| Andrey Esipenko | |
|---|---|
 Esipenko in 2023 | |
| Full name | Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko |
| Country | Russia (until 2022, since 2023)[1] FIDE (2022–2023)[a] |
| Born | 22 March 2002 (age 22) Novocherkassk, Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2677 (September 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2723 (March 2022) |
| Ranking | No. 49 (September 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 24 (March 2022) |
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.
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]
- ^ "Федерация шахмат России подписала 10-летний контракт с гроссмейстером Есипенко". Рамблер (in Russian). 20 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ Russian Grandmasters Leave Russia: 'I Have No Sympathy For This War', chess.com, 1 May 2022
- ^ FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022
- ^ "'Stop the war.' 44 Top Russian Players Publish Open Letter To Putin", Chess.com, 3 March 2022
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