Andrey Esipenko secured a spot in the Candidates tournament by winning the third-place playoff at the Chess World Cup.

Panaji: Wei Yi, the Chinese GM who made it to the final of the FIDE World Cup on Sunday, couldn't believe his eyes when Andrey Esipenko blundered and offered him a place in the all-important ...

That has been a theme song at the Chess World Cup. Wei Yi and Javokhir Sindarov sang it rather well at Resort Rio on Tuesday.

Wei Yi and Javokhir Sindarov needed just 24 minutes – and the minimum 30 moves -- as Game 2 of their final ended in a draw.

While 19-year-old Sindarov defeated childhood friend Yakubboev Nodirbek in an all-Uzbekistan semifinal by snatching an early lead, the battle between ...

Sindarov, Wei Yi and Esipenko qualified via the FIDE World Cup 2025 route, having finished in the top three positions.

While Nodirbek Yakubboev signed the truce pact with compatriot GM Javokhir Sindarov immediately after the mandatory 30 moves, Wei Yi and GM Andrey Esipenko had their chances but could not convert and ...

Russian Grandmaster Andrey Esipenko and Arkadij Naiditsch of Bulgaria on Friday played a battling draw to lead a pack of six players with 3.5 points each at the Qatar Masters. Esipenko and Naiditsch ...

PANAJI: (Nov 25) Grandmaster Andrey Esipenko of Russia registered crushing back-to-back wins over Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev in the third-place match, while China’s Wei Yi will fight it out ...

Russian GM Andrey Esipenko on Thursday managed a draw against top seed Arjun Erigaisi of India to win the Qatar Masters title for the first time. The 22-year-old finished with 7.5 points after the ...

With the resurgence of over-the-board chess activity in the Kremlin (and elsewhere), the Russian Team Championship (Premier League) was held last week in the resort city of Sochi. St. Petersburg ...