[Solved] Error uploading ESPHome firmware to ESP-01 via FTDI adapter

Hey, I'm completely green when it comes to microcontrollers, so forgive me if I'm doing something obvious wrong or asking the wrong questions.

I have an ESP-01 (S I think) and an FTDI adapter connected like this:

Because what I want to upload will later connect to my smarthome, I want to use ESPHome Flasher (which underneath uses esptool.py) to generate and upload the binaries based on the .yaml file.
Compilation succeeds, unfortunately during upload I get this error:

ERROR Running command failed: Failed to connect to ESP8266: No serial data received.
For troubleshooting steps visit: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esptool/en/latest/troubleshooting.html
ERROR Please try running esptool.py --before default_reset --after hard_reset --baud 9600 --port COM5 --chip esp8266 write_flash -z --flash_size detect 0x0 '.esphomebuildsensor.pioenvsensorfirmware.bin' locally.

Using direct esptool.py returns me:
A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP8266: Timed out waiting for packet header

Am I doing something wrong, or is my ESP faulty?

Added after 1 [minute]:

p.s. and maybe one of you lives in the north of Warsaw and would be willing to see what I'm doing wrong?

There is no need to connect that extra VCC under the CH_PD/EN pin just power on VCC . And if I see correctly you have swapped TX with RX.
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TX from one to RX of the other, so I guess it's ok
With this CH_PD you were right
I already know what I did wrong.... the board has the pins on the other side so I had everything the other way around .

Hey, it's working, thanks

1. removed the connection to the CH_PD
2. flipped the board over .