GMBator Sambuev

CAN Born 1980 Male
FIDE ID
4128290

About Bator Sambuev

Bator Sambuev was born in Ulan-Ude in 1980 and developed his chess career in Russia. He became an international master in 1999 and a grandmaster in 2006. He moved to Toronto in 2007 and settled in Montreal in 2010. In 2011 he won the Canadian Championship after a playoff against Eric Hansen. Show more

Bator Sambuev was born in Ulan-Ude in 1980 and developed his chess career in Russia. He became an international master in 1999 and a grandmaster in 2006. He moved to Toronto in 2007 and settled in Montreal in 2010. In 2011 he won the Canadian Championship after a playoff against Eric Hansen. He retained the championship the following year. The 2012 victory qualified him for the 2013 World Cup, where he won the opening game against Alexander Morozevich before losing the match in rapid tiebreaks. Sambuev played first board for Canada at the 2012 Olympiad and returned to the team in 2014. He won another Canadian championship in 2017 after a playoff with Nikolay Noritsyn. He then faced Wei Yi in the World Cup. In 2023 he shared the national championship with Noritsyn and Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2445

Published FIDE

Rapid

2478

Published FIDE

Blitz

2425

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#1067
National rank · CAN
#7

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2571 Apr 2014
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
644

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Rating history

CFC ratings

Canadian rankings

CFC ID 146462 · Montreal QC

2577Regular
2493Quick

CFC rating history

Official CFC ratings after each rated event.

Rated events
DateEventTypeRating
2026-11-08NCC Qualifier 1 2026Quick2493
2026-09-27Ottawa Fall OpenRegular2577
2026-09-07Montreal Open BlitzQuick2515
2026-09-07Montreal Open 2026 OpenRegular2570
2026-08-13Championnat du Quebec RotationRegular2572
2026-07-26Quebec Open Championship Open U2200Regular2573
2026-07-172026 Canadian Open O2100Regular2536
2026-06-072026 EOOCC OpenRegular2528
2026-05-182026 Ontario Open - CrownRegular2523
2026-04-15NormStorm Classic #1Regular2547
2026-04-07Championnat d'échecs du CanadaRegular2545
2026-03-012026 Ottawa March OpenRegular2529
2026-02-22Carnaval de Quebec A 2026Regular2534
2026-02-15Blitz Bishops Feb Take 5 OpenRegular2524
2026-01-182026 Ottawa Winter OpenRegular2530
2025-12-07Ottawa December OpenRegular2538
2025-11-022025 National Capital OpenRegular2533
2025-09-07Montréal Open Major ClassicalRegular2544
2025-08-20CIQ 2025Regular2546
2025-07-26Quebec Open 2025 Section ARegular2512
2025-06-152025 Eastern ON OpenRegular2510
2025-04-222025 Canadian ClosedRegular2498
2025-04-13Open de Gatineau 2025Regular2497
2025-03-022025 Ottawa March OpenRegular2502
2025-01-192025 Ottawa Winter OpenRegular2510
2024-12-082024 Ottawa December OpenRegular2520
2024-09-292024 Ottawa Fall OpenRegular2528
2024-09-022024 Toronto Open - CrownRegular2530
2024-07-252024 Maplewood Invitational RRRegular2549
2024-07-18Canadian Open 2024 Section ARegular2514
2024-06-162024 Eastern ON Open ChRegular2536
2024-05-26Open de Gatineau section OuverteRegular2554
2024-05-202024 Ontario Open CrownRegular2559
2024-04-082024 Candidates BlitzQuick2541
2024-04-072024 Excelsior April Rapid ChampionQuick2539
2024-04-062024 Excelsior April Blitz ChampionQuick2515
2024-04-022024 Canadian ZonalRegular2551
2024-03-17Excelsior March Open ChampionshipRegular2562
2024-03-032024 Ottawa March OpenRegular2572
2024-02-252024 Excelsior February OpenRegular2561
2024-01-28Excelsior 1 Year Anniversary OpenRegular2580
2024-01-212024 Ottawa Winter OpenRegular2584
2023-12-302023 Tournoi du Pere Noel ARegular2580
2023-12-102023 Ottawa December OpenRegular2574
2023-11-19Excelsior November Open TopRegular2579
2023-11-052023 National Capital OpenRegular2576
2023-10-292023 Excelsior October OpenRegular2587
2023-10-012023 Ottawa Fall OpenRegular2586
2023-09-102023 Excelsior September OpenRegular2575
2023-09-042023 Toronto Open CrownRegular2579

