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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
3601 2017-01-21 Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup Taganrog RUS 9.4 Artyom Timofeev Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
3602 2017-01-20 Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup Taganrog RUS 8.8 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Demianjuk Won: 1-0 48 Open
3603 2017-01-19 Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup Taganrog RUS 7.1 Vadim Gunchenko Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 49 Open
3604 2017-01-18 Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup Taganrog RUS 6.8 Anatoliy Demkovich Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 54 Open
3605 2017-01-17 Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup Taganrog RUS 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Sergey Volkov Lost: 0-1 33 Open
3606 2017-01-16 Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup Taganrog RUS 4.2 Andrey Esipenko Dmitry Kokarev Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
3607 2017-01-15 Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup Taganrog RUS 3.6 Taron Shagbazyan Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 67 Open
3608 2017-01-14 Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup Taganrog RUS 2.7 Andrey Esipenko Konstantin Rjabzev Won: 1-0 60 Open
3609 2017-01-13 Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup Taganrog RUS 1.6 Marina Niyazgulova Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 61 Open
3610 2016-12-17 NFD Cup Final A 2016 St Petersburg RUS 9.3 Andrey Esipenko Vilka Sipila Won: 1-0 37 Open
3611 2016-12-16 NFD Cup Final A 2016 St Petersburg RUS 8.3 Evgeny A. Levin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 55 Open
3612 2016-12-15 NFD Cup Final A 2016 St Petersburg RUS 7.4 Andrey Esipenko Azat Sharafiev Won: 1-0 52 Open
3613 2016-12-14 NFD Cup Final A 2016 St Petersburg RUS 6.2 Naum Rudenko Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 65 Open
3614 2016-12-13 NFD Cup Final A 2016 St Petersburg RUS 5.5 Andrey Esipenko Daniil Lintchevski Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
3615 2016-12-12 NFD Cup Final A 2016 St Petersburg RUS 4.1 Kirill Shevchenko Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 89 Open
3616 2016-12-11 NFD Cup Final A 2016 St Petersburg RUS 3.4 Viktor Gazik Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 41 Open
3617 2016-12-10 NFD Cup Final A 2016 St Petersburg RUS 2.1 Andrey Esipenko Aleksandr Volodin Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
3618 2016-12-09 NFD Cup Final A 2016 St Petersburg RUS 1.3 Vadim Moiseenko Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 71 Open
3619 2016-11-06 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 9.9 Sergei Azarov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
3620 2016-11-05 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 8.8 Andrey Esipenko Zdenko Kozul Won: 1-0 58 Open
3621 2016-11-04 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 7.2 Lance Henderson de La Fuente Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 51 Open
3622 2016-11-03 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 6.25 Andrey Esipenko Christian Bussard Won: 1-0 39 Open
3623 2016-11-02 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 5.16 Alexander Stolte Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 49 Open
3624 2016-11-01 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 4.8 Andrey Esipenko 4101685 Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
3625 2016-10-31 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 3.27 Dieter Schatz Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 51 Open
3626 2016-10-30 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 2.28 Andrey Esipenko Lars Goldbeck Won: 1-0 56 Open
3627 2016-10-29 20th OIBM 2016 Bad Wiessee GER 1.28 Anita, Dr. Just Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 44 Open
3628 2016-10-23 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 9.38 Roman Martynov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
3629 2016-10-22 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 8.55 Andrey Esipenko Aleksey Polyaninov Won: 1-0 41 Open
3630 2016-10-21 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 7.56 Rao S.V. Srinath Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
3631 2016-10-20 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 6.34 Andrey Esipenko Ivan Yeletsky Lost: 0-1 42 Open
3632 2016-10-19 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 5.29 Grigory Palchun Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 67 Open
3633 2016-10-18 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 4.4 Andrey Esipenko Vojislav Markovic Won: 1-0 51 Open
3634 2016-10-17 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 3.26 Evgenij Lesovoi Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 32 Open
3635 2016-10-16 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 2.42 Andrey Esipenko Genadi A Ageichenko Won: 1-0 42 Open
3636 2016-10-15 Chigorin Memorial 2016 St Petersburg RUS 1.46 Sergey Tsapalin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
3637 2016-10-03 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 11.2 Andrey Esipenko Pawel Teclaf Won: 1-0 45 Open
3638 2016-10-02 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 10.2 Chenxi Zhao Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 45 Open
3639 2016-10-01 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Viachaslau Zarubitski Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
3640 2016-09-30 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 8.2 Kirill Shubin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 28 Open
3641 2016-09-29 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 7.2 Andrey Esipenko Hongchi Peng Won: 1-0 43 Open
3642 2016-09-28 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 6.3 Artur Davtyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
3643 2016-09-26 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 5.1 Andrey Esipenko Semyon Lomasov Lost: 0-1 46 Open
3644 2016-09-25 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 4.1 Ilja Semjonovs Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 87 Open
