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

2645.0 -1.0

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
1332

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USCF rating history

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FIDE 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: 2026-10-13 (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
451 2022-10-12 ch-USA 2022 Saint Louis USA 7.7 Sam Shankland Samuel Sevian 1/2-1/2 52 Open
452 2022-10-11 ch-USA 2022 Saint Louis USA 6.3 Aleksandr Lenderman Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 30 Open
453 2022-10-09 ch-USA 2022 Saint Louis USA 5.5 Sam Shankland Elshan Moradiabadi 1-0 59 Open
454 2022-10-08 ch-USA 2022 Saint Louis USA 4.1 Wesley So Sam Shankland 1-0 46 Open
455 2022-10-07 ch-USA 2022 Saint Louis USA 3.7 Sam Shankland Hans Moke Niemann 1/2-1/2 57 Open
456 2022-10-06 ch-USA 2022 Saint Louis USA 2.2 Dariusz Swiercz Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 46 Open
457 2022-10-05 ch-USA 2022 Saint Louis USA 1.6 Sam Shankland Ray Robson 1/2-1/2 35 Open
458 2022-08-30 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 18.3 Sam Shankland Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1/2-1/2 59 Open
459 2022-08-30 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 17.1 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Sam Shankland 1-0 31 Open
460 2022-08-30 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 16.2 Fabiano Caruana Sam Shankland 1-0 45 Open
461 2022-08-30 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 15.3 Sam Shankland Alireza Firouzja 0-1 27 Open
462 2022-08-30 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 14.5 Levon Aronian Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 51 Open
463 2022-08-30 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 13.1 Sam Shankland Hikaru Nakamura 0-1 60 Open
464 2022-08-30 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 12.2 Jeffery Xiong Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 34 Open
465 2022-08-30 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 11.5 Sam Shankland Ian Nepomniachtchi 0-1 32 Open
466 2022-08-30 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 10.4 Leinier Dominguez Perez Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 46 Open
467 2022-08-29 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 9.3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 61 Open
468 2022-08-29 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 8.1 Sam Shankland Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0-1 45 Open
469 2022-08-29 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 7.2 Sam Shankland Fabiano Caruana 0-1 60 Open
470 2022-08-29 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 6.3 Alireza Firouzja Sam Shankland 1-0 31 Open
471 2022-08-29 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 5.5 Sam Shankland Levon Aronian 0-1 60 Open
472 2022-08-29 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 4.1 Hikaru Nakamura Sam Shankland 1-0 56 Open
473 2022-08-29 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 3.2 Sam Shankland Jeffery Xiong 0-1 68 Open
474 2022-08-29 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 2.5 Ian Nepomniachtchi Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 86 Open
475 2022-08-29 Saint Louis Blitz 2022 Saint Louis USA 1.4 Sam Shankland Leinier Dominguez Perez 1/2-1/2 62 Open
476 2022-08-28 Saint Louis Rapid 2022 Saint Louis USA 9.5 Sam Shankland Jeffery Xiong 0-1 30 Open
477 2022-08-28 Saint Louis Rapid 2022 Saint Louis USA 8.2 Ian Nepomniachtchi Sam Shankland 0-1 64 Open
478 2022-08-28 Saint Louis Rapid 2022 Saint Louis USA 7.4 Hikaru Nakamura Sam Shankland 0-1 73 Open
479 2022-08-27 Saint Louis Rapid 2022 Saint Louis USA 6.2 Sam Shankland Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 40 Open
480 2022-08-27 Saint Louis Rapid 2022 Saint Louis USA 5.4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 73 Open
481 2022-08-27 Saint Louis Rapid 2022 Saint Louis USA 4.1 Sam Shankland Levon Aronian 1/2-1/2 54 Open
482 2022-08-26 Saint Louis Rapid 2022 Saint Louis USA 3.3 Alireza Firouzja Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 53 Open
483 2022-08-26 Saint Louis Rapid 2022 Saint Louis USA 2.5 Sam Shankland Leinier Dominguez Perez 1/2-1/2 48 Open
484 2022-08-26 Saint Louis Rapid 2022 Saint Louis USA 1.2 Fabiano Caruana Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 118 Open
485 2022-08-09 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 11.4 Sam Shankland Narayanan S L 1-0 74 Open
486 2022-08-08 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 10.3 Dragan Solak Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 34 Open
487 2022-08-05 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 7.2 Sam Shankland Robert Hovhannisyan 0-1 90 Open
488 2022-08-01 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 4.2 Jakhongir Vakhidov Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 60 Open
489 2022-07-31 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 3.2 Sam Shankland Tamaz Gelashvili 1-0 72 Open
490 2022-07-30 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 2.2 M Ruben D Zacarias Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 32 Open
491 2022-07-29 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND 1.2 Sam Shankland Domingos Junior 1-0 53 Open
492 2022-06-17 4th Prague Masters 2022 Prague CZE 9.2 Sam Shankland Thai Dai Van Nguyen 1/2-1/2 48 Open
493 2022-06-16 4th Prague Masters 2022 Prague CZE 8.2 David Navara Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 31 Open
494 2022-06-15 4th Prague Masters 2022 Prague CZE 7.5 Sam Shankland Parham Maghsoodloo 1-0 76 Open
495 2022-06-14 4th Prague Masters 2022 Prague CZE 6.4 David Anton Guijarro Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 59 Open
496 2022-06-13 4th Prague Masters 2022 Prague CZE 5.5 Francisco Vallejo Pons Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 13 Open
497 2022-06-11 4th Prague Masters 2022 Prague CZE 4.5 Sam Shankland Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 1/2-1/2 31 Open
498 2022-06-10 4th Prague Masters 2022 Prague CZE 3.2 Pentala Harikrishna Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 32 Open
499 2022-06-09 4th Prague Masters 2022 Prague CZE 2.4 Sam Shankland A.R. Saleh Salem 1-0 63 Open
500 2022-06-08 4th Prague Masters 2022 Prague CZE 1.3 Quang Liem Le Sam Shankland 1-0 42 Open

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