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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
3551 2017-07-10 70th ch-RUS HL 2017 Sochi RUS 8.9 Dmitry Kokarev Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 49 Open
3552 2017-07-09 70th ch-RUS HL 2017 Sochi RUS 7.16 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Utnasunov Won: 1-0 45 Open
3553 2017-07-08 70th ch-RUS HL 2017 Sochi RUS 6.11 Grigoriy Oparin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 43 Open
3554 2017-07-06 70th ch-RUS HL 2017 Sochi RUS 5.16 Andrey Esipenko 4102622 Won: 1-0 37 Open
3555 2017-07-05 70th ch-RUS HL 2017 Sochi RUS 4.8 Sergey Volkov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 67 Open
3556 2017-07-04 70th ch-RUS HL 2017 Sochi RUS 3.17 Andrey Esipenko Sergey Savitskiy Won: 1-0 72 Open
3557 2017-07-03 70th ch-RUS HL 2017 Sochi RUS 2.12 Aleksandr Rakhmanov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
3558 2017-07-02 70th ch-RUS HL 2017 Sochi RUS 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Maxim Matlakov Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
3559 2017-06-10 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 Minsk BLR 11.51 Mikheil Mchedlishvili Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
3560 2017-06-09 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 Minsk BLR 10.86 Andrey Esipenko Pawel Teclaf Won: 1-0 31 Open
3561 2017-06-08 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 Minsk BLR 9.48 Mircea-Emilian Parligras Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 90 Open
3562 2017-06-07 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 Minsk BLR 8.59 Andrey Esipenko Dragan Solak Won: 1-0 33 Open
3563 2017-06-06 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 Minsk BLR 7.58 Matthias Bluebaum Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
3564 2017-06-05 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 Minsk BLR 6.58 Andrey Esipenko Sergey A. Fedorchuk Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
3565 2017-06-03 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 Minsk BLR 5.47 Alexander Motylev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
3566 2017-06-02 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 Minsk BLR 4.44 Andrey Esipenko Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Draw: 1/2-1/2 101 Open
3567 2017-06-01 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 Minsk BLR 3.16 Yuriy Kuzubov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 87 Open
3568 2017-05-31 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 Minsk BLR 2.39 Andrey Esipenko Mustafa Yilmaz Won: 1-0 49 Open
3569 2017-05-10 TCh-RUS Men 2017 Sochi RUS 7.4 Andrey Esipenko Anish Giri Lost: 0-1 47 Open
3570 2017-05-08 TCh-RUS Men 2017 Sochi RUS 6.1 Artyom Timofeev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
3571 2017-05-07 TCh-RUS Men 2017 Sochi RUS 5.4 Kirill Alekseenko Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 92 Open
3572 2017-05-05 TCh-RUS Men 2017 Sochi RUS 4.2 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Mokshanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
3573 2017-05-04 TCh-RUS Men 2017 Sochi RUS 3.3 Daniil Dubov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 29 Open
3574 2017-05-02 TCh-RUS Men 2017 Sochi RUS 2.3 Andrey Esipenko Maxim Rodshtein Draw: 1/2-1/2 98 Open
3575 2017-05-01 TCh-RUS Men 2017 Sochi RUS 1.2 Sergei Rublevsky Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
3576 2017-04-28 ch-RUS Junior 2017 Loo RUS 9.4 Vladimir Zakhartsov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
3577 2017-04-27 ch-RUS Junior 2017 Loo RUS 8.3 Andrey Esipenko Kirill Kozionov Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
3578 2017-04-26 ch-RUS Junior 2017 Loo RUS 7.3 Daniil Yuffa Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
3579 2017-04-25 ch-RUS Junior 2017 Loo RUS 6.4 Andrey Esipenko Ramil Faizrakhmanov Won: 1-0 32 Open
