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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
3151 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Won: 1-0 65 Open
3152 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.1 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 64 Open
3153 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.19 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 31 Open
3154 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.18 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Lost: 0-1 43 Open
3155 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.17 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 29 Open
3156 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.16 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
3157 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.15 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 57 Open
3158 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.14 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Won: 1-0 29 Open
3159 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.13 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 58 Open
3160 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.12 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Lost: 0-1 24 Open
3161 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.11 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 32 Open
3162 2019-06-18 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Lost: 0-1 86 Open
3163 2019-06-15 20th Karpov Poikovsky Poikovsky RUS 9.5 Andrey Esipenko Rauf Mamedov Won: 1-0 37 Open
3164 2019-06-14 20th Karpov Poikovsky Poikovsky RUS 8.4 Vladimir Fedoseev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 79 Open
3165 2019-06-13 20th Karpov Poikovsky Poikovsky RUS 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Artemiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 55 Open
3166 2019-06-11 20th Karpov Poikovsky Poikovsky RUS 6.4 Vladislav Kovalev Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 59 Open
3167 2019-06-10 20th Karpov Poikovsky Poikovsky RUS 5.5 Hao Wang Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
3168 2019-06-09 20th Karpov Poikovsky Poikovsky RUS 4.5 Andrey Esipenko Ivan Saric Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
3169 2019-06-08 20th Karpov Poikovsky Poikovsky RUS 3.4 Anton Korobov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 16 Open
3170 2019-06-07 20th Karpov Poikovsky Poikovsky RUS 2.5 Andrey Esipenko Krishnan Sasikiran Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
3171 2019-06-06 20th Karpov Poikovsky Poikovsky RUS 1.3 Dmitry Jakovenko Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 30 Open
3172 2019-05-19 1st Archibald Open 2019 Sochi RUS 9.2 Evgeny Alekseev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
3173 2019-05-18 1st Archibald Open 2019 Sochi RUS 8.4 Andrey Esipenko Ilya Makoveev Won: 1-0 43 Open
3174 2019-05-17 1st Archibald Open 2019 Sochi RUS 7.4 Andrey Esipenko Zhamsaran Tsydypov Won: 1-0 33 Open
3175 2019-05-16 1st Archibald Open 2019 Sochi RUS 6.7 Denis Eraschenkov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 70 Open
3176 2019-05-15 1st Archibald Open 2019 Sochi RUS 5.7 Andrey Esipenko Ilia Martinovici Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
3177 2019-05-14 1st Archibald Open 2019 Sochi RUS 4.2 Kirill Stupak Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 65 Open
3178 2019-05-14 1st Archibald Open 2019 Sochi RUS 3.3 Andrey Esipenko Timur Gareyev Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
3179 2019-05-13 1st Archibald Open 2019 Sochi RUS 2.3 David Gochelashvili Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 32 Open
3180 2019-05-12 1st Archibald Open 2019 Sochi RUS 1.5 Andrey Esipenko Aleksandra Maltsevskaya Won: 1-0 69 Open
3181 2019-05-10 TCh-RUS Premier 2019 Sochi RUS 9.5 Andrey Esipenko Maxim Matlakov Lost: 0-1 28 Open
3182 2019-05-09 TCh-RUS Premier 2019 Sochi RUS 8.2 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Draw: 1/2-1/2 58 Open
3183 2019-05-08 TCh-RUS Premier 2019 Sochi RUS 7.4 Aleksandr Rakhmanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
3184 2019-05-07 TCh-RUS Premier 2019 Sochi RUS 6.3 Andrey Esipenko Zhamsaran Tsydypov Won: 1-0 38 Open
3185 2019-05-05 TCh-RUS Premier 2019 Sochi RUS 5.3 Artyom Timofeev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
3186 2019-05-03 TCh-RUS Premier 2019 Sochi RUS 3.2 Andrey Esipenko Vadim Zvjaginsev Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
3187 2019-05-02 TCh-RUS Premier 2019 Sochi RUS 2.5 Ilya Duzhakov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 53 Open
3188 2019-05-01 TCh-RUS Premier 2019 Sochi RUS 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Denis Pershin Lost: 0-1 61 Open
3189 2019-04-22 GRENKE Chess Open 2019 Karlsruhe GER 9.5 Andrey Esipenko Timur Gareyev Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
3190 2019-04-22 GRENKE Chess Open 2019 Karlsruhe GER 8.13 Miguoel Admiraal Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 59 Open
3191 2019-04-21 GRENKE Chess Open 2019 Karlsruhe GER 7.7 Andrey Esipenko Noel Studer Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
3192 2019-04-21 GRENKE Chess Open 2019 Karlsruhe GER 6.8 Marco Baldauf Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
3193 2019-04-20 GRENKE Chess Open 2019 Karlsruhe GER 5.11 Andrey Esipenko Johannes, Dr. Carow Won: 1-0 45 Open
3194 2019-04-20 GRENKE Chess Open 2019 Karlsruhe GER 4.6 Martin Petrov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
3195 2019-04-19 GRENKE Chess Open 2019 Karlsruhe GER 3.1 Andrey Esipenko Julian Kramer Won: 1-0 87 Open
