[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. 0-0 Qb6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxb2 16. Bc4 Rad8 17. Qc5 Qc3 18. Rab1 Rd7 19. Rfc1 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Bb5 Re7 22. h4 b6 23. g4 g6 24. Kg2 Rd8 25. Rb4 Nb7 26. Rf4 Bg7 27. Rc6 Rd6 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Rfc4 Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kh7 31. Bd3 Nc5 32. Bc2 Bf6 33. h5 Kg7 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Ng1 Rd7 36. Nf3 Re7 37. Rc6 Re6 38. Rc7+ Re7 39. Rxe7+ Bxe7 40. Ne5 g5 41. Nc6 Kf6 42. Nxa7 Ke6 43. Kf3 Kd5 44. Bh7 Nd7 45. Bg8+ Kc5 46. Be6 Nf6 47. a4 Ne8 48. Ke4 Nd6+ 49. Ke5 b5 50. axb5 Nxb5 51. Nc8 Bd8 52. Bd5 Bc7+ 53. Ke6 Bh2 54. Bg2 Nc7+ 55. Kd7 Nd5 56. Bxd5 Kxd5 57. f3 Kc4 58. Ke6 Kd3 59. e4 Ke3 60. Kf5 Kxf3 61. Ne7 h5 62. gxh5 g4 63. h6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2024.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Drygalov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2024.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a3 e6 8. Bc4 h6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. f3 Bd7 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ba2 Be7 13. g4 Qc7 14. 0-0-0 Rb8 15. b4 Na4 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. Qxa6 d5 18. exd5 Qc3 19. dxe6 Qxa3+ 20. Kd2 Bxb4+ 21. Ke2 0-0 22. exd7 Qxa2 23. Qc6 Rfd8 24. Ra1 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Nc6 Rxd7 27. Nxb8 Re7 28. Kd3 Rxe3+ 29. Kd4 Re8 30. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2024.03.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2024.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Qe2 c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nxc5 12. Qd1 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Be5 f6 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. Ke2 Rfc8 18. Rhc1 h5 19. Ne1 Bd6 20. f3 Ng5 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. h3 Bb4 23. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2024.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 Bf5 9. a5 Nf6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bg5 a6 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Re1 Bg6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Bd5 f6 18. Nh4 Be8 19. Nf5 Rb8 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Be6 Qc8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Qc4 Rfe8 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. d4 Red8 27. d5 Na7 28. Ne6 Rd7 29. Qb3 b6 30. axb6 Qxb6 31. c4 Qxb4 32. Qh3 Re7 33. Qe3 Nc8 34. Qd3 Qb3 35. Qxb3 Rxb3 36. Rb1 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Nd6 38. Rb8+ Re8 39. Rxe8+ Nxe8 40. c5 a5 41. Nxc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2024.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2024.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. a4 a5 9. Na3 c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Bf4 f5 13. Ne1 g5 14. Be3 Bf6 15. f3 Nd6 16. Bf2 Bg7 17. c5 Nf7 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 b6 20. exd5 exd5 21. cxb6 Qxb6 22. Rac1 Nf6 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Bd7 25. Rc5 Bxa4 26. Nac2 Bb3 27. Rd3 a4 28. Ne3 Nd6 29. Nxd5 Nfe4 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Bxe4+ Nxe4 32. Rf5 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Rae8 34. Rdf3 Bxd4+ 35. Kf1 Rxf5 36. Nxf5 Bxb2 37. Nd3 a3 38. Nb4 Bc4+ 39. Kg2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2024.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. c5 Nf4 14. Bc4 d5 15. cxd6 Bxd6 16. g3 Ng6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Na4 c5 19. Rac1 Qc6 20. f3 Ba6 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Ne5 23. Be3 Qb7 24. Rfd1 Rdc8 25. Qd2 h6 26. b3 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 a5 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Kg2 Qb7 30. Bd4 Nc6 31. Bc3 Qe7 32. Qb5 Nb4 33. Rd7 Qg5 34. Qb7 Rf8 35. Bxb4 axb4 36. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2024.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ohanyan, Emin"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 d5 8. Qc2 c6 9. b3 b6 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rab8 17. Rfd1 c5 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. Rd2 Rbd8 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qd3 Be7 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. f3 h5 26. h4 g6 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2024.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Remizov, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Qc7 6. 0-0 d5 7. d3 Be7 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Na3 0-0 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne3 h6 13. g3 Rad8 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. Nef5 Bf8 16. f4 g6 17. Ne3 Bh3 18. Rf3 Bg7 19. Nhg2 Kh8 20. f5 Kh7 21. g4 Bxg4 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. Rh3 Nf6 24. Bg5 Rd6 25. Ne3 Nh5 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 Rg8 28. Nd5 Bf8 29. h4 Rxd5 30. exd5 e4 31. Kg2 f6 32. d6 Qb6 33. Bb3 c4 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qxc4 Rg7 36. Qxe4 hxg5 37. Rh1 g4 38. Qe8 Qd8 39. Re1 Qxd6 40. Re6 Qd2+ 41. Re2 Qd6 42. Re6 Qd2+ 43. Re2 Qd6 44. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2024.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Strybuk, Artsiom I"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB11_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 h6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nb5 Bc5 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Qc1 Bb6 12. Rd1 Qf6 13. Nfxd4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qxf4 15. gxf4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Ke7 17. Rd3 c6 18. Rad1 Bc7 19. e3 g5 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. h3 Be5 22. b4 Bf6 23. b5 c5 24. Ne2 Be6 25. Ra3 Rhb8 26. Nc3 Kf8 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Rc1 c4 29. Ra4 a6 30. b6 Rd8 31. Ra5 Bb4 32. Rxg5 Ba3 33. Rc2 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 f5 35. Ng3 Rad8 36. Rg6 Kf7 37. Rh6 R8d2 38. Rh7+ Kg6 39. Rxd2 Rxd2 40. Rxb7 Bd6 41. e4 c3 42. e5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barrientos Chavarriaga, Sergio E"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 0-0 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. h3 b5 17. Bb1 a6 18. d5 c4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. e5 Bxf3 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qxf3 Nd5 23. Bc1 g6 24. Be4 Qf7 25. Qg3 Be7 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. e6 Qf5 28. Qe3 Bc5 29. Qg3 Re8 30. Bh6 Rxe6 31. Qb8+ Kf7 32. Qc7+ Re7 33. Rxe7+ Bxe7 34. Be3 Qe6 35. Bc5 Ke8 36. Bxe7 Qxe7 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qxa6 Qd7 39. Qb6 d4 40. cxd4 Qd5 41. Qc7+ Ke6 42. Qf4 Qf5 43. Qe3+ Kd5 44. f3 Qf6 45. Qe4+ Kd6 46. Kf2 Qf5 47. Ke2 Qg5 48. g4 Qc1 49. Qe5+ Kd7 50. Qc5 Kd8 51. Qb6+ Kc8 52. Qa6+ Kd8 53. Qa5+ Ke7 54. Qb4+ Ke6 55. Qxb5 Qc2+ 56. Ke3 Qd3+ 57. Kf2 Qxd4+ 58. Kg2 c3 59. Qe2+ Kd5 60. Qb5+ Kd6 61. Qa6+ Kc7 62. Qa5+ Kc6 63. Qa6+ Kc5 64. Qa5+ Kc4 65. Qa4+ Kd3 66. Qd1+ Ke3 67. Qe1+ Kf4 68. Qg3+ Kg5 69. f4+ Kf6 70. g5+ Kf7 71. Qf3 Qd2+ 72. Kg3 c2 73. Qb7+ Ke6 74. Qc6+ Kf5 75. Qb5+ Ke4 76. Qc4+ Ke3 77. Qb3+ Ke2 78. Qf3+ Ke1 79. Qh1+ Ke2 80. Qf3+ Ke1 81. Qh1+ Ke2 82. Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dourerassou, Jonathan"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bc2 Rac8 13. Nc4 Nf6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd6 Rb8 16. Qd3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Rad1 Rc7 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfc8 22. Red1 Kf8 23. e4 Ke7 24. e5 Ng4 25. f4 Ne3 26. R1d2 Nc4 27. Bb3 Nxd2 28. Rxd2 g5 29. g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 f6 31. Rg2 Rf8 32. Rg6 fxe5 33. fxe5 Rc5 34. Rxh6 Rxe5 35. Rg6 Re2 36. h4 Rxb2 37. h5 Rf6 38. Rg7+ Kd6 39. Ba4 b5 40. Bb3 a5 41. c4 a4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Bellissimo, Joseph F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nd7 10. Nc3 c5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ba6 Rc7 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. e4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. h4 Rc7 19. e5 Be7 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Nb8 22. Qe4 Qe6 23. Nd4 Qh6 24. Nf5 Qg6 25. Rd6 f6 26. exf6 Bxd6 27. Qd5+ Rcf7 28. h5 Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qxh5+ 30. Kg1 g6 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Qe6 Qg5 33. Rd1 Na6 34. Qxf7 Rxf7 35. