WORLDBASE

WORLDBASE Players GM Shankland, Sam

Stockfish
GameID: 0
FIDE Country B-Year Gender Standard Rapid Blitz
2004887 USA 1991 M 2664 2634 2613
135 games  / 2,321 games total
2026.08.23 62nd Rubinstein ALREH GM
3523931 GM Fedoseev, Vladimir (2693) GM Shankland, Sam (2653) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 O-O 9.Nc3 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Rc1 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.e5 Nd7 14.Nxd5 Ndxe5 15.Be4 Re8 16.Nxb6 Qxd1 17.Rfxd1 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 axb6 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Rxc6 b5 21.a3 Bf6 22.Rc2 Ra4 23.g3 h6 24.Rd7 b4 25.Rc4 Rb8 26.axb4 Raxb4 27.Rcc7 Rxb2 28.Rxf7 Rf8 29.Rfd7 Re8 30.Rc6 Re7 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Ra8 Rb3 33.Bc5 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Rc1 35.Rb6 Rxb6 36.Bxb6 Rc4 37.Ra7+ Kg6 38.Rd7 h5 39.h3 Ra4 40.Rd5 Rc4 41.Be3 Ra4 42.Kf3 Rc4 43.Rb5 Ra4 44.Ke2 Rc4 45.Rd5 Ra4 46.f4 Ra2+ 47.Kf3 h4 48.g4 Rh2 49.Rd6 Rxh3+ 50.Ke4 Kf7 51.g5 Be7 52.g6+ Ke8 53.Rd1 Rg3 54.f5 h3 55.Bf4 Ra3 56.Be5 Ra4+ 57.Kf3 Ra5 58.Kf4 Kf8 59.Rb1 Bg5+ 60.Ke4 Ra4+ 61.Kd5 Ra8 62.Rb3 Bf6 63.Bd6+ Kg8 64.Rxh3 Re8 65.Rb3 Bg5 66.Be5 Bf6 67.Bxf6 gxf6 68.Kc6 Ra8 69.Kd7 Kg7 70.Rb7 Ra6 71.Ke8+ Kg8 72.Rf7 Rb6 73.Ke7 Ra6 74.Rxf6 Ra7+ 75.Kd6 Kg7 76.Re6 Ra1 77.Re7+ 1-0
2026.08.22 62nd Rubinstein ALREH GM
3523925 GM Shankland, Sam (2653) GM Martirosyan, Haik M. (2662) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.O-O b5 9.Ba2 Bb7 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.Rd1 b4 12.exd4 bxc3 13.d5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Nd4 15.Rxd4 Bxd5 16.bxc3 Bc5 17.Rg4 Qf6 18.Ne5 Bd6 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 O-O 21.Bg5 Qf5 22.Bh6 Rfb8 23.Rxg7+ Kh8 24.Rg5 Rb1+ 25.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26.Qf1 Bxh2+ 27.Kxh2 Qxf1 28.Bg7+ Kg8 29.Bh6+ Kh8 30.Bg7+ Kg8 31.Bh6+ 1/2-1/2
2026.08.21 62nd Rubinstein ALREH GM
3523922 GM Shankland, Sam (2653) GM Kovalenko, I (2669) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 N5f6 8.g3 b6 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 c5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Rc8 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bd4 Qe7 16.b4 Ncd7 17.Qd2 a6 18.Rfd1 b5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ne5 Bd5 21.Qd4 Qb7 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.e4 Nf6 24.f3 h6 25.Kf2 Qa8 26.Qb6 Rb8 27.Qc6 a5 28.Qxa8 Rxa8 29.g4 axb4 30.axb4 Ra2+ 31.Kg3 Rb2 32.Rd4 g5 33.h4 Ra8 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Rh1 Raa2 36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.Rb8 Ra3 38.Re1 Rxb4 39.Kf2 Ra2+ 40.Kg1 Ng8 41.Rb7 Nh6 42.Nd3 Rd4 43.Nc5 Kg6 44.Nd7 Kh7 45.Nc5 Kg6 46.Nd7 Rdd2 47.Nf8+ Kg7 48.Nxe6+ Kf6 49.Nc7 Ke5 50.Nd5 Rg2+ 51.Kh1 Rh2+ 52.Kg1 Rag2+ 53.Kf1 Rf2+ 54.Kg1 Rhg2+ 55.Kh1 Rg3 56.Re7+ Kd6 57.Rd1 Re2 58.Re8 Kc6 59.Rc1+ Kd6 60.Rd1 Kc6 61.Rd8 1-0
2026.08.20 62nd Rubinstein ALREH GM
3523918 GM Gumularz, Szymon (2625) GM Shankland, Sam (2653) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd7 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Nc3 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 a5 12.Kh1 a4 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Qe2 g5 15.Bg3 Ne5 16.f4 gxf4 17.Bxf4 e6 18.Bb1 h5 19.Rcd1 Qe7 20.b4 axb3 21.axb3 Rd8 22.Qd2 Bf6 23.h3 Rg8 24.Bh2 Bh8 25.Rf2 Qg5 26.Qe1 Qh4 27.Ne2 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Qxe4 29.Qf1 Nc6 30.Bxd6 Be5 31.c5 Ne7 32.Nf4 Nf5 33.Nxh5 Ng3+ 34.Nxg3 Rxg3 35.Kg1 Bxd6 36.cxd6 Rd7 37.Ra2 f5 38.Qb5 b6 39.Re2 Rxb3 40.Rxe4 Rxb5 41.Rxe6+ Kf7 42.Rde1 Rd5 43.Re7+ Rxe7 44.dxe7 Ke8 45.Re6 b5 46.Kf2 b4 47.Rb6 Kxe7 48.Rxb4 Kf6 49.Kg3 Rd2 50.Rb6+ Kf7 51.Kf3 Rd4 52.g3 Ra4 53.h4 Kg7 54.h5 Rg4 55.Rb5 Rg5 56.Kf4 Rg4+ 57.Kf3 Rg5 58.Rb7+ Kh6 59.Rb6+ Kxh5 60.Rf6 Rg8 1/2-1/2
2026.08.19 62nd Rubinstein ALREH GM
3523910 GM Shankland, Sam (2653) GM Malek, Jan (2573) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 a5 7.e4 a4 8.a3 h6 9.Re1 c5 10.e5 Nh7 11.h4 Nc6 12.Nf1 b5 13.N1h2 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.c3 Bd6 16.d4 Qc7 17.Be3 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Na7 19.Ng4 Ne4 20.Qe2 Rb8 21.Rad1 Kh8 22.Nc2 Nc6 23.Nb4 Ne7 24.Bd4 Nf5 25.Nd3 b4 26.Nxb4 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Bxb4 28.axb4 Rxb4 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Ne5 Kg8 31.Ng6 Re8 32.Rc1 Qd6 33.Qxe4 Bb7 34.Qe5 Qxe5 35.Rxe5 Rxd4 36.Rb5 Be4 37.Ne5 Rd5 38.Rxd5 exd5 39.Nc6 g5 40.Ra1 gxh4 41.Rxa4 hxg3 42.fxg3 Bd3 43.Ra7 1/2-1/2
2026.08.18 62nd Rubinstein ALREH GM
