FIDE World Cup 2019
  42. vs Ruslan PonomariovDraw · ½–½White · 2019-09-11 · Round 1.2FIDE World Cup 2019
  43. vs Ruslan PonomariovWon · 0-1Black · 2019-09-10 · Round 1.1FIDE World Cup 2019
  44. vs Vladimir GenbaWon · 0-1Black · 2019-08-31 · Round 9.12nd European Corporate
  45. vs Jop DelemarreWon · 1-0White · 2019-08-31 · Round 8.12nd European Corporate
  46. vs Aleksej AleksandrovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-08-31 · Round 7.12nd European Corporate
  47. vs Davit JojuaWon · 1-0White · 2019-08-31 · Round 6.12nd European Corporate
  48. vs Sergei ZhigalkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-08-31 · Round 5.12nd European Corporate
  49. vs Vladislav KovalevLost · 0-1White · 2019-08-30 · Round 4.12nd European Corporate
  50. vs Kirill StupakWon · 0-1Black · 2019-08-30 · Round 3.12nd European Corporate

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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