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Re1 Bc6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. a4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf1 Rad8 16. Qb1 a5 17. Qa2 Qxa2 18. Rxa2 Nd7 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nb6 21. Nf3 Nc4 22. c3 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Bxc3 24. Rc2 Bxe1 25. Nxe1 Rd1 26. Kf1 a4 27. Ra2 Ra8 28. b6 cxb6 29. Bxb6 Rb1 30. Bd4 b5 31. Ke2 b4 32. Nd3 a3 33. Bc5 Re8+ 34. Kd2 Rd8 35. Ke2 Rb3 36. Rd2 Re8+ 37. Kf3 a2 38. Bd4 Ra8 39. Rd1 Rb1 40. Rd2 b3 41. Ke4 a1Q 42. Bxa1 Raxa1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Martinez Fernandez, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. h4 d5 4. e5 h5 5. c4 Nh6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. g3 b6 14. Nh2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. f4 Qf5 18. Rac1 Kh7 19. Qd3 Qh3 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rc7 Rf7 23. Rdc1 Raf8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Qg4 27. Kh2 Kh6 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rf1 Kh7 30. Kg2 Rf5 31. Nxe6 Rxf1 32. Ng5+ Kh6 33. Qxf1 Qc8 34. Qf7 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 Qf5+ 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Niekras, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 a6 6. h4 h5 7. Ne5 c5 8. Be2 Qa5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Bf3 cxd4 11. exd4 0-0 12. Re1 Re8 13. a3 Bf5 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Be5 e6 17. Re2 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxd5 Rxc3 20. Bb3 Qc7 21. g3 Rxb3 22. cxb3 Rd8 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Rc8 25. c4 Nf6 26. f3 Rd8 27. Rd2 Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Ke3 Rg8 30. a4 g5 31. hxg5 Rxg5 32. Kf4 Rg8 33. a5 Nd7 34. Ra4 Kd6 35. Rh2 Bg6 36. Rb4 Kc7 37. Rd2 Nb8 38. d5 Rd8 39. Ke3 exd5 40. cxd5 Rd7 41. Rc4+ Kd8 42. Rdd4 Rd6 43. Rb4 Kc7 44. Rdc4+ Kd8 45. Rxb7 Nd7 46. Kd4 Nf6 47. Ke5 Rxd5+ 48. Kxf6 Rf5+ 49. Kg7 Rxa5 50. b4 Rf5 51. f4 Rd5 52. Rc3 Rd6 53. Rc5 Be4 54. Rxf7 Rg6+ 55. Kf8 Rxg3 56. f5 Rf3 57. Re5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "239"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 0-0 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. h3 Qb8 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. dxc5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 bxc5 19. h4 h5 20. Bb1 Ba8 21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Be5 Qa8 24. Ng5 a6 25. Bd3 Ng4 26. Bf4 Bd6 27. Bxd6 Rxd6 28. f3 Ne5 29. Bb1 Qb8 30. Qb2 Rdd8 31. Qf2 Kg7 32. Qg3 Qd6 33. Qf4 Qe7 34. Rd2 Rd7 35. Bd3 Nxd3 36. Rxd3 Rcd8 37. Nh3 d4 38. e4 a5 39. Nf2 Ba6 40. Rd2 a4 41. Qg5 Qe6 42. Qxc5 axb3 43. axb3 Qxb3 44. Rcd1 Qe3 45. Qg5 Qc3 46. Nh3 d3 47. Nf4 Kh7 48. Nd5 Qd4+ 49. Kh2 Rd6 50. Qe7 R8d7 51. Qg5 Re6 52. Rc1 Bc4 53. Nf4 Re5 54. Qg3 Rc5 55. Nh3 Qe3 56. Rcd1 Bb3 57. Ng5+ Kg7 58. Qe1 Qxe1 59. Rxe1 Rc2 60. Red1 Rxd2 61. Rxd2 Bc2 62. Kg3 f6 63. Nh3 Kf7 64. Kf4 Ke6 65. Ke3 Ra7 66. Nf4+ Kf7 67. Nxd3 Bxd3 68. Rxd3 Ra2 69. g3 Ra7 70. Rd6 Re7 71. Kf4 Kg7 72. Rd5 Rf7 73. g4 hxg4 74. fxg4 Rb7 75. g5 fxg5+ 76. hxg5 Kf7 77. Rd6 Rb5 78. Rd7+ Kf8 79. Rd5 Rb1 80. Ke5 Ke7 81. Ra5 Rb7 82. Rd5 Rc7 83. Rb5 Ra7 84. Rb6 Ra5+ 85. Kf4 Kf7 86. Rb7+ Kf8 87. Rd7 Kg8 88. Rd5 Ra6 89. Ke5 Kf7 90. Rd7+ Kf8 91. Rd6 Ra4 92. Rxg6 Kf7 93. Rf6+ Ke7 94. Kf5 Ra1 95. Kg6 Re1 96. Rf4 Ke6 97. Kg7 Ke5 98. Rf2 Rxe4 99. g6 Ke6 100. Kg8 Ke7 101. g7 Rh4 102. Re2+ Kd7 103. Re5 Kd6 104. Re8 Kd7 105. Re1 Kd6 106. Kf7 Rf4+ 107. Kg6 Rg4+ 108. Kf6 Rf4+ 109. Kg5 Rf2 110. Re4 Rg2+ 111. Rg4 Re2 112. g8Q Re5+ 113. Kf6 Re4 114. Rxe4 Kc5 115. Re5+ Kb6 116. Qe6+ Ka7 117. Rd5 Ka8 118. Rd7 Kb8 119. Qe7 Kc8 120. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e3 Re8 9. b3 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Bb2 exd4 12. exd4 Bf5 13. Nb5 Nb4 14. Nh4 Bd3 15. Qb3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Bf8 17. d5 c6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. a3 Nd3 21. Ne4 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Qf3 Re5 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qf4 Kh7 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. Bxc6 Qd3 31. Qxf6 Rf5 32. Qh4 Re5 33. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ranaldi, Lucas"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 h6 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 Nc6 11. e3 Ne7 12. Ne5 c6 13. Rc1 Nf5 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. Ng3 Ned6 16. Nf3 f6 17. b4 Qe7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. a4 g5 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Rfe1 Be6 22. Qb1 Qh7 23. Nd2 Rae8 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Qb3 Kg7 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Nxb5 28. Bxd5 Rh8 29. Nf1 Bd3 30. Bg2 Nd6 31. e4 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Qxh2 33. e5 fxe5 34. dxe5 Rxe5 35. Qb2 Rhe8 36. Rcd1 Nf7 37. Rd7 Kg8 38. Rxe5 Qxe5 39. Qxe5 Nxe5 40. Rxb7 Kf8 41. Rc7 Re6 42. Be4 Ke8 43. Rg7 g4 44. Bf5 Rf6 45. Bxg4 c5 46. Rg5 Nd3 47. Rf5 Rd6 48. Be2 c4 49. Bxd3 Rxd3 50. Rc5 Rd4 51. Ke2 Kd7 52. Ke3 Rd3+ 53. Ke4 Rd2 54. Rxc4 Rxf2 55. Rd4+ Ke6 56. Ke3 Rh2 57. Re4+ Kd5 58. Rd4+ Kc5 59. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sahakyan, Aleks"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2024.02.27"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Qxc6 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. Bf3 d5 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Qd3 Bg4 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nf6 16. f3 Rae8 17. Be5 Nh5 18. Rae1 Re6 19. h4 Qe8 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 c6 24. Be5 f6 25. Qh6 Qh7 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27. Bh2 Rfe8 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. Rb1 Re7 31. Bb8 a6 32. g4 Ng7 33. Rh1 Ne6 34. Rh8 Ng5 35. c4 Ne4+ 36. Kf3 Nd2+ 37. Kf2 Nxc4 38. Bf4 Re4 39. Kf3 Rxd4 40. Rb8 b6 41. Rc8 Na5 42. Be3 Rb4 43. Rg8+ Kf7 44. Ra8 c5 45. Rxa6 Nc4 46. Bf4 Rb2 47. g5 fxg5 48. Bxg5 Rxc2 49. Kg4 Re2 50. Kf5 Re5+ 51. Kf4 Re4+ 52. Kf3 Ke8 53. Ra7 Re6 54. Bf4 d4 55. Ra4 b5 56. Ra8+ Kd7 57. Ra7+ Kc6 58. Rc7+ Kb6 59. Rd7 b4 60. Rd8 Kb5 61. Rb8+ Rb6 62. Rc8 Ra6 63. Ke4 Rxa2 64. Kd5 Nb6+ 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4 Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. b5 d5 9. exd6 Nxd6 10. bxc6 Nxc4 11. cxb7 Bxb7 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxc4 0-0 14. 0-0 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qh3 16. Bf4 Qxf3 17. Bg3 h5 18. Nd2 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 dxc3 20. Nc4 Bf6 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Rfe8 23. Nf3 Rad8 24. Rfc1 Rd3 25. Ne1 Rd2 26. Rxc3 Ree2 27. Nd3 c5 28. Rf1 c4 29. Nf4 Re4 30. Nxh5 Rxa2 31. Ng3 Rd4 32. Rfc1 Ra4 33. Nf5 Rg4+ 34. Kf1 Rf4 35. Ne3 Ra2 36. R1c2 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 a5 38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39. Nxc4 a4 40. Ke2 Kh7 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Kg4 Kf6 43. h4 Ke6 44. Kg5 Ke7 45. f4 Kf8 46. f5 Kg8 47. f6 g6 48. Kh6 Kh8 49. Na3 Kg8 50. Nc4 Kh8 51. Na3 Kg8 52. Nb5 Kh8 53. h5 gxh5 54. Kxh5 Kh7 55. Kg5 Kg8 56. Na3 Kh7 57. Nc4 Kg8 58. Kh6 Kh8 59. Kh5 Kh7 60. Kg5 Kg8 61. Kf4 Kh7 62. Kf5 Kg8 63. Ke5 Kh7 64. Kd6 Kh6 65. Ke7 Kg6 66. Na3 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4 Bb6 7. e5 Ne4 8. b5 d5 9. Bd3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qe7 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bxe4 gxf4 13. cxd4 dxe4 14. Nc3 Qb4 15. Rc1 Bxd4 16. 0-0 Bxe5 17. Nd5 Qxb5 18. Rxc7 0-0 19. Re7 Be6 20. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4 Bb6 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. b5 Nb4 11. fxg7 Rg8 12. cxb4 Rxg7 13. Qe5 Rxg2 14. Nbd2 Qd5 15. Kf1 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 Bh3 17. Ndxc4 0-0-0 18. Ke1 Re8 19. Kd1 Rxf2 20. Bd2 Bf5 21. a4 d3 22. Ra3 Bd4 23. Nxd3 Rf3 24. Ne1 Rf2 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 Ra2 28. Ra3 Re2 29. Rf1 Be6 30. Rc3 Rxh2 31. Nc2 h5 32. a5 Kb8 33. Ne5 h4 34. Nxf7 Rf8 35. Rcf3 Bc4 36. Ne5 Rxf3 37. Rxf3 Rh1+ 38. Kb2 a6 39. Nxc4 axb5 40. Ne5 h3 41. Rf8+ Ka7 42. Rh8 b6 43. axb6+ Kxb6 44. Rh6+ Kb7 45. Nd3 Kc8 46. Nf2 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3 0-0 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. exd5 a4 16. Nh5 Qd6 17. Bxa4 cxd5 18. Bb3 Bf5 19. d4 e4 20. Ne5 Be6 21. Qd2 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Bd1 e3 24. Rxe3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 g5 27. Ng3 Rfe8 28. Kf2 Bd7 29. Bc2 Ra6 30. Ke2 Rae6 31. Nf1 Bb5+ 32. Bd3 Bxd3+ 33. Kxd3 Rb6 34. Rb1 Rf6 35. Ke2 Re5 36. Ng3 Rfe6 37. Nf1 f5 38. Kd3 Kg7 39. Rd1 Kf6 40. Rd2 h5 41. Rf2 h4 42. Rf3 Kg6 43. Kd4 Re4+ 44. Kxd5 R4e5+ 45. Kc4 Rc6+ 46. Kd3 Rd5+ 47. Kc2 Rcd6 48. Rf2 g4 49. Nd2 Re6 50. Nf1 Kg5 51. a4 Rde5 52. Kd3 Rd6+ 53. Kc2 Rde6 54. Kd3 Re8 55. Kc2 b6 56. Kd3 Ra8 57. b3 Rd8+ 58. Kc2 Re4 59. Re2 Rde8 60. Kd3 Rd8+ 61. Kc2 Re7 62. Rf2 Kg6 63. Rf4 Kg5 64. Rf2 Re4 65. Re2 g3 66. Nd2 Re7 67. Nf3+ Kh5 68. Nd4 f4 69. exf4 Rxe2+ 70. Nxe2 Kg6 71. Nd4 Rf8 72. f5+ Kf6 73. Kd3 Re8 74. Kd2 Re4 75. Kd1 Rf4 76. Kd2 Rf2+ 77. Ke3 Rxg2 78. Nf3 Rb2 79. Nxh4 g2 80. Nf3 Rxb3 81. Kf2 Rxc3 82. Kxg2 Rc4 83. h4 Rxa4 84. h5 b5 85. h6 b4 86. Nd4 Ra8 87. Kf3 Rh8 88. Ke4 Rxh6 89. Kd5 Rh4 90. Kc5 Re4 91. Kd5 Rf4 92. Kc5 Ke5 93. Nc6+ Kxf5 94. Nxb4 Ke6 95. Nc6 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3 0-0 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nf1 Rb8 13. Be3 Re8 14. Bc4 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Ne7 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. d4 Ng6 18. Nf1 Bc6 19. Ng3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bd7 21. Bb5 bxc3 22. Qxc3 c5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Bxc6 Re5 25. Rad1 Rb4 26. Nf5 Qc7 27. Bd5 Nf4 28. Qg3 Rxf5 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7 30. exf5 d5 31. b3 Kh7 32. Kh2 Qh5 33. Rc1 Ne2 34. Qg6+ Qxg6 35. fxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rxe2 Rxb3 37. Rxc5 d4 38. f3 Rb4 39. Rxa5 d3 40. Rd2 Rd4 41. Rb5 Nd5 42. Rb3 Nb4 43. a5 Rc4 44. a6 Rc2 45. Rbxd3 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bc2 c4 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. d4 cxd3 9. Bxd3 Qc7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. 