3523906 GM Wojtaszek, R (2655) GM Shankland, Sam (2653) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bd3 d6 6.O-O c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6 9.Re1 a5 10.h3 Nd7 11.d5 Nce5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Bf1 a4 14.Rb1 Qb6 15.Nc4 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 Bd7 17.Bg5 Rfc8 18.b3 Qd8 19.Qe2 a3 20.Kh1 Rab8 21.f4 b5 22.Bd3 Qf8 23.Rbd1 Bc3 24.Rf1 Rc5 25.Bh4 b4 26.Bf2 Ra5 27.Bg3 Rc8 28.Rf3 Qh6 29.Bh2 Qf8 30.Bc4 Qe8 31.e5 Bb5 32.Bxb5 Qxb5 33.Qe4 Qd7 34.exd6 exd6 35.f5 Re8 36.Qh4 Qe7 37.f6 Qe2 38.Rdf1 h5 39.Qg5 Qd2 40.Qxg6+ 1-0
2026.08.17 62nd Rubinstein ALREH GM
3515296 GM Shankland, Sam (2653) GM Harikrishna, P (2655) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 e6 7.O-O b5 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.b3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 c3 12.a3 a5 13.Qd3 Bd6 14.Bf4 f5 15.Bf3 O-O 16.Qe3 Re8 17.Bh5 g6 18.Bf3 bxa3 19.h4 Na6 20.h5 Nb4 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Bg5 Qc7 23.Bf6 Be7 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Qxc3 a2 26.Nxg6 Qg7 27.Ne5 Rad8 28.Rfd1 c5 29.Qxc5 Bxf3 30.Nxf3 Rd5 31.Qc1 Qb7 32.Kg2 Rd7 33.Rh1 Rh7 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Qf6+ Qf7 36.Ng5 Qxf6 37.Nxh7+ Kg7 38.Nxf6 Kxf6 39.Rhd1 Rd8 40.Rd2 Kg6 41.e3 e5 42.Raxa2 Nxa2 43.Rxa2 exd4 44.Rd2 d3 45.Kf3 Kf6 46.e4 Ke5 47.exf5 Kd4 48.g4 Kc3 49.Rd1 Kxb3 50.f6 Kc2 51.Rf1 d2 52.g5 Rf8 53.Ke4 Re8+ 54.Kf5 Re1 55.Rxe1 dxe1=Q 56.f4 a4 57.Kg6 a3 58.f7 Qe7 0-1
2026.08.16 62nd Rubinstein ALREH GM
3515291 GM Seemann, Jakub (2543) GM Shankland, Sam (2653) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.h3 a6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc7 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Qf3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.a4 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.a5 e5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.O-O Rad8 15.Rfe1 Rd4 16.Ne2 Rd7 17.Ra4 Rfd8 18.Nc3 Rd4 19.Rea1 Kf8 20.Rxd4 Rxd4 21.Qe3 Nh5 22.Bxe7+ Qxe7 23.Ne2 Rd7 24.g4 Nf6 25.f4 exf4 26.Nxf4 g5 27.Ne2 Rd8 28.Nd4 Bc8 29.Nf3 Qb4 30.Rf1 Qxa5 31.Bc4 Kg7 32.Bxf7 Qc7 33.Nxg5 Qe5 34.Nf3 Qg3+ 35.Kh1 Qxh3+ 36.Kg1 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Bxg4 38.e5 Qh3+ 39.Kg1 Kxf7 40.Qf4 Bxf3 41.Qxf6+ Ke8 42.Qxf3 Qxf3 43.Rxf3 Rd1+ 44.Kf2 Rd2+ 45.Ke3 Rxc2 46.Rh3 Rxb2 47.Ke4 a5 48.Rxh6 a4 49.Kf5 a3 50.Ke6 Kd8 51.Rh8+ Kc7 52.Ra8 a2 0-1
2026.08.15 62nd Rubinstein ALREH GM
3515286 GM Shankland, Sam (2653) GM Liang, Awonder (2690) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.b4 b6 9.h4 a5 10.a3 h6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.b5 Bb7 13.cxb6 Qxb6 14.Na4 Qa7 15.b6 Nxb6 16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Ne5 Ba6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.g4 Qb2 20.Rh2 c5 21.Kf1 Ne4 22.g5 Nc3 23.Qe1 h5 24.dxc5 Bxc5 25.Nd3 Qb3 26.Nxc5 Qc4+ 27.Kg2 Qxc5 28.Be5 d4 29.Bxd4 Qd5+ 30.Kg1 Nb5 31.Bb2 Rc6 32.Qd1 Rfc8 33.Qxd5 exd5 34.f3 Rc2 35.Rxc2 Rxc2 36.Be5 a4 37.Kf1 Nc3 38.Bxc3 1/2-1/2
2026.08.04 Titled Tue 4th Aug 2026
3511640 GM Nepomniachtchi, I (2719) GM Shankland, Sam (2653) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Ne5 9.Be2 Bd7 10.g4 h6 11.h4 Rc8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.f3 a6 14.Qd2 b5 15.a3 a5 16.O-O-O Rb8 17.Nd4 b4 18.Ncb5 Qc8 19.a4 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.b3 Qc8 22.g5 Nh5 23.Na7 Qa6 24.Ndb5 Bxb5 25.Nxb5 Rxb5 26.axb5 Qxb5 27.Qd3 Qb7 28.Rhg1 hxg5 29.Rxg5 e5 30.Rxe5+ 1-0
2026.08.04 Titled Tue 4th Aug 2026
3512209 Alexander, Joshua (1999) GM Shankland, Sam (2653) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nge2 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.h3 Rb8 9.Be3 b5 10.Qd2 b4 11.Nd1 a5 12.Bh6 a4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.f4 e5 15.Ne3 Nd4 16.g4 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 exf4 18.Rxf4 Be6 19.Raf1 Nd7 20.Nf5+ Bxf5 21.gxf5 f6 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.h4 Rh8 24.Bh3 Ne5 25.Qf2 Qe7 26.Rxf6 Rh5 27.Be6 Rbh8 28.Qg3 Rxh4 29.Rf7+ Nxf7 30.Rxf7+ Qxf7 31.Bxf7 Rh1+ 32.Kg2 R8h2+ 33.Qxh2 Rxh2+ 34.Kxh2 Kxf7 35.Kg3 Kf6 36.Kf4 g5+ 37.Kg4 Kg6 38.a3 Kf6 39.Kh5 Ke5 40.Kxg5 d5 41.exd5 Kxd5 42.Kf5 Kd4 43.Ke6 b3 44.cxb3 axb3 45.a4 Kxd3 46.a5 c4 47.a6 c3 48.bxc3 b2 49.a7 b1=Q 50.a8=Q Qb6+ 51.Kd7 Qb5+ 52.Qc6 Qxc6+ 53.Kxc6 Kxc3 1/2-1/2
2026.08.04 Titled Tue 4th Aug 2026
