Andrey 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.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Evgenyevich and the family name is Esipenko.
Andrey Esipenko
Esipenko in 2019
Full nameAndrey Evgenyevich Esipenko
CountryRussia
Born22 March 2002 (2002-03-22) (age 18)
Novocherkassk, Russia
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2677 (February 2021)
Peak rating2701 (February 2021)

Chess career

Early career

Esipenko was born in 2002, and is from Novocherkassk in the Rostov Oblast.[1] He started playing chess when he was five years old.[2] 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.[3]

From 30 May to 10 June 2017, he took part in the 2017 European Individual Chess Championship. He scored 6½/11 (+4–2=5).[4] His performance rating was 2618.[5] He won both the European U16 and World U16 Chess Championship in 2017.[1]

He competed in the 2017 World Rapid Chess Championship in December, scoring 7½/15 for a performance rating of 2622.[6] During the tournament he played a queen sacrifice against Sergey Karjakin, which Leonard Barden said may be "the move of the year".[7] He scored 11½/21 in the World Blitz Chess Championship, placing 41st out of 138.[8]

In February 2018, Esipenko participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished fifty-seventh out of ninety-two,[9] scoring 4/9 (+1–2=6).[10] In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed forty-eighth,[11] scoring 7/11 (+4–1=6).[12]

2019–2021

Esipenko competed in the Tata Steel Challengers in January 2019, placing second with 8½/13 (+5–1=7).[13] 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.[14] At the Chess World Cup, Esipenko defeated former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov in round one.[15] Paired against Peter Svidler in round two, Esipenko drew the classical games but was eliminated in the rapid tiebreaks.[16]

In January 2020, Esipenko participated in the Gibraltar Masters. He was sole leader after six rounds with 5½/6,[17] 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.[18]

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.[19] This was Carlsen's first loss to a teenager (at standard time controls) since 2011,[20] and his first loss to a sub-2700 rated player since 2015.[21] Esipenko finished the tournament in third place, with 8/13 (+4–1=8) for a performance rating of 2815.[22]

References
  1. Friedel, Frederic (21 September 2018). "Guess who came to encourage the Russian Olympiad teams?". ChessBase.
  2. Doggers, Peter (13 June 2019). "Junior Speed Chess: Sarana-Esipenko preview". Chess.com.
  3. Staff writer(s) (2018). "1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018". FIDE.
  4. Staff writer(s) (19 July 2017). "European Individual Chess Championship 2017 - Final Ranking after 11 Rounds". Chess Results.
  5. Staff writer(s) (19 July 2017). "European Individual Chess Championship 2017 - Player info". Chess Results.
  6. Staff writer(s) (28 December 2017). "FINAL Standings Rapid OPEN". FIDE.
  7. Barden, Leonard (29 December 2017). "Veteran Vishy Anand secures surprise title at world rapids in Riyadh". The Guardian.
  8. Staff writer(s) (30 December 2017). "FINAL Standings Blitz OPEN". FIDE.
  9. Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A". Chess Results.
  10. Staff writer(s) (28 February 2018). "Aeroflot Open 2018 A: Esipenko Andrey". Chess Results.
  11. Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018". Chess Results.
  12. Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018: Esipenko Andrey". Chess Results.
  13. McGourty, Colin (28 January 2019). "Tata Steel 2019, 13: Carlsen's Magnificent Seven". Chess24.
  14. European Individual Chess Championship 2019: Esipenko Andrey chess-results
  15. Doggers, Peter (13 September 2019). "Navara, Naiditsch, Ponomariov, Wojtaszek Early Victims At FIDE Chess World Cup". Chess.com.
  16. Doggers, Peter (16 September 2019). "FIDE Chess World Cup: Giri Through In Armageddon". Chess.com.
  17. "Gibraltar Masters 2020: Esipenko leads halfway through". FIDE. 27 January 2020.
  18. Colodro, Carlos Alberto (31 January 2020). "David Paravyan wins Gibraltar Masters in thrilling playoff". ChessBase.
  19. "Tata Steel 8: Esipenko crushes Carlsen | Firouzja top". chess24.com. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  20. Esipenko scores a thumping victory over Carlsen in Tata Steel Round 8, The Week in Chess, 24 January 2021
  21. Doggers, Peter (25 January 2021). "Tata Steel Chess 2021: Esipenko Shocks Carlsen as Firouzja Grabs Sole Lead". Chess.com.
  22. Jorden van Foreest gewinnt das Tata-Steel-Turnier ChessBase
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