GMSam Shankland

USA Born 1991 (Age ≈35) Male

FIDE ID: 2004887
USCF ID: 12852765

Ratings

2648.0

Classical

Published FIDE

2624

Rapid

Published FIDE

2613

Blitz

Published FIDE

2715

USCF Regular

Published US Chess

Official classical ranks

World rank: #71
National rank · USA: #12

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating: 2731 Feb 2019
Recorded years: 2007–2026
Archived games: 1355

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

USCF rating history

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FIDE rating history

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FIDE tournaments

Date	Tournament	Type	Score
2026-10-09	2026 US Championship	Classical	5

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-07 (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
501	2022-08-28	Saint Louis Rapid 2022	Saint Louis USA	7.4	Hikaru Nakamura	Sam Shankland	0-1	73	Open
502	2022-08-27	Saint Louis Rapid 2022	Saint Louis USA	6.2	Sam Shankland	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	1/2-1/2	40	Open
503	2022-08-27	Saint Louis Rapid 2022	Saint Louis USA	5.4	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	73	Open
504	2022-08-27	Saint Louis Rapid 2022	Saint Louis USA	4.1	Sam Shankland	Levon Aronian	1/2-1/2	54	Open
505	2022-08-26	Saint Louis Rapid 2022	Saint Louis USA	3.3	Alireza Firouzja	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	53	Open
506	2022-08-26	Saint Louis Rapid 2022	Saint Louis USA	2.5	Sam Shankland	Leinier Dominguez Perez	1/2-1/2	48	Open
507	2022-08-26	Saint Louis Rapid 2022	Saint Louis USA	1.2	Fabiano Caruana	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	118	Open
508	2022-08-09	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	11.4	Sam Shankland	Narayanan S L	1-0	74	Open
509	2022-08-08	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	10.3	Dragan Solak	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	34	Open
510	2022-08-05	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	7.2	Sam Shankland	Robert Hovhannisyan	0-1	90	Open
511	2022-08-01	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	4.2	Jakhongir Vakhidov	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	60	Open
512	2022-07-31	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	3.2	Sam Shankland	Tamaz Gelashvili	1-0	72	Open
513	2022-07-30	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	2.2	M Ruben D Zacarias	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	32	Open
514	2022-07-29	44th Olympiad 2022	Chennai IND	1.2	Sam Shankland	Domingos Junior	1-0	53	Open
515	2022-06-17	4th Prague Masters 2022	Prague CZE	9.2	Sam Shankland	Thai Dai Van Nguyen	1/2-1/2	48	Open
516	2022-06-16	4th Prague Masters 2022	Prague CZE	8.2	David Navara	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	31	Open
517	2022-06-15	4th Prague Masters 2022	Prague CZE	7.5	Sam Shankland	Parham Maghsoodloo	1-0	76	Open
518	2022-06-14	4th Prague Masters 2022	Prague CZE	6.4	David Anton Guijarro	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	59	Open
519	2022-06-13	4th Prague Masters 2022	Prague CZE	5.5	Francisco Vallejo Pons	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	13	Open
520	2022-06-11	4th Prague Masters 2022	Prague CZE	4.5	Sam Shankland	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	1/2-1/2	31	Open
521	2022-06-10	4th Prague Masters 2022	Prague CZE	3.2	Pentala Harikrishna	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	32	Open
522	2022-06-09	4th Prague Masters 2022	Prague CZE	2.4	Sam Shankland	A.R. Saleh Salem	1-0	63	Open
523	2022-06-08	4th Prague Masters 2022	Prague CZE	1.3	Quang Liem Le	Sam Shankland	1-0	42	Open
524	2022-04-29	American Cup Blitz 2022	Saint Louis USA	9.5	Sam Shankland	Akshat Chandra	1-0	29	Open
525	2022-04-29	American Cup Blitz 2022	Saint Louis USA	8.2	Fabiano Caruana	Sam Shankland	1-0	38	Open
526	2022-04-29	American Cup Blitz 2022	Saint Louis USA	7.4	Sam Shankland	Grigoriy Oparin	1-0	29	Open
527	2022-04-29	American Cup Blitz 2022	Saint Louis USA	5.4	Sam Shankland	Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	0-1	43	Open
528	2022-04-29	American Cup Blitz 2022	Saint Louis USA	4.2	Wesley So	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	75	Open
529	2022-04-29	American Cup Blitz 2022	Saint Louis USA	3.5	Sam Shankland	Jeffery Xiong	1-0	41	Open
530	2022-04-29	American Cup Blitz 2022	Saint Louis USA	2.5	Mikhail Al. Antipov	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	92	Open
531	2022-04-29	American Cup Blitz 2022	Saint Louis USA	1.6	Sam Shankland	Irina Krush	1-0	35	Open
532	2022-04-22	American Cup Elim	Saint Louis USA	1.5	Ray Robson	Sam Shankland	1-0	57	Open
533	2022-04-22	American Cup Elim	Saint Louis USA	1.4	Sam Shankland	Ray Robson	1-0	50	Open
534	2022-04-22	American Cup Elim	Saint Louis USA	1.3	Ray Robson	Sam Shankland	1-0	53	Open
535	2022-04-22	American Cup Elim	Saint Louis USA	1.2	Ray Robson	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	36	Open
536	2022-04-22	American Cup Elim	Saint Louis USA	1.1	Sam Shankland	Ray Robson	1/2-1/2	53	Open
537	2022-04-21	American Cup Champ	Saint Louis USA	1.4	Leinier Dominguez Perez	Sam Shankland	1-0	59	Open
538	2022-04-21	American Cup Champ	Saint Louis USA	1.3	Sam Shankland	Leinier Dominguez Perez	1/2-1/2	52	Open
539	2022-04-21	American Cup Champ	Saint Louis USA	1.2	Sam Shankland	Leinier Dominguez Perez	1/2-1/2	44	Open
540	2022-04-20	American Cup Champ	Saint Louis USA	1.1	Leinier Dominguez Perez	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	32	Open
541	2022-03-29	FIDE GP 3 Pool C TB	Berlin GER	2	Wesley So	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	40	Open
542	2022-03-29	FIDE GP 3 Pool C TB	Berlin GER	1	Sam Shankland	Wesley So	0-1	54	Open
543	2022-03-28	FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool C	Berlin GER	6.2	Sam Shankland	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1/2-1/2	29	Open
544	2022-03-27	FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool C	Berlin GER	5.2	Alexandr Predke	Sam Shankland	0-1	37	Open
545	2022-03-25	FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool C	Berlin GER	4.1	Wesley So	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	30	Open
546	2022-03-24	FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool C	Berlin GER	3.2	Sam Shankland	Alexandr Predke	1/2-1/2	57	Open
547	2022-03-23	FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool C	Berlin GER	2.2	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	36	Open
548	2022-03-22	FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool C	Berlin GER	1.1	Sam Shankland	Wesley So	1/2-1/2	51	Open
549	2022-03-07	FIDE Grand Prix 2 Pool A	Belgrade SRB	6.2	Alexander Grischuk	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	30	Open
550	2022-03-06	FIDE Grand Prix 2 Pool A	Belgrade SRB	5.1	Sam Shankland	Dmitry Andreikin	1/2-1/2	24	Open