3511212 WFM Sneha Halder (2176) GM Shankland, Sam (2653) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 f5 13.Bd3 c5 14.Ne1 Qh4 15.f4 c4 16.Be2 Nf6 17.Bf3 Bd5 18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Rxf2 b4 20.Bd2 a5 21.Rc1 Rfc8 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Nf3 a4 24.Be1 a3 25.bxa3 Rxa3 26.Ne5 Rxe3 27.Rb2 b3 28.Rxb3 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 cxb3 0-1
2026.08.04 Titled Tue 4th Aug 2026
3512037 GM Shankland, Sam (2653) FM Omariev, M (2304) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nfd2 h6 7.e4 Bh7 8.Nc3 Be7 9.f4 Na6 10.a3 O-O 11.Qe2 Re8 12.Kh1 Rc8 13.g4 Nd7 14.Nf3 b5 15.g5 hxg5 16.fxg5 dxe4 17.dxe4 Nac5 18.Be3 Nb6 19.Ne5 Rf8 20.Nxf7 Rxf7 21.Rxf7 Kxf7 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.g6 Bxg6 24.Qxg6 Qe8 25.Qg4 Nc4 26.Bxc5 Bxc5 27.e5 Nxe5 28.Qg3 Qh5 29.Ne4 Be7 30.Bh3 Rf8 31.Bxe6+ Kh8 32.Rg1 Qf3+ 33.Qxf3 Nxf3 34.Rg3 Kh7 35.c3 g6 36.Bg4 Ne5 37.Be2 Rf4 38.Re3 Kg7 39.Kg2 a5 40.Kg3 Rf8 41.b4 a4 42.Kg2 Rd8 43.Bf1 Bf6 44.Nc5 Rd2+ 45.Re2 Rxe2+ 46.Bxe2 Nc4 47.Bxc4 bxc4 48.Nxa4 Kf7 49.Kf3 Bg5 50.Ke4 Bc1 51.Nb6 Bxa3 52.Nxc4 Bc1 53.Ne5+ Kf6 54.Nxc6 Kg5 55.b5 Kh4 56.b6 Ba3 57.b7 Bd6 58.b8=Q Bxb8 59.Nxb8 g5 60.Nd7 g4 61.Ne5 1-0
2026.08.04 Titled Tue 4th Aug 2026
3511536 GM Shankland, Sam (2653) GM Firouzja, Alireza (2757) 1-0
1.d4 d6 2.e4 c6 3.Nc3 Qc7 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.a4 Be7 7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 exd4 10.Qxd4 Nc5 11.f5 Ncxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 d5 14.Bf4 dxe4 15.Bxc7 exf3 16.Rxf3 Bf6 17.c3 Re8 18.Rd1 b6 19.h3 h6 20.Rff1 Re7 21.Bd8 Re4 22.Bxf6 Rxc4 23.Rd8+ Kh7 24.Bd4 Rxa4 25.f6 Bb7 26.Rd7 Ba6 27.Re1 c5 28.Be5 Bc4 29.fxg7 Ra2 30.Re4 Be6 31.Rd2 a5 32.Re3 a4 33.Red3 a3 34.bxa3 Rxd2 35.Rxd2 Kg6 36.Rd6 Kf5 37.Bg3 Rg8 38.Rxb6 Rxg7 39.Kh2 Ke4 40.a4 Rg8 41.a5 Ra8 42.Rb5 c4 43.Bc7 Bd5 44.Bb6 f5 45.Rb1 f4 46.Kg1 Bc6 47.Rd1 Ke5 48.Rd4 Rg8 49.Bc7+ Kf5 50.Rd2 f3 51.g4+ Ke4 52.Kf2 Rc8 53.Rd4# 1-0
2026.08.04 Titled Tue 4th Aug 2026
3511796 GM Shankland, Sam (2653) Alonso, Leonardo Espinha (2116) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f3 h5 8.Bc4 Bd7 9.Bb3 Bg7 10.Qd2 Na5 11.O-O-O Rb8 12.Nd5 b5 13.Kb1 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Qc3 O-O 16.Qxc4 Nxd5 17.exd5 Qb6 18.b3 Rfc8 19.Qe2 Qb4 20.Qd2 Qa3 21.Qc1 Qb4 22.Rd3 a5 23.Qe1 Qa3 24.Bc1 Qc5 25.Bb2 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Qxc2+ 27.Ka1 a4 28.Qxe7 Re8 29.Qf6 a3 30.Bxa3 Re2 31.Rd2 Rxd2 32.Bb2 Rd1+ 0-1
2026.08.04 Titled Tue 4th Aug 2026
3512310 GM Shankland, Sam (2653) IM Schmider, Niklas (2384) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Nd2 O-O-O 11.Qe2 c5 12.N4b3 Qc6 13.f3 f5 14.Rad1 Nf6 15.Bg5 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Rhe8 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qf2 b6 19.Nc1 f5 20.Nc3 Bf6 21.N1e2 Be6 22.Qg3 Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Bc4 24.Rfe1 Bxe2 25.Nxe2 Bxb2 26.Qf4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxe2 28.Qxf5+ Qe6 29.Qf8+ Kb7 30.g3 Qh3 0-1
2026.08.04 Titled Tue 4th Aug 2026
3511035 GM Shankland, Sam (2653) CM Pasti, Zsombor (2059) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Bd6 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.Nh2 Rxh2 13.Qxg4 Ke7 14.Nf3 Nf4 15.Bxf4 1-0
2026.07.21 Titled Tue 21st Jul 2026
3491076 CM Sava, Robert-Gabriel (2313) GM Shankland, Sam (2658) 0-1
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.c4 d5 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.O-O Re8 11.a3 Ba5 12.Qa4 Bg6 13.Rc1 Bb6 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Nd4 16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.Bb5 dxe3 18.dxe3 Re6 19.Rd1 Rd6 20.Rxd6 Qxd6 21.Rd1 Qf6 22.h3 h6 23.Bf1 Bf5 24.Nd4 Be4 25.Bd3 Qg6 26.Bxe4 Qxe4 27.Qc2 Qxc2 28.Nxc2 Rc8 29.Nb4 Bc5 30.Rd7 a5 31.Nd5 b5 32.Rb7 Bxa3 33.Rxb5 Rc5 34.Rxc5 Bxc5 35.Kf1 a4 36.Ke2 a3 37.Nc3 f5 38.Kd3 Kf7 39.Kc4 Be7 40.Kb3 Ke6 41.Nb5 Kd5 42.Nc3+ Ke5 43.f4+ Ke6 44.Kc4 Bd8 45.g4 Bb6 46.Kd3 Ba5 47.Na2 g6 48.Kd4 Bb6+ 49.Kd3 Kd5 50.gxf5 gxf5 51.Nc3+ Kc5 52.e4 fxe4+ 53.Nxe4+ Kb4 54.Nc3 Kb3 55.f5 Ba5 56.Nb5 a2 57.Nd4+ Kb2 58.Nc2 Bc3 59.h4 h5 60.Na3 Kxa3 0-1
2026.07.21 Titled Tue 21st Jul 2026
3491413 GM Drygalov, Sergey (2530) GM Shankland, Sam (2658) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 dxc4 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Nxc4 Qc7 11.Be2 Bd7 12.a3 Bxc3+ 13.Qxc3 c5 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Rc1 Ne4 16.Qd3 Qa5+ 17.Kf1 Nd2+ 18.Kg1 cxd4 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.exd4 f6 21.Bh5+ Kf8 22.b4 Qc7 23.Qxd2 fxe5 24.dxe5 g6 25.Qf4+ Qf7 26.Qc4 Kg7 27.Bf3 Qf5 28.Qc7+ Kh6 29.h4 Rf8 30.Rh3 Qf4 31.Rg3 Qd4 32.Rg4 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qb2 34.Kg3 a6 35.h5 g5 36.Kh3 Qxf2 37.Qc1 Rxf3+ 38.gxf3 Qxf3+ 39.Rg3 Qxh5+ 40.Kg2 Bd7 41.Rh3 1-0
