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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
3101 2019-08-30 2nd European Corporate Minsk BLR 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Vitaly Teterev Won: 1-0 53 Open
3102 2019-08-30 2nd European Corporate Minsk BLR 1.1 Andrei Maliush Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 62 Open
3103 2019-08-23 TCh-CHN 2019 China CHN 15.2 Andrey Esipenko Yi Xu Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
3104 2019-08-22 TCh-CHN 2019 China CHN 14.6 Yi Lin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 56 Open
3105 2019-08-21 TCh-CHN 2019 China CHN 13.1 Andrey Esipenko Yang Wen Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
3106 2019-08-20 TCh-CHN 2019 China CHN 12.6 Andrey Esipenko Minghui Xu Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
3107 2019-08-10 26th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 9.6 Andrey Esipenko Nodirbek Abdusattorov Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
3108 2019-08-09 26th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 8.7 Emre Can Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 73 Open
3109 2019-08-08 26th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Nodirbek Yakubboev Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
3110 2019-08-07 26th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 6.9 Vahap Sanal Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
3111 2019-08-05 26th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 5.6 Andrey Esipenko Daniil Yuffa Draw: 1/2-1/2 84 Open
3112 2019-08-04 26th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 4.14 Swaminathan Soumya Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 48 Open
3113 2019-08-03 26th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 3.13 Andrey Esipenko Arjun Kalyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
3114 2019-08-03 26th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 2.4 Raunak Sadhwani Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
3115 2019-08-02 26th Abu Dhabi Masters Abu Dhabi UAE 1.9 Andrey Esipenko Pranav Anand Won: 1-0 39 Open
3116 2019-07-28 TCh-TUR Super League 2019 Konya TUR 13.2 Andrey Esipenko Teodora Injac Won: 1-0 34 Open
3117 2019-07-26 TCh-TUR Super League 2019 Konya TUR 11.1 Can Dolgun Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
3118 2019-07-25 TCh-TUR Super League 2019 Konya TUR 9.2 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
3119 2019-07-25 TCh-TUR Super League 2019 Konya TUR 10.7 Andrey Esipenko Kayra Kamer Won: 1-0 38 Open
3120 2019-07-23 TCh-TUR Super League 2019 Konya TUR 7.3 Ata Secer Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
3121 2019-07-21 TCh-TUR Super League 2019 Konya TUR 6.5 Andrey Esipenko Cemil Can Ali Marandi Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
3122 2019-07-21 TCh-TUR Super League 2019 Konya TUR 5.4 Volkan Sevgi Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 35 Open
3123 2019-07-20 TCh-TUR Super League 2019 Konya TUR 4.4 Andrey Esipenko Ataberk Eren Won: 1-0 39 Open
3124 2019-07-19 TCh-TUR Super League 2019 Konya TUR 3.5 Enes Tanriverdi Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
3125 2019-07-18 TCh-TUR Super League 2019 Konya TUR 2.3 Andrey Esipenko Alperen Akdogan Won: 1-0 24 Open
3126 2019-07-17 TCh-TUR Super League 2019 Konya TUR 1.6 Umut Erdem Gunduz Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
3127 2019-07-06 72nd ch-RUS HL 2019 Yaroslavl RUS 9.6 Andrey Esipenko Aleksei Pridorozhni Draw: 1/2-1/2 58 Open
3128 2019-07-05 72nd ch-RUS HL 2019 Yaroslavl RUS 8.8 Pavel Ponkratov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
3129 2019-07-04 72nd ch-RUS HL 2019 Yaroslavl RUS 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Sanan Sjugirov Draw: 1/2-1/2 53 Open
3130 2019-07-03 72nd ch-RUS HL 2019 Yaroslavl RUS 6.2 Alexander Motylev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 53 Open
3131 2019-07-01 72nd ch-RUS HL 2019 Yaroslavl RUS 5.2 Andrey Esipenko Maksim Chigaev Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
3132 2019-06-30 72nd ch-RUS HL 2019 Yaroslavl RUS 4.3 Vadim Zvjaginsev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
3133 2019-06-29 72nd ch-RUS HL 2019 Yaroslavl RUS 3.2 Andrey Esipenko David Paravyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 102 Open
3134 2019-06-28 72nd ch-RUS HL 2019 Yaroslavl RUS 2.5 Alexandr Triapishko Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 40 Open
3135 2019-06-27 72nd ch-RUS HL 2019 Yaroslavl RUS 1.18 Andrey Esipenko Miroslav Vlasenko Won: 1-0 42 Open
3136 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.9 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 39 Open
3137 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.8 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Won: 1-0 58 Open
3138 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.7 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 24 Open
3139 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.6 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Lost: 0-1 54 Open
3140 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.5 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 49 Open
3141 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.4 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Lost: 0-1 53 Open
3142 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.3 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 74 Open
3143 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Won: 1-0 38 Open
3144 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.27 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 69 Open
3145 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.26 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Won: 1-0 68 Open
