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

2647.1 +1.1

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
1334

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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
1001 2016-08-02 49th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 8.1 Rinat Jumabayev Sam Shankland 0-1 63 Open
1002 2016-08-01 49th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 7.1 Sam Shankland Ivan Saric 1-0 40 Open
1003 2016-07-31 49th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 6.1 Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 20 Open
1004 2016-07-29 49th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 5.1 Sam Shankland Martin Kraemer 1-0 31 Open
1005 2016-07-28 49th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 4.1 Alexander Kovchan Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 29 Open
1006 2016-07-27 49th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 3.1 Sam Shankland Yannick Gozzoli 1-0 35 Open
1007 2016-07-26 49th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 2.3 Bilel Bellahcene Sam Shankland 0-1 34 Open
1008 2016-07-25 49th Biel Master Open Biel SUI 1.4 Sam Shankland Jakob Pfreundt 1-0 25 Open
1009 2016-06-26 11th Edmonton GM 2016 Edmonton CAN 9.3 Richard Wang Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 29 Open
1010 2016-06-25 11th Edmonton GM 2016 Edmonton CAN 8.2 Sam Shankland Surya Shekhar Ganguly 1-0 44 Open
1011 2016-06-24 11th Edmonton GM 2016 Edmonton CAN 7.4 Dale R. Haessel Sam Shankland 0-1 26 Open
1012 2016-06-23 11th Edmonton GM 2016 Edmonton CAN 6.4 Sam Shankland Bator Sambuev 1-0 72 Open
1013 2016-06-22 11th Edmonton GM 2016 Edmonton CAN 5.3 Ian T. Findlay Sam Shankland 0-1 42 Open
1014 2016-06-21 11th Edmonton GM 2016 Edmonton CAN 4.3 Sam Shankland S.P. Sethuraman 1-0 40 Open
1015 2016-06-20 11th Edmonton GM 2016 Edmonton CAN 3.4 Banerjee Bitan Sam Shankland 0-1 40 Open
1016 2016-06-19 11th Edmonton GM 2016 Edmonton CAN 2.1 Sam Shankland Alexei Shirov 1/2-1/2 37 Open
1017 2016-06-18 11th Edmonton GM 2016 Edmonton CAN 1.5 Sam Shankland Belsar Valencia 1-0 37 Open
1018 2016-04-25 ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA 11.6 Gata Kamsky Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 30 Open
1019 2016-04-24 ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA 10.5 Sam Shankland Aleksandr Lenderman 1/2-1/2 50 Open
1020 2016-04-23 ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA 9.4 Ray Robson Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 32 Open
1021 2016-04-22 ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA 8.4 Sam Shankland Jeffery Xiong 1/2-1/2 45 Open
1022 2016-04-21 ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA 7.5 Alexander Onischuk Sam Shankland 1-0 70 Open
1023 2016-04-20 ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA 6.5 Sam Shankland Alexander Shabalov 0-1 42 Open
1024 2016-04-18 ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA 5.4 Hikaru Nakamura Sam Shankland 1-0 37 Open
1025 2016-04-17 ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA 4.2 Sam Shankland Wesley So 1/2-1/2 33 Open
1026 2016-04-16 ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA 3.4 Sam Shankland Varuzhan Akobian 1-0 57 Open
1027 2016-04-15 ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA 2.1 Fabiano Caruana Sam Shankland 1-0 54 Open
1028 2016-04-14 ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA 1.4 Sam Shankland Akshat Chandra 1-0 63 Open
1029 2016-03-27 Fagernes GM Open 2016 Fagernes NOR 9.2 Sam Shankland Johan Salomon 1-0 27 Open
1030 2016-03-26 Fagernes GM Open 2016 Fagernes NOR 8.2 Lars Oskar Hauge Sam Shankland 0-1 50 Open
1031 2016-03-25 Fagernes GM Open 2016 Fagernes NOR 7.1 Sam Shankland Evgeny Romanov 1/2-1/2 45 Open
1032 2016-03-24 Fagernes GM Open 2016 Fagernes NOR 6.1 Arturs Neiksans Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 12 Open
1033 2016-03-23 Fagernes GM Open 2016 Fagernes NOR 5.1 Sam Shankland Andriy Vovk 1/2-1/2 31 Open
1034 2016-03-22 Fagernes GM Open 2016 Fagernes NOR 4.1 Kjetil A. Lie Sam Shankland 0-1 35 Open
1035 2016-03-22 Fagernes GM Open 2016 Fagernes NOR 3.4 Sam Shankland Nicolai Getz 1-0 59 Open
1036 2016-03-21 Fagernes GM Open 2016 Fagernes NOR 2.1 Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 35 Open
1037 2016-03-20 Fagernes GM Open 2016 Fagernes NOR 1.1 Sam Shankland Johannes Haug 1-0 40 Open
1038 2015-12-24 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 5.28 Harika Dronavalli Sam Shankland 1-0 1 Open
1039 2015-12-23 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 4.45 Sam Shankland Bodda Pratyusha 1-0 42 Open
1040 2015-12-22 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 3.32 Yiye Wang Sam Shankland 1-0 28 Open
1041 2015-12-21 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 2.33 Sam Shankland Vignesh N R 1/2-1/2 59 Open
1042 2015-12-20 Qatar Masters Open 2015 Doha QAT 1.32 Nodirbek Abdusattorov Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 52 Open
1043 2015-10-11 Millionaire Chess Op 2015 Las Vegas USA 7.5 Evgeny Bareev Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 56 Open
1044 2015-10-10 Millionaire Chess Op 2015 Las Vegas USA 6.8 Sam Shankland Gregory Kaidanov 1/2-1/2 33 Open
1045 2015-10-10 Millionaire Chess Op 2015 Las Vegas USA 5.11 Sam Shankland Jacek Stopa 1-0 38 Open
1046 2015-10-09 Millionaire Chess Op 2015 Las Vegas USA 4.9 Niclas Huschenbeth Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 39 Open
1047 2015-10-08 Millionaire Chess Op 2015 Las Vegas USA 2.1 Igor Sorkin Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 25 Open
1048 2015-10-08 Millionaire Chess Op 2015 Las Vegas USA 1.12 Sam Shankland Gurpreet Pal Singh 1-0 1 Open
1049 2015-09-16 FIDE World Cup 2015 Baku AZE 2.4 Hikaru Nakamura Sam Shankland 1-0 52 Open
1050 2015-09-16 FIDE World Cup 2015 Baku AZE 2.3 Sam Shankland Hikaru Nakamura 1/2-1/2 25 Open

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