3580 2017-04-24 ch-RUS Junior 2017 Loo RUS 5.2 Semyon Lomasov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
3581 2017-04-23 ch-RUS Junior 2017 Loo RUS 4.5 Andrey Esipenko David Paravyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
3582 2017-04-22 ch-RUS Junior 2017 Loo RUS 3.1 Andrey Esipenko Alexey Sarana Won: 1-0 43 Open
3583 2017-04-21 ch-RUS Junior 2017 Loo RUS 2.5 Dmitriy Khegay Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 114 Open
3584 2017-04-20 ch-RUS Junior 2017 Loo RUS 1.2 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Sorokin Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
3585 2017-04-17 Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 Zurich SUI 7.4 Ferenc Berkes Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 47 Open
3586 2017-04-16 Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 Zurich SUI 6.7 Andrey Esipenko Vladimir Lazarev Won: 1-0 56 Open
3587 2017-04-16 Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 Zurich SUI 5.12 Jonas Wyss Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
3588 2017-04-15 Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 Zurich SUI 4.5 Andrey Esipenko Aleksandr Rakhmanov Lost: 0-1 100 Open
3589 2017-04-14 Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 Zurich SUI 3.8 Alexei Shirov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
3590 2017-04-14 Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 Zurich SUI 2.16 Andrey Esipenko Julian Kersten Won: 1-0 30 Open
3591 2017-03-04 Mikhail Tal Mem Rapid Jurmala LAT 4.6 Igor Kovalenko Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 76 Open
3592 2017-03-01 Aeroflot Open A 2017 Moscow RUS 9.47 Alexey Sarana Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 49 Open
3593 2017-02-28 Aeroflot Open A 2017 Moscow RUS 8.42 Andrey Esipenko Jan-Christian Schroeder Lost: 0-1 54 Open
3594 2017-02-27 Aeroflot Open A 2017 Moscow RUS 7.4 Alexandr Predke Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 31 Open
3595 2017-02-26 Aeroflot Open A 2017 Moscow RUS 6.36 Andrey Esipenko Jorden Van Foreest Draw: 1/2-1/2 74 Open
3596 2017-02-25 Aeroflot Open A 2017 Moscow RUS 5.3 Marin Bosiocic Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 82 Open
3597 2017-02-24 Aeroflot Open A 2017 Moscow RUS 4.29 Andrey Esipenko Rinat Jumabayev Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
3598 2017-02-23 Aeroflot Open A 2017 Moscow RUS 3.3 Grigoriy Oparin Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 76 Open
3599 2017-02-22 Aeroflot Open A 2017 Moscow RUS 2.28 Andrey Esipenko Denis Khismatullin Draw: 1/2-1/2 109 Open
3600 2017-02-21 Aeroflot Open A 2017 Moscow RUS 1.33 Mikhail Kobalia Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
  1. vs Dmitry KokarevLost · 1-0Black · 2017-07-10 · Round 8.970th ch-RUS HL 2017
  2. vs Alexander UtnasunovWon · 1-0White · 2017-07-09 · Round 7.1670th ch-RUS HL 2017
  3. vs Grigoriy OparinLost · 1-0Black · 2017-07-08 · Round 6.1170th ch-RUS HL 2017
  4. vs 4102622Won · 1-0White · 2017-07-06 · Round 5.1670th ch-RUS HL 2017
  5. vs Sergey VolkovLost · 1-0Black · 2017-07-05 · Round 4.870th ch-RUS HL 2017
  6. vs Sergey SavitskiyWon · 1-0White · 2017-07-04 · Round 3.1770th ch-RUS HL 2017
  7. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-07-03 · Round 2.1270th ch-RUS HL 2017
  8. vs Maxim MatlakovDraw · ½–½White · 2017-07-02 · Round 1.170th ch-RUS HL 2017
  9. vs Mikheil MchedlishviliDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-06-10 · Round 11.5118th ch-EUR Indiv 2017
  10. vs Pawel TeclafWon · 1-0White · 2017-06-09 · Round 10.8618th ch-EUR Indiv 2017
  11. vs Mircea-Emilian ParligrasLost · 1-0Black · 2017-06-08 · Round 9.4818th ch-EUR Indiv 2017
  12. vs Dragan SolakWon · 1-0White · 2017-06-07 · Round 8.5918th ch-EUR Indiv 2017
  13. vs Matthias BluebaumDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-06-06 · Round 7.5818th ch-EUR Indiv 2017
