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Andrey Esipenko

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Evgenyevich and the family name is Esipenko.

Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko (Russian: Андрей Евгеньевич Есипенко; born 22 March 2002) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the European U10 Chess Championship in 2012, and both the European U16 and World U16 Chess Championship in 2017.

Andrey Esipenko
Esipenko in 2023
Full nameAndrey Evgenyevich Esipenko
CountryRussia (until 2022, since 2023)[1]
FIDE (2022–2023)[a]
Born22 March 2002 (2002-03-22) (age 22)
Novocherkassk, Russia
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2682 (December 2024)
Peak rating2723 (March 2022)
RankingNo. 45 (December 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 24 (March 2022)

Together with 43 other Russian elite chess players, Esipenko signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people.[4]

Chess career

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Early career

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Esipenko was born in Novocherkassk in Rostov Oblast[5] to a Russian family. He started playing chess when he was five years old.[6] Esipenko became European U10 Chess Champion in 2012. He earned his FIDE master title in 2013. He secured all of his grandmaster norms by late 2017 and was awarded the title by FIDE in April 2018.[7]

From 30 May to 10 June 2017, he took part in the 2017 European Individual Chess Championship. He scored 6½/11 ( 4–2=5).[8] His performance rating was 2618.[9] He won both the European U16 and World U16 Chess Championship in 2017.[5]

He competed in the 2017 World Rapid Chess Championship in December, scoring 7½/15 for a performance rating of 2622.[10] During the tournament he played a queen sacrifice against Sergey Karjakin, which Leonard Barden said may be "the move of the year".[11] He scored 11½/21 in the World Blitz Chess Championship, placing 41st out of 138.[12]

In February 2018, Esipenko participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished fifty-seventh out of ninety-two,[13] scoring 4/9 ( 1–2=6).[14] In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed forty-eighth,[15] scoring 7/11 ( 4–1=6).[16]

2019–present

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Esipenko competed in the Tata Steel Challengers in January 2019, placing second with 8½/13 ( 5–1=7).[17] In March, he participated in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed 16th with 7½/11 ( 6–2=3) and qualified for the Chess World Cup 2019.[18] At the Chess World Cup, Esipenko defeated former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov in round one.[19] Paired against Peter Svidler in round two, Esipenko drew the classical games but was eliminated in the rapid tiebreaks.[20]

In January 2020, Esipenko participated in the Gibraltar Masters. He was sole leader after six rounds with 5½/6,[21] and ultimately shared first on 7½/10 for a performance rating of 2809. In a four-way playoff for the title, Esipenko was eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual tournament winner David Paravyan.[22]

Esipenko competed in the Tata Steel Masters in January 2021. In round eight, he defeated World Champion Magnus Carlsen in their first game at a classical time control.[23] Carlsen opted for the Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation to which Esipenko chose the aggressive 8.g4 line inspired by the Keres Attack.[24] This was Carlsen's first loss to a teenager (at standard time controls) since 2011,[25] and his first loss to a sub-2700 rated player since 2015.[26] Esipenko finished the tournament in third place, with 8/13 ( 4–1=8) for a performance rating of 2815.[27]

In round four of the Chess World Cup 2021, Esipenko defeated GM Daniil Dubov in their blitz tiebreaker, after drawing the classical games and the rapid tiebreaks. He was then knocked out in round five of the tournament by Magnus Carlsen after blitz tiebreaks.

Esipenko also participated in the 74th edition of the Russian Chess Championship, held from 9 October 2021 to 20 October 2021.[28] He finished fifth place on tiebreaks, with a score of 5.5/11.

In 2022, Esipenko participated in the 2022 Airthings Masters.[29] In the preliminary stage, he finished 4th with 24 points, thus qualifying for the quarterfinals where he beat Eric Hansen 3-1.[30] He then proceeded to the semifinals, where Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated him by a score of 2.5-0.5.[31]

Through February and March 2022, Esipenko played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022.[32] In the first leg, he placed second in Pool A with a 3.5/6 result.[33] In the third leg, he finished last in Pool A with a result of 1.5/6, finishing 16th in the standings with four points.[34]

In February 2023, Esipenko competed in the first edition of the WR Chess Masters in Düsseldorf, where he tied for 5th place with 5 other players, scoring 4/9 ( 1–2=6).[35]

In March 2023, Esipenko competed in the European Individual Chess Championship, where he placed 8th with a score of 8/11 ( 5–0=6).[36] This gave him a spot in the Chess World Cup 2023.

