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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
3201 2019-03-26 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 Skopje MKD 8.2 Maxim Rodshtein Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 21 Open
3202 2019-03-25 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 Skopje MKD 7.4 Andrey Esipenko Boris Gelfand Won: 1-0 42 Open
3203 2019-03-24 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 Skopje MKD 6.9 Igor Kovalenko Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 88 Open
3204 2019-03-22 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 Skopje MKD 5.37 Andrey Esipenko Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez Won: 1-0 32 Open
3205 2019-03-21 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 Skopje MKD 4.57 Bogdan Belyakov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
3206 2019-03-20 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 Skopje MKD 3.83 Andrey Esipenko Olga Badelka Won: 1-0 37 Open
3207 2019-03-19 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 Skopje MKD 2.39 Petro Golubka Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 60 Open
3208 2019-03-18 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 Skopje MKD 1.68 Andrey Esipenko Volodar Murzin Won: 1-0 32 Open
3209 2019-02-27 Aeroflot Open A 2019 Moscow RUS 9.33 Andrey Esipenko Shardul Gagare Won: 1-0 42 Open
3210 2019-02-26 Aeroflot Open A 2019 Moscow RUS 8.35 Sergei Lobanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
3211 2019-02-25 Aeroflot Open A 2019 Moscow RUS 7.35 Harika Dronavalli Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
3212 2019-02-24 Aeroflot Open A 2019 Moscow RUS 6.25 Andrey Esipenko Parham Maghsoodloo Lost: 0-1 86 Open
3213 2019-02-23 Aeroflot Open A 2019 Moscow RUS 5.32 Yan Liu Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
3214 2019-02-23 Aeroflot Open A 2019 Moscow RUS 4.6 Andrey Esipenko Yi Wei Lost: 0-1 77 Open
3215 2019-02-22 Aeroflot Open A 2019 Moscow RUS 3.6 Andrey Esipenko Hao Wang Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
3216 2019-02-21 Aeroflot Open A 2019 Moscow RUS 2.3 Ernesto Inarkiev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
3217 2019-02-20 Aeroflot Open A 2019 Moscow RUS 1.36 Andrey Esipenko Changren Dai Won: 1-0 30 Open
3218 2019-01-27 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 13.3 Evgeny Bareev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 43 Open
3219 2019-01-26 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 12.7 Andrey Esipenko Dinara Saduakassova Won: 1-0 24 Open
3220 2019-01-25 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 11.6 Benjamin Gledura Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
3221 2019-01-23 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 10.3 Andrey Esipenko Lucas Van Foreest Won: 1-0 41 Open
3222 2019-01-22 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 9.4 Maksim Chigaev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
3223 2019-01-20 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 8.4 Andrey Esipenko Praggnanandhaa R Won: 1-0 44 Open
3224 2019-01-19 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 7.2 Andrey Esipenko Anton Korobov Won: 1-0 41 Open
3225 2019-01-18 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 6.1 Stefan Kuipers Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
3226 2019-01-16 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 5.3 Andrey Esipenko Elisabeth Paehtz Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
3227 2019-01-15 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 4.5 Parham Maghsoodloo Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
3228 2019-01-14 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 3.1 Andrey Esipenko Vincent Keymer Won: 1-0 38 Open
3229 2019-01-13 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 2.7 Erwin L'Ami Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
3230 2019-01-12 81st Tata Steel GpB Wijk aan Zee NED 1.4 Andrey Esipenko Vladislav Kovalev Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
3231 2018-12-30 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 21.31 Sergei Yudin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 30 Open
3232 2018-12-30 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 20.31 Andrey Esipenko Valerij Popov Draw: 1/2-1/2 99 Open
3233 2018-12-30 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 19.24 Robert Hovhannisyan Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 36 Open
3234 2018-12-30 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 18.3 Andrey Esipenko Evgeniy Najer Won: 1-0 49 Open
3235 2018-12-30 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 17.32 Alexey Reshetnikov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
3236 2018-12-30 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 16.28 Andrey Esipenko Aram Hakobyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
3237 2018-12-30 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 15.35 Dmitry Frolyanov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 38 Open
3238 2018-12-30 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 14.48 Andrey Esipenko Vladimir Seliverstov Won: 1-0 38 Open
3239 2018-12-30 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 13.48 Mikhail Demidov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
3240 2018-12-29 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 9.46 Victor Mikhalevski Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 48 Open
3241 2018-12-29 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 8.46 Andrey Esipenko Daniel Fridman Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
3242 2018-12-29 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 7.34 Anton Demchenko Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 61 Open