2026.07.21 Titled Tue 21st Jul 2026
3490665 GM So, Wesley (2765) GM Shankland, Sam (2658) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O b5 8.e4 Bb7 9.e5 Nd5 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nge4 Qb6 12.a4 a6 13.a5 Qc7 14.Qg4 g6 15.Bd2 O-O-O 16.Qf3 c5 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.exd6 Qxd6 19.Ne4 Qe7 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 22.Qxf7 Rd7 23.Qxe6 Qd6 24.Bh3 Qxe6 25.Bxe6 g5 26.Rad1 Rd8 27.f4 gxf4 28.Bxf4 h5 29.Bg5 Kb8 30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.Rf5 1-0
2026.07.21 Titled Tue 21st Jul 2026
3490937 GM Shankland, Sam (2658) FM Ozcan, Kaan (2237) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qc8 11.e4 c5 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.Rad1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Qb1 Qc4 16.a3 Na6 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Bf6 19.d6 Nc5 20.Nd2 Qa6 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Be3 Qc6 23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Nc4 Bd4 25.Qf5 Rad8 26.Rfe1 g6 27.Qf4 Qd5 28.Rc1 Rfe8 29.Re7 Rxe7 30.dxe7 Re8 31.Qc7 Qe6 32.Qd8 Qxe7 33.Qxe7 Rxe7 34.Kf1 Rb7 35.Ke2 Rb3 36.Rc2 Kf8 37.Ra2 Ke7 38.Nd2 Rb2 39.Rxb2 Bxb2 40.Nc4 Bd4 41.f3 Ke6 42.Kd3 Kd5 43.g4 h5 44.h3 f6 45.a4 hxg4 46.fxg4 g5 47.a5 Be5 48.a6 Bd4 49.Na5 Ba1 50.Nc4 Kc6 51.Na3 Kb6 52.Kc4 Bd4 53.Nb5 Kxa6 54.Nc7+ Kb6 55.Nd5+ Kc6 56.Ne7+ Kd6 57.Ng6 Ke6 58.h4 gxh4 59.Nxh4 Ke5 60.Ng6+ Ke4 61.Ne7 Kf4 62.Nc6 Kxg4 63.Nxa7 f5 64.Nc6 f4 65.Kd3 Kg3 66.Ne7 f3 67.Nf5+ Kf4 68.Nd6 c4+ 69.Nxc4 Kg3 70.Nd2 f2 71.Ne4+ Kg2 72.Nxf2 1/2-1/2
2026.07.21 Titled Tue 21st Jul 2026
3491267 GM Shankland, Sam (2658) FM Jval Saurin Patel (2396) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.O-O Nc7 9.h3 a6 10.a4 b6 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Rad1 Rb8 15.Bf1 Bc8 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Qd6 20.Qe3 f6 21.Re4 Bd7 22.Qh6 Rf8 23.Rde1 Rf7 24.Rh4 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.cxb5 Nxb5 27.Bxb5 Bxb5 28.Re6 Qd7 29.Qe3 Qc7 30.Rhe4 Bd7 31.Rxe7 Rxe7 32.Rxe7 Qd6 33.Qe2 Ra8 34.g3 Bxh3 35.Re8+ Rxe8 36.Qxe8+ Kg7 37.Qc6 Qe5 38.Qxc5 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Qf1 40.Qe7+ Kg8 41.Qe4 f5 42.Qf3 Bg4 43.Qg2 Qd3 44.d6 Bf3 45.Qg1 Qxd6 46.Qe1 Qf8 47.Qe3 Ba8 48.Kg1 Qd8 49.b4 Qd6 50.Qe8+ Qf8 51.Qxf8+ Kxf8 52.f4 Ke7 53.Kf2 Kd6 54.Ke3 h6 55.Kd4 g5 56.Ne2 Bf3 57.Ng1 1-0
2026.07.21 Titled Tue 21st Jul 2026
3490519 Maslov, Mikhail GM Shankland, Sam (2658) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nge2 Kf8 8.O-O Rb8 9.a4 a6 10.h3 Nd7 11.g4 h5 12.g5 Kg8 13.h4 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Ng3 b4 16.Nd5 e6 17.Ne3 Nd4 18.f5 Be5 19.Ne2 Kg7 20.Nf4 Nb6 21.f6+ Kh7 22.Ra7 Rb7 23.Rxb7 Bxb7 24.Nxh5 gxh5 25.Qxh5+ Kg8 26.Qg4 Kf8 27.h5 Nd7 28.Nc4 Bxf6 29.gxf6 Nxf6 30.Qg5 Rxh5 31.Rxf6 Rxg5 32.Bxg5 Qc7 33.Rh6 Kg7 34.Rf6 d5 35.exd5 Qg3 36.Nd6 Qxd6 37.dxe6 Ne2+ 38.Kf2 Qg3+ 0-1
2026.07.21 Titled Tue 21st Jul 2026
3490303 GM Shankland, Sam (2658) WIM Xue, Tianhao (2100) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 O-O 8.Bc4 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.d5 exd5 12.Bxd5 Bxd5 13.Rxd5 Qe8 14.Re1 Qe6 15.Qd2 Nb8 16.h3 Nc6 17.Nc5 Bxb2+ 18.Kxb2 Qf6+ 19.Qc3 Qxc3+ 20.Kxc3 bxc5 21.Rxc5 Nd8 22.Rxc7 Ne6 23.Rc4 Rfd8 24.Ne5 Rab8 25.Nc6 1-0
2026.07.14 Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026
3482384 Tupitsin, Yaroslav (2200) GM Shankland, Sam (2658) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Rc1 O-O 13.O-O Ne8 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Na4 Bxf4 16.Qxf4 Nd6 17.Nc5 Rc8 18.a3 Qe7 19.b4 Rc7 20.Rc2 Rfc8 21.Rfc1 g6 22.h4 h5 23.g3 e5 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Be2 b6 26.Bxa6 bxc5 27.Bxc8 Nd3 28.Qf3 Nxc1 29.Ba6 cxb4 30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.axb4 Qc6 32.Bf1 Na2 33.b5 Nxb5 34.Qf4 Nac3 35.Bd3 Kg7 36.Kg2 Qf6 37.Qb4 Nd1 38.Bxb5 Qxf2+ 39.Kh3 Nxe3 40.Qd4+ Kh7 0-1
2026.07.14 Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026
3481631 GM Shankland, Sam (2658) FM Vovk, Or (2315) 1-0
1.d4 h6 2.Nf3 g5 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.h3 c5 5.d5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.e4 Qa5 8.Bd2 g4 9.hxg4 Bxg4 10.c4 Qa3 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Qc1 Qxc1+ 13.Bxc1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 h5 15.f4 Ngf6 16.f3 O-O-O 17.Be3 h4 18.Kf2 Rdg8 19.Rh2 Rg3 20.Rah1 Rhg8 21.Bf1 Nxe4+ 22.fxe4 Nf6 23.Rxh4 Nxe4+ 24.Ke2 Nc3+ 25.Kd2 Ne4+ 26.Kd3 Nf2+ 27.Ke2 Nxh1 28.Rxh1 e6 29.Kf2 exd5 30.cxd5 Kc7 31.f5 R3g4 32.c4 a6 33.a4 Kb6 34.Rh6 Rd8 35.Kf3 Rgg8 36.Bd2 Kc7 37.Rf6 Rg7 38.a5 Rh8 39.Bf4 Rd8 40.Rh6 Rd7 41.f6 Rg1 42.Bh3 Rd8 43.Rh7 Rf8 44.Be6 Rf1+ 45.Ke4 b6 46.Rxf7+ Rxf7 47.axb6+ Kxb6 48.Bxf7 Kc7 49.Kf5 a5 50.Be8 Kd8 51.Bb5 1-0
