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
351 2021-11-25 ch-Quebec 2021 Montreal CAN 1.1 Bator Sambuev Steve Bolduc Won: 1-0 24 Open
352 2021-05-28 Am. World Cup QGp7 Tornelo INT 3.5 Bator Sambuev Yusnel Bacallao Alonso Lost: 0-1 56 Open
353 2021-05-27 Am. World Cup QGp7 Tornelo INT 3.4 Yusnel Bacallao Alonso Bator Sambuev Lost: 1-0 55 Open
354 2021-05-27 Am. World Cup QGp7 Tornelo INT 3.3 Bator Sambuev Yusnel Bacallao Alonso Won: 1-0 31 Open
355 2021-05-27 Am. World Cup QGp7 Tornelo INT 3.2 Bator Sambuev Yusnel Bacallao Alonso Lost: 0-1 65 Open
356 2021-05-26 Am. World Cup QGp7 Tornelo INT 3.1 Yusnel Bacallao Alonso Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 38 Open
357 2021-05-25 Am. World Cup QGp7 Tornelo INT 2.2 Luis Valenzuela Fuentealba Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 55 Open
358 2021-05-24 Am. World Cup QGp7 Tornelo INT 2.1 Bator Sambuev Luis Valenzuela Fuentealba Draw: 1/2-1/2 88 Open
359 2021-05-23 Am. World Cup QGp7 Tornelo INT 1.2 Bator Sambuev Christopher Lyn Won: 1-0 28 Open
360 2019-11-03 7th Contrecoeur Open 2019 Contrecoeur CAN 5.1 Ananda Saha Bator Sambuev Lost: 1-0 50 Open
361 2019-11-03 7th Contrecoeur Open 2019 Contrecoeur CAN 4.1 Bator Sambuev Thomas Roussel-Roozmon Won: 1-0 50 Open
362 2019-11-02 7th Contrecoeur Open 2019 Contrecoeur CAN 3.1 Alexandre Lesiege Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
363 2019-11-02 7th Contrecoeur Open 2019 Contrecoeur CAN 2.2 Bator Sambuev Taira Tyler Tanaka Won: 1-0 46 Open
364 2019-11-01 7th Contrecoeur Open 2019 Contrecoeur CAN 1.2 Jonathan Turcotte Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 31 Open
365 2019-10-13 Canadian Int Open 2019 Montreal CAN 5.2 Bator Sambuev Alexandre Lesiege Lost: 0-1 38 Open
366 2019-10-13 Canadian Int Open 2019 Montreal CAN 4.3 Marius Nicula Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
367 2019-10-12 Canadian Int Open 2019 Montreal CAN 3.2 Bator Sambuev Camilo Ernesto Gomez Garrido Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
368 2019-10-12 Canadian Int Open 2019 Montreal CAN 2.2 Rejean Tremblay Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 41 Open
369 2019-10-11 Canadian Int Open 2019 Montreal CAN 1.2 Bator Sambuev Christopher Pace Won: 1-0 45 Open
370 2019-07-27 Quebec Open 2019 Longueuil CAN 9.1 Reynaldo Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 88 Open
371 2019-07-26 Quebec Open 2019 Longueuil CAN 8.3 Bator Sambuev David H. Cummings Won: 1-0 108 Open
372 2019-07-25 Quebec Open 2019 Longueuil CAN 7.4 Taira Tyler Tanaka Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 41 Open
373 2019-07-24 Quebec Open 2019 Longueuil CAN 6.1 Bator Sambuev Alexandre Lesiege Lost: 0-1 75 Open
374 2019-07-23 Quebec Open 2019 Longueuil CAN 5.1 Thomas Roussel-Roozmon Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 17 Open
375 2019-07-22 Quebec Open 2019 Longueuil CAN 4.2 Bator Sambuev Raymond Kaufman Won: 1-0 45 Open
376 2019-07-21 Quebec Open 2019 Longueuil CAN 3.1 Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
377 2019-07-21 Quebec Open 2019 Longueuil CAN 2.1 Bator Sambuev Dario Leonel Martinez Mulet Won: 1-0 64 Open
378 2019-07-20 Quebec Open 2019 Longueuil CAN 1.1 Kevin Zhong Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 50 Open
379 2019-05-20 Ontario Open 2019 Oakville CAN 6.1 Razvan Preotu Bator Sambuev Lost: 1-0 29 Open
380 2019-05-20 Ontario Open 2019 Oakville CAN 5.1 Bator Sambuev Mark Plotkin Won: 1-0 67 Open