0-0 g5 12. Bxg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxe5 14. Qh5 Qf6 15. f4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Nd2 0-0-0 18. Ndf3 Be8 19. Rae1 Kb8 20. Kh1 h6 21. Nh3 Rg8 22. Ne5 d4 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Qe2 f6 25. Nf3 Bh5 26. b4 dxc3 27. bxc5 Nd4 28. Qf2 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Qxc5 30. Ng1 Qc4 31. Rfe1 Nxc2 32. Qxc2 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rc8 34. Ne2 Qc5 35. Nd4 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Nb3 Qe3 38. Qe4 Qg5 39. Na5 Qe7 40. Rb1 Rc7 41. Nc6+ Rxc6 42. Qxc6 e4 43. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qc7 18. Bf4 Nc4 19. b3 Ne5 20. Ndf5 Rad8 21. Rc1 Ng6 22. Bb1 Qd7 23. Bd2 d5 24. Ba5 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. exd5 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Bxd5 28. Bc3 Qc6 29. Ne3 Nf4 30. Bxf6 Bxg2 31. Be5 Nxh3+ 32. Kh2 Ng5 33. Qc3 Bc5 34. Nxg2 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qc7 18. a4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Bf4 Qc8 23. Qd2 Qe6 24. f3 Nd7 25. Nf5 Ne5 26. Nd4 Qd7 27. Bb3 Nc4 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Kh2 h5 30. Nf5 d5 31. Qd4 Qe6 32. h4 dxe4 33. Ng3 Qe7 34. Nf5 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Bxc5 36. fxe4 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Bxe4 38. Bd6 Bf2 39. Bg3 Bb6 40. Nd6 Bd3 41. Be5 f6 42. Bc3 Bc5 43. Nb5 Kf7 44. Nd4 g5 45. g3 Bd6 46. hxg5 fxg5 47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Kf2 Bc7 49. Kg2 Bd6 50. Kf2 h4 51. gxh4 gxh4 52. Nf3 Bg3+ 53. Ke3 Kf5 54. b3 h3 55. bxc4 Bxc4 56. Nd4+ Kg4 57. Nf3 Bd5 58. Ne5+ Kf5 59. Nf3 Bb7 60. Bb2 Bf4+ 61. Kf2 Ke4 62. Ba3 Bc8 63. Bc5 Bg4 64. Nd2+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3 h6 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ba4 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. h3 c6 14. Bc2 b5 15. Be3 a4 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 Qc7 18. Ng3 Bb6 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Qe7 22. d5 Bd7 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Ng5 Bc7 27. b4 Qxh6 28. Nxh6+ Kg7 29. Nhxf7 Rd7 30. Bb3 d5 31. g3 Ree7 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. h4 Rxf7 35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36. Re4 Nge7 37. c4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 Bb6 39. b5 Ra7 40. Rc2 Ra3 41. Kg2 Rb3 42. Re1 Bd4 43. Rce2 Kf6 44. Re4 Rxb5 45. f4 Rb2+ 46. Kh3 Nc6 47. Rc1 Nde7 48. fxe5+ Ke6 49. Rf1 Bxe5 50. Rf3 Nd5 51. Re1 Nd4 52. Rd3 Nf5 53. Rf3 Nd6 54. h5 Rb7 55. g4 Rb2 56. Kh4 Nc4 57. g5 Rh2+ 58. Rh3 Rg2 59. h6 Nd6 60. Rf3 Nf5+ 61. Kh5 Nde7 62. Rh1 Ng3+ 63. Rxg3 Rxg3 64. h7 Kf7 65. Re1 Bh8 66. Re4 Rh3+ 67. Kg4 Rxh7 68. Rf4+ Kg8 69. Re4 Rf7 70. Rf4 Rh7 71. Re4 Rf7 72. Kh5 Bg7 73. Re6 Bf8 74. g6 Rf5+ 75. Kg4 Ra5 76. Rf6 Rc5 77. Kh4 Rc8 78. Kg5 Rc5+ 79. Kg4 Rc6 80. Kg5 Rxf6 81. Kxf6 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. d6 cxd6 10. Qe4 0-0 11. Bd3 g6 12. 0-0 Bf6 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bb2 Qe5 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Rae1 Qg5 17. h4 Qxh4 18. Re4 Qg5 19. Rg4 Qe5 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qd5 Bc5 23. c3 a5 24. a3 b5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Bb7 27. Qg5 Bb6 28. Bxb5 Rbe8 29. Bxd7 Re5 30. Qf6 Rd8 31. d4 Re2 32. Bg4 Ree8 33. c4 Be4 34. c5 Bc7 35. Bf3 dxc5 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. dxc5 Rxb4 38. Qe7 Rc8 39. Qd7 Rbb8 40. Re1 Bf4 41. g3 Bg5 42. c6 Bf6 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. h3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 h6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. Bd2 a6 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Nc3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd6 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Re3 b5 20. b4 Qxb4 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Nxd5 Qd6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rae1 Rad8 25. Nf5 Qf6 26. Rg3 Nc5 27. Qf3 Ne6 28. Qg4 Nxd4 29. Qxg7+ Qxg7 30. Nxg7 Rg8 31. Nh5 Rxg3 32. fxg3 Ne6 33. Re2 Kg8 34. g4 b4 35. Re5 Rd3 36. Ra5 Rd6 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Kf2 Nc7 39. Ne4 Rc6 40. Rc5 Rxc5 41. Nxc5 Ke7 42. Ke3 a5 43. h4 Nb5 44. Na4 Ke6 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. g5 hxg5 47. h5 Ke6 48. Nc5+ Kf6 49. Ne4+ Kg7 50. Nxg5 a4 51. h6+ Kxh6 52. Nxf7+ Kh5 53. Ne5 b3 54. axb3 axb3 55. Nc4 Kg4 56. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don Blitz m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.02.21"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. h3 h6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qe8 13. b4 Bd8 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. d4 Bf6 17. c3 a5 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Be3 Ra8 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. f4 Bf6 24. e5 Bh4 25. f5 Bc4 26. f6 Qxe5 27. fxg7 Rfe8 28. Bd4 Qg5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxg5 Bxg5 31. bxa5 c5 32. Bf2 Kxg7 33. Rd1 Bf4 34. a4 bxa4 35. Ra1 Bb3 36. Bd3 Ra8 37. c4 Rxa5 38. Be1 Be5 39. Rb1 Ra7 40. Be4 a3 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don Rapid m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2024.02.18"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Re1 a6 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Nb8 14. c4 Nbd7 15. b4 c6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Rb1 g6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. a4 Bg7 20. a5 Nh5 21. Qd1 Qe7 22. Na4 Qe6 23. Rc1 Rad8 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 d5 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qc2 Ra8 28. Bd2 dxe4 29. dxe4 Nf4 30. Nb6 Nxb6 31. axb6 Ra3 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qxc6 Rb3 34. Qxe6 Rxe6 35. Rc7 Rexb6 36. Rxf7 Rb1 37. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 38. Kh2 g5 39. g4 fxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Kg6 41. Rf5 Rb4 42. Ne5+ Bxe5+ 43. Rxe5 h5 44. f3 Rb3 45. Rf5 Ra3 46. Rb5 Kf6 47. h4 gxh4+ 48. Kf4 Kg6 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. Rb1 Ra6 51. Rh1 Kg6 52. Rxh4 Rf6+ 53. Kg3 Kg5 54. f4+ Kg6 55. Rh1 Ra6 56. Rd1 Ra3+ 57. Kh4 Ra4 58. Rg1+ Kf6 59. Re1 Kg6 60. f5+ Kh6 61. Kg3 Kg5 62. Kf3 Ra3+ 63. Re3 Ra1 64. Rd3 Rf1+ 65. Ke2 Ra1 66. Rd8 h4 67. Kf3 Ra3+ 68. Kg2 h3+ 69. Kh2 Re3 70. Rg8+ Kh4 71. f6 Re2+ 72. Kh1 Re1+ 73. Rg1 Rxe4 74. Rf1 Re8 75. f7 Rf8 76. Kh2 Kh5 77. Kxh3 Kg6 78. Rf2 Rxf7 79. Rxf7 Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don Rapid m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.02.18"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Nf1 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Ng3 Na5 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Be3 c5 16. Ra4 Be6 17. Rh4 e4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. c4 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Qd6 21. Bf4 Qf8 22. Rh5 f6 23. Nd2 g5 24. Bg3 Bf7 25. Ne4 Re6 26. Rf1 Rd8 27. Kg1 Rxe4 28. Rxf6 Re6 29. Rhxh6 Qxh6 30. Rxh6 Rxh6 31. Qf3 Bb8 32. Bxb8 Rxb8 33. Qg3 Re8 34. Qxg5+ Rg6 35. Qxc5 Re2 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qxb7 Rxb2 38. d4 a5 39. Qe4 Rxb3 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qxa5 Bxc4 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. d5 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Rb7 45. h4 Rf7 46. h5 Rg4 47. Kh3 Be2 48. Qe8 Rf2 49. d6 Rfxg2 50. Qe5+ Kh7 51. d7 Rg1 52. Qxe2 Rg8 53. d8Q Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don Rapid