GM Sam Shankland

Country

USA

Birth Year

1991 (Age ≈35)

Gender

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

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

USCF rating history

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FIDE rating history

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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
1301	2012-08-26	14th Sants Open A Tie-Breaks	Barcelona ESP	1.3	Emilio Cordova	Sam Shankland	1-0	30	Open
1302	2012-08-26	14th Sants Open A Tie-Breaks	Barcelona ESP	1.1	Sam Shankland	Emilio Cordova	0-1	46	Open
1303	2012-08-25	14th Sants Open A	Barcelona ESP	9.5	Filemon Cruz	Sam Shankland	0-1	34	Open
1304	2012-08-24	14th Sants Open A	Barcelona ESP	8.5	Sam Shankland	Pedro Alejandro Jimenez Fraga	1-0	23	Open
1305	2012-08-23	14th Sants Open A	Barcelona ESP	7.5	Sam E. Collins	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	20	Open
1306	2012-08-22	14th Sants Open A	Barcelona ESP	6.7	Sam Shankland	David Arenas	1-0	60	Open
1307	2012-08-21	14th Sants Open A	Barcelona ESP	5.7	Jose Luis 1954 Fernandez Garcia	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	64	Open
1308	2012-08-20	14th Sants Open A	Barcelona ESP	4.12	Sam Shankland	Ruslan Pogorelov	1-0	46	Open
1309	2012-08-19	14th Sants Open A	Barcelona ESP	3.5	Lluis Maria Perpinya Rofes	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	28	Open
1310	2012-08-18	14th Sants Open A	Barcelona ESP	2.5	Sam Shankland	Omar Garcia Blanco	1-0	40	Open
1311	2012-08-17	14th Sants Open A	Barcelona ESP	1.5	Giuseppe Stefano Andreoni	Sam Shankland	0-1	27	Open
1312	2012-08-12	2nd Riga Tech Open	Riga LAT	9.1	Jan Markos	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	8	Open
1313	2012-08-11	2nd Riga Tech Open	Riga LAT	8.2	Sam Shankland	Ogulcan Kanmazalp	1-0	48	Open
1314	2012-08-09	2nd Riga Tech Open	Riga LAT	6.4	Sam Shankland	Arturs Neiksans	1/2-1/2	30	Open
1315	2012-08-09	2nd Riga Tech Open	Riga LAT	5.5	Toms Kantans	Sam Shankland	0-1	48	Open
1316	2012-08-07	2nd Riga Tech Open	Riga LAT	3.5	Roland Berzinsh	Sam Shankland	1-0	38	Open
1317	2012-08-07	2nd Riga Tech Open	Riga LAT	2.6	Sam Shankland	Valdis Saulespurens	1-0	37	Open
1318	2012-08-06	2nd Riga Tech Open	Riga LAT	1.6	Francois Weber	Sam Shankland	0-1	32	Open
1319	2012-08-03	45th Biel Masters Open	Biel SUI	11	Vladislav V Vorotnikov	Sam Shankland	0-1	42	Open
1320	2012-08-02	45th Biel Masters Open	Biel SUI	10	Sam Shankland	Ivan Saric	1/2-1/2	61	Open
1321	2012-08-01	45th Biel Masters Open	Biel SUI	9	Gerlef Meins	Sam Shankland	0-1	88	Open
1322	2012-07-31	45th Biel Masters Open	Biel SUI	8	Sam Shankland	Georg Meier	0-1	63	Open
1323	2012-07-30	45th Biel Masters Open	Biel SUI	7	Evgeny Postny	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	46	Open
1324	2012-07-28	45th Biel Masters Open	Biel SUI	6	Sam Shankland	Alexander Cherniaev	1-0	18	Open
1325	2012-07-27	45th Biel Masters Open	Biel SUI	5	Boris Grachev	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	60	Open
1326	2012-07-26	45th Biel Masters Open	Biel SUI	4	Sam Shankland	4142527	1/2-1/2	29	Open
1327	2012-07-25	45th Biel Masters Open	Biel SUI	3	Jonas Lampert	Sam Shankland	0-1	37	Open
1328	2012-07-24	45th Biel Masters Open	Biel SUI	2	Sam Shankland	Emanuel Schiendorfer	1/2-1/2	35	Open
1329	2012-07-23	45th Biel Masters Open	Biel SUI	1	Pablo Schmid	Sam Shankland	0-1	31	Open
1330	2012-07-08	40th Annual World Open	Philadelphia USA	9	Abhijeet Gupta	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	19	Open
1331	2012-07-06	40th Annual World Open	Philadelphia USA	5	Sam Shankland	Vladimir Romanenko	1/2-1/2	54	Open
1332	2012-07-03	40th Annual World Open	Philadelphia USA	2	Sergey Erenburg	Sam Shankland	1/2-1/2	25	Open