2026.07.14 Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026
3481406 CM Gaydym, Arseniy (2097) GM Shankland, Sam (2658) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 Rb8 8.Qd2 b5 9.Bh6 Bxh6 10.Qxh6 b4 11.Nd1 Nd4 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Ne2 e5 14.Ne3 a5 15.f4 Nh5 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Nf1 exf4 18.g4 Qh4+ 19.Qf2 Ng3 20.O-O-O Be6 21.Kb1 a4 22.Nd2 Rfc8 23.b3 axb3 24.axb3 Ra8 25.Kb2 Qf6 26.Rhe1 Qe5 27.Nc4 Bxc4 28.dxc4 d3+ 29.Kc1 Ra1+ 30.Kd2 Qc3# 0-1
2026.07.14 Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026
3482201 GM Shankland, Sam (2658) GM Esipenko, Andrey (2678) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Qe7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qc2 Ng4 12.Rad1 Nxe3 13.Nxe3 Qe8 14.c5 Be6 15.a3 c6 16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Ng5 Bc8 18.Nc4 Qe7 19.Qc1 Bh6 20.f4 f6 21.Nf3 Qxc5+ 22.Ne3 Qxc1 23.Rxc1 Bxf4 24.Rc3 Rb8 25.Nc4 Be6 26.b4 c5 27.bxc5 Rfc8 28.g3 Bh6 29.Nfd2 Rxc5 30.Rxf6 Bxd2 31.Nxd2 Rxc3 32.Rxe6 Rb2 0-1
2026.07.14 Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026
3481220 GM Shankland, Sam (2658) CM Sauer, Tim (2199) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c6 4.Nbd2 Nbd7 5.c3 Qc7 6.e3 g6 7.Bf4 Qb6 8.Qb3 Bg7 9.h3 O-O 10.Be2 a5 11.O-O a4 12.Qxb6 Nxb6 13.Bc7 Nbd7 14.c4 e6 15.Rfc1 Ne8 16.Bg3 f6 17.Rab1 Nb6 18.b4 axb3 19.axb3 Rf7 20.b4 Nxc4 21.Nxc4 dxc4 22.Bxc4 Nc7 23.Nd2 Nd5 24.b5 Bd7 25.Ne4 Bf8 26.Bd6 f5 27.Bxf8 fxe4 28.Bh6 Rc8 29.bxc6 Bxc6 30.Bb5 Rf5 31.Bxc6 bxc6 32.g4 Rf3 33.Kg2 Rf7 34.Rxc6 Re8 35.Rxe6 1-0
2026.07.14 Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026
3482025 GM Shankland, Sam (2658) GM Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (2677) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Nbxd2 d6 9.e4 e5 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nf1 c5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Ne3 Nc6 14.Nd5 Qd6 15.Qd2 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.f4 Rad8 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Rf1 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Rae1 Qh4 22.Rf4 Qg5 23.h4 Qh5 24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Nf5 d3 26.Re3 g6 27.g4 1-0
2026.07.14 Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026
3481015 FM Zouaghi, Amir (2374) GM Shankland, Sam (2658) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nbd7 7.Qd1 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.O-O Bd6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Be2 Rad8 13.Nd2 Rfe8 14.Nf3 Ne4 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Qd4 Nc3 18.Bd3 Ne2+ 19.Bxe2 Qxd4 20.exd4 Rxe2 21.Rac1 Rde8 22.Rfd1 Kf8 23.Kf1 R8e6 24.a4 a5 25.g3 Ke7 26.Rd3 Kd6 27.Rdd1 f5 28.Rd3 g6 29.Rdd1 f4 30.Rd3 fxg3 31.Rxg3 R2e4 32.Rd1 Rf6 33.Rd2 Rf5 34.Rgd3 g5 35.Kg2 g4 36.hxg4 Rxg4+ 37.Rg3 Rff4 38.c3 h5 39.f3 Rxg3+ 40.Kxg3 Rf5 41.Rh2 b5 42.f4 b4 43.cxb4 axb4 44.Kf3 c5 45.dxc5+ Kxc5 46.Ke3 Rf8 47.Rxh5 Re8+ 48.Kd3 Re1 49.f5 Rc1 50.f6 Rc3+ 51.Ke2 Kd6 52.Rf5 Rc8 53.f7 Rf8 54.Kd3 Ke6 55.Rf2 Ke5 56.Rf1 Ke6 57.Kd4 Kd6 58.a5 Kc6 59.a6 Kb6 60.Rf6+ Kb5 61.Kxd5 Rd8+ 62.Ke5 1-0
2026.07.14 Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026
3482576 FM Tasdogen, Dincer (2342) GM Shankland, Sam (2658) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bf5 3.Bb2 e6 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.g3 Be7 7.e4 Bg6 8.Bg2 O-O 9.Qe2 c6 10.O-O a5 11.a3 h6 12.Rfe1 Qc7 13.Nd4 e5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Rfe8 16.h4 Bc5 17.g4 e4 18.d4 Be7 19.f3 Qf4 20.fxe4 Nxg4 21.Bf3 Bxh4 22.Bxg4 Bxe1 23.Rxe1 Qg3+ 24.Kh1 Nf6 25.Rg1 Qh4+ 26.Qh2 Qxh2+ 27.Kxh2 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Rxe4 29.Kg3 Rae8 30.Kf2 Kh7 31.Bh5 Rf4+ 32.Bf3 Rxf5 33.Bc1 Re6 34.Rg3 h5 35.c4 Re4 36.Be3 Rg4 37.Rh3 dxc4 38.bxc4 c5 39.Ke2 Rxf3 40.Kxf3 cxd4 41.Rxh5+ Kg6 42.Kxg4 dxe3 43.Re5 1-0
2026.07.14 Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026
3481818 FM Kavin Mohan (2250) GM Shankland, Sam (2658) 0-1
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.Rg1 Bb7 10.g4 Qe7 11.g5 Ne8 12.h4 Ba3 13.h5 Bxb2 14.Qxb2 Nd6 15.h6 e5 16.hxg7 Rfe8 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.O-O-O Rac8 19.Kb1 d4 20.exd4 exd4 21.Nxd4 Qe5 22.Nc2 Ne4 23.Ne3 Rxc3 24.dxc3 Nxc3+ 25.Ka1 Nxe2 26.Rge1 Qxb2+ 27.Kxb2 Nc5 28.Nf5 Bf3 29.b4 Ne6 30.Rd7 Nxg5 31.Rg1 Nxg1 0-1
