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Andrey Esipenko's openings
Chess.com· GM· Rank 26· 🇷🇺·
Andrey Esipenko's most played openings in 300 recent Chess.com blitz games: as White vs Queen's Gambit Declined (28 games, 64% score); Sicilian Defense as Black (51 games, 66% score).
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Key findings
As White
Where Andrey Esipenko scores below ratings
Where Andrey Esipenko scores best
As Black
Where Andrey Esipenko scores below ratings
Where Andrey Esipenko scores best
Games
300
Blitz
Score
68%
win = 1, draw = ½
As White
150
71% score
As Black
150
65% score
Rating
3230
Blitz
As White
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
28
64%
16/4/8
3084
3198
15
50%
7/1/7
3033
3033
11
64%
7/0/4
2986
3095
9
100%
9/0/0
2866
3266
8
94%
7/1/0
3011
3361
7
50%
3/1/3
3009
3009
6
67%
4/0/2
3104
3237
6
83%
4/2/0
3097
3363
As Black
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
51
66%
32/3/16
3037
3162
14
36%
4/2/8
3164
3049
10
60%
6/0/4
2990
3070
9
72%
6/1/2
3053
3230
8
81%
6/1/1
2842
3092
7
79%
5/1/1
2918
3146
6
75%
4/1/1
2962
3162
5
80%
4/0/1
3077
3317
How these numbers work
- Score: a win counts 1 and a draw ½, divided by the games played in that opening.
- Expected score (“ratings predict”): what the Elo formula predicts from both players' ratings in those games. A score more than 5 percentage points above it is green, more than 5 below is red, anything in between is on par.
- Performance (Perf): the average opponent rating + 800 × (score − 50%), a simple linear estimate; the average opponent is shown beside it.
- Sample size: key findings use openings with 5 or more games. How much to trust this score: fewer than 10 games is a small sample and only a hint, 10 to 29 is a medium sample, 30 or more is a solid sample.
- Games: finished Chess.com games, up to 150 as White and 150 as Black, grouped by opening and time control.
Data: Chess.com public API. Andrey Esipenko on Chess.com
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