m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.02.18"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Na3 0-0 9. Nb5 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 g6 12. d4 Qe7 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bf1 Nf4 15. Kh2 Kg7 16. g3 Nh5 17. c4 Nf6 18. Kg1 Re8 19. Bg2 h6 20. Rc1 b6 21. Nc3 Bb7 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. a3 Nd7 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nf8 27. Rd3 Qb8 28. b5 Na5 29. c5 bxc5 30. Rxc5 Ne6 31. Rc1 c6 32. Nb6 cxb5 33. Nd7 Qa7 34. Nfxe5 Ng5 35. Rc7 Rac8 36. Qa1 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don Rapid m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.02.18"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. h3 h6 12. Rb1 b5 13. Ra1 Bb4 14. Bd3 Nh4 15. Be3 Nxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 0-0 18. g4 f6 19. Qg3 fxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Be4 Ne2 23. Qg2 Nc3 24. Bb7 Rb8 25. f4 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Nd5 27. Qa7 b4 28. Qd4 Bb5 29. Rfe1 h5 30. f5 hxg4 31. fxe6 Bc6 32. Kh2 Rf3 33. Qxg4 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don Rapid m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.02.18"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Be3 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Nd5 Bf8 13. Re1 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. Ba2 Ng6 16. b4 Qf6 17. c3 Be6 18. a4 c5 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 Ra8 22. Qa1 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 cxb4 24. cxb4 Qd7 25. Rc1 d5 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6 dxe4 28. dxe4 Bxb4 29. Rb6 h5 30. Rxb5 Bf8 31. g3 f6 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. h4 Re7 34. Ng1 Rc7 35. Ne2 Ne7 36. Rb3 Nc6 37. Rc3 Bd6 38. f4 Na5 39. Rxc7+ Bxc7 40. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don Rapid m"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2024.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.02.18"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CB09_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 d5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Nf1 c4 16. Be3 Bg6 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. f4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rc6 21. Ng3 Bd3 22. f5 Rh6 23. Re3 Bg5 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Re8 26. Rf1 Qc7 27. f6 g6 28. Qf3 Rh4 29. Nf5 gxf5 30. Qg3 h6 31. Rxf5 Kh8 32. Kh2 Qc8 33. Rxg5 hxg5 34. Qxg5 Rh7 35. Qf4 Rg8 36. Qf3 Qe6 37. b4 Rg5 38. Qf4 Rhh5 39. Qf3 Rxe5 40. g4 Re2+ 41. Kh1 Rh7 42. Kg1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Brilej, Jaka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Ne2 0-0 10. Ng3 Bb7 11. Re1 c5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nf5 Bf6 15. Qe2 g6 16. Nh6+ Kh8 17. Qc4 Qd4 18. Nxf7+ Kg8 19. Nxe5+ Kg7 20. Qxd4 cxd4 21. Nd7 Rf7 22. Nxf6 Rxf6 23. b3 Rc6 24. Re2 Re6 25. f3 c5 26. Bb2 Kf7 27. c3 d3 28. Rd2 Rd8 29. c4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Narva, Mai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. 0-0 e5 6. e4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nde5 11. b3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd2 c4 15. Rb1 cxb3 16. axb3 Be6 17. Nd5 b5 18. Qe2 Nd4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Bh6 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f4 Bxh3 23. Qc3+ f6 24. f5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ne5 26. Nf4 Rfc8 27. Qd2 Qc6 28. Kh3 Qxe4 29. Ne6+ Kh8 30. Nd4 gxf5 31. Rbe1 Qg4+ 32. Kg2 Rg8 33. Nxf5 Rac8 34. Rf4 Qg5 35. Ref1 Rc5 36. R1f2 Ng4 37. Qxd6 Rxf5 38. Rxf5 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. a3 Nf6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. g3 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qe2 b5 12. Kh1 a5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. exd5 exd5 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Bf4 Qb7 17. Bd6 Ne6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. f4 Ndc5 21. Ne2 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Bg7 23. Qxa5 Ra8 24. Qd2 b4 25. Rb1 b3 26. cxb3 Qa6 27. d4 Nd3 28. Qc3 Rd8 29. b4 Nf2+ 30. Kh2 h5 31. f5 gxf5 32. Qf3 Ne4 33. Qxf5 Qd3 34. Rf1 Rd7 35. Rf3 Qd1 36. Qxh5 Nd2 37. Rf2 Re7 38. Qf5 Nxd4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Raxd2 Qc1 42. Qf4 Be3 43. Qb8+ Re8 44. Qd6+ Re7 45. Rde2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Daneshvar, Bardiya"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 0-0 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Nf3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Be2 Be6 12. 0-0 Nd7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. h3 Rac8 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Rac1 a5 19. Bh2 Bd6 20. Nd3 Bf5 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Qe2 Rdd8 23. Nf4 d4 24. exd4 cxd4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qe5 Bc2 27. Qxd4 Qb8 28. Rd2 Bb3 29. g3 Qb5 30. Kg2 Kh8 31. Re2 a4 32. Re5 Qa6 33. Rc5 Re8 34. Rc6 Qb5 35. Rc5 Qa6 36. Qc3 Ne4 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Rc6 Qb7 39. Rxh6+ Kg8 40. Qc6 Re7 41. Qxb7 Rxb7 42. Rd6 Bc2 43. Rd2 Rxb2 44. f3 Ra2 45. Nd5 Bb3 46. Rxa2 Bxa2 47. Nc3 Bb3 48. Kf2 g5 49. Ke3 Kg7 50. Kd4 Kg6 51. g4 f5 52. Ke5 fxg4 53. hxg4 Bc2 54. Nb5 Bd1 55. Nd4 Bb3 56. Ke4 Bf7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. 0-0 a6 7. Be3 d6 8. Bxc5 dxc5 9. a4 Qd6 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. Qe1 Nd4 12. Rc1 c6 13. a5 Qc7 14. Ba2 Qxa5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. f4 exf4 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Qc6 21. Nxf4 Kg8 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nh5 Rf8 24. c3 Ne6 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Nxf7 Be8 27. Nxh8 Bxh5 28. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bg6 11. c3 0-0 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nh4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 g6 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. h4 a6 18. h5 Qg4 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qc2 Re4 21. Qb3 Rae8 22. Be3 Qh5 23. Qxb7 R8e6 24. Bd2 Ne7 25. c4 Nf5 26. Qxd5 Nxd4 27. Qxh5 gxh5 28. Ng5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rg6 30. Kf1 f6 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Ne4 Nf5 33. Nxd6 Nxd6 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Rxc7 Rg4 36. c5 Ne4 37. Be3 Rh4 38. Kg1 Ng5 39. b3 Ne6 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. c6 Ke7 42. Ra8 f5 43. Rxa6 Re4 44. Kf1 f4 45. Bd2 Kd6 46. Ra5 h4 47. Rh5 Rd4 48. Ke1 Re4+ 49. Kd1 Kxc6 50. Rxh4 Kd5 51. f3 Rd4 52. Kc2 Kc6 53. Rh6 Kd7 54. Bc3 Rd5 55. Rg6 Nc5 56. Rg4 Ne6 57. a4 Rc5 58. Kd3 Rd5+ 59. Ke4 Rd1 60. Be5 Rb1 61. Bxf4 Rxb3 62. Be5 Nc5+ 63. Kf5 Ra3 64. Rd4+ Kc6 65. Bd6 Ra2 66. Bxc5 Kxc5 67. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. 0-0 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4 8. d4 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Qb3 b5 13. Nf1 0-0 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bd2 d5 16. Ne5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bb4 Qg5 21. f3 Bf5 22. Bxf8 Bxh3 23. Re2 Rxf8 24. Qe3 Qg6 25. Kh2 Bf5 26. g4 Bb1 27. Re1 Bc2 28. Rac1 b4 29. Qd2 b3 30. axb3 Bxb3 31. Rc7 h6 32. Qe3 Bc4 33. Qf4 Qc2+ 34. Kg3 Qxb2 35. Rh1 Qb8 36. Rxf7 Qxf4+ 37. Rxf4 Ra8 38. g5 hxg5 39. Rg4 a5 40. Ra1 a4 41. Ra3 Bb3 42. Rxg5 Rc8 43. Kf4 Kf7 44. Ra1 Rc4 45. Rag1 Ke7 46. Ke5 Kd7 47. Rxg7+ Kc6 48. R1g6 Rc3 49. Rxe6+ Kb5 50. Rb7+ Ka5 51. f4 a3 52. Ra7+ Kb5 53. Rxa3 Kb4 54. Ra7 Rh3 55. Rb7+ Kc3 56. Rc6+ Bc4 57. f5 Re3+ 58. Kd6 Kxd4 59. f6 Rf3 60. f7 Rf6+ 61. Ke7 Rf5 62. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Omonov, Asrorjon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bd4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b6 10. Qd1 Bxc5 11. Bd3 Nge7 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. f4 0-0 15. 0-0 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Qe2 Raf8 18. Nd2 Qd6 19. Rae1 Rxf4 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Rf6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Kf2 h6 25. Nb3 c4 26. Nc5 a5 27. Ke3 Kf7 28. g4 Ng6 29. Bf5 Nf8 30. b3 cxb3 31. axb3 Ke7 32. Nd3 Nd7 33. Bxd7 Kxd7 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Na7 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Nc5+ Kd6 38. Kf5 Nc6 39. Nd3 Ke7 40. h4 Kf7 41. Kf4 Ke6 42. b5 Ne7 43. b6 Kd6 44. b7 Kc7 45. Nc5 Kb8 46. h5 Kc7 47. Nd7 Kxb7 48. Nxf6 Kc6 49. g5 hxg5+ 50. Kxg5 d4 51. h6 d3 52. Ne4 Kd5 53. Nd2 Nc6 54. h7 Ne5 55. Kf6 Nc4 56. Nxc4 Kxc4 57. h8Q Kd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qc7 7. Qd2 e6 8. 