3146 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.25 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 34 Open
3147 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.24 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Lost: 0-1 47 Open
3148 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.23 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 68 Open
3149 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.22 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Lost: 0-1 26 Open
3150 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.21 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 58 Open
  1. vs Vitaly TeterevWon · 1-0White · 2019-08-30 · Round 2.12nd European Corporate
  2. vs Andrei MaliushWon · 0-1Black · 2019-08-30 · Round 1.12nd European Corporate
  3. vs Yi XuDraw · ½–½White · 2019-08-23 · Round 15.2TCh-CHN 2019
  4. vs Yi LinWon · 0-1Black · 2019-08-22 · Round 14.6TCh-CHN 2019
  5. vs Yang WenDraw · ½–½White · 2019-08-21 · Round 13.1TCh-CHN 2019
  6. vs Minghui XuDraw · ½–½White · 2019-08-20 · Round 12.6TCh-CHN 2019
  7. vs Nodirbek AbdusattorovDraw · ½–½White · 2019-08-10 · Round 9.626th Abu Dhabi Masters
  8. vs Emre CanDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-08-09 · Round 8.726th Abu Dhabi Masters
  9. vs Nodirbek YakubboevDraw · ½–½White · 2019-08-08 · Round 7.326th Abu Dhabi Masters
  10. vs Vahap SanalWon · 0-1Black · 2019-08-07 · Round 6.926th Abu Dhabi Masters
  11. vs Daniil YuffaDraw · ½–½White · 2019-08-05 · Round 5.626th Abu Dhabi Masters
  12. vs Swaminathan SoumyaWon · 0-1Black · 2019-08-04 · Round 4.1426th Abu Dhabi Masters
  13. vs Arjun KalyanDraw · ½–½White · 2019-08-03 · Round 3.1326th Abu Dhabi Masters
  14. vs Raunak SadhwaniDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-08-03 · Round 2.426th Abu Dhabi Masters
  15. vs Pranav AnandWon · 1-0White · 2019-08-02 · Round 1.926th Abu Dhabi Masters
  16. vs Teodora InjacWon · 1-0White · 2019-07-28 · Round 13.2TCh-TUR Super League 2019
  17. vs Can DolgunDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-07-26 · Round 11.1TCh-TUR Super League 2019
  18. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-07-25 · Round 9.2TCh-TUR Super League 2019
  19. vs Kayra KamerWon · 1-0White · 2019-07-25 · Round 10.7TCh-TUR Super League 2019
  20. vs Ata SecerDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-07-23 · Round 7.3TCh-TUR Super League 2019
  21. vs Cemil Can Ali MarandiDraw · ½–½White · 2019-07-21 · Round 6.5TCh-TUR Super League 2019
  22. vs Volkan SevgiWon · 0-1Black · 2019-07-21 · Round 5.4TCh-TUR Super League 2019
  23. vs Ataberk ErenWon · 1-0White · 2019-07-20 · Round 4.4TCh-TUR Super League 2019
  24. vs Enes TanriverdiWon · 0-1Black · 2019-07-19 · Round 3.5TCh-TUR Super League 2019
  25. vs Alperen AkdoganWon · 1-0White · 2019-07-18 · Round 2.3TCh-TUR Super League 2019
  26. vs Umut Erdem GunduzDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-07-17 · Round 1.6TCh-TUR Super League 2019
  27. vs Aleksei PridorozhniDraw · ½–½White · 2019-07-06 · Round 9.672nd ch-RUS HL 2019
  28. vs Pavel PonkratovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-07-05 · Round 8.872nd ch-RUS HL 2019
  29. vs Sanan SjugirovDraw · ½–½White · 2019-07-04 · Round 7.372nd ch-RUS HL 2019
  30. vs Alexander MotylevDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-07-03 · Round 6.272nd ch-RUS HL 2019
  31. vs Maksim ChigaevDraw · ½–½White · 2019-07-01 · Round 5.272nd ch-RUS HL 2019
  32. vs Vadim ZvjaginsevDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-06-30 · Round 4.372nd ch-RUS HL 2019
  33. vs David ParavyanDraw · ½–½White · 2019-06-29 · Round 3.272nd ch-RUS HL 2019
  34. vs Alexandr TriapishkoWon · 0-1Black · 2019-06-28 · Round 2.572nd ch-RUS HL 2019
  35. vs Miroslav VlasenkoWon · 1-0White · 2019-06-27 · Round 1.1872nd ch-RUS HL 2019
  36. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.9chess.com Junior Speed
  37. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 1-0White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.8chess.com Junior Speed
  38. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 0-1Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.7chess.com Junior Speed
  39. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 0-1White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.6chess.com Junior Speed
  40. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 0-1Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.5chess.com Junior Speed
  41. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 0-1White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.4chess.com Junior Speed
  42. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 0-1Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.3chess.com Junior Speed
  43. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 1-0White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.2chess.com Junior Speed
  44. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.27chess.com Junior Speed
  45. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 1-0White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.26chess.com Junior Speed
  46. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 0-1Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.25chess.com Junior Speed
  47. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 0-1White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.24chess.com Junior Speed
  48. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 0-1Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.23chess.com Junior Speed
  49. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 0-1White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.22chess.com Junior Speed
  50. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.21chess.com Junior Speed

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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