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (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
301 2022-08-05 Hollywood Norm Classic #3 Los Angeles USA 4.9 Akira Nakada Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 96 Open
302 2022-08-04 Hollywood Norm Classic #3 Los Angeles USA 3.15 Bator Sambuev Aryan Gutla Won: 1-0 28 Open
303 2022-08-04 Hollywood Norm Classic #3 Los Angeles USA 2.14 Mariia Bortnyk Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
304 2022-08-03 Hollywood Norm Classic #3 Los Angeles USA 1.5 Bator Sambuev Joseph Levine Lost: 0-1 55 Open
305 2022-07-17 Canadian Open 2022 Hamilton, ON CAN 9.3 Bator Sambuev Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux Draw: 1/2-1/2 85 Open
306 2022-07-15 Canadian Open 2022 Hamilton, ON CAN 7.7 Max Rusonik Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
307 2022-07-12 Canadian Open 2022 Hamilton, ON CAN 2.4 Johnathan Han Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 75 Open
308 2022-07-12 Canadian Open 2022 Hamilton, ON CAN 1.4 Bator Sambuev Benjamin Fradkin Won: 1-0 31 Open
309 2022-06-12 Eastern Ontario GM Norm Ottawa CAN 9 Bator Sambuev Reynaldo Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Lost: 0-1 34 Open
310 2022-06-11 Eastern Ontario GM Norm Ottawa CAN 8 Bator Sambuev Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
311 2022-06-11 Eastern Ontario GM Norm Ottawa CAN 7 Rohan Talukdar Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
312 2022-06-11 Eastern Ontario GM Norm Ottawa CAN 6 Bator Sambuev Jason Liang Lost: 0-1 37 Open
313 2022-06-10 Eastern Ontario GM Norm Ottawa CAN 5 Nikolay Noritsyn Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 41 Open
314 2022-06-10 Eastern Ontario GM Norm Ottawa CAN 4 Bator Sambuev Samrug Narayanan Won: 1-0 33 Open
315 2022-06-09 Eastern Ontario GM Norm Ottawa CAN 3 Maili-Jade Ouellet Bator Sambuev Lost: 1-0 53 Open
316 2022-06-08 Eastern Ontario GM Norm Ottawa CAN 2 Bator Sambuev Artiom Samsonkin Draw: 1/2-1/2 17 Open
317 2022-06-08 Eastern Ontario GM Norm Ottawa CAN 1 Ameet K Ghasi Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 71 Open
318 2022-06-05 Francophonie Rapid Teams Tornelo INT 9.1 Bator Sambuev Ahmad Najjar Won: 1-0 65 Open
319 2022-06-05 Francophonie Rapid Teams Tornelo INT 8.1 Mohamed Ben Ammar Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 68 Open
320 2022-06-05 Francophonie Rapid Teams Tornelo INT 7.1 Bator Sambuev Klendi Zeneli Won: 1-0 24 Open
321 2022-06-05 Francophonie Rapid Teams Tornelo INT 11.1 Bator Sambuev Zino Veleshnja Won: 1-0 27 Open
322 2022-06-05 Francophonie Rapid Teams Tornelo INT 10.1 Taleb Mohamed Mohamed Abderrahim Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 45 Open
323 2022-06-04 Francophonie Rapid Teams Tornelo INT 6.1 Amir Bagheri Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 51 Open
324 2022-06-04 Francophonie Rapid Teams Tornelo INT 5.1 Bator Sambuev Amir Zaibi Won: 1-0 38 Open
325 2022-06-04 Francophonie Rapid Teams Tornelo INT 4.1 Ahmed Adly Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 78 Open
326 2022-06-04 Francophonie Rapid Teams Tornelo INT 3.1 Bator Sambuev Nicholas Vettese Won: 1-0 48 Open
327 2022-06-04 Francophonie Rapid Teams Tornelo INT 2.1 Alexandr Scurtu Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 48 Open
328 2022-06-04 Francophonie Rapid Teams Tornelo INT 1.1 Bator Sambuev Vincent Latorre Won: 1-0 32 Open
329 2022-05-23 Ontario Open 2022 Toronto CAN 6.8 Svitlana Demchenko Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 66 Open
330 2022-05-23 Ontario Open 2022 Toronto CAN 5.3 Nikolay Noritsyn Bator Sambuev Lost: 1-0 63 Open
331 2022-05-22 Ontario Open 2022 Toronto CAN 4.2 Bator Sambuev Ameet K Ghasi Lost: 0-1 60 Open
