Andrey Esipenko

About Andrey Esipenko

Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko (born 22 March 2002) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the European U10 Chess Championship in 2012, and both the European U16, World U16 Chess Championship in 2017 and Russian Chess Championship in 2026. He qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2026. 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.

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