0-0-0 h6 9. h4 Rb8 10. h5 b5 11. c4 b4 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rb6 14. b3 Ra6 15. a4 bxa3 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. c3 Be7 18. Ka2 f6 19. Bg6+ Kd8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rd3 Rf8 22. Bd6 Be7 23. Bg3 Ra6 24. Re1 Rb6 25. Kxa3 Na5 26. Nd2 Bb7 27. Kb2 Bg5 28. Ra1 Bxd2 29. Rxa5 Bf4 30. Bh4+ Bg5 31. Bxg5+ hxg5 32. f3 g4 33. fxg4 Rf2+ 34. Ka3 Rxg2 35. Rxc5 Rxg4 36. b4 Ra6+ 37. Kb3 Rg2 38. Rd1 Rga2 39. b5 R6a3+ 40. Kb4 Ra4+ 41. Kb3 R4a3+ 42. Kb4 a5+ 43. bxa6 Rxa6 44. Re5 Ke7 45. Re3 d6 46. c5 Bd5 47. cxd6+ Rxd6 48. c4 Rb6+ 49. Kc3 Ra3+ 50. Kd4 Rxe3 51. Kxe3 Bxc4 52. Be4 Rb3+ 53. Kd4 Be2 54. Rg1 Kf8 55. Rg5 Rb4+ 56. Ke3 Bd1 57. Bg6 Rb3+ 58. Kd4 Rb4+ 59. Kc5 Ra4 60. Kd6 Ra6+ 61. Kd7 Ba4+ 62. Kd8 Ra8+ 63. Kc7 Be8 64. Bd3 Bf7 65. Bc4 Ra1 66. Kd6 Rd1+ 67. Kc5 Rc1 68. Kb4 Re1 69. Kc3 Re3+ 70. Kd4 Rf3 71. Be2 Rf2 72. Bg4 Rf1 73. Ke5 Re1+ 74. Kf4 Bg8 75. Ra5 Bh7 76. Kg5 Rc1 77. Ra8+ Kf7 78. Ra7+ Kf8 79. Bxe6 Rc5+ 80. Kg4 Bc2 81. Rf7+ Ke8 82. Rxg7 Bd1+ 83. Kf4 Bxh5 84. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 d6 11. h3 b4 12. d3 bxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14. Nbd2 dxe4 15. dxe4 h6 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Nc4 Ra8 18. Qc2 Qe8 19. Be3 Nd4 20. cxd4 Bxa4 21. Qc1 Nxe4 22. Nfxe5 f5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bf2 Kh7 25. Qb1 Nd5 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. Bxe3 Rb8 28. Qd3 Bb3 29. Bf2 Bd5 30. Qc2 Qd8 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. Qxc6 Bd6 33. Qc4 Qg5 34. d5 Rb4 35. Qc1 Bf4 36. Qc3 Bd6 37. Qc1 Qf6 38. Qd2 Rb2 39. Qd4 Bg3 40. Qxb2 Qxb2 41. Bxg3 Qd4+ 42. Kh1 f4 43. Bh2 Qxd5 44. Re4 g5 45. Rc1 c6 46. Rec4 Rf6 47. Bg1 Qd7 48. Rc5 Kg6 49. Re1 Rf5 50. Rxf5 Qxf5 51. Rc1 Qd7 52. Rc5 h5 53. Bf2 Qd6 54. Rc1 Kf6 55. Kg1 Ke6 56. Rc5 Qd1+ 57. Kh2 Qe2 58. Kg1 g4 59. hxg4 hxg4 60. fxg4 Kd6 61. g5 Qg4 62. Ra5 f3 63. Bc5+ Ke6 64. Ra2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. a3 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. b4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Qxg6 exd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nd5 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rfe8 22. g3 Re6 23. Rc5 Qa2 24. Rc2 Qd5 25. Re2 Rf6 26. Kg2 Rfd6 27. Re4 b6 28. Rde1 c5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Bf8 32. Qe3 Re6 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. dxc5 Bxc5 36. a4 Kf8 37. Ne5 Ke7 38. f4 h5 39. Kf3 Kd6 40. Ke4 Bg1 41. h4 Kc5 42. g4 hxg4 43. Nxg4 Kb4 44. h5 Bc5 45. h6 Bf8 46. Ke5 Kxa4 47. Kxe6 Kb3 48. h7 Bg7 49. f5 a5 50. f6 Bh8 51. f7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rakhmatullaev, Almas"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. 0-0 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qxd5 11. d4 0-0-0 12. Nc3 Qe6 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 Rhe8 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Nb5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qe2 g4 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. Qe4 Rg8 25. Bf4 Rdf8 26. Bd2 h3 27. c4 Nde7 28. Be3 g3 29. f4 hxg2 30. Kxg2 a6 31. Nc3 Nf5 32. Rh1 Qxc4 33. Rae1 Qe6 34. Nd5 Rh8 35. Rxh8 Rxh8 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Kxh1 Qh6+ 38. Kg1 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Nh4 40. Bg1 Qh3+ 41. Ke1 Qg4 42. e6 Nf3+ 43. Kd1 Nxg1+ 44. Kc1 Qe2 45. Qxe2 Nxe2+ 46. Kd2 g2 47. e7 Nxe7 48. Nxe7+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Uskov, Artem"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a3 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Nh5 14. Qd1 Bh4 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Rf1 Nf4 17. Qg4 Bg5 18. Nc3 h5 19. Qd1 Rf7 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Qxh5 Raf8 22. Ne2 Qxb2 23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Qg6 R8f6 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Qh5+ Rh6 27. Qe2 Qe5 28. Rae1 Rhf6 29. Qd3 g5 30. Re3 Rh4 31. Rg3 Kh6 32. Qc3 Rxe4 33. Qxc7 Rc4 34. Qd8 Rf7 35. Qe8 Kg7 36. Kh2 Rxc2 37. Kg1 Rc4 38. Kh2 Rcf4 39. Kg1 R4f5 40. h4 Qxg3 41. fxg3 Rxf1+ 42. Kh2 R1f6 43. hxg5 Rg6 44. Qd8 e5 45. Kh3 e4 46. Qe8 d5 47. Qe5+ Kh7 48. Qxd5 Re7 49. Qc5 Rge6 50. Qe3 a5 51. Kh4 b4 52. axb4 axb4 53. Kh5 b3 54. Qxb3 e3 55. Qd3+ Kg7 56. Qe2 Re5 57. g4 Rb7 58. Qf3 Rf7 59. Qe2 Rf2 60. Qd3 e2 61. Qg6+ Kf8 62. Qd6+ Re7 63. Qd8+ Re8 64. Qd6+ Kg8 65. Qg6+ Kf8 66. Qd6+ Kf7 67. g6+ Kg7 68. Qd7+ Kf8 69. g7+ Kg8 70. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Gaehwiler, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. h3 e5 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Be3 0-0 12. Na4 Rb8 13. b3 a5 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. c4 Qc7 16. Qe2 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Rad1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf6 20. Qc3 Ra8 21. c5 Nd5 22. Qc4 Kh8 23. cxd6 Bxd6 24. Nc3 Qb6 25. Be3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Bc5 27. Na4 Bxe3 28. Nxb6 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bxb6 30. Rd7 Bd4 31. Kh2 Rae8 32. Qxc6 Be3 33. Rf7 Bf4+ 34. g3 Bh6 35. Qe6 e4 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Qxe4 Bd2 38. a3 h6 39. Kg2 Bg5 40. Qe5 Ra8 41. Qd5 Ra7 42. Qc5 Ra8 43. h4 Bf6 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Rb8 46. b5 Bd8 47. Qd6 Ra8 48. b6 Bxb6 49. Qxb6 Rf8 50. Kh3 Rf6 51. Qd8+ Kh7 52. Qd3+ Kg8 53. g4 Rf8 54. g5 hxg5 55. hxg5 Re8 56. Kg4 Kf7 57. Qf5+ Kg8 58. Kh5 Rf8 59. Qd5+ Kh7 60. Qe4+ Kg8 61. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. 0-0 Nh6 8. Na3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Nc2 Be7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Bd2 Na5 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bb5 15. Qe2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc4 17. Bc1 0-0 18. Rf2 Rc7 19. e4 Qc6 20. exd5 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Petrov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. a3 Nf6 9. h3 Be6 10. b3 d5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Bb5 e4 15. Nh4 exd3 16. Qxd3 Be4 17. Qc3 Qd5 18. a4 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qf5 20. Rfe1 Re6 21. Bc4 Ree8 22. Re2 Bxf3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Ne5 26. Be2 Ng6 27. Kf1 Nf4 28. Bc4 Nxh3 29. a5 bxa5 30. Rxa5 Ng5 31. Ra7 Nxf3 32. Bxf6 Nd2+ 33. Kg2 Nxc4 34. bxc4 gxf6 35. Rxb7 c5 36. Rd7 Re4 37. Rd3 Rxc4 38. c3 f5 39. Rd5 Rxc3 40. Rxf5 Kg7 41. f3 Rc1 42. Rd5 c4 43. Rd6 c3 44. Rc6 f6 45. Kh2 Kg6 46. Rc5 f5 47. Kg2 Kg5 48. Rc4 Kf6 49. Rc5 h5 50. Kh2 h4 51. Kg2 Ke6 52. Kh2 Kd6 53. Rc8 Kd5 54. Kg2 Kd4 55. Rf8 Kd3 56. Rxf5 c2 57. Rd5+ Kc4 58. Rd8 Rg1+ 59. Kxg1 c1Q+ 60. Kf2 Qf4 61. Rg8 Qd2+ 62. Kg1 Qe1+ 63. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Pranesh, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Re1 a6 7. h3 h6 8. c3 d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Be6 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. d4 Bb6 14. Be3 Qf6 15. b4 Rad8 16. Kh2 Nf4 17. Ng3 g5 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Nd2 g4 21. hxg4 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Bxg4 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Re3 Kh8 25. Qd2 Rg8 26. Nh2 Bd7 27. Rf3 Qh4 28. Nhf1 Rg5 29. Ne3 Rdg8 30. Rd1 R8g6 31. Qc2 h5 32. Qc1 Bg4 33. Nxg4 Qxg4 34. Kh2 h4 35. Rh1 hxg3+ 36. Kg1+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 0-0 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Ng3 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. d4 Bb6 17. Be3 e4 18. Nd2 d5 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Bxh6 Rf8 21. Be3 c6 22. f3 exf3 23. Nxf3 Bc7 24. Nh4 Rf2 25. Qxd7 Bg3 26. Kh1 Rxb2 27. Rf1 Qxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29. Bg1 Rxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Qxa5 Nxa5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Na3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 0-0 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Nce5 Bb6 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. b4 b5 17. Na5 Bxa5 18. bxa5 Rac8 19. a6 Nd5 20. Rc5 Nc7 21. Be3 b4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Rb5 Bc4 27. Rxb4 Bxe2 28. Re1 Bxa6 29. Bxa7 h6 30. g4 Rc2 31. a4 Ra2 32. Bb6 Rd5 33. a5 Be2 34. h3 h5 35. Re4 Rdd2 36. Kg2 Ba6 37. Kg3 Rd3+ 38. R1e3 Rd1 39. gxh5 Rg1+ 40. Kh2 Rf1 41. Rf3 Bb5 42. Re7 Bc4 43. Rf5 Be6 44. Re5 Ra3 45. Be3 Rfa1 46. Kg3 Rxa5 47. Rxa5 Rxa5 48. Kh4 Ra4+ 49. Kg3 Ra5 50. h6 gxh6 51. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nc3 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Qe2 Nd4 12. Qd1 Rc8 13. 