3196 2019-04-19 GRENKE Chess Open 2019 Karlsruhe GER 2.11 Pascal Barzen Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
3197 2019-04-18 GRENKE Chess Open 2019 Karlsruhe GER 1.11 Andrey Esipenko Jan Grewenig Won: 1-0 32 Open
3198 2019-03-29 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 Skopje MKD 11.7 Andrey Esipenko Ruslan Ponomariov Draw: 1/2-1/2 10 Open
3199 2019-03-28 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 Skopje MKD 10.1 Vladislav Artemiev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 53 Open
3200 2019-03-27 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 Skopje MKD 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Nils Grandelius Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
  1. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 1-0White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.2chess.com Junior Speed
  2. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.1chess.com Junior Speed
  3. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.19chess.com Junior Speed
  4. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 0-1White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.18chess.com Junior Speed
  5. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.17chess.com Junior Speed
  6. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.16chess.com Junior Speed
  7. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 0-1Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.15chess.com Junior Speed
  8. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 1-0White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.14chess.com Junior Speed
  9. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.13chess.com Junior Speed
  10. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 0-1White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.12chess.com Junior Speed
  11. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.11chess.com Junior Speed
  12. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 0-1White · 2019-06-18 · Round 1.1chess.com Junior Speed
  13. vs Rauf MamedovWon · 1-0White · 2019-06-15 · Round 9.520th Karpov Poikovsky
  14. vs Vladimir FedoseevLost · 1-0Black · 2019-06-14 · Round 8.420th Karpov Poikovsky
  15. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½White · 2019-06-13 · Round 7.320th Karpov Poikovsky
  16. vs Vladislav KovalevWon · 0-1Black · 2019-06-11 · Round 6.420th Karpov Poikovsky
  17. vs Hao WangDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-06-10 · Round 5.520th Karpov Poikovsky
  18. vs Ivan SaricDraw · ½–½White · 2019-06-09 · Round 4.520th Karpov Poikovsky
  19. vs Anton KorobovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-06-08 · Round 3.420th Karpov Poikovsky
  20. vs Krishnan SasikiranDraw · ½–½White · 2019-06-07 · Round 2.520th Karpov Poikovsky
  21. vs Dmitry JakovenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2019-06-06 · Round 1.320th Karpov Poikovsky
  22. vs Evgeny AlekseevDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-05-19 · Round 9.21st Archibald Open 2019
  23. vs Ilya MakoveevWon · 1-0White · 2019-05-18 · Round 8.41st Archibald Open 2019
  24. vs Zhamsaran TsydypovWon · 1-0White · 2019-05-17 · Round 7.41st Archibald Open 2019
  25. vs Denis EraschenkovWon · 0-1Black · 2019-05-16 · Round 6.71st Archibald Open 2019
  26. vs Ilia MartinoviciDraw · ½–½White · 2019-05-15 · Round 5.71st Archibald Open 2019
  27. vs Kirill StupakLost · 1-0Black · 2019-05-14 · Round 4.21st Archibald Open 2019
  28. vs Timur GareyevDraw · ½–½White · 2019-05-14 · Round 3.31st Archibald Open 2019
  29. vs David GochelashviliWon · 0-1Black · 2019-05-13 · Round 2.31st Archibald Open 2019
  30. vs Aleksandra MaltsevskayaWon · 1-0White · 2019-05-12 · Round 1.51st Archibald Open 2019
  31. vs Maxim MatlakovLost · 0-1White · 2019-05-10 · Round 9.5TCh-RUS Premier 2019
  32. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½White · 2019-05-09 · Round 8.2TCh-RUS Premier 2019
  33. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-05-08 · Round 7.4TCh-RUS Premier 2019
  34. vs Zhamsaran TsydypovWon · 1-0White · 2019-05-07 · Round 6.3TCh-RUS Premier 2019
  35. vs Artyom TimofeevDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-05-05 · Round 5.3TCh-RUS Premier 2019
  36. vs Vadim ZvjaginsevDraw · ½–½White · 2019-05-03 · Round 3.2TCh-RUS Premier 2019
  37. vs Ilya DuzhakovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-05-02 · Round 2.5TCh-RUS Premier 2019
  38. vs Denis PershinLost · 0-1White · 2019-05-01 · Round 1.1TCh-RUS Premier 2019
  39. vs Timur GareyevDraw · ½–½White · 2019-04-22 · Round 9.5GRENKE Chess Open 2019
  40. vs Miguoel AdmiraalWon · 0-1Black · 2019-04-22 · Round 8.13GRENKE Chess Open 2019
  41. vs Noel StuderDraw · ½–½White · 2019-04-21 · Round 7.7GRENKE Chess Open 2019
  42. vs Marco BaldaufDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-04-21 · Round 6.8GRENKE Chess Open 2019
  43. vs Johannes, Dr. CarowWon · 1-0White · 2019-04-20 · Round 5.11GRENKE Chess Open 2019
  44. vs Martin PetrovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-04-20 · Round 4.6GRENKE Chess Open 2019
  45. vs Julian KramerWon · 1-0White · 2019-04-19 · Round 3.1GRENKE Chess Open 2019
  46. vs Pascal BarzenWon · 0-1Black · 2019-04-19 · Round 2.11GRENKE Chess Open 2019
  47. vs Jan GrewenigWon · 1-0White · 2019-04-18 · Round 1.11GRENKE Chess Open 2019
  48. vs Ruslan PonomariovDraw · ½–½White · 2019-03-29 · Round 11.720th ch-EUR Indiv 2019
  49. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 1-0Black · 2019-03-28 · Round 10.120th ch-EUR Indiv 2019
  50. vs Nils GrandeliusDraw · ½–½White · 2019-03-27 · Round 9.220th ch-EUR Indiv 2019

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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