GM Sam Shankland

Country

USA

Birth Year

1991 (Age ≈35)

Gender

M

Title

Grandmaster

FIDE ID

2004887

USCF ID

12852765

USCF Rating

2711

FIDE ratings

2647.1 +1.1

Classical

Live rating

2624

Rapid

Published FIDE

2613

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#72
National rank · USA
#11

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating
2731 Feb 2019
Recorded years
2007–2026
Archived games
1334

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USCF rating history

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FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Oct 2026.

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-10-13 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
951 2017-04-07 ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA 9.5 Gata Kamsky Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 37 Open
952 2017-04-06 ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA 8.5 Sam Shankland Jeffery Xiong 0-1 52 Open
953 2017-04-05 ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA 7.3 Hikaru Nakamura Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 51 Open
954 2017-04-04 ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA 6.6 Sam Shankland Ray Robson 1-0 47 Open
955 2017-04-02 ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA 5.4 Varuzhan Akobian Sam Shankland 1-0 58 Open
956 2017-04-01 ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA 4.4 Sam Shankland Yaroslav Zherebukh 1/2-1/2 16 Open
957 2017-03-31 ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA 3.3 Alexander Onischuk Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 34 Open
958 2017-03-30 ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA 2.2 Sam Shankland Wesley So 1/2-1/2 37 Open
959 2017-03-29 ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA 1.2 Sam Shankland Fabiano Caruana 1/2-1/2 37 Open
960 2017-03-19 St Louis Winter Classic A Saint Louis USA 9.2 Vladimir Fedoseev Sam Shankland 0-1 43 Open
961 2017-03-18 St Louis Winter Classic A Saint Louis USA 8.1 Sam Shankland Emilio Cordova 1-0 61 Open
962 2017-03-17 St Louis Winter Classic A Saint Louis USA 7.5 Sam Shankland Alexander Ipatov 0-1 59 Open
963 2017-03-16 St Louis Winter Classic A Saint Louis USA 6.1 Samuel Sevian Sam Shankland 0-1 42 Open
964 2017-03-15 St Louis Winter Classic A Saint Louis USA 5.2 Sam Shankland Jeffery Xiong 1/2-1/2 48 Open
965 2017-03-14 St Louis Winter Classic A Saint Louis USA 4.4 David W L Howell Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 80 Open
966 2017-03-13 St Louis Winter Classic A Saint Louis USA 3.3 Sam Shankland Ruifeng Li 1/2-1/2 41 Open
967 2017-03-12 St Louis Winter Classic A Saint Louis USA 2.3 Dariusz Swiercz Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 54 Open
968 2017-03-11 St Louis Winter Classic A Saint Louis USA 1.1 Sam Shankland Yaroslav Zherebukh 0-1 34 Open
969 2017-03-09 ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA 11.6 Alexander Shabalov Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 42 Open
970 2017-02-26 3rd Chinggis Invitational Burlingame USA 9 Jeffery Xiong Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 30 Open
971 2017-02-25 3rd Chinggis Invitational Burlingame USA 8 Sam Shankland Odondoo Ganbold 1-0 24 Open
972 2017-02-25 3rd Chinggis Invitational Burlingame USA 7 Sam Shankland Andrey Gorovets 1-0 17 Open
973 2017-02-24 3rd Chinggis Invitational Burlingame USA 6 Zviad Izoria Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 32 Open
974 2017-02-24 3rd Chinggis Invitational Burlingame USA 5 Sam Shankland Timur Gareyev 1-0 38 Open
975 2017-02-02 Gibraltar Masters 2017 Caleta ENG 10.15 Kateryna Lagno Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 42 Open
976 2017-02-01 Gibraltar Masters 2017 Caleta ENG 9.15 Sam Shankland Fabien Libiszewski 1/2-1/2 40 Open
977 2017-01-31 Gibraltar Masters 2017 Caleta ENG 8.12 Alexander Donchenko Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 29 Open
978 2017-01-30 Gibraltar Masters 2017 Caleta ENG 7.18 Sam Shankland Elisabeth Paehtz 1-0 39 Open
979 2017-01-29 Gibraltar Masters 2017 Caleta ENG 6.16 Dmitrij Kollars Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 43 Open
980 2017-01-28 Gibraltar Masters 2017 Caleta ENG 5.19 Sam Shankland Das Debashis 1/2-1/2 63 Open
981 2017-01-27 Gibraltar Masters 2017 Caleta ENG 4.4 Wenjun Ju Sam Shankland 1-0 43 Open
982 2017-01-26 Gibraltar Masters 2017 Caleta ENG 3.8 Sam Shankland Antoaneta Stefanova 1-0 58 Open
983 2017-01-25 Gibraltar Masters 2017 Caleta ENG 2.15 Gergely Kantor Sam Shankland 0-1 36 Open
984 2017-01-24 Gibraltar Masters 2017 Caleta ENG 1.17 Sam Shankland Laurence E Webb 1-0 59 Open
985 2016-10-09 Millionaire Chess Op 2016 Atlantic City USA 7.6 Sam Shankland Eugene Perelshteyn 1/2-1/2 47 Open
986 2016-10-08 Millionaire Chess Op 2016 Atlantic City USA 6.2 Jianchao Zhou Sam Shankland 1-0 49 Open
987 2016-10-08 Millionaire Chess Op 2016 Atlantic City USA 5.5 Sam Shankland Samuel Sevian 1-0 62 Open
988 2016-10-07 Millionaire Chess Op 2016 Atlantic City USA 4.4 Varuzhan Akobian Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 30 Open
989 2016-10-07 Millionaire Chess Op 2016 Atlantic City USA 3.1 Sam Shankland Jayaram Ashwin 1-0 59 Open
990 2016-10-06 Millionaire Chess Op 2016 Atlantic City USA 2.2 Denes Boros Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 35 Open
991 2016-10-06 Millionaire Chess Op 2016 Atlantic City USA 1.2 Sam Shankland Ronald Burnett 1-0 50 Open
992 2016-09-13 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 11.1 Eric Hansen Sam Shankland 1-0 42 Open
993 2016-09-12 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 10.1 Sam Shankland Tornike Sanikidze 1-0 39 Open
994 2016-09-11 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 9.2 Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal Sam Shankland 0-1 31 Open
995 2016-09-09 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 7.1 Sam Shankland S.P. Sethuraman 1-0 75 Open
996 2016-09-08 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 6.2 Anton Korobov Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 44 Open
997 2016-09-05 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 4.3 Vojtech Plat Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 37 Open
998 2016-09-03 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 2.2 Colin A McNab Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 51 Open
999 2016-09-02 42nd Olympiad 2016 Baku AZE 1.2 Sam Shankland Joan Fernandez Lopez 1-0 19 Open
1000 2016-08-03 49th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 9.1 Sam Shankland Eltaj Safarli 1/2-1/2 19 Open

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