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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
401 2026-01-27 Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 9 Kirill Shubin Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 56 Open
402 2026-01-27 Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov Lost: 0-1 52 Open
403 2026-01-27 Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 7 Zbigniew Pakleza Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 67 Open
404 2026-01-27 Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez Won: 1-0 43 Open
405 2026-01-27 Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 5 Jeevan Karamsetty Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 67 Open
406 2026-01-27 Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Sarbartho Mani Won: 1-0 33 Open
407 2026-01-27 Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 3 Dushyant Sharma Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 46 Open
408 2026-01-27 Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Maxim Rousskikh Won: 1-0 51 Open
409 2026-01-27 Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 1 Luca Silva Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 38 Open
410 2026-01-20 Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 9 Andrey Esipenko Dmitry Andreikin Won: 1-0 76 Open
411 2026-01-20 Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 8 Andrey Esipenko Bharath Subramaniyam H Won: 1-0 82 Open
412 2026-01-20 Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 7 Nodar Lortkipanidze Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 43 Open
413 2026-01-20 Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 6 Andrey Esipenko David Navara Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
414 2026-01-20 Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 5 Vache Hovakimyan Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 39 Open
415 2026-01-20 Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 4 Andrey Esipenko Damir Bulgak Won: 1-0 52 Open
416 2026-01-20 Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 3 Artur Gabrielian Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 32 Open
417 2026-01-20 Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 2 Andrey Esipenko Simon Lamaze Won: 1-0 24 Open
418 2026-01-20 Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 1 Antonio Carlos Bambino Filho Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 36 Open
419 2026-01-20 Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 11 Andrey Esipenko Nihal Sarin Won: 1-0 84 Open
420 2026-01-20 Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026 chess.com INT 10 Cristobal Henriquez Villagra Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 89 Open
421 2026-01-14 Freestyle WCh Play-In Swiss 2026 chess.com INT 5 Andrey Esipenko David Anton Guijarro Lost: 0-1 24 Open
422 2026-01-14 Freestyle WCh Play-In Swiss 2026 chess.com INT 4 David Navara Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 104 Open
423 2026-01-14 Freestyle WCh Play-In Swiss 2026 chess.com INT 3 Andrey Esipenko Grigoriy Oparin Lost: 0-1 49 Open
424 2026-01-14 Freestyle WCh Play-In Swiss 2026 chess.com INT 2 Shamsiddin Vokhidov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 33 Open
425 2026-01-14 Freestyle WCh Play-In Swiss 2026 chess.com INT 1 Andrey Esipenko Dennis Wagner Won: 1-0 31 Open
426 2025-12-30 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 19.21 Leinier Dominguez Perez Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 71 Open
427 2025-12-30 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 18.25 Andrey Esipenko Nils Grandelius Won: 1-0 39 Open
428 2025-12-30 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 17.32 Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 57 Open
429 2025-12-30 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 16.47 Andrey Esipenko Kazybek Nogerbek Won: 1-0 48 Open
430 2025-12-30 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 15.6 Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 73 Open
431 2025-12-30 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 14.58 Andrey Esipenko Savva Vetokhin Draw: 1/2-1/2 5 Open
432 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 9.16 Pavel Ponkratov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 64 Open
433 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 8.14 Andrey Esipenko Edgar Mamedov Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
434 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 7.7 Shanglei Lu Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 42 Open
435 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 6.15 Andrey Esipenko Shant Sargsyan Won: 1-0 39 Open
436 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 5.21 Pablo Salinas Herrera Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 42 Open
437 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 4.32 Andrey Esipenko Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen Won: 1-0 33 Open
438 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 3.28 David Paravyan Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 13 Open
439 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 2.59 Andrey Esipenko Lev Zverev Won: 1-0 36 Open
440 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 13.43 Aleksandr Rakhmanov Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 58 Open
441 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 12.4 Andrey Esipenko Dimitris Alexakis Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
442 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 11.29 Bharath Subramaniyam H Andrey Esipenko Lost: 1-0 36 Open
443 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 10.18 Andrey Esipenko Aram Hakobyan Lost: 0-1 53 Open
444 2025-12-29 World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT 1.29 Maksim Tsaruk Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 61 Open
445 2025-12-28 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 13.5 Javokhir Sindarov Andrey Esipenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