381 2019-05-19 Ontario Open 2019 Oakville CAN 4.2 Mike Ivanov Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 71 Open
382 2019-05-19 Ontario Open 2019 Oakville CAN 3.3 Bator Sambuev Eugene Hua Won: 1-0 31 Open
383 2019-05-18 Ontario Open 2019 Oakville CAN 2.1 Max Chen Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 55 Open
384 2019-05-18 Ontario Open 2019 Oakville CAN 1.2 Bator Sambuev Eric M Li Won: 1-0 23 Open
385 2019-03-31 ch-Quebec 2019 Montreal CAN 4.5 Bator Sambuev Zong Yang Yu Lost: 0-1 45 Open
386 2019-03-31 ch-Quebec 2019 Montreal CAN 4.4 Zong Yang Yu Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
387 2019-03-31 ch-Quebec 2019 Montreal CAN 4.3 Bator Sambuev Zong Yang Yu Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
388 2019-03-30 ch-Quebec 2019 Montreal CAN 4.2 Zong Yang Yu Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 53 Open
389 2019-03-30 ch-Quebec 2019 Montreal CAN 4.1 Bator Sambuev Zong Yang Yu Lost: 0-1 41 Open
390 2019-03-24 ch-Quebec 2019 Montreal CAN 3.2 Bator Sambuev Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux Won: 1-0 52 Open
391 2019-03-24 ch-Quebec 2019 Montreal CAN 3.1 Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 47 Open
392 2019-03-24 ch-Quebec 2019 Montreal CAN 2.2 Hugues Masse Bator Sambuev Draw: 1/2-1/2 89 Open
393 2019-03-23 ch-Quebec 2019 Montreal CAN 2.1 Bator Sambuev Hugues Masse Won: 1-0 33 Open
394 2019-03-22 ch-Quebec 2019 Montreal CAN 1.2 Leo Richard Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 47 Open
395 2019-03-21 ch-Quebec 2019 Montreal CAN 1.1 Bator Sambuev Leo Richard Won: 1-0 32 Open
396 2018-10-07 Varennes Open 2018 Montreal CAN 5.1 Bator Sambuev Elier Miranda Mesa Won: 1-0 33 Open
397 2018-10-07 Varennes Open 2018 Montreal CAN 4.3 Alexis Langlois-Remillard Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 22 Open
398 2018-10-06 Varennes Open 2018 Montreal CAN 3.2 Bator Sambuev Heriberto Diaz Hernandez Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
399 2018-10-06 Varennes Open 2018 Montreal CAN 2.3 Hugues Masse Bator Sambuev Won: 0-1 73 Open
400 2018-10-05 Varennes Open 2018 Montreal CAN 1.3 Bator Sambuev Zachary Dukic Won: 1-0 61 Open
  1. vs Steve BolducWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-25 · Round 1.1ch-Quebec 2021
  2. vs Yusnel Bacallao AlonsoLost · 0-1White · 2021-05-28 · Round 3.5Am. World Cup QGp7
  3. vs Yusnel Bacallao AlonsoLost · 1-0Black · 2021-05-27 · Round 3.4Am. World Cup QGp7
  4. vs Yusnel Bacallao AlonsoWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-27 · Round 3.3Am. World Cup QGp7
  5. vs Yusnel Bacallao AlonsoLost · 0-1White · 2021-05-27 · Round 3.2Am. World Cup QGp7
  6. vs Yusnel Bacallao AlonsoWon · 0-1Black · 2021-05-26 · Round 3.1Am. World Cup QGp7
  7. vs Luis Valenzuela FuentealbaWon · 0-1Black · 2021-05-25 · Round 2.2Am. World Cup QGp7
  8. vs Luis Valenzuela FuentealbaDraw · ½–½White · 2021-05-24 · Round 2.1Am. World Cup QGp7
  9. vs Christopher LynWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-23 · Round 1.2Am. World Cup QGp7
  10. vs Ananda SahaLost · 1-0Black · 2019-11-03 · Round 5.17th Contrecoeur Open 2019
  11. vs Thomas Roussel-RoozmonWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-03 · Round 4.17th Contrecoeur Open 2019
  12. vs Alexandre LesiegeDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-11-02 · Round 3.17th Contrecoeur Open 2019