0-0 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Nge4 b4 16. axb4 axb4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. d4 0-0 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nb6 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 Nxc4 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Bc7 Nb8 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. Bxb8 Raxb8 22. Rd7 Ba3 23. Rc3 Bb4 24. Rcd3 c5 25. Rxa7 c4 26. Rdd7 c3 27. Nxc3 Bxc3 28. Rxf7 Bd4 29. Rad7 Bf6 30. Rb7 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rbc8 32. Rfd7 R1c2 33. e3 Rxa2 34. Rdc7 Re8 35. h4 h6 36. Rc6 Rd8 37. Rb4 e5 38. Rb1 Rdd2 39. Rf1 h5 40. Rc4 Kh7 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Rb4 Kf5 43. Rc4 e4+ 44. Kg2 g5 45. Rc5+ Kg4 46. Rc6 Be5 47. hxg5 Bxg3 48. Rf6 Kxg5 49. Rf8 Rxf2+ 50. Kxg3 h4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hong, Andrew Z"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Rb8 9. c3 b4 10. d4 d6 11. h3 bxc3 12. bxc3 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nbd2 Bf5 16. Ba3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Nxd4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Re3 c5 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Be4 23. Qf4 Rb4 24. Rg3 Bc2 25. Qh6 Bg6 26. Qd2 c4 27. Bc2 Rb2 28. f4 d4 29. Qd1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Bxc2 31. Qxc2 d3 32. Qd2 c3 33. Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosakowski, Jakub"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Bd3 Qb8 16. Be3 Qb7 17. Rc1 Na5 18. Nh2 Nc4 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 exd4 22. cxd4 c5 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. e5 Nd5 25. Re1 Rad8 26. Be4 Bc6 27. Qf3 Nb4 28. Ng4 Kh8 29. Rcd1 c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Nf6 gxf6 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qxd8 c3 35. Nh5 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Qe7 37. Rg4+ Kh8 38. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2023.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. a3 a5 14. Ne4 b4 15. axb4 Ba6 16. b5 Bxb5 17. Qd2 Bb4 18. Nc3 Qd8 19. Ne1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 N7b6 21. Bf4 g5 22. Be5 f6 23. c4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nxc4 25. Qc2 Nxe5 26. dxe5 f5 27. Qxc6 Re8 28. Nd3 Rc8 29. Qa6 Nb4 30. Nxb4 axb4 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. g4 fxg4 33. Qc4 Qd2 34. Qxg4 Qf4 35. Qh3 Kg7 36. Qd3 Qxe5 37. Qd7+ Kf8 38. Bf3 Re7 39. Qd3 Kg7 40. h3 Rf7 41. Bh5 Rf6 42. Qd7+ Kg8 43. Rc1 Qf4 44. Rc8+ Rxc8 45. Qxc8+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kh8 47. Bf3 b3 48. Qd8+ Rf8 49. Qb6 Qc1+ 50. Kg2 Qc3 51. Qxe6 Kg7 52. Be4 Qf6 53. Qxb3 Qxf2+ 54. Kh1 Qf1+ 55. Kh2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. a3 Nf6 6. d3 a6 7. h3 b5 8. Ba2 0-0 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Nd5 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. c4 bxc4 13. dxc4 a5 14. Bb3 Nb8 15. Ba4 Nfd7 16. Be3 Bf8 17. b4 f6 18. Nd2 c6 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. Bb3 axb4 21. axb4 Na6 22. b5 Nc5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. bxc6 Qxc6 26. Nd5 Ra8 27. Nf3 Ra3 28. Nh4 Nc8 29. Re3 Nd6 30. Ng6 Bxd5 31. exd5 Qe8 32. Nf4 Qa8 33. Ne2 Ra1 34. Nc1 Qa3 35. Re1 Rxc1 36. Qxc1 Qxb3 37. Re3 Qxc4 38. Rc3 Qd4 39. Rxc5 Ne4 40. Rc8 Qxd5 41. Qc7 Nc5 42. Qe7 Ne6 43. Re8 Nf4 44. Qxf8+ Kh7 45. f3 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. a3 b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. Qd2 0-0 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. b4 Qb8 16. Bf1 Bd8 17. Nb3 Ne5 18. Na4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 b5 20. Bxe6 Rxc1 21. Nxc1 fxe6 22. Nc3 Bc7 23. Bf4 Rd8 24. N1e2 Rd7 25. Kh1 h6 26. h3 e5 27. Be3 Qd8 28. Ng3 d5 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Qa2 Kh8 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Bc5 Nf4 34. Ne4 Qd7 35. Kh2 Ne6 36. Bd6 Ng5 37. Bxc7 Qxc7 38. Qd5 Nxe4 39. fxe4 Kh7 40. Qe6 Qc3 41. Qxa6 Qe3 42. Qxb5 Qf4+ 43. Kh1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Kf1 Qf4+ 47. Ke1 Qc1+ 48. Ke2 Qc2+ 49. Kf3 Qc3+ 50. Kf2 Qd4+ 51. Kf3 Qc3+ 52. Kg4 Qd2 53. g3 Qd1+ 54. Kf5 Qd6 55. Kg4 Qd1+ 56. Kf5 Qd6 57. Qxe5 g6+ 58. Kf4 Qd2+ 59. Kf3 Qd3+ 60. Kf2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 d6 11. c3 Bd7 12. h3 h6 13. d4 Ra8 14. Na3 Re8 15. Bd2 Qb8 16. Qc2 Bf8 17. Qd3 Na5 18. Ba2 c5 19. d5 b4 20. cxb4 cxb4 21. Nc2 b3 22. Bxa5 Rxa5 23. Bxb3 Rxa1 24. Nxa1 Nh5 25. Rc1 Nf4 26. Qd2 Be7 27. Bc4 Rf8 28. Nb3 Bd8 29. Nbd4 Nxh3+ 30. gxh3 exd4 31. Nxd4 Qb6 32. Nf3 Bxh3 33. Bf1 Bg4 34. Rc6 Qb8 35. Qf4 Bd7 36. Qxd6 Qb7 37. Rc4 Qa7 38. Ne5 Bb5 39. Qc5 Qa6 40. Rc1 Bxf1 41. Rxf1 Qe2 42. Qe3 Qxb2 43. Nc4 Qa2 44. Qd3 Bh4 45. e5 Rc8 46. Ne3 Qb2 47. Qf5 Re8 48. Ng4 Qd4 49. e6 fxe6 50. Qg6 Kf8 51. dxe6 Qf4 52. Ne5 Ra8 53. Qg2 Qxe5 54. Qxa8+ Ke7 55. Rd1 Qg5+ 56. Kh1 Qh5 57. Qd8+ Kxe6 58. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Be3 Qb4 12. a3 Qa5 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nd6 Qc7 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bg5 e4 21. Bb3 Qe5 22. Qe3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nh5 24. Rd5 Qxb2 25. Rxf5 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Be5+ 27. g3 Ng7 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qc5 Qc3 30. Qd5 Qc7 31. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Bb3 Be6 10. h3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 12. a4 Rfe8 13. Nc4 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 b6 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. d4 f6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 Na7 21. Na3 c6 22. c4 cxb5 23. cxb5 e4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Kf8 26. Nd2 Rc8 27. Ndc4 f5 28. Re1 g6 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Re6 Nc8 31. Nac4 Nxd6 32. Nxd6 Kg7 33. Nb7 Rf8 34. Rd6 Nf6 35. Nd8 Ne4 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Rxb6 Rc8 38. f3 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Nd2 40. Kg3 Rc2 41. d5 Nf1+ 42. Kf4 Rxb2 43. Ng5+ Ke7 44. d6+ Kd7 45. Nf7 Ke6 46. Ng5+ Kd7 47. Nxh7 Rd2 48. Nf8+ Ke8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. d7 Kf6 51. Rb6+ Ke7 52. Re6+ Kf7 53. Kg5 a4 54. b6 Rxg2+ 55. Kh6 Rh2 56. d8Q Rxh3+ 57. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. b3 a6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 Qb8 15. h3 Qb4 16. Na4 Qh4 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Bb2 0-0 19. Bd4 Rfe8 20. f4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Qf2 Qd8 23. Rac1 Re8 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Rc3 a5 26. Rfc1 f6 27. Qd2 Qe7 28. Qd3 Rb4 29. Qd2 Rb5 30. Nd3 Bd7 31. Nc5 Bf5 32. Kf2 h5 33. Qd1 Qf7 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Bc8 36. Qf3 Be5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Nd3 exd4 40. exd4 Re4 41. Rxc6 Bxg4 42. Ne5+ Kg8 43. Rg1 Bf5 44. Rf6 Rf4+ 45. Ke3 Re4+ 46. Kf3 Bc8 47. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. e3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. e4 Bb7 16. d4 Qb8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nc4 e5 20. h4 Qa8 21. f3 Rcd8 22. Bh3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. b4 Na4 25. Bxe5 b5 26. Bc7 Nc3 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Qd3 Bxc7 29. Qxc3 Bxg3 30. Na5 Qb8 31. h5 Bh4 32. Kh1 Kh8 33. Qc5 Ba8 34. Qe7 h6 35. Bf5 Bg3 36. a3 Bc7 37. Be6 Bd6 38. Qf7 Qd8 39. Nb3 f5 40. Qxf5 Bc6 41. Kg2 Qh4 42. Nd4 Be8 43. Bf7 Qh2+ 44. Kf1 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. 0-0 Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3 Ne5 9. d3 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 0-0 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Rec1 Rb8 16. Qd1 Ne5 17. g3 g5 18. Bg2 Kh8 19. Na4 Bc6 20. b5 Bb7 21. d4 Ng6 22. Nc3 a5 23. Na4 Rg8 24. Rc2 Nf4 25. Bh1 Qc7 26. Kf1 Ng6 27. Bg2 Ba8 28. Rbc1 Rbd8 29. Rd2 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Ne5 31. Kg1 Be7 32. Rd2 Rb8 33. Bd4 Bf6 34. h3 h6 35. Qe2 Rgd8 36. Qe3 Nd7 37. Bxf6+ Nxf6 38. h4 Rg8 39. Qd4 Qe7 40. hxg5 Rxg5 41. Qxd6 Qxd6 42. Rxd6 Nxe4 43. Rxb6 Rbg8 44. Ra6 Bb7 45. Ra7 Nxg3 46. fxg3 Rxg3 47. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 48. Kh1 R2g4 49. Rc2 Rh4+ 50. Rh2 Rxc4 51. Rxh6+ Kg7 52. Rh3 Rxa4 53. Rg3+ Kh8 54. Rh3+ Kg7 55. Rg3+ Kh8 56. Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Pranav, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Nd5 Re8 13. c4 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 c6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Qd3 d5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. exd5 Re5 21. Qc3 Qxd5 22. Rad1 Qb5 23. a4 Qa5 24. Qxc6 Rae8 25. Rf1 Re4 26. b3 R4e6 27. Qb7 a6 28. Rd7 Qf5 29. Rfd1 Qg6 30. b4 Qc2 31. b5 Qxa4 32. b6 Qb3 33. Qxa6 Qb4 34. Qb7 Bc5 35. Rxf7 Rg6 36. Qd5 Rd6 37. Rf8+ Kxf8 38. Bxc5 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 0-0 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. d4 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rd2 22. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 c6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. h3 0-0 11. 0-0 a5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qc2 Qa6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bg3 a4 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Be5 Ne4 20. Nc3 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Samarkand"]
