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

2642.7 -3.3

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
2402

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Live rankings

CFC ratings

Canadian rankings

CFC ID 158042 · USA US

2676Regular
2676Quick · Provisional

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ECF ratings

English rankings

ECF code 280611D · United States · Latest available list 2026-10-01

2616Standard · Provisional
2448Rapid
—Blitz

ECF rating history

Revised published ratings. Pre-July 2020 grades use a separate scale.

Published lists
DateTypeScaleOriginalRevised
2026-10-01rapidrating24482448
2026-10-01standardrating26162616
2026-09-01rapidrating24482448
2026-09-01standardrating26162616
2026-08-01rapidrating24482448
2026-08-01standardrating26162616
2026-07-01rapidrating24482448
2026-07-01standardrating26162616
2026-06-01rapidrating24482448
2026-06-01standardrating26162616
2026-05-01rapidrating24482448
2026-05-01standardrating26162616
2026-04-01rapidrating24482448
2026-04-01standardrating26162616
2026-03-01rapidrating24482448
2026-03-01standardrating26162616
2026-02-01rapidrating24482448
2026-02-01standardrating26162616
2026-01-01rapidrating24482448
2026-01-01standardrating26162616
2025-12-01standardrating26332633

Historical coverage is still being added.

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Oct 2026.