3645 2016-09-24 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 3.1 Andrey Esipenko Murad Ibrahimli Won: 1-0 32 Open
3646 2016-09-23 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.1 Danila Pavlov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 73 Open
3647 2016-09-22 World Youth Open U14 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 1.1 Andrey Esipenko Sugar Gan-Erdene Won: 1-0 57 Open
3648 2016-07-29 World Youth U16 Olympiad Poprad SVK 9.2 Viachaslau Zarubitski Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 50 Open
3649 2016-07-28 World Youth U16 Olympiad Poprad SVK 8.2 Dastan Turar Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 65 Open
3650 2016-07-27 World Youth U16 Olympiad Poprad SVK 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Alexander Zlatin Won: 1-0 40 Open
  1. vs Artyom TimofeevDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-01-21 · Round 9.4Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup
  2. vs Alexander DemianjukWon · 1-0White · 2017-01-20 · Round 8.8Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup
  3. vs Vadim GunchenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2017-01-19 · Round 7.1Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup
  4. vs Anatoliy DemkovichLost · 1-0Black · 2017-01-18 · Round 6.8Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup
  5. vs Sergey VolkovLost · 0-1White · 2017-01-17 · Round 5.1Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup
  6. vs Dmitry KokarevDraw · ½–½White · 2017-01-16 · Round 4.2Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup
  7. vs Taron ShagbazyanWon · 0-1Black · 2017-01-15 · Round 3.6Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup
  8. vs Konstantin RjabzevWon · 1-0White · 2017-01-14 · Round 2.7Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup
  9. vs Marina NiyazgulovaWon · 0-1Black · 2017-01-13 · Round 1.6Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup
  10. vs Vilka SipilaWon · 1-0White · 2016-12-17 · Round 9.3NFD Cup Final A 2016
  11. vs Evgeny A. LevinLost · 1-0Black · 2016-12-16 · Round 8.3NFD Cup Final A 2016
  12. vs Azat SharafievWon · 1-0White · 2016-12-15 · Round 7.4NFD Cup Final A 2016
  13. vs Naum RudenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2016-12-14 · Round 6.2NFD Cup Final A 2016
  14. vs Daniil LintchevskiDraw · ½–½White · 2016-12-13 · Round 5.5NFD Cup Final A 2016
  15. vs Kirill ShevchenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2016-12-12 · Round 4.1NFD Cup Final A 2016
  16. vs Viktor GazikWon · 0-1Black · 2016-12-11 · Round 3.4NFD Cup Final A 2016
  17. vs Aleksandr VolodinDraw · ½–½White · 2016-12-10 · Round 2.1NFD Cup Final A 2016
  18. vs Vadim MoiseenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-12-09 · Round 1.3NFD Cup Final A 2016
  19. vs Sergei AzarovDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-11-06 · Round 9.920th OIBM 2016
  20. vs Zdenko KozulWon · 1-0White · 2016-11-05 · Round 8.820th OIBM 2016
  21. vs Lance Henderson de La FuenteWon · 0-1Black · 2016-11-04 · Round 7.220th OIBM 2016
  22. vs Christian BussardWon · 1-0White · 2016-11-03 · Round 6.2520th OIBM 2016
  23. vs Alexander StolteLost · 1-0Black · 2016-11-02 · Round 5.1620th OIBM 2016
  24. vs 4101685Draw · ½–½White · 2016-11-01 · Round 4.820th OIBM 2016
  25. vs Dieter SchatzWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-31 · Round 3.2720th OIBM 2016
  26. vs Lars GoldbeckWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-30 · Round 2.2820th OIBM 2016
  27. vs Anita, Dr. JustWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-29 · Round 1.2820th OIBM 2016
  28. vs Roman MartynovWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-23 · Round 9.38Chigorin Memorial 2016
  29. vs Aleksey PolyaninovWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-22 · Round 8.55Chigorin Memorial 2016
  30. vs Rao S.V. SrinathDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-10-21 · Round 7.56Chigorin Memorial 2016
  31. vs Ivan YeletskyLost · 0-1White · 2016-10-20 · Round 6.34Chigorin Memorial 2016
  32. vs Grigory PalchunDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-10-19 · Round 5.29Chigorin Memorial 2016
  33. vs Vojislav MarkovicWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-18 · Round 4.4Chigorin Memorial 2016
  34. vs Evgenij LesovoiLost · 1-0Black · 2016-10-17 · Round 3.26Chigorin Memorial 2016
  35. vs Genadi A AgeichenkoWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-16 · Round 2.42Chigorin Memorial 2016
  36. vs Sergey TsapalinWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-15 · Round 1.46Chigorin Memorial 2016
  37. vs Pawel TeclafWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-03 · Round 11.2World Youth Open U14 2016
  38. vs Chenxi ZhaoWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-02 · Round 10.2World Youth Open U14 2016
  39. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiDraw · ½–½White · 2016-10-01 · Round 9.2World Youth Open U14 2016
  40. vs Kirill ShubinWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-30 · Round 8.2World Youth Open U14 2016
  41. vs Hongchi PengWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-29 · Round 7.2World Youth Open U14 2016
  42. vs Artur DavtyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-09-28 · Round 6.3World Youth Open U14 2016
  43. vs Semyon LomasovLost · 0-1White · 2016-09-26 · Round 5.1World Youth Open U14 2016
  44. vs Ilja SemjonovsDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-09-25 · Round 4.1World Youth Open U14 2016
  45. vs Murad IbrahimliWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-24 · Round 3.1World Youth Open U14 2016
  46. vs Danila PavlovWon · 0-1Black · 2016-09-23 · Round 2.1World Youth Open U14 2016
  47. vs Sugar Gan-ErdeneWon · 1-0White · 2016-09-22 · Round 1.1World Youth Open U14 2016
  48. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-29 · Round 9.2World Youth U16 Olympiad
  49. vs Dastan TurarWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-28 · Round 8.2World Youth U16 Olympiad
  50. vs Alexander ZlatinWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-27 · Round 7.3World Youth U16 Olympiad

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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