2026.07.08 KazChess Masters 2026
3469268 GM Chigaev, M (2644) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 Ne4 4.h4 h6 5.Bc1 e6 6.dxe6 fxe6 7.g3 d5 8.Bg2 Nf6 9.c4 Bd6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nh3 Be6 12.Nf4 Bxf4 13.Bxf4 Nc6 14.Nd2 O-O 15.O-O Qd7 16.e4 d4 17.Rc1 b6 18.a3 Bg4 19.Qb3+ Kh8 20.Nc4 Bh3 21.Rce1 Rae8 22.Bd6 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Na5 24.Nxa5 Qxd6 25.Nc4 Qc6 26.f3 b5 27.Nd2 c4 28.Qb4 Nh5 29.Kh2 c3 30.bxc3 dxc3 31.Nb3 Qg6 32.g4 Nf4 33.Kg3 c2 34.Nc1 a5 35.Qc3 Rc8 36.Qxa5 h5 37.Qd2 Rc4 38.e5 hxg4 39.Qd6 Nh5+ 40.Kh2 g3+ 41.Kg1 Qf5 42.f4 Rxf4 43.Rxf4 Nxf4 44.e6 Ne2+ 45.Kg2 Qf3+ 0-1
2026.07.07 KazChess Masters 2026
3469262 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) GM Donchenko, Alexa (2640) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.c3 Ne7 6.Ndf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 c5 8.Ne2 Bg6 9.h4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Kf1 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Qa6 13.Qd1 h5 14.Kg1 Nf5 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bf4 Be7 17.Rh3 Rc8 18.Ng3 Nxg3 19.Rxg3 Kf7 20.Rc1 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Qc4 22.Qb1 Nf8 23.b3 Qe2 24.Qc1 Ng6 25.Qc7 Re8 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Bd6 Qxa2 28.Qxb7 a5 29.Qc7 Qb1+ 30.Kh2 Qe4 31.Bc5 Nxh4 32.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 33.Kg1 Qe4 34.Re3 Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Qf5 36.Qd7 Qg4 37.Re1 Qh4+ 38.Kg1 Qg4 39.f3 Qf5 40.Kf2 Qc2+ 41.Re2 Qf5 42.Ba3 h4 43.Bd6 h3 44.g4 Qd3 45.Qxe6+ Kg6 46.Qe3 Qxe3+ 47.Rxe3 Rh8 48.Rxe7 h2 49.Bxh2 Rxh2+ 50.Kg3 Rb2 51.Rd7 Rxb3 52.Rxd5 a4 53.Kf4 Rb4 54.Ke4 Rb1 55.Ra5 Ra1 56.Kd5 a3 57.Kd6 a2 58.d5 f5 59.gxf5+ Kxf5 60.Ra4 Kg5 61.Rg4+ Kf5 62.Rg2 Kf4 63.Rc2 Ke3 64.f4 Kd3 65.Rf2 Ke3 66.Rc2 1/2-1/2
2026.07.06 KazChess Masters 2026
3461444 IM Smirnov, Mark (2436) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.e5 dxe5 7.fxe5 Ng4 8.O-O e6 9.d3 Ngxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.c4 a6 14.Ba4 O-O-O 15.b4 cxb4+ 16.c5 Bxc5+ 17.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 18.Kh1 e5 19.Rc1 Qa5 20.Be3 f6 21.Rc5 b5 22.Bb3 Kb8 23.Qf3 Rc8 24.Qg3 Qc7 25.d4 g5 26.d5 Qd6 27.dxc6 Bxc6 28.Rd1 Qe7 29.Qg4 h5 30.Qxb4 Qb7 31.Rd6 Bxg2+ 32.Kg1 Rxc5 33.Bxc5 Qd5 34.Re6 Qf3 35.Rb6+ Kc7 36.Bf2 1-0
2026.07.05 KazChess Masters 2026
3461440 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) GM Nogerbek, Kazybek (2513) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 Nxe4 8.Bxc4 Nd6 9.Bb3 a5 10.O-O e6 11.Re1 Be7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Qc2 Nd7 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.Nc1 Ba6 16.Bxd6 Bxd6 17.Ng5 Nf6 18.Nxe6 Rfe8 19.Ng5 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Rf8 21.Bc4 h6 22.Nf3 Bc8 23.Nb3 Nd5 24.g3 Be6 25.Nfd2 c5 26.Rxe6 fxe6 27.Qg6 Nf6 28.Bxe6+ Kh8 29.Bf5 Re8 30.d5 Re1+ 31.Kg2 Qb7 32.Ne4 Qxd5 33.Nd2 Be7 34.Kh3 Kg8 35.Nxf6+ Bxf6 36.Ne4 Qf7 37.Qg4 h5 1/2-1/2
2026.07.04 KazChess Masters 2026
3461433 GM Kovalenko, I (2672) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O a6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Kh1 Ne5 12.Bb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.f4 Nd7 15.Bc2 c5 16.Rf3 Bb7 17.Bd2 g6 18.Raf1 Bf6 19.Rh3 Rae8 20.Qg4 Qd8 21.Ba4 Re7 22.Be1 Bd4 23.Bh4 f6 24.Bc2 Qe8 25.Qd1 Rg7 26.Ne2 e5 27.f5 Qa8 28.Qb1 Bc6 29.Be1 Nb6 30.b3 a5 31.Bd2 g5 32.Ng3 a4 33.Qd1 axb3 34.axb3 Ra7 35.Rh6 Rff7 36.h4 g4 37.Nh5 Nd7 38.Qxg4+ Kf8 39.Bb1 Ra1 40.Kh2 Qb7 41.Rxf6 Nxf6 42.Bh6+ Ke8 43.Nxf6+ Rxf6 44.Qg8+ Kd7 45.Qg7+ Kc8 46.Qxf6 Qxb3 47.Qxd6 Kb7 48.Qe7+ Kb6 49.Qd8+ Kb7 50.Qe7+ Kb6 51.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2
2026.07.03 KazChess Masters 2026
3461431 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) IM Nurman, Alua (2435) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.e3 Nd7 6.Bxc4 Nb6 7.Qb3 Nxc4 8.Qxc4 Be6 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Nc3 e6 11.O-O Bd6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 O-O 14.Rd1 Qh4 15.Bd2 Rad8 16.Rac1 e5 17.d5 Ne7 18.Qg4 Qxg4 19.hxg4 c6 20.Ne4 cxd5 21.Nxd6 Rxd6 22.Rc7 Nc6 23.Rxb7 f6 24.Rc1 Rf7 25.Rb5 Rfd7 26.Rbc5 Nd8 27.f4 Kf7 28.f5 Rb6 29.Ba5 Rxb2 30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.Rc7+ Kg8 32.Rxa7 Rb4 33.a4 Rxg4 34.a5 d4 35.a6 d3 36.Rb7 Rc4 37.Rxc4 d2 38.Rb1 d1=Q+ 39.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 40.Kf2 Rd8 41.a7 Ra8 42.Rc7 h5 43.g4 hxg4 44.Kg3 Kh7 45.Kxg4 Kh6 46.e4 g5 47.fxg6 Kxg6 48.Rb7 1-0
2026.07.02 KazChess Masters 2026