332 2022-05-22 Ontario Open 2022 Toronto CAN 3.1 Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 61 Open
333 2022-05-21 Ontario Open 2022 Toronto CAN 2.2 Bator Sambuev Koosha Jaferian Won: 1-0 34 Open
334 2022-05-21 Ontario Open 2022 Toronto CAN 1.2 Omid Malek Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 28 Open
335 2022-04-18 Canadian Zonal 2022 Kingston, ON CAN 9.4 Bator Sambuev Max Rusonik Won: 1-0 51 Open
336 2022-04-17 Canadian Zonal 2022 Kingston, ON CAN 8.3 Zachary Dukic Bator Sambuev Lost: 1-0 43 Open
337 2022-04-17 Canadian Zonal 2022 Kingston, ON CAN 7.2 Yuanchen Zhang Bator Sambuev Lost: 1-0 39 Open
338 2022-04-16 Canadian Zonal 2022 Kingston, ON CAN 6.2 Bator Sambuev Adam Dorrance Won: 1-0 96 Open
339 2022-04-15 Canadian Zonal 2022 Kingston, ON CAN 5.1 Raja Panjwani Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
340 2022-04-15 Canadian Zonal 2022 Kingston, ON CAN 4.1 Bator Sambuev Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
341 2022-04-14 Canadian Zonal 2022 Kingston, ON CAN 3.1 Max Chen Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 30 Open
342 2022-04-14 Canadian Zonal 2022 Kingston, ON CAN 2.2 Bator Sambuev Rohan Talukdar Won: 1-0 47 Open
343 2022-04-13 Canadian Zonal 2022 Kingston, ON CAN 1.2 Marius Nicula Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 82 Open
344 2021-12-05 ch-Quebec 2021 Montreal CAN 3.4 Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 20 Open
345 2021-12-04 ch-Quebec 2021 Montreal CAN 3.3 Bator Sambuev Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte Won: 1-0 61 Open
346 2021-12-04 ch-Quebec 2021 Montreal CAN 3.2 Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
347 2021-12-03 ch-Quebec 2021 Montreal CAN 3.1 Bator Sambuev Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
348 2021-11-27 ch-Quebec 2021 Montreal CAN 2.2 Bator Sambuev Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
349 2021-11-27 ch-Quebec 2021 Montreal CAN 2.1 Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 102 Open
350 2021-11-25 ch-Quebec 2021 Montreal CAN 1.2 Steve Bolduc Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 51 Open
  1. vs Akira NakadaDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-08-05 · Round 4.9Hollywood Norm Classic #3
  2. vs Aryan GutlaWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-04 · Round 3.15Hollywood Norm Classic #3
  3. vs Mariia BortnykDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-08-04 · Round 2.14Hollywood Norm Classic #3
  4. vs Joseph LevineLost · 0-1White · 2022-08-03 · Round 1.5Hollywood Norm Classic #3
  5. vs Shawn Rodrigue-LemieuxDraw · ½–½White · 2022-07-17 · Round 9.3Canadian Open 2022
  6. vs Max RusonikDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-07-15 · Round 7.7Canadian Open 2022
  7. vs Johnathan HanDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-07-12 · Round 2.4Canadian Open 2022
  8. vs Benjamin FradkinWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-12 · Round 1.4Canadian Open 2022
  9. vs Reynaldo Vera Gonzalez-QuevedoLost · 0-1White · 2022-06-12 · Round 9Eastern Ontario GM Norm
  10. vs Luis Manuel Perez RodriguezDraw · ½–½White · 2022-06-11 · Round 8Eastern Ontario GM Norm
  11. vs Rohan TalukdarDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-06-11 · Round 7Eastern Ontario GM Norm
  12. vs Jason LiangLost · 0-1White · 2022-06-11 · Round 6Eastern Ontario GM Norm
  13. vs Nikolay NoritsynWon · 0-1Black · 2022-06-10 · Round 5Eastern Ontario GM Norm
  14. vs Samrug NarayananWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-10 · Round 4Eastern Ontario GM Norm
  15. vs Maili-Jade OuelletLost · 1-0Black · 2022-06-09 · Round 3Eastern Ontario GM Norm
  16. vs Artiom SamsonkinDraw · ½–½White · 2022-06-08 · Round 2Eastern Ontario GM Norm