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USCF 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: 2026-10-09 (UTC).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
1951 2018-03-07 St Louis Spring A Saint Louis USA 2.2 Varuzhan Akobian Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 34 Open
1952 2018-03-06 St Louis Spring A Saint Louis USA 1.2 Sam Shankland Lazaro Bruzon Batista 1/2-1/2 36 Open
1953 2017-12-23 Sunway Sitges Open 2017 Sitges ESP 9.2 Sam Shankland Aman Hambleton 1-0 40 Open
1954 2017-12-23 Sunway Sitges Open TB Sitges ESP 2.2 A.R. Saleh Salem Sam Shankland 0-1 59 Open
1955 2017-12-23 Sunway Sitges Open TB Sitges ESP 2.1 Sam Shankland A.R. Saleh Salem 1/2-1/2 62 Open
1956 2017-12-22 Sunway Sitges Open 2017 Sitges ESP 8.1 Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 45 Open
1957 2017-12-21 Sunway Sitges Open 2017 Sitges ESP 7.4 Sam Shankland Hipolito Asis Gargatagli 1-0 41 Open
1958 2017-12-20 Sunway Sitges Open 2017 Sitges ESP 6.5 Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 15 Open
1959 2017-12-19 Sunway Sitges Open 2017 Sitges ESP 5.1 Sam Shankland Hrant Melkumyan 1/2-1/2 13 Open
1960 2017-12-18 Sunway Sitges Open 2017 Sitges ESP 4.5 Sam Shankland Jose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal 1-0 42 Open
1961 2017-12-17 Sunway Sitges Open 2017 Sitges ESP 3.2 Jaime Santos Latasa Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 37 Open
1962 2017-12-16 Sunway Sitges Open 2017 Sitges ESP 2.2 Sam Shankland Lars Ootes 1-0 22 Open
1963 2017-12-15 Sunway Sitges Open 2017 Sitges ESP 1.2 Soham Das Sam Shankland 0-1 59 Open
1964 2017-09-17 Imre Konig Inv Rapid 2017 San Francisco USA 6 Sam Shankland Conrad Holt 1/2-1/2 28 Open
1965 2017-09-17 Imre Konig Inv Rapid 2017 San Francisco USA 5 Daniel Naroditsky Sam Shankland 1-0 40 Open
1966 2017-09-17 Imre Konig Inv Rapid 2017 San Francisco USA 4 Sam Shankland Parimarjan Negi 1-0 57 Open
1967 2017-09-16 Imre Konig Inv Rapid 2017 San Francisco USA 3 Conrad Holt Sam Shankland 0-1 46 Open
1968 2017-09-16 Imre Konig Inv Rapid 2017 San Francisco USA 2 Parimarjan Negi Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 33 Open
1969 2017-09-16 Imre Konig Inv Rapid 2017 San Francisco USA 1 Sam Shankland Daniel Naroditsky 1/2-1/2 26 Open
1970 2017-08-27 US Chess Masters 2017 Greensboro USA 9.3 Sam Shankland Advait Patel 1-0 48 Open
1971 2017-08-27 US Chess Masters 2017 Greensboro USA 8.1 Niclas Huschenbeth Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 36 Open
1972 2017-08-27 US Chess Masters TB 2017 Greensboro USA 1 Sam Shankland Yaroslav Zherebukh 1/2-1/2 54 Open
1973 2017-08-26 US Chess Masters 2017 Greensboro USA 7.2 Sam Shankland Ioan-Cristian Chirila 1/2-1/2 21 Open
1974 2017-08-26 US Chess Masters 2017 Greensboro USA 6.2 Dmitry Gordievsky Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 22 Open
1975 2017-08-25 US Chess Masters 2017 Greensboro USA 5.2 Sam Shankland Alexander Shabalov 1-0 42 Open
1976 2017-08-25 US Chess Masters 2017 Greensboro USA 4.2 Julio Becerra Rivero Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 18 Open
1977 2017-08-24 US Chess Masters 2017 Greensboro USA 3.1 Sam Shankland Magesh Chandran Panchanathan 1/2-1/2 49 Open
1978 2017-08-24 US Chess Masters 2017 Greensboro USA 2.1 Kaiqi Yang Sam Shankland 0-1 32 Open
1979 2017-08-23 US Chess Masters 2017 Greensboro USA 1.1 Sam Shankland David Vigorito 1-0 43 Open
1980 2017-08-02 50th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 9.14 Sam Shankland Gabriel Gaehwiler 1-0 42 Open
1981 2017-08-01 50th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 8.7 Anthony Bellaiche Sam Shankland 1-0 34 Open
1982 2017-07-31 50th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 7.6 Sam Shankland Cemil Can Ali Marandi 1/2-1/2 90 Open
1983 2017-07-30 50th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 6.2 Tamas Banusz Sam Shankland 1-0 65 Open
1984 2017-07-28 50th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 5.3 Sam Shankland Mikhail Al. Antipov 1-0 46 Open
1985 2017-07-27 50th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 4.3 Murali Karthikeyan Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 71 Open
1986 2017-07-26 50th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 3.9 Sam Shankland Valentin Dragnev 1-0 26 Open
1987 2017-07-24 50th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 1.1 Sam Shankland Bruno Kamber 1-0 44 Open
1988 2017-06-26 11th World Teams 2017 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 9.3 Ian Nepomniachtchi Sam Shankland 1-0 69 Open
1989 2017-06-25 11th World Teams 2017 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 8.4 Sam Shankland Ruslan Ponomariov 1/2-1/2 28 Open
1990 2017-06-24 11th World Teams 2017 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 7.2 Dragan Solak Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 14 Open
1991 2017-06-23 11th World Teams 2017 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 6.5 Sam Shankland Abdelrahman Hesham 1-0 40 Open
1992 2017-06-21 11th World Teams 2017 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 5.1 Sam Shankland Sergei Zhigalko 1/2-1/2 76 Open
1993 2017-06-19 11th World Teams 2017 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 3.2 Sam Shankland Liren Ding 1/2-1/2 28 Open
1994 2017-06-18 11th World Teams 2017 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.4 Radoslaw Wojtaszek Sam Shankland 1-0 25 Open
1995 2017-06-17 11th World Teams 2017 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 1.3 Sam Shankland Aryan Tari 1/2-1/2 20 Open
1996 2017-06-06 52nd Capablanca Mem Elite Matanzas CUB 10.3 Sam Shankland Vasyl Ivanchuk 1-0 39 Open
1997 2017-06-05 52nd Capablanca Mem Elite Matanzas CUB 9.3 Kacper Piorun Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 10 Open
1998 2017-06-04 52nd Capablanca Mem Elite Matanzas CUB 8.2 Sam Shankland Krishnan Sasikiran 0-1 59 Open
1999 2017-06-03 52nd Capablanca Mem Elite Matanzas CUB 7.2 Emilio Cordova Sam Shankland 0-1 32 Open
2000 2017-06-02 52nd Capablanca Mem Elite Matanzas CUB 6.3 Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 10 Open

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