GM

Esipenko, Andrey

RUS RUS·Born 2002·FIDE #24175439·4,105 Games

Classical26983,318 Games
Rapid2657350 Games
Blitz2651485 Games

Statistics

4105

Total

2055

Wins

1226

Draws

817

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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10
9
7
7
9
6
7
6
7
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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

D
Praggnanandhaa R2741

FIDE Candidates 2026 · 12 Apr 2026

½-½
D
Giri, Anish2753

FIDE Candidates 2026 · 11 Apr 2026

½-½
D
Bluebaum, Matthias2698

FIDE Candidates 2026 · 9 Apr 2026

½-½
D
Nakamura, Hikaru2810

FIDE Candidates 2026 · 8 Apr 2026

½-½
D
Sindarov, Javokhir2745

FIDE Candidates 2026 · 7 Apr 2026

½-½
L
Wei, Yi2754

FIDE Candidates 2026 · 5 Apr 2026

0-1

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
Italian: Fried Liver
61.5%
13 Games·Wins

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

English: Anglo-Indian
58.8%
17 Games·Wins

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5

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

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2060 Games
55%27%18%
1.d4
69%
888
1.e4
68%
842
1.c4
72%
194
1.Nf3
70%
100
1.b3
83%
24
1.g3
90%
5
1.b4
0%
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1.e3
75%
2
1.a3
100%
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1.g4
0%
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1.Nc3
100%
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