3461422 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) GM Sarana, A (2668) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.a3 exd4 15.Nb3 Re8 16.Bd2 Bf8 17.Rc1 Bb7 18.Bb1 Rac8 19.Na5 Qd7 20.Nxb7 Qxb7 21.Bg5 Nd7 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.Qxd4 Nc5 24.Qd1 Na4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Bc1 Qc7 27.Ba2 g6 28.Bb3 Nc5 29.Bd5 Na4 30.Qg4 Bg7 31.Bf4 Be5 32.Bxe5 dxe5 33.Re3 Kg7 34.Rf3 Rf8 35.Qg5 f6 36.Qd2 Rc8 37.Kh2 Nb6 38.Rd3 Rd8 39.Qa5 Qa7 40.Qb4 Rd7 41.Kg1 Qb8 42.g3 Qd8 43.Qc5 Na4 44.Qc2 Nb6 45.Qc6 Rd6 46.Qc5 Na4 47.Qc2 Nb6 48.b4 Qd7 49.h4 h5 50.Rc3 Qd8 51.Bb3 Nc4 52.Bxc4 Rd2 53.Rd3 Rxc2 54.Rxd8 Rxc4 55.Rd7+ Kh6 56.Rf7 Rxe4 57.Rxf6 a5 58.bxa5 Ra4 59.Rf3 Rxa5 60.Kf1 Kg7 61.Ke2 Ra4 62.Rb3 Kf6 63.Kd2 Kf5 64.f3 Ke6 65.Kc2 Kd6 66.Rd3+ 1/2-1/2
2026.07.01 KazChess Masters 2026
3461421 GM Makhnev, Denis (2551) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.e3 Qd5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Bxc7 Rc8 12.Bg3 Qa5 13.Nd2 Nb6 14.a4 O-O 15.Ra3 e5 16.e4 Be6 17.d5 Bd7 18.Qa1 Rfe8 19.Rb1 f5 20.h3 Bf8 21.Ra2 Rc7 22.Kh2 f4 23.Bh4 h6 24.f3 Rec8 25.Bf2 g5 26.d6 Bxd6 27.Bxb6 axb6 28.Nxc4 Rxc4 29.Bxc4+ Rxc4 30.Rd1 Rc6 31.Rad2 Qc5 32.Qa2+ Kh8 33.Qf7 1-0
2026.06.30 KazChess Masters 2026
3461413 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) IM Ansat, Aldiyar (2485) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nh3 d6 7.Nf2 e6 8.e4 Na6 9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 Nc7 11.O-O a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.Bg5 b5 14.Qd2 Re8 15.axb5 axb5 16.b4 cxb4 17.Na2 Na6 18.Rab1 Qa5 19.Bf4 Qb6 20.Nxb4 Nxb4 21.Rxb4 Ba6 22.Be3 Qa5 23.Rfb1 Nd7 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Rec8 26.Kf1 h5 27.Nd1 Rc5 28.Ra1 Qb6 29.Ne3 Rbc8 30.Qd2 Rc3 31.Kf2 R8c5 32.Qd4 Bb7 33.Nc4 R5xc4 34.Qxb6 Nxb6 35.Bxc4 Nxc4 36.Rxb5 Rc2+ 37.Kg1 Bc8 38.Rb8 Ne3 39.Raa8 Rxg2+ 40.Kh1 Kg7 41.Rxc8 Rd2 42.Rc1 Nd1 43.Kg1 Nf2 44.Rc6 h4 45.Rxd6 h3 46.Ra3 Nd1 47.f4 Rg2+ 48.Kf1 Rxh2 49.Rc6 Nf2 50.e5 Ng4 51.d6 Rf2+ 52.Ke1 h2 53.Rh3 Rxf4 54.d7 Re4+ 55.Kf1 Ne3+ 56.Kf2 Ng4+ 57.Kg3 Re3+ 58.Kxg4 Rxh3 59.d8=Q 1-0
2026.06.16 Titled Tue 16th Jun 2026
2305547 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) GM Halkias, S (2505) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.O-O Be7 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Be3 Be6 13.Bd4 Nd7 14.Re1 Bf6 15.Nb5 Re8 16.Qd2 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 Qb6 18.Bb5 Rad8 19.Re3 a6 20.Ba4 Rf8 21.Bxd7 Bxd7 22.Rae1 Rfe8 23.h3 h6 24.b3 Rxe3 25.Rxe3 Rc8 26.Rc3 Re8 27.a4 Re4 28.Rd3 Qd6 29.Ne2 Bc6 30.Nc3 Re5 31.Rd4 Qe6 32.b4 Re1+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+ 34.f4 Qe6 35.b5 axb5 36.axb5 Bb7 37.Ra4 Rf1 38.Qd4 Qe1 39.g4 Rf2+ 0-1
2026.06.16 Titled Tue 16th Jun 2026
2305379 FM Ernst, Robert (2401) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 c5 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Kb1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 Nf6 17.Qe3 a6 18.f4 b5 19.f5 e5 20.Nf3 bxc4 21.Bxe5 Qb7 22.Bb2 cxb3 23.Qxb3 Rab8 24.Qxb7 Rxb7 25.Ka1 Ng4 26.Rhe1 Rfb8 27.Bc3 h5 28.h3 Bf6 29.Bxf6 Nxf6 30.Rd2 Ne4 31.Rde2 Nc3 32.Re8+ Rxe8 33.Rxe8+ Kh7 34.Re1 f6 35.Rc1 Nd5 36.g4 Rb4 37.g5 Rf4 38.g6+ Kh6 39.Rc5 Rxf5 40.Nd4 Rf1+ 41.Kb2 Nf4 42.Nf5+ Kxg6 43.Nh4+ Kh7 44.Ra5 g5 45.Nf5 Nxh3 46.Nd6 g4 47.Rxh5+ Kg6 48.Rh8 f5 49.Nc4 g3 50.Rxh3 f4 51.Nd2 g2 52.Rf3 Rd1 53.Rxf4 Rxd2+ 54.Kc3 g1=Q 0-1
2026.06.16 Titled Tue 16th Jun 2026
2305168 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) FM Meirkhanuly, Akylzhan (2265) 1-0
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Ne2 Nge7 6.Nbc3 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.b3 Be6 9.d3 d5 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Qc2 d4 12.exd4 exd4 13.Ne4 Qc8 14.Nf4 Bf5 15.Rfe1 a5 16.Qd2 Nb4 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Qxb4 Nc6 19.Qd2 Ne5 20.Nd5 Ra6 21.b4 h6 22.b5 Rae6 23.a4 b6 24.a5 bxa5 25.Rxa5 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 f5 27.Rxe5 Rxe5 28.Bf3 g5 29.Bh5 Rf8 30.Ra7 Qe6 31.Rxc7 f4 32.Re7 Qh3 33.Rxe5 Bxe5 34.Qe2 fxg3 35.hxg3 Bxg3 36.Nf6+ Rxf6 37.Qe8+ Rf8 38.Qg6+ Kh8 39.Qxh6+ Kg8 40.Bf7+ 1-0
2026.06.16 Titled Tue 16th Jun 2026
2304947 GM Iskusnyh, S (2440) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Ne4 6.Bd3 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.O-O f5 9.Bb2 Qf6 10.Qc2 Bd6 11.a4 g5 12.Ba3 Bb8 13.g3 h5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.h4 gxh4 16.Nxh4 Rg8 17.Ndf3 Nf8 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.b4 Bd6 20.b5 Bd7 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Rab1 Re8 23.Rb7 Bc8 24.Rxa7 f4 25.exf4 Qxf4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Re1 exf3 28.Ng6+ Rxg6 29.Rxe8+ Kxe8 30.Qxg6+ Kd8 31.gxf4 1-0