[Date "2023.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2023.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CB01_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bg5 0-0 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. a4 b4 15. c3 a5 16. Bc4 g6 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. h3 Bg7 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. Ng5 Bd7 21. Bb5 h6 22. Nf3 f5 23. Qe2 Kh7 24. Nd2 f4 25. f3 h5 26. Nc4 Be8 27. Rc1 Bh6 28. Qd1 Bg7 29. Kf2 Rf7 30. Ke2 Bf8 31. Rh1 Ra7 32. Qe1 Bh6 33. Qd1 Rf7 34. Kd2 Bf8 35. Ke2 Qc8 36. Qd2 Qe6 37. Qc2 Ra7 38. Qd2 Kg7 39. Qc2 Qc8 40. Qd2 Bf7 41. Kf2 Qb7 42. Ncb6 Rd8 43. Rhd1 Be7 44. Kg1 Bg5 45. d4 Ne7 46. Bc4 Nxd5 47. Nxd5 Raa8 48. Qf2 Qa7 49. cxb4 cxb4 50. dxe5 dxe5 51. Bb5 Bh4 52. Qxa7 Rxa7 53. Kf1 Raa8 54. Rc7 Kf8 55. Ke2 Rdc8 56. Rdc1 Be6 57. Nb6 Rxc7 58. Rxc7 Rb8 59. Nc4 Bd8 60. Rc5 Rc8 61. Rxc8 Bxc8 62. Nxe5 g5 63. Nc6 Bb6 64. Kd3 g4 65. hxg4 hxg4 66. fxg4 Bxg4 67. Ne5 Bc8 68. Ng6+ Kg7 69. Nxf4 Bc7 70. Nd5 Be5 71. Nb6 Be6 72. Bc4 Bg4 73. b3 Kf6 74. Bd5 Ke7 75. Nc4 Bc7 76. Ne3 Bc8 77. Bc4 Kd6 78. g4 Bd8 79. Bd5 Ba6+ 80. Bc4 Bc8 81. Bd5 Ba6+ 82. Kc2 Ke5 83. Nc4+ Bxc4 84. bxc4 Kd4 85. Kb3 Be7 86. Kc2 Bd8 87. Kd2 Bg5+ 88. Ke2 Be7 89. Kd2 Bg5+ 90. Kc2 Be7 91. Kb3 Bd8 92. Ba8 Be7 93. Bb7 Bd8 94. e5 Be7 95. e6 Kc5 96. Be4 Kd4 97. Bd5 Kc5 98. Kc2 Kd4 99. Kd2 Bg5+ 100. Ke2 b3 101. Kd1 Kc5 102. Ke2 b2 103. Be4 Kxc4 104. Kd1 Kd4 105. Bf5 Kc3 106. Be4 Kd4 107. Bf5 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th Dec Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zimmermann, Ulrich"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b5 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bxa8 9. Qb3 c6 10. Na3 Nd7 11. Nd4 Qc8 12. d3 Ngf6 13. Bg5 0-0 14. Ra1 Bb7 15. c4 Nc5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bd2 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd5 19. Nb3 Na6 20. Nba5 Ba8 21. Bc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qc7 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8 25. Nb3 d5 26. Ncd2 Nd7 27. c4 Qb8 28. h4 e6 29. Na5 Qb4 30. cxd5 Qxa5 31. dxc6 Nb6 32. c7 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.26"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Bures, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linz"]
[BlackTeam "Mistelbach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qc7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. a3 Nd7 10. Nf3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nf5 14. h5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Na4 16. Nd2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rd8 18. 0-0 Qd5 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Qg4 0-0 21. Ne4 Kh8 22. Rf3 b6 23. b4 a5 24. bxa5 c5 25. Rg3 Rg8 26. axb6 cxd4 27. Rc7 dxe3 28. Rxe7 Qd1+ 29. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kh2 e2 31. Re3 e1Q 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Nd6 Ra1 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. b7 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jenbach"]
[BlackTeam "Linz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 0-0 9. 0-0 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Rad1 Qb8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Ne2 c5 19. Qf4 Re5 20. Qd2 h6 21. Ng3 Qe7 22. Kf1 h5 23. Re1 h4 24. Nf5 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 26. Kxe1 c4 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Gauss, Gustav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linz"]
[BlackTeam "Goetzis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nh6 7. 0-0 Nf5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd3 Nh4 10. Nbd2 h6 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 Bc7 13. Re1 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 f5 15. b5 Na5 16. Ba3 Kf7 17. Nd4 g6 18. Qe2 Bb6 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Bb4 Bc5 21. Kh1 Kg7 22. g4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Nc4 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Qh5 Qe8 26. Qh4 Kh7 27. Rg1 Rg8 28. Be2 Qd8 29. Be7 Qc7 30. Qf6 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kruckenhauser, Arthur"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schach ohne Grenzen"]
[BlackTeam "Linz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 h6 7. a3 b5 8. Bb3 Bc5 9. Be3 d6 10. h3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 0-0 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Rd1 c5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Ne8 21. Ke2 Rc8 22. Kd3 Nd6 23. Ra1 Rc6 24. Nb1 Nc4 25. c3 Nb2+ 26. Kc2 Na4 27. Ra3 Kf7 28. Nd2 Kf6 29. Nf3 g5 30. Nd2 h5 31. g3 g4 32. h4 Ke7 33. Kd3 Rc8 34. Nb1 Rf8 35. Ke2 Rf3 36. Nd2 Rxg3 37. Kf2 Rh3 38. Nf1 Rxh4 39. c4 Rh3 40. cxb5 axb5 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Nh2 Nb2 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linz"]
[BlackTeam "Raika Feffernitz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Re1 d6 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Nf1 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Ng4 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 d5 14. h3 Nf6 15. e5 Ne4 16. f3 Ng5 17. b4 f6 18. Bf4 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Nf7 20. Bg3 Nd6 21. Ne3 c6 22. Kh1 Qf6 23. Qd3 Bf5 24. Qd2 Bd7 25. Re2 Qg6 26. Bh2 h5 27. b3 Rae8 28. Rae1 Kh7 29. Qd1 Nb5 30. Nxb5 axb5 31. Qc2 Qxc2 32. Nxc2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Re8 34. Rxe8 Bxe8 35. Nd4 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT 2324"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Halvax, Alexander"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.11.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CB48_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maria Saal"]
[BlackTeam "Linz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Nd2 Nf5 8. g4 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 c5 10. c3 Qb6 11. 0-0-0 Nc6 12. Ne2 a5 13. f4 a4 14. Kb1 Ra5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qd3 0-0 17. Ka1 Rb5 18. Qc2 Na5 19. Rhf1 Ra8 20. a3 Rb3 21. Ka2 Be3 22. Rb1 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Nc4 24. Qc1 Qc5 25. Nd4 Nxa3 26. Nxb3 axb3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 0-0 8. Rc1 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Rxc5 Be6 12. Nc3 Nxf4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. exf4 Nd7 15. Rc7 Nf6 16. f3 h5 17. Rxb7 Rd4 18. Be2 a5 19. Kf2 Rb4 20. Rb5 Bd7 21. a3 Bxb5 22. axb4 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 axb4 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Rd4 Rc2 26. Rxb4 Nd5 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. g3 h4 29. Rb5 Nc7 30. Rb7 f5 31. Ke3 Ne6 32. g4 Kg8 33. gxf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 h6 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 a5 11. Nc3 b6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 d4 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rdd1 g5 18. Bc1 Qc7 19. Na4 Qxe5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Be3 Ba6 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Qc3 Kh7 24. Be5 Qa7 25. Qf3 Rg8 26. Rd6 g4 27. Qe3 Rad8 28. Rad1 Qe7 29. h3 Rxd6 30. Bxd6 Qg5 31. Bf4 Qg7 32. Rd6 Qxb2 33. hxg4 Rxg4 34. Bf3 h5 35. Rd4 Bb7 36. Kh2 Qb1 37. Be5 Bxe4 38. Rd1 Qc2 39. Bxg4 hxg4 40. Rd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Qa1 Rab8 17. Qb2 Bd8 18. h3 h6 19. Qb3 a5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Qb1 c6 22. Rb2 Ra8 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rb4 Bc7 25. Rxa4 Rab8 26. Qa2 Nb7 27. Rb1 Nc5 28. Ra7 Qd8 29. Na4 Ne6 30. Re1 Ra8 31. Nb2 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 Qa8 33. Ra1 Qxa7 34. Rxa7 d5 35. Ba5 Bxa5 36. Rxa5 Rb8 37. Ra2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 e4 8. d5 exf3 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Re1 Qe7 11. Qd1 Bg4 12. f3 Bxf3 13. Qa4+ Kd8 14. d4 Bxg2 15. Rxe5 Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7 17. Kxg2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 f6 19. e6 c6 20. Bf4 cxd5 21. cxd5 Rc8 22. Nc3 Bb4 23. Ne4 Rc4 24. Kf3 Rd4 25. a3 Rd3+ 26. Kg2 Ba5 27. Nd6 Ke7 28. Nf5+ Kd8 29. Nd6 Ke7 30. Nf5+ Kd8 31. d6 g5 32. Be3 Re8 33. e7+ Kd7 34. Bxa7 Rxd6 35. Nxd6 Kxd6 36. b4 Bc7 37. Bc5+ Kc6 38. Rc1 Kd5 39. Bd4 Rxe7 40. Bxf6 Rf7 41. Rc5+ Ke4 42. Bxg5 Bb6 43. Rb5 Bd4 44. Bd8 Rd7 45. Bb6 Be5 46. Kh3 h5 47. Rc5 Rd3 48. Bc7 Bd4 49. Rxh5 Rc3 50. Bd6 Rxa3 51. Bc5 Be5 52. Rh7 b5 53. Rb7 Kf3 54. Rxb5 Ra1 55. Ra5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. a4 Rae8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ne4 Kh8 15. Bd2 f6 16. c3 f5 17. Neg5 Bf6 18. c4 bxc4 19. dxc4 Nde7 20. c5 e4 21. Be6 Qd8 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxf7 Rf8 24. Ng5 e3 25. Bxe3 Qxd1 26. Raxd1 h6 27. Rd7 hxg5 28. Rxc7 Ba8 29. Bc4 Rd8 30. Be6 Kh7 31. Rd7 Rb8 32. b3 Bb7 33. Rd6 f4 34. Bd2 Be5 35. Rd7 Bf6 36. b4 Ba6 37. Rd6 Bb5 38. Bd7 Ra8 39. h4 gxh4 40. Bxf4 Ra2 41. g4 hxg3 42. Bxg3 Rb2 43. Kg2 Bc4 44. Kh2 Bb5 45. Re4 Ba4 46. Kg2 Kg8 47. Bh4 Bc2 48. Rg4 Bxh4 49. Rxh4 g5 50. Rg4 Rxb4 51. Rxg5+ Kf7 52. f3 Na5 53. c6 Nc4 54. Rh6 Bg6 55. Rh8 Rb2+ 56. Kg3 Nd6 57. Rc5 Be4 58. Rc3 Bf5 59. Rd8 Bxd7 60. Rxd7 Ndc8 61. c7 Ke6 62. Rd8 Rb4 63. f4 Rb1 64. Rc5 Rg1+ 65. Kf2 Ra1 66. Ke3 Ra3+ 67. Ke2 Kf7 68. Kd2 Ra4 69. Ke3 Rb4 70. Kf3 Rb1 71. Rd4 Kf6 72. Rd8 Kf7 73. Ke4 Kf6 74. Rh8 Rb4+ 75. Ke3 Kg7 76. Rh1 Kf7 77. Kf3 Rb7 78. Kg4 Kg7 79. Rd1 Kf7 80. Rc2 Ra7 81. Rd7 Ra1 82. Rd8 Kg7 83. Rcd2 Rg1+ 84. Kf3 Rc1 85. R8d7 Kf6 86. Re2 Kf7 87. f5 Kf6 88. Re6+ Kxf5 89. Rexe7 Nxe7 90. Rxe7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.10.