446 2025-12-28 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 12.1 Andrey Esipenko Gukesh D Won: 1-0 52 Open
447 2025-12-28 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 11.19 Sina Movahed Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 63 Open
448 2025-12-28 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 10.11 Andrey Esipenko Fabiano Caruana Draw: 1/2-1/2 64 Open
449 2025-12-27 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 9.25 Jingyao Tin Andrey Esipenko Won: 0-1 34 Open
450 2025-12-27 World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT 8.36 Andrey Esipenko Dimitris Alexakis Won: 1-0 49 Open
  1. vs Kirill ShubinLost · 1-0Black · 2026-01-27 · Round 9Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026
  2. vs Mukhammadzokhid SuyarovLost · 0-1White · 2026-01-27 · Round 8Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026
  3. vs Zbigniew PaklezaWon · 0-1Black · 2026-01-27 · Round 7Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026
  4. vs Jose Carlos Ibarra JerezWon · 1-0White · 2026-01-27 · Round 6Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026
  5. vs Jeevan KaramsettyWon · 0-1Black · 2026-01-27 · Round 5Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026
  6. vs Sarbartho ManiWon · 1-0White · 2026-01-27 · Round 4Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026
  7. vs Dushyant SharmaWon · 0-1Black · 2026-01-27 · Round 3Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026
  8. vs Maxim RousskikhWon · 1-0White · 2026-01-27 · Round 2Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026
  9. vs Luca SilvaLost · 1-0Black · 2026-01-27 · Round 1Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026
  10. vs Dmitry AndreikinWon · 1-0White · 2026-01-20 · Round 9Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026
  11. vs Bharath Subramaniyam HWon · 1-0White · 2026-01-20 · Round 8Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026
  12. vs Nodar LortkipanidzeWon · 0-1Black · 2026-01-20 · Round 7Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026
  13. vs David NavaraDraw · ½–½White · 2026-01-20 · Round 6Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026
  14. vs Vache HovakimyanWon · 0-1Black · 2026-01-20 · Round 5Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026
  15. vs Damir BulgakWon · 1-0White · 2026-01-20 · Round 4Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026
  16. vs Artur GabrielianLost · 1-0Black · 2026-01-20 · Round 3Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026
  17. vs Simon LamazeWon · 1-0White · 2026-01-20 · Round 2Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026
  18. vs Antonio Carlos Bambino FilhoWon · 0-1Black · 2026-01-20 · Round 1Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026
  19. vs Nihal SarinWon · 1-0White · 2026-01-20 · Round 11Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026
  20. vs Cristobal Henriquez VillagraDraw · ½–½Black · 2026-01-20 · Round 10Titled Tue 20th Jan 2026
  21. vs David Anton GuijarroLost · 0-1White · 2026-01-14 · Round 5Freestyle WCh Play-In Swiss 2026
  22. vs David NavaraDraw · ½–½Black · 2026-01-14 · Round 4Freestyle WCh Play-In Swiss 2026
  23. vs Grigoriy OparinLost · 0-1White · 2026-01-14 · Round 3Freestyle WCh Play-In Swiss 2026
  24. vs Shamsiddin VokhidovWon · 0-1Black · 2026-01-14 · Round 2Freestyle WCh Play-In Swiss 2026
  25. vs Dennis WagnerWon · 1-0White · 2026-01-14 · Round 1Freestyle WCh Play-In Swiss 2026
  26. vs Leinier Dominguez PerezWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-30 · Round 19.21World Blitz 2025
  27. vs Nils GrandeliusWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-30 · Round 18.25World Blitz 2025
  28. vs Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-30 · Round 17.32World Blitz 2025
  29. vs Kazybek NogerbekWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-30 · Round 16.47World Blitz 2025
  30. vs Mukhammadzokhid SuyarovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-30 · Round 15.6World Blitz 2025
  31. vs Savva VetokhinDraw · ½–½White · 2025-12-30 · Round 14.58World Blitz 2025
  32. vs Pavel PonkratovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-12-29 · Round 9.16World Blitz 2025
  33. vs Edgar MamedovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-12-29 · Round 8.14World Blitz 2025
  34. vs Shanglei LuLost · 1-0Black · 2025-12-29 · Round 7.7World Blitz 2025
  35. vs Shant SargsyanWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-29 · Round 6.15World Blitz 2025
  36. vs Pablo Salinas HerreraWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-29 · Round 5.21World Blitz 2025
  37. vs Ngoc Truong Son NguyenWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-29 · Round 4.32World Blitz 2025
  38. vs David ParavyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-12-29 · Round 3.28World Blitz 2025
  39. vs Lev ZverevWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-29 · Round 2.59World Blitz 2025
  40. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovLost · 1-0Black · 2025-12-29 · Round 13.43World Blitz 2025
  41. vs Dimitris AlexakisDraw · ½–½White · 2025-12-29 · Round 12.4World Blitz 2025
  42. vs Bharath Subramaniyam HLost · 1-0Black · 2025-12-29 · Round 11.29World Blitz 2025
  43. vs Aram HakobyanLost · 0-1White · 2025-12-29 · Round 10.18World Blitz 2025
  44. vs Maksim TsarukDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-12-29 · Round 1.29World Blitz 2025
  45. vs Javokhir SindarovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-12-28 · Round 13.5World Rapid 2025
  46. vs Gukesh DWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-28 · Round 12.1World Rapid 2025
  47. vs Sina MovahedWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-28 · Round 11.19World Rapid 2025
  48. vs Fabiano CaruanaDraw · ½–½White · 2025-12-28 · Round 10.11World Rapid 2025
  49. vs Jingyao TinWon · 0-1Black · 2025-12-27 · Round 9.25World Rapid 2025
  50. vs Dimitris AlexakisWon · 1-0White · 2025-12-27 · Round 8.36World Rapid 2025

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-01Superfinal Men Championship 2026Classical7½

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