2026.06.16 Titled Tue 16th Jun 2026
2304760 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) CM Steiners, Emils (2115) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.a4 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Nd5 Nxe4 11.Re1 Nf6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nxd6 Qe7 15.Ne4 Rad8 16.Bd2 h6 17.c3 Na5 18.Qe2 Nb3 19.Rad1 Nxd2 20.Rxd2 Bg5 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.g3 h5 23.Qxh5 Bh6 24.Qxe5 Rd5 25.Qb8+ Kh7 26.Qxa7 Qd7 27.Kg2 Rf5 28.f3 Qd3 29.Qf2 g5 30.Qe2 Qd5 31.Nf2 Bg7 32.Ng4 e5 33.Ne3 Qd2 34.Qxd2 1-0
2026.06.10 19th American Continental
2290924 IM Jimenez Garcia, Emmanuel (2349) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 0-1
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.h4 h5 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 e5 10.Rd1 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 exd4 12.Bxd4 c6 13.O-O Qe7 14.Rfe1 a6 15.a4 a5 16.Be2 Rfe8 17.f3 Nc5 18.Bf1 Nfd7 19.Bf2 Ra6 20.f4 Raa8 21.Bd3 Rad8 22.g3 b6 23.b3 Qe6 24.Kg2 Nf6 25.e5 dxe5 26.Rxe5 Qc8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.f5 Nxd3 29.Qxd3 gxf5 30.Bxb6 Ng4 31.Bg1 f4 32.gxf4 Bxc3 33.Qxc3 Ne3+ 34.Bxe3 Qg4+ 35.Kf2 Qxd1 36.Qxa5 Qc2+ 37.Bd2 c5 38.Qc3 Qg6 39.Qf3 Rd8 40.Ke2 Qc2 41.Qc3 Re8+ 42.Kf2 Qxc3 43.Bxc3 Rb8 44.Ke3 Rxb3 45.Kd3 Kf8 46.Kc2 Rb7 47.Kd3 f5 48.Kc2 Ke7 49.a5 Kd6 50.Kd3 Kc6 51.Be1 Rd7+ 52.Kc3 Re7 53.Bd2 Kb7 54.Kd3 Ka6 55.Be3 Rxe3+ 0-1
2026.06.09 19th American Continental
2290878 GM Mareco, S (2546) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a5 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 Ba7 9.Re1 Be6 10.a4 Bxc4 11.Nxc4 h6 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Nxe3 Rfe8 15.Rad1 b6 16.Nh2 Qe6 17.Qxe6 fxe6 18.Nc4 Nd7 19.Na3 Na7 20.Re3 Rab8 21.Ra1 Kf7 22.Nf3 Ke7 23.Nc4 Nc6 24.Na3 Na7 25.d4 exd4 26.cxd4 Kd8 27.Rc1 e5 28.dxe5 Nxe5 29.Nd4 g5 30.Nf5 Re6 31.Rec3 c5 32.Rd1 Kc7 33.f3 Rf6 34.Ne7 Rf7 35.Nf5 Rf6 36.Nc2 Nac6 37.Na3 Na7 1/2-1/2
2026.06.08 19th American Continental
2290816 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) GM Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys (2513) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.a4 a6 13.Bd3 Nb4 14.a5 Qe6 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Ng5 Qg4 17.Qc4 Nd3 18.Nc3 Nxe1 19.Rxe1 Bc6 20.h3 Qc8 21.d5 Bb5 22.Qxe4 Qc4 23.Qxc4 Bxc4 24.Bc5 Rfe8 25.f4 Rad8 26.Rd1 Bb3 27.Rd3 Bh6 28.Bb6 Rd7 29.Nxf7 Bxf4 30.e6 Rc7 31.Ne2 Rc1+ 32.Nxc1 Bc4 33.Rd1 1-0
2026.06.07 19th American Continental
2283721 GM Peralta, Fe (2552) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 Na6 9.Be3 f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Qd2 Qe7 13.O-O-O h6 14.Nf3 Nc5 15.Nh4 Nfe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qc2 Qf6 18.Rg1 Bd7 19.Be2 a5 20.f3 Nc5 21.f4 e4 22.Bd4 Nd3+ 23.Rxd3 exd3 24.Bxf6 dxc2 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Kxc2 Kf6 27.Kd2 Rg8 28.Ke3 c6 29.dxc6 bxc6 30.Rd1 d5 31.cxd5 cxd5 32.Kf2 Rgb8 33.b3 Be6 34.Nf3 a4 35.Nd4 axb3 36.axb3 Ra2 37.Ke3 Rg8 38.Rg1 Re8 39.Kf3 Bc8 40.Rc1 Re4 41.Rxc8 Rxd4 42.Rc6+ Ke7 43.g4 Rb4 44.gxf5 Rxb3+ 45.Kf2 d4 46.Re6+ Kf7 47.Ra6 Rxa6 0-1
2026.06.06 19th American Continental
2283674 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) IM Martinez Ramirez, L (2395) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.Kb1 O-O 10.Rg1 Ne5 11.Qg3 b5 12.f4 Nc4 13.e5 Nh5 14.Qe1 f5 15.Nxf5 exf5 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.Qe2 Rb8 19.Qxh5 Ba3 20.b3 a5 21.g4 d6 22.g5 cxb3 23.axb3 Be6 24.Nf6+ Rxf6 25.gxf6 g6 26.Rxg6+ hxg6 27.Rg1 dxe5 28.Rxg6+ Kf8 29.Qh8+ Kf7 30.Rg7+ Kxf6 31.Qh6# 1-0
2026.06.05 19th American Continental
2283563 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) GM Obregon Rivero, J (2446) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.exf5 a6 7.Ba4 Bxf5 8.d4 b5 9.Bb3 exd4 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Bg5 Kf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Rh7 15.h4 Bg4 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.Qd3 Nb4 19.Qxb5 Bxf3 20.gxf3 gxh4 21.Bxh4 Rg7+ 22.Kf1 Nbd5 23.Nd2 Qc8 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Qh3+ 26.Ke2 Bxh4 27.Qa8+ Kf7 28.Kd1 Be7 29.Qd5+ Kf8 30.Qxd4 Qf5 31.Re4 Bg5 32.c3 Re7 33.b4 d5 34.Qc5 Qd7 35.Re5 Qa4+ 36.Ke2 Qa6+ 37.c4 dxc4 38.Nxc4 Qa2+ 39.Kf1 Qb1+ 40.Kg2 Qg6 41.Kh3 Qh5+ 42.Kg2 Qg6 1/2-1/2
2026.06.05 19th American Continental
2283626 GM Fier, A (2553) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Bg4 8.dxe