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 a6 5. d4 Nc6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Be2 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nh5 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bf1 g5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc3 e6 17. Bc5 Bd6 18. Bd4 Ng6 19. Na4 Bc7 20. Bd3 e5 21. Bxg6 exd4 22. Qh5 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. 0-0 c6 10. Kh1 0-0 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Kg7 15. e4 Qb6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Qf3 b6 19. Rae1 Bg4 20. Qf2 Bh5 21. Na1 Bg6 22. Bf5 b5 23. a3 Rae8 24. Nc2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Nxe8 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Nb4 Nc7 29. Nd3 a5 30. Qe3 Nb6 31. Nc5 Nc4 32. Qe2 a4 33. h3 h5 34. g4 h4 35. Nd3 Qf6 36. Nb4 Kh6 37. Nbxd5 Nxd5 38. Nxd5 Qxd4 39. Qe8 Qxb2 40. Ne7 Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 d6 11. c3 b4 12. d3 h6 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. c4 Bd7 15. Ba4 Bf8 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. d4 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 exd4 19. Nbxd4 c5 20. Nb5 Ng6 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. b3 Qc6 23. Nd2 d5 24. Na7 Qb7 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Bb2 Ndf4 27. Qf1 Rbd8 28. Nf3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Nc4 b5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qd2 0-0 18. Bh3 b4 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. Kh1 Re8 21. b3 Bf8 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Be3 Bf8 24. Bg5 Be7 25. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 0-0 9. 0-0 Nxd5 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. e4 Nb4 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 Qc5 16. Nc3 Bd4 17. Bf1 Nf6 18. h3 Be6 19. Bf4 Rfd8 20. Rac1 a5 21. Qe2 Qa7 22. e5 Nh5 23. Bh2 Bb3 24. Re1 Ng7 25. Qf3 Qb6 26. Bg3 Nf5 27. Bf4 Rac8 28. g4 Ng7 29. Bg3 Ne6 30. h4 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qc5 32. Qe3 a4 33. h5 Qxa3 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. f4 Qc5 36. f5 Qxe3+ 37. Rxe3 Ng5 38. Bf4 h6 39. e6 Rf8 40. Bd3 Rcd8 41. Ra1 Rd5 42. Kg2 gxf5 43. gxf5 Rdxf5 44. Bxf5 Rxf5 45. Bd6 Bd5+ 46. Kh2 exd6 47. e7 Bf7 48. e8Q+ Bxe8 49. Rxe8+ Kf7 50. Rc8 Rc5 51. Rxa4 Rxc3 52. Kg2 c5 53. Rh4 Kg7 54. Rc7+ Kg6 55. Rc8 Kf5 56. Rf8+ Ke5 57. Re8+ Kd5 58. Rxh6 Ne4 59. Rh4 Re3 60. Rc8 c4 61. Rf4 c3 62. Rf5+ Kd4 63. Ra5 Nc5 64. Ra2 Kd3 65. Ra3 Kd2 66. Rd8 Rd3 67. Rf8 Ne4 68. Ra4 d5 69. Rf1 c2 70. Raa1 d4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Nf1 h6 10. Ng3 Na5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Re8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bd2 Nh7 15. d4 Nf8 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Qd2 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Kh2 Rad8 20. f4 exd4 21. cxd4 d5 22. e5 f6 23. b4 Rf8 24. e6 Bxe6 25. f5 Bf7 26. Rf1 h5 27. Rf4 Qg5 28. Rf3 Qh4 29. b5 Rfe8 30. Bf4 Bb8 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Rxa6 c6 33. Rxc6 Bxf4 34. Rxf4 Qg5 35. h4 Qh6 36. Rb6 Ra8 37. Rf2 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Re7 39. b4 Re3 40. b5 Raa3 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Ne2 Rab3 43. Nf4 Re4 44. g3 Be8 45. Ne6 Bxb5 46. Nc5 Rb1 47. Nxe4 dxe4 48. d5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 76th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. h4 Qb6 9. Rb1 cxd4 10. exd4 Ndxe5 11. dxe5 Bd7 12. Nf3 f6 13. Bd3 Rf8 14. exf6 gxf6 15. b4 Rg8 16. 0-0 0-0-0 17. Be3 Qc7 18. b5 Ne5 19. b6 axb6 20. Bxb6 Qd6 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Bb5 e4 23. Qa4 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Qf4 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Qxb7+ Ke8 27. Bc7 Rd6 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qb7 Qf4 31. g3 e3 32. Rb4 Qf3 33. Qc7 Kg6 34. Qxe7 exf2+ 35. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 76th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Nc6 16. Bd5 Qd7 17. Qb3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21. Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 76th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 d6 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Be3 d5 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. g3 Be6 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. h5 h6 16. Bh3 Qd7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rh4 Bb4 19. Bxb6 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 axb6 22. Rxc4 Kd7 23. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 76th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4 Be7 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Nxc4 0-0 13. a3 Nd3 14. Be3 b5 15. Na5 c5 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nxb8 Rxb8 18. Ra2 Bd6 19. b3 Be5 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Rd2 Nb2 22. Qc1 Nd3 23. Qd1 c4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Be4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Rc2 Re8 29. Nc6 Qxd5 30. Nb4 Qd4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Qxd3 Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 76th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 e5 9. Nb3 0-0 10. 0-0-0 a5 11. Nc5 Rb8 12. f3 Ne8 13. N5a4 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Nb5 Be6 17. Nac3 Kh8 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Kb1 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qd3 Qh5 24. Rd2 h6 25. h3 Qg5 26. Rhd1 Ne7 27. h4 Qxh4 28. g3 Qg5 29. f4 exf4 30. Nxf4 Qg4 31. Re1 Nf5 32. Ne6 Nf6 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34. Rf2 Nxg3 35. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 76th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. a4 b6 9. Na3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Nxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b3 Nbd7 14. Qb2 Ng4 15. e3 Bd5 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. Bb2 Ngf6 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nxa5 Qc7 20. Rdc1 Qb6 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rfc8 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Qd3 Rc7 25. Qc3 Nf6 26. Ra4 Rac8 27. Rc4 Ne8 28. Qd2 f6 29. Kh3 Nd6 30. Ra4 Qb5 31. Kg2 Rd7 32. Rd1 Bb6 33. Qd3 Rcc7 34. Qxb5 Nxb5 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Nc4 Bc5 37. Ra5 Rb7 38. Ra6 Kf7 39. g4 Be7 40. Rc6 Rd7 41. Rc8 Rd3 42. Na5 Bb4 43. Rb8 a6 44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. Nc4 Rxb3 46. h4 Bf8 47. h5+ Kh6 48. e4 Rb4 49. Bc1+ g5 50. hxg6+ Kxg6 51. f4 Nd4 52. Rc7 Rb8 53. Rd7 Bc5 54. f5+ exf5 55. exf5+ Nxf5 56. gxf5+ Kh5 57. Kf3 Rb3+ 58. Be3 h6 59. Rd1 Bxe3 60. Nxe3 a5 61. Rh1+ Kg5 62. Rg1+ Kh5 63. Rg6 a4 64. Rxf6 a3 65. Ra6 Kg5 66. Ke4 Rb4+ 67. Ke5 Rb8 68. Rxa3 Re8+ 69. Kd4 h5 70. Ra1 h4 71. Rg1+ Kf4 72. Rg4+ Kf3 73. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 76th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 0-0 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. 0-0 b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Re3 Nf6 15. Rae1 Rc8 16. Bb3 Re8 17. h3 Qc7 18. Ne5 Red8 19. Ng4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qc1+ 22. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kh2 a5 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxd5 Kf8 26. Ne3 b5 27. g4 Rc5 28. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 76th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. a4 Na6 8. 0-0 Nc7 9. h3 Bf5 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 Qd6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bd2 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd2 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qd5 20. Qc2 Na6 21. Qb2 Rfd8 22. Rfc1 c5 23. axb5 Nxb4 24. Ne5 h5 25. Qc3 Na2 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. Nc6 Rd7 28. Qxc5 Re8 29. Nd4 1/2-1/2