  13. vs Taira Tyler TanakaWon · 1-0White · 2019-11-02 · Round 2.27th Contrecoeur Open 2019
  14. vs Jonathan TurcotteWon · 0-1Black · 2019-11-01 · Round 1.27th Contrecoeur Open 2019
  15. vs Alexandre LesiegeLost · 0-1White · 2019-10-13 · Round 5.2Canadian Int Open 2019
  16. vs Marius NiculaDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-10-13 · Round 4.3Canadian Int Open 2019
  17. vs Camilo Ernesto Gomez GarridoDraw · ½–½White · 2019-10-12 · Round 3.2Canadian Int Open 2019
  18. vs Rejean TremblayWon · 0-1Black · 2019-10-12 · Round 2.2Canadian Int Open 2019
  19. vs Christopher PaceWon · 1-0White · 2019-10-11 · Round 1.2Canadian Int Open 2019
  20. vs Reynaldo Vera Gonzalez-QuevedoWon · 0-1Black · 2019-07-27 · Round 9.1Quebec Open 2019
  21. vs David H. CummingsWon · 1-0White · 2019-07-26 · Round 8.3Quebec Open 2019
  22. vs Taira Tyler TanakaWon · 0-1Black · 2019-07-25 · Round 7.4Quebec Open 2019
  23. vs Alexandre LesiegeLost · 0-1White · 2019-07-24 · Round 6.1Quebec Open 2019
  24. vs Thomas Roussel-RoozmonDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-07-23 · Round 5.1Quebec Open 2019
  25. vs Raymond KaufmanWon · 1-0White · 2019-07-22 · Round 4.2Quebec Open 2019
  26. vs Luis Manuel Perez RodriguezDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-07-21 · Round 3.1Quebec Open 2019
  27. vs Dario Leonel Martinez MuletWon · 1-0White · 2019-07-21 · Round 2.1Quebec Open 2019
  28. vs Kevin ZhongWon · 0-1Black · 2019-07-20 · Round 1.1Quebec Open 2019
  29. vs Razvan PreotuLost · 1-0Black · 2019-05-20 · Round 6.1Ontario Open 2019
  30. vs Mark PlotkinWon · 1-0White · 2019-05-20 · Round 5.1Ontario Open 2019
  31. vs Mike IvanovWon · 0-1Black · 2019-05-19 · Round 4.2Ontario Open 2019
  32. vs Eugene HuaWon · 1-0White · 2019-05-19 · Round 3.3Ontario Open 2019
  33. vs Max ChenDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-05-18 · Round 2.1Ontario Open 2019
  34. vs Eric M LiWon · 1-0White · 2019-05-18 · Round 1.2Ontario Open 2019
  35. vs Zong Yang YuLost · 0-1White · 2019-03-31 · Round 4.5ch-Quebec 2019
  36. vs Zong Yang YuDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-03-31 · Round 4.4ch-Quebec 2019
  37. vs Zong Yang YuDraw · ½–½White · 2019-03-31 · Round 4.3ch-Quebec 2019
  38. vs Zong Yang YuWon · 0-1Black · 2019-03-30 · Round 4.2ch-Quebec 2019
  39. vs Zong Yang YuLost · 0-1White · 2019-03-30 · Round 4.1ch-Quebec 2019
  40. vs Shawn Rodrigue-LemieuxWon · 1-0White · 2019-03-24 · Round 3.2ch-Quebec 2019
  41. vs Shawn Rodrigue-LemieuxWon · 0-1Black · 2019-03-24 · Round 3.1ch-Quebec 2019
  42. vs Hugues MasseDraw · ½–½Black · 2019-03-24 · Round 2.2ch-Quebec 2019
  43. vs Hugues MasseWon · 1-0White · 2019-03-23 · Round 2.1ch-Quebec 2019
  44. vs Leo RichardWon · 0-1Black · 2019-03-22 · Round 1.2ch-Quebec 2019
  45. vs Leo RichardWon · 1-0White · 2019-03-21 · Round 1.1ch-Quebec 2019
  46. vs Elier Miranda MesaWon · 1-0White · 2018-10-07 · Round 5.1Varennes Open 2018
  47. vs Alexis Langlois-RemillardWon · 0-1Black · 2018-10-07 · Round 4.3Varennes Open 2018
  48. vs Heriberto Diaz HernandezDraw · ½–½White · 2018-10-06 · Round 3.2Varennes Open 2018
  49. vs Hugues MasseWon · 0-1Black · 2018-10-06 · Round 2.3Varennes Open 2018
  50. vs Zachary DukicWon · 1-0White · 2018-10-05 · Round 1.3Varennes Open 2018

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-09-252026 Ottawa Fall Open 2Classical5

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