Esipenko, Andrey

RUS RUS·Born 2002·FIDE #24175439·4,157 Games

Classical26843,370 Games

Rapid2653350 Games

Blitz2651485 Games

Statistics

4157

Total

2085

Wins

1235

Draws

830

Losses

50%30%20%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.4% average

High resilience (58%): Dangerous even when losing

Solid conversion: 85%

Very consistent (90%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.b3 ♔ (83% in 24 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 921 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening97.0%

Middlegame94.2%

Endgame95.2%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+7%

Winning (+2 or more)95%

192 Games

Equal position96%

238 Games

Losing (-2 or more)89%

70 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖

27%

64 errors

♕

22%

52 errors

♙

15%

35 errors

♗

13%

31 errors

♞

13%

30 errors

♔

11%

26 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 42average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

32% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

d810 err

f610 err

c59 err

e49 err

c37 err

d8/f6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Radjabov, Teimour2689

75th Ann. Karpov 2026 · 23 May 2026

0-1

Inarkiev, Ernesto2653

75th Ann. Karpov 2026 · 23 May 2026

0-1

Yakubboev, Nodirbek2689

75th Ann. Karpov 2026 · 22 May 2026

½-½

Grischuk, Alexander2641

75th Ann. Karpov 2026 · 22 May 2026

½-½

Artemiev, Vladislav2641

75th Ann. Karpov 2026 · 21 May 2026

½-½

Dubov, Daniil2654

75th Ann. Karpov 2026 · 21 May 2026

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID

White

English: Four Knights

83.3%

12 Games·Wins

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6

Caro-Kann: Advance

75.8%

33 Games·Wins

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5

Black

Sicilian: e6 Systems

62.1%

29 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Italian: Fried Liver

61.5%

13 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#58b4??

Endgame

vs Suyarov

Blitz·2025

▶

#24d4??

Tactics

vs Ponkratov

Blitz·2025

▶

#30h5??

Tactics

vs Hakobyan

Blitz·2025

▶

#38Rd1??

Tactics

vs Mamedov

Blitz·2025

▶

#28Qd5??

Tactics

vs Alexakis

Blitz·2025

▶

#42Bc6??

Endgame

vs Gurel

Blitz·2025

▶

#72Kb5??

Endgame

vs Ashraf

OTB·2025

▶

#57Bg3??

Endgame

vs Pranav V

OTB·2025

▶

#55Kh8??

Endgame

vs Piliposyan

OTB·2025

▶

#65Bf8??

Endgame

vs Bluebaum

OTB·2025

Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire

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Starting Position

2085 Games

56%27%17%

Move	Games	%
1.d4	903	69%
1.e4	851	68%
1.c4 Strong	195	72%
1.Nf3	100	70%
1.b3 Strong	24	83%
1.g3 Strong	5	90%
1.b4 Weak	2	0%
1.e3 Strong	2	75%
1.a3 Strong	1	100%
1.g4 Weak	1	0%
1.Nc3 Strong	1	100%

1.d4

69%

903

1.e4

68%

851

1.c4

72%

195

1.Nf3

70%

100

1.b3

83%

1.g3

90%

1.b4

1.e3

75%

1.a3

100%

1.g4

1.Nc3

100%

Esipenko, Andrey

Play against Esipenko, Andrey's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

English: Four Knights

Caro-Kann: Advance

Sicilian: e6 Systems

Italian: Fried Liver

Critical Blunders