  14. vs Sergey A. FedorchukDraw · ½–½White · 2017-06-05 · Round 6.5818th ch-EUR Indiv 2017
  15. vs Alexander MotylevDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-06-03 · Round 5.4718th ch-EUR Indiv 2017
  16. vs Gawain C B Maroroa JonesDraw · ½–½White · 2017-06-02 · Round 4.4418th ch-EUR Indiv 2017
  17. vs Yuriy KuzubovLost · 1-0Black · 2017-06-01 · Round 3.1618th ch-EUR Indiv 2017
  18. vs Mustafa YilmazWon · 1-0White · 2017-05-31 · Round 2.3918th ch-EUR Indiv 2017
  19. vs Anish GiriLost · 0-1White · 2017-05-10 · Round 7.4TCh-RUS Men 2017
  20. vs Artyom TimofeevDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-05-08 · Round 6.1TCh-RUS Men 2017
  21. vs Kirill AlekseenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2017-05-07 · Round 5.4TCh-RUS Men 2017
  22. vs Alexey MokshanovDraw · ½–½White · 2017-05-05 · Round 4.2TCh-RUS Men 2017
  23. vs Daniil DubovLost · 1-0Black · 2017-05-04 · Round 3.3TCh-RUS Men 2017
  24. vs Maxim RodshteinDraw · ½–½White · 2017-05-02 · Round 2.3TCh-RUS Men 2017
  25. vs Sergei RublevskyDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-05-01 · Round 1.2TCh-RUS Men 2017
  26. vs Vladimir ZakhartsovDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-04-28 · Round 9.4ch-RUS Junior 2017
  27. vs Kirill KozionovDraw · ½–½White · 2017-04-27 · Round 8.3ch-RUS Junior 2017
  28. vs Daniil YuffaDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-04-26 · Round 7.3ch-RUS Junior 2017
  29. vs Ramil FaizrakhmanovWon · 1-0White · 2017-04-25 · Round 6.4ch-RUS Junior 2017
  30. vs Semyon LomasovDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-04-24 · Round 5.2ch-RUS Junior 2017
  31. vs David ParavyanDraw · ½–½White · 2017-04-23 · Round 4.5ch-RUS Junior 2017
  32. vs Alexey SaranaWon · 1-0White · 2017-04-22 · Round 3.1ch-RUS Junior 2017
  33. vs Dmitriy KhegayWon · 0-1Black · 2017-04-21 · Round 2.5ch-RUS Junior 2017
  34. vs Aleksey SorokinDraw · ½–½White · 2017-04-20 · Round 1.2ch-RUS Junior 2017
  35. vs Ferenc BerkesLost · 1-0Black · 2017-04-17 · Round 7.4Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017
  36. vs Vladimir LazarevWon · 1-0White · 2017-04-16 · Round 6.7Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017
  37. vs Jonas WyssWon · 0-1Black · 2017-04-16 · Round 5.12Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017
  38. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovLost · 0-1White · 2017-04-15 · Round 4.5Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017
  39. vs Alexei ShirovDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-04-14 · Round 3.8Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017
  40. vs Julian KerstenWon · 1-0White · 2017-04-14 · Round 2.16Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017
  41. vs Igor KovalenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2017-03-04 · Round 4.6Mikhail Tal Mem Rapid
  42. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2017-03-01 · Round 9.47Aeroflot Open A 2017
  43. vs Jan-Christian SchroederLost · 0-1White · 2017-02-28 · Round 8.42Aeroflot Open A 2017
  44. vs Alexandr PredkeLost · 1-0Black · 2017-02-27 · Round 7.4Aeroflot Open A 2017
  45. vs Jorden Van ForeestDraw · ½–½White · 2017-02-26 · Round 6.36Aeroflot Open A 2017
  46. vs Marin BosiocicLost · 1-0Black · 2017-02-25 · Round 5.3Aeroflot Open A 2017
  47. vs Rinat JumabayevDraw · ½–½White · 2017-02-24 · Round 4.29Aeroflot Open A 2017
  48. vs Grigoriy OparinDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-02-23 · Round 3.3Aeroflot Open A 2017
  49. vs Denis KhismatullinDraw · ½–½White · 2017-02-22 · Round 2.28Aeroflot Open A 2017
  50. vs Mikhail KobaliaDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-02-21 · Round 1.33Aeroflot Open A 2017

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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