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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

2681.8 -1.2

Classical

Live estimate

2658

Rapid

Published FIDE

2645

Blitz

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
3834

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
3701 2015-11-01 World Youth Boys U14 2015 Porto Carras GRE 7.4 Paulius Pultinevicius Andrey Esipenko 0-1 44 Open
3702 2015-10-31 World Youth Boys U14 2015 Porto Carras GRE 6.5 Andrey Esipenko Patryk Chylewski 1-0 35 Open
3703 2015-10-29 World Youth Boys U14 2015 Porto Carras GRE 5.1 Kirill Shevchenko Andrey Esipenko 1-0 70 Open
3704 2015-10-28 World Youth Boys U14 2015 Porto Carras GRE 4.2 Andrey Esipenko Aram Hakobyan 1-0 69 Open
3705 2015-10-27 World Youth Boys U14 2015 Porto Carras GRE 3.3 Adham Kandil Andrey Esipenko 0-1 98 Open
3706 2015-10-26 World Youth Boys U14 2015 Porto Carras GRE 2.7 Andrey Esipenko Jean Lamblin 1-0 47 Open
3707 2015-10-25 World Youth Boys U14 2015 Porto Carras GRE 1.7 Vikram Ramasamy Andrey Esipenko 0-1 57 Open
3708 2015-09-30 25th EY BU14 2015 Porec CRO 9.2 Andrey Esipenko Viachaslau Zarubitski 1-0 35 Open
3709 2015-09-29 25th EY BU14 2015 Porec CRO 8.1 Aram Hakobyan Andrey Esipenko 1-0 61 Open
3710 2015-09-28 25th EY BU14 2015 Porec CRO 7.1 Andrey Esipenko Robby Kevlishvili 1-0 58 Open
3711 2015-09-27 25th EY BU14 2015 Porec CRO 6.1 Sergei Lobanov Andrey Esipenko 0-1 41 Open
3712 2015-09-25 25th EY BU14 2015 Porec CRO 5.2 Andrey Esipenko Stefan Raykov 1-0 40 Open
3713 2015-09-24 25th EY BU14 2015 Porec CRO 4.4 Adam Bohus Andrey Esipenko 0-1 33 Open
3714 2015-09-23 25th EY BU14 2015 Porec CRO 3.1 Andrey Esipenko Maksim Ivannikau 1-0 49 Open
3715 2015-09-22 25th EY BU14 2015 Porec CRO 2.3 Davit T. Mirzoyan Andrey Esipenko 1/2-1/2 25 Open
3716 2015-09-21 25th EY BU14 2015 Porec CRO 1.4 Andrey Esipenko Dejan Omorjan 1-0 47 Open
3717 2015-08-27 World U16 Olympiad 2015 Ulan Bator MGL 9.3 Andrey Esipenko Viachaslau Zarubitski 0-1 33 Open
3718 2015-08-26 World U16 Olympiad 2015 Ulan Bator MGL 8.3 Uurtsaikh Agibileg Andrey Esipenko 0-1 44 Open
3719 2015-08-25 World U16 Olympiad 2015 Ulan Bator MGL 7.3 Andrey Esipenko Adam Kozak 1-0 7 Open
3720 2015-08-24 World U16 Olympiad 2015 Ulan Bator MGL 5.2 Andrey Esipenko M. Amin Tabatabaei 0-1 30 Open
3721 2015-08-22 World U16 Olympiad 2015 Ulan Bator MGL 4.2 Wenxiang Li Andrey Esipenko 0-1 67 Open
3722 2015-08-22 World U16 Olympiad 2015 Ulan Bator MGL 3.3 Sai Vishwesh.C Andrey Esipenko 0-1 37 Open
3723 2015-08-20 World U16 Olympiad 2015 Ulan Bator MGL 1.3 G M S Thilakarathne Andrey Esipenko 0-1 50 Open
3724 2015-08-11 Riga Tech Open A 2015 Riga LAT 2.4 Hrant Melkumyan Andrey Esipenko 1-0 52 Open
3725 2015-08-06 Liepajas Rokade Open 2015 Liepaja LAT 5.3 Andrey Esipenko Arturs Neiksans 0-1 27 Open
3726 2015-08-06 Liepajas Rokade Open 2015 Liepaja LAT 4.4 Edgars Stepins Andrey Esipenko 1/2-1/2 89 Open
3727 2015-06-20 19th Voronezh Master Open Voronezh RUS 9.21 Andrey Esipenko Konstantin Mesropov 1-0 54 Open
3728 2015-06-19 19th Voronezh Master Open Voronezh RUS 8.36 Andrey Esipenko Vitaly Gurvich 1-0 34 Open
3729 2015-06-18 19th Voronezh Master Open Voronezh RUS 7.33 Ivan Selivanov Andrey Esipenko 1/2-1/2 40 Open
3730 2015-06-17 19th Voronezh Master Open Voronezh RUS 6.36 Andrey Esipenko Evgeny Okun 1/2-1/2 46 Open
