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Sam Shankland represents United States of America (FIDE ID 2004887). Explore classical, rapid and blitz ratings, monthly rating history and archived games.

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

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-092026 US ChampionshipClassical5

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-08 (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
651 2021-08-12 Saint Louis Rapid 2021 Saint Louis USA 6.4 Sam Shankland Hikaru Nakamura 1/2-1/2 36 Open
652 2021-08-12 Saint Louis Rapid 2021 Saint Louis USA 5.3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Sam Shankland 0-1 25 Open
653 2021-08-12 Saint Louis Rapid 2021 Saint Louis USA 4.2 Sam Shankland Fabiano Caruana 1-0 51 Open
654 2021-08-11 Saint Louis Rapid 2021 Saint Louis USA 3.2 Wesley So Sam Shankland 1-0 41 Open
655 2021-08-11 Saint Louis Rapid 2021 Saint Louis USA 2.5 Sam Shankland Leinier Dominguez Perez 1/2-1/2 45 Open
656 2021-08-11 Saint Louis Rapid 2021 Saint Louis USA 1.1 Sam Shankland Richard Rapport 0-1 32 Open
657 2021-07-30 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 6.6 Sam Shankland Sergey Karjakin 0-1 50 Open
658 2021-07-30 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 6.5 Sergey Karjakin Sam Shankland 1-0 35 Open
659 2021-07-30 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 6.4 Sergey Karjakin Sam Shankland 1-0 40 Open
660 2021-07-30 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 6.3 Sam Shankland Sergey Karjakin 1-0 45 Open
661 2021-07-29 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 6.2 Sergey Karjakin Sam Shankland 1-0 36 Open
662 2021-07-28 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 6.1 Sam Shankland Sergey Karjakin 1-0 58 Open
663 2021-07-26 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 5.2 Sam Shankland Peter Svidler 1-0 30 Open
664 2021-07-25 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 5.1 Peter Svidler Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 49 Open
665 2021-07-23 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 4.2 Sam Shankland Rinat Jumabayev 1/2-1/2 55 Open
666 2021-07-22 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 4.1 Rinat Jumabayev Sam Shankland 0-1 86 Open
667 2021-07-20 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 3.4 Alexander Areshchenko Sam Shankland 0-1 72 Open
668 2021-07-20 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 3.3 Sam Shankland Alexander Areshchenko 1/2-1/2 58 Open
669 2021-07-19 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 3.2 Alexander Areshchenko Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 73 Open
670 2021-07-18 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 3.1 Sam Shankland Alexander Areshchenko 1/2-1/2 51 Open
671 2021-07-16 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 2.2 Sam Shankland Baadur Jobava 1-0 40 Open
672 2021-07-15 FIDE World Cup 2021 Krasnaya Polyana RUS 2.1 Baadur Jobava Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 39 Open
673 2021-06-20 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 7.2 Sam Shankland Jorden Van Foreest 1-0 62 Open
674 2021-06-19 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 6.2 Thai Dai Van Nguyen Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 44 Open
675 2021-06-18 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 5.2 Sam Shankland Nijat Abasov 1-0 47 Open
676 2021-06-17 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 4.2 Radoslaw Wojtaszek Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 24 Open
677 2021-06-16 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 3.4 David Navara Sam Shankland 0-1 34 Open
678 2021-06-15 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 2.2 Sam Shankland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1-0 39 Open
679 2021-06-14 3rd Prague Masters 2021 Prague CZE 1.3 Nils Grandelius Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 53 Open
680 2020-02-21 2nd Prague Masters 2020 Prague CZE 9.4 Sam Shankland Nikita Vitiugov 1-0 55 Open
681 2020-02-20 2nd Prague Masters 2020 Prague CZE 8.3 Alireza Firouzja Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 57 Open
682 2020-02-19 2nd Prague Masters 2020 Prague CZE 7.1 Sam Shankland Nils Grandelius 1-0 45 Open
683 2020-02-18 2nd Prague Masters 2020 Prague CZE 6.2 Markus Ragger Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 76 Open
684 2020-02-16 2nd Prague Masters 2020 Prague CZE 5.1 Sam Shankland David Anton Guijarro 1/2-1/2 48 Open
685 2020-02-15 2nd Prague Masters 2020 Prague CZE 4.2 Pentala Harikrishna Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 48 Open
686 2020-02-14 2nd Prague Masters 2020 Prague CZE 3.3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 42 Open
687 2020-02-13 2nd Prague Masters 2020 Prague CZE 2.1 Sam Shankland David Navara 1/2-1/2 38 Open
688 2020-02-12 2nd Prague Masters 2020 Prague CZE 1.4 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Sam Shankland 1-0 32 Open
689 2019-11-16 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 7.1 Peter Leko Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 31 Open
690 2019-11-15 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 6.2 Sam Shankland Vojtech Plat 1/2-1/2 32 Open
691 2019-11-14 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 5.6 Lucas Brunner Sam Shankland 0-1 33 Open
692 2019-11-13 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 4.1 Sam Shankland Mihajlo Stojanovic 1-0 29 Open
693 2019-11-12 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 3.5 Kirill Alekseenko Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 44 Open
694 2019-11-11 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 2.12 Peter Schreiner Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 30 Open
695 2019-11-10 35th ECC Open 2019 Budva MNE 1.1 Sam Shankland Twan Burg 1-0 32 Open
696 2019-10-21 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 11.62 Sam Shankland David Gavrilescu 1-0 46 Open
697 2019-10-20 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 10.6 Tingjie Lei Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 44 Open
698 2019-10-19 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 9.52 Sam Shankland Robert Hess 0-1 34 Open
699 2019-10-18 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 8.34 Bogdan-Daniel Deac Sam Shankland 1-0 76 Open
700 2019-10-17 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Douglas ENG 7.34 Sam Shankland Sandro Mareco 1/2-1/2 60 Open

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