In December 2024, Esipenko won the Qatar Masters after drawing GM Arjun Erigaisi in the final round, finishing in sole first with a score of 7.5/9.[37]

Notes

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  1. ^ Several Russian players officially switched federations in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Федерация шахмат России подписала 10-летний контракт с гроссмейстером Есипенко". Рамблер (in Russian). 20 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ Russian Grandmasters Leave Russia: 'I Have No Sympathy For This War', chess.com, 1 May 2022
  3. ^ FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022
  4. ^ "'Stop the war.' 44 Top Russian Players Publish Open Letter To Putin", Chess.com, 3 March 2022
  5. ^ a b Friedel, Frederic (21 September 2018). "Guess who came to encourage the Russian Olympiad teams?". ChessBase.
  6. ^ Doggers, Peter (13 June 2019). "Junior Speed Chess: Sarana-Esipenko preview". Chess.com.
  7. ^ Staff writer(s) (2018). "1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018". FIDE.
  8. ^ Staff writer(s) (19 July 2017). "European Individual Chess Championship 2017 - Final Ranking after 11 Rounds". Chess Results.
  9. ^ Staff writer(s) (19 July 2017). "European Individual Chess Championship 2017 - Player info". Chess Results.
  10. ^ Staff writer(s) (28 December 2017). "FINAL Standings Rapid OPEN". FIDE.
  11. ^ Barden, Leonard (29 December 2017). "Veteran Vishy Anand secures surprise title at world rapids in Riyadh". The Guardian.
  12. ^ Staff writer(s) (30 December 2017). "FINAL Standings Blitz OPEN". FIDE.
  13. ^ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A". Chess Results.
  14. ^ Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A: Esipenko Andrey". Chess Results.
  15. ^ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018". Chess Results.
  16. ^ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018: Esipenko Andrey". Chess Results.
  17. ^ McGourty, Colin (28 January 2019). "Tata Steel 2019, 13: Carlsen's Magnificent Seven". Chess24.
  18. ^ European Individual Chess Championship 2019: Esipenko Andrey chess-results
  19. ^ Doggers, Peter (13 September 2019). "Navara, Naiditsch, Ponomariov, Wojtaszek Early Victims At FIDE Chess World Cup". Chess.com.
  20. ^ Doggers, Peter (16 September 2019). "FIDE Chess World Cup: Giri Through In Armageddon". Chess.com. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Gibraltar Masters 2020: Esipenko leads halfway through". FIDE. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  22. ^ Colodro, Carlos Alberto (31 January 2020). "David Paravyan wins Gibraltar Masters in thrilling playoff". ChessBase. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  23. ^ "Tata Steel 8: Esipenko crushes Carlsen | Firouzja top". chess24.com. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  24. ^ "Tata Steel 2021: Firouzja shoots ahead".
  25. ^ Esipenko scores a thumping victory over Carlsen in Tata Steel Round 8, The Week in Chess, 24 January 2021
  26. ^ Doggers, Peter (25 January 2021). "Tata Steel Chess 2021: Esipenko Shocks Carlsen as Firouzja Grabs Sole Lead". Chess.com.
  27. ^ Jorden van Foreest gewinnt das Tata-Steel-Turnier ChessBase
  28. ^ "Russian Championship Superfinal 2021". chess.com. 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  29. ^ [1] ChessBase
  30. ^ AlexYermo (February 24, 2022). "Airthings Masters Day 5: Nepo, Carlsen, Artemiev, Esipenko Win". chess.com. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  31. ^ Leonard Barden (February 25, 2022). "Chess: Fide cancels Moscow Olympiad as Carlsen beats Covid to reach final". theguardian.com. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  32. ^ "FIDE Grand Prix: Esipenko replaces Andreikin in Berlin". fide.com. March 18, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  33. ^ "FIDE Grand Prix Berlin – Round 1 Recap". fide.com. March 23, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  34. ^ CHESScom (April 4, 2022). "FIDE Grand Prix 2022: All The Information". chess.com. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  35. ^ "Who plays against whom and when?". wr-chess.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  36. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Individual Chess Championship 2023". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  37. ^ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter (2024-12-12). "Esipenko Wins Qatar Masters; Arjun Misses Chance To Catch Caruana In FIDE Circuit". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
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