13 Facts About Andrey Esipenko

Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Andrey Esipenko won the European U10 Chess Championship in 2012, and both the European U16 and World U16 Chess Championship in 2017.

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.

Andrey Esipenko was born in Novocherkassk in Rostov Oblast to a Russian family.

Andrey Esipenko started playing chess when he was five years old.

Andrey Esipenko secured all of his grandmaster norms by late 2017 and was awarded the title by FIDE in April 2018.

Andrey Esipenko won both the European U16 and World U16 Chess Championship in 2017.

At the Chess World Cup, Andrey Esipenko defeated former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov in round one.

Andrey Esipenko competed in the Tata Steel Masters in January 2021.

Carlsen opted for the Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation to which Andrey Esipenko chose the aggressive 8.

In round four of the Chess World Cup 2021, Andrey Esipenko defeated GM Daniil Dubov in their blitz tiebreaker, after drawing the classical games and the rapid tiebreaks.

Andrey Esipenko was then knocked out in round five of the tournament by Magnus Carlsen after blitz tiebreaks.

Andrey Esipenko participated in the 74th edition of the Russian Chess Championship, held from 9 October 2021 to 20 October 2021.