3243 2018-12-29 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 6.3 Andrey Esipenko Boris Grachev Draw: 1/2-1/2 105 Open
3244 2018-12-29 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 5.44 Andrei Belozerov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 52 Open
3245 2018-12-29 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 4.63 Andrey Esipenko Leonid Sokolin Won: 1-0 47 Open
3246 2018-12-29 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 3.43 Ivan Salgado Lopez Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 62 Open
3247 2018-12-29 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 2.49 Andrey Esipenko Dmitry Anikonov Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
3248 2018-12-29 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 12.5 Andrey Esipenko Konstantin Sakaev Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
3249 2018-12-29 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 11.34 Robby Kevlishvili Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 34 Open
3250 2018-12-29 World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS 10.36 Andrey Esipenko Nihal Sarin Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
  1. vs Maxim RodshteinDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-03-26 · Round 8.220th ch-EUR Indiv 2019
  2. vs Boris GelfandWon · 1-0White · 2019-03-25 · Round 7.420th ch-EUR Indiv 2019
  3. vs Igor KovalenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2019-03-24 · Round 6.920th ch-EUR Indiv 2019
  4. vs Julen Luis Arizmendi MartinezWon · 1-0White · 2019-03-22 · Round 5.3720th ch-EUR Indiv 2019
  5. vs Bogdan BelyakovWon · 0-1Black · 2019-03-21 · Round 4.5720th ch-EUR Indiv 2019
  6. vs Olga BadelkaWon · 1-0White · 2019-03-20 · Round 3.8320th ch-EUR Indiv 2019
  7. vs Petro GolubkaLost · 1-0Black · 2019-03-19 · Round 2.3920th ch-EUR Indiv 2019
  8. vs Volodar MurzinWon · 1-0White · 2019-03-18 · Round 1.6820th ch-EUR Indiv 2019
  9. vs Shardul GagareWon · 1-0White · 2019-02-27 · Round 9.33Aeroflot Open A 2019
  10. vs Sergei LobanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-02-26 · Round 8.35Aeroflot Open A 2019
  11. vs Harika DronavalliDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-02-25 · Round 7.35Aeroflot Open A 2019
  12. vs Parham MaghsoodlooLost · 0-1White · 2019-02-24 · Round 6.25Aeroflot Open A 2019
  13. vs Yan LiuDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-02-23 · Round 5.32Aeroflot Open A 2019
  14. vs Yi WeiLost · 0-1White · 2019-02-23 · Round 4.6Aeroflot Open A 2019
  15. vs Hao WangDraw · ½–½White · 2019-02-22 · Round 3.6Aeroflot Open A 2019
  16. vs Ernesto InarkievDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-02-21 · Round 2.3Aeroflot Open A 2019
  17. vs Changren DaiWon · 1-0White · 2019-02-20 · Round 1.36Aeroflot Open A 2019
  18. vs Evgeny BareevLost · 1-0Black · 2019-01-27 · Round 13.381st Tata Steel GpB
  19. vs Dinara SaduakassovaWon · 1-0White · 2019-01-26 · Round 12.781st Tata Steel GpB
  20. vs Benjamin GleduraDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-01-25 · Round 11.681st Tata Steel GpB
  21. vs Lucas Van ForeestWon · 1-0White · 2019-01-23 · Round 10.381st Tata Steel GpB
  22. vs Maksim ChigaevDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-01-22 · Round 9.481st Tata Steel GpB
  23. vs Praggnanandhaa RWon · 1-0White · 2019-01-20 · Round 8.481st Tata Steel GpB
  24. vs Anton KorobovWon · 1-0White · 2019-01-19 · Round 7.281st Tata Steel GpB
  25. vs Stefan KuipersDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-01-18 · Round 6.181st Tata Steel GpB
  26. vs Elisabeth PaehtzDraw · ½–½White · 2019-01-16 · Round 5.381st Tata Steel GpB
  27. vs Parham MaghsoodlooDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-01-15 · Round 4.581st Tata Steel GpB
  28. vs Vincent KeymerWon · 1-0White · 2019-01-14 · Round 3.181st Tata Steel GpB
  29. vs Erwin L'AmiDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-01-13 · Round 2.781st Tata Steel GpB
  30. vs Vladislav KovalevDraw · ½–½White · 2019-01-12 · Round 1.481st Tata Steel GpB
  31. vs Sergei YudinLost · 1-0Black · 2018-12-30 · Round 21.31World Blitz 2018
  32. vs Valerij PopovDraw · ½–½White · 2018-12-30 · Round 20.31World Blitz 2018
  33. vs Robert HovhannisyanLost · 1-0Black · 2018-12-30 · Round 19.24World Blitz 2018
  34. vs Evgeniy NajerWon · 1-0White · 2018-12-30 · Round 18.3World Blitz 2018
  35. vs Alexey ReshetnikovDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-12-30 · Round 17.32World Blitz 2018
  36. vs Aram HakobyanDraw · ½–½White · 2018-12-30 · Round 16.28World Blitz 2018
  37. vs Dmitry FrolyanovWon · 0-1Black · 2018-12-30 · Round 15.35World Blitz 2018
  38. vs Vladimir SeliverstovWon · 1-0White · 2018-12-30 · Round 14.48World Blitz 2018
  39. vs Mikhail DemidovDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-12-30 · Round 13.48World Blitz 2018
  40. vs Victor MikhalevskiWon · 0-1Black · 2018-12-29 · Round 9.46World Blitz 2018
  41. vs Daniel FridmanDraw · ½–½White · 2018-12-29 · Round 8.46World Blitz 2018
  42. vs Anton DemchenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2018-12-29 · Round 7.34World Blitz 2018
  43. vs Boris GrachevDraw · ½–½White · 2018-12-29 · Round 6.3World Blitz 2018
  44. vs Andrei BelozerovWon · 0-1Black · 2018-12-29 · Round 5.44World Blitz 2018
  45. vs Leonid SokolinWon · 1-0White · 2018-12-29 · Round 4.63World Blitz 2018
  46. vs Ivan Salgado LopezLost · 1-0Black · 2018-12-29 · Round 3.43World Blitz 2018
  47. vs Dmitry AnikonovDraw · ½–½White · 2018-12-29 · Round 2.49World Blitz 2018
  48. vs Konstantin SakaevDraw · ½–½White · 2018-12-29 · Round 12.5World Blitz 2018
  49. vs Robby KevlishviliLost · 1-0Black · 2018-12-29 · Round 11.34World Blitz 2018
  50. vs Nihal SarinDraw · ½–½White · 2018-12-29 · Round 10.36World Blitz 2018

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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