  17. vs Ameet K GhasiWon · 0-1Black · 2022-06-08 · Round 1Eastern Ontario GM Norm
  18. vs Ahmad NajjarWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-05 · Round 9.1Francophonie Rapid Teams
  19. vs Mohamed Ben AmmarWon · 0-1Black · 2022-06-05 · Round 8.1Francophonie Rapid Teams
  20. vs Klendi ZeneliWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-05 · Round 7.1Francophonie Rapid Teams
  21. vs Zino VeleshnjaWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-05 · Round 11.1Francophonie Rapid Teams
  22. vs Taleb Mohamed Mohamed AbderrahimWon · 0-1Black · 2022-06-05 · Round 10.1Francophonie Rapid Teams
  23. vs Amir BagheriWon · 0-1Black · 2022-06-04 · Round 6.1Francophonie Rapid Teams
  24. vs Amir ZaibiWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-04 · Round 5.1Francophonie Rapid Teams
  25. vs Ahmed AdlyDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-06-04 · Round 4.1Francophonie Rapid Teams
  26. vs Nicholas VetteseWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-04 · Round 3.1Francophonie Rapid Teams
  27. vs Alexandr ScurtuWon · 0-1Black · 2022-06-04 · Round 2.1Francophonie Rapid Teams
  28. vs Vincent LatorreWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-04 · Round 1.1Francophonie Rapid Teams
  29. vs Svitlana DemchenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-05-23 · Round 6.8Ontario Open 2022
  30. vs Nikolay NoritsynLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-23 · Round 5.3Ontario Open 2022
  31. vs Ameet K GhasiLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-22 · Round 4.2Ontario Open 2022
  32. vs Olivier-Kenta Chiku-RatteDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-05-22 · Round 3.1Ontario Open 2022
  33. vs Koosha JaferianWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-21 · Round 2.2Ontario Open 2022
  34. vs Omid MalekWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-21 · Round 1.2Ontario Open 2022
  35. vs Max RusonikWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-18 · Round 9.4Canadian Zonal 2022
  36. vs Zachary DukicLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-17 · Round 8.3Canadian Zonal 2022
  37. vs Yuanchen ZhangLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-17 · Round 7.2Canadian Zonal 2022
  38. vs Adam DorranceWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-16 · Round 6.2Canadian Zonal 2022
  39. vs Raja PanjwaniDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-04-15 · Round 5.1Canadian Zonal 2022
  40. vs Shawn Rodrigue-LemieuxDraw · ½–½White · 2022-04-15 · Round 4.1Canadian Zonal 2022
  41. vs Max ChenWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-14 · Round 3.1Canadian Zonal 2022
  42. vs Rohan TalukdarWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-14 · Round 2.2Canadian Zonal 2022
  43. vs Marius NiculaWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-13 · Round 1.2Canadian Zonal 2022
  44. vs Olivier-Kenta Chiku-RatteWon · 0-1Black · 2021-12-05 · Round 3.4ch-Quebec 2021
  45. vs Olivier-Kenta Chiku-RatteWon · 1-0White · 2021-12-04 · Round 3.3ch-Quebec 2021
  46. vs Olivier-Kenta Chiku-RatteDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-12-04 · Round 3.2ch-Quebec 2021
  47. vs Olivier-Kenta Chiku-RatteDraw · ½–½White · 2021-12-03 · Round 3.1ch-Quebec 2021
  48. vs Shawn Rodrigue-LemieuxDraw · ½–½White · 2021-11-27 · Round 2.2ch-Quebec 2021
  49. vs Shawn Rodrigue-LemieuxWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-27 · Round 2.1ch-Quebec 2021
  50. vs Steve BolducWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-25 · Round 1.2ch-Quebec 2021

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-09-252026 Ottawa Fall Open 2Classical5

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