3731 2015-06-16 19th Voronezh Master Open Voronezh RUS 5.19 Vladislav Kovalev Andrey Esipenko 1-0 42 Open
3732 2015-06-15 19th Voronezh Master Open Voronezh RUS 4.16 Andrey Esipenko Alexandr Kharitonov 1/2-1/2 58 Open
3733 2015-06-14 19th Voronezh Master Open Voronezh RUS 3.18 Vitaly Sivuk Andrey Esipenko 1/2-1/2 39 Open
3734 2015-06-13 19th Voronezh Master Open Voronezh RUS 2.15 Andrey Esipenko Evgeny A. Levin 1/2-1/2 54 Open
3735 2015-06-12 19th Voronezh Master Open Voronezh RUS 1.53 Polina Maslova Andrey Esipenko 0-1 45 Open
3736 2015-05-30 Somov Memorial 2015 Kirishi RUS 11.2 Andrey Esipenko Matyas Marek 1-0 51 Open
3737 2015-05-29 Somov Memorial 2015 Kirishi RUS 10.5 Maksim Chigaev Andrey Esipenko 1/2-1/2 24 Open
3738 2015-05-28 Somov Memorial 2015 Kirishi RUS 9.3 Andrey Esipenko Valery Kazakouski 1/2-1/2 82 Open
3739 2015-05-27 Somov Memorial 2015 Kirishi RUS 8.4 Alexey Zenzera Andrey Esipenko 1/2-1/2 45 Open
3740 2015-05-26 Somov Memorial 2015 Kirishi RUS 7.4 Andrey Esipenko Ariel Erenberg 1-0 68 Open
3741 2015-05-25 Somov Memorial 2015 Kirishi RUS 6.3 Kirill Kozionov Andrey Esipenko 1-0 41 Open
3742 2015-05-24 Somov Memorial 2015 Kirishi RUS 5.5 Andrey Esipenko Abdulla Gadimbayli 1-0 52 Open
3743 2015-05-22 Somov Memorial 2015 Kirishi RUS 4.2 Thore Perske Andrey Esipenko 0-1 36 Open
3744 2015-05-21 Somov Memorial 2015 Kirishi RUS 3.6 Andrey Esipenko Giorgi Sibashvili 1/2-1/2 57 Open
3745 2015-05-20 Somov Memorial 2015 Kirishi RUS 2.1 Semen Khanin Andrey Esipenko 1-0 33 Open
3746 2015-05-19 Somov Memorial 2015 Kirishi RUS 1.6 Svetlana Tishova Andrey Esipenko 0-1 43 Open
3747 2015-02-08 Moscow Open A 2015 Moscow RUS 9.5 Vasiliy Korchmar Andrey Esipenko 1/2-1/2 60 Open
3748 2015-02-07 Moscow Open A 2015 Moscow RUS 8.46 Andrey Esipenko Tigran Simonian 1/2-1/2 41 Open
3749 2015-02-06 Moscow Open A 2015 Moscow RUS 7.3 Alexey Mokshanov Andrey Esipenko 1-0 40 Open
3750 2015-02-05 Moscow Open A 2015 Moscow RUS 6.26 Andrey Esipenko Maksat Atabayev 1/2-1/2 99 Open
  1. vs Paulius PultineviciusWon · 0-1Black · 2015-11-01 · Round 7.4World Youth Boys U14 2015
  2. vs Patryk ChylewskiWon · 1-0White · 2015-10-31 · Round 6.5World Youth Boys U14 2015
  3. vs Kirill ShevchenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2015-10-29 · Round 5.1World Youth Boys U14 2015
  4. vs Aram HakobyanWon · 1-0White · 2015-10-28 · Round 4.2World Youth Boys U14 2015
  5. vs Adham KandilWon · 0-1Black · 2015-10-27 · Round 3.3World Youth Boys U14 2015
  6. vs Jean LamblinWon · 1-0White · 2015-10-26 · Round 2.7World Youth Boys U14 2015
  7. vs Vikram RamasamyWon · 0-1Black · 2015-10-25 · Round 1.7World Youth Boys U14 2015
  8. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiWon · 1-0White · 2015-09-30 · Round 9.225th EY BU14 2015
  9. vs Aram HakobyanLost · 1-0Black · 2015-09-29 · Round 8.125th EY BU14 2015
  10. vs Robby KevlishviliWon · 1-0White · 2015-09-28 · Round 7.125th EY BU14 2015
  11. vs Sergei LobanovWon · 0-1Black · 2015-09-27 · Round 6.125th EY BU14 2015
  12. vs Stefan RaykovWon · 1-0White · 2015-09-25 · Round 5.225th EY BU14 2015
  13. vs Adam BohusWon · 0-1Black · 2015-09-24 · Round 4.425th EY BU14 2015
  14. vs Maksim IvannikauWon · 1-0White · 2015-09-23 · Round 3.125th EY BU14 2015
  15. vs Davit T. MirzoyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-09-22 · Round 2.325th EY BU14 2015
  16. vs Dejan OmorjanWon · 1-0White · 2015-09-21 · Round 1.425th EY BU14 2015
  17. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiLost · 0-1White · 2015-08-27 · Round 9.3World U16 Olympiad 2015
  18. vs Uurtsaikh AgibilegWon · 0-1Black · 2015-08-26 · Round 8.3World U16 Olympiad 2015
  19. vs Adam KozakWon · 1-0White · 2015-08-25 · Round 7.3World U16 Olympiad 2015
  20. vs M. Amin TabatabaeiLost · 0-1White · 2015-08-24 · Round 5.2World U16 Olympiad 2015
  21. vs Wenxiang LiWon · 0-1Black · 2015-08-22 · Round 4.2World U16 Olympiad 2015
  22. vs Sai Vishwesh.CWon · 0-1Black · 2015-08-22 · Round 3.3World U16 Olympiad 2015
  23. vs G M S ThilakarathneWon · 0-1Black · 2015-08-20 · Round 1.3World U16 Olympiad 2015
  24. vs Hrant MelkumyanLost · 1-0Black · 2015-08-11 · Round 2.4Riga Tech Open A 2015
  25. vs Arturs NeiksansLost · 0-1White · 2015-08-06 · Round 5.3Liepajas Rokade Open 2015
  26. vs Edgars StepinsDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-08-06 · Round 4.4Liepajas Rokade Open 2015
  27. vs Konstantin MesropovWon · 1-0White · 2015-06-20 · Round 9.2119th Voronezh Master Open
  28. vs Vitaly GurvichWon · 1-0White · 2015-06-19 · Round 8.3619th Voronezh Master Open
  29. vs Ivan SelivanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-06-18 · Round 7.3319th Voronezh Master Open
  30. vs Evgeny OkunDraw · ½–½White · 2015-06-17 · Round 6.3619th Voronezh Master Open
  31. vs Vladislav KovalevLost · 1-0Black · 2015-06-16 · Round 5.1919th Voronezh Master Open
  32. vs Alexandr KharitonovDraw · ½–½White · 2015-06-15 · Round 4.1619th Voronezh Master Open
  33. vs Vitaly SivukDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-06-14 · Round 3.1819th Voronezh Master Open
  34. vs Evgeny A. LevinDraw · ½–½White · 2015-06-13 · Round 2.1519th Voronezh Master Open
  35. vs Polina MaslovaWon · 0-1Black · 2015-06-12 · Round 1.5319th Voronezh Master Open
  36. vs Matyas MarekWon · 1-0White · 2015-05-30 · Round 11.2Somov Memorial 2015
  37. vs Maksim ChigaevDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-05-29 · Round 10.5Somov Memorial 2015
  38. vs Valery KazakouskiDraw · ½–½White · 2015-05-28 · Round 9.3Somov Memorial 2015
  39. vs Alexey ZenzeraDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-05-27 · Round 8.4Somov Memorial 2015
  40. vs Ariel ErenbergWon · 1-0White · 2015-05-26 · Round 7.4Somov Memorial 2015
  41. vs Kirill KozionovLost · 1-0Black · 2015-05-25 · Round 6.3Somov Memorial 2015
  42. vs Abdulla GadimbayliWon · 1-0White · 2015-05-24 · Round 5.5Somov Memorial 2015
  43. vs Thore PerskeWon · 0-1Black · 2015-05-22 · Round 4.2Somov Memorial 2015
  44. vs Giorgi SibashviliDraw · ½–½White · 2015-05-21 · Round 3.6Somov Memorial 2015
  45. vs Semen KhaninLost · 1-0Black · 2015-05-20 · Round 2.1Somov Memorial 2015
  46. vs Svetlana TishovaWon · 0-1Black · 2015-05-19 · Round 1.6Somov Memorial 2015
  47. vs Vasiliy KorchmarDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-02-08 · Round 9.5Moscow Open A 2015
  48. vs Tigran SimonianDraw · ½–½White · 2015-02-07 · Round 8.46Moscow Open A 2015
  49. vs Alexey MokshanovLost · 1-0Black · 2015-02-06 · Round 7.3Moscow Open A 2015
  50. vs Maksat AtabayevDraw · ½–½White · 2015-02-05 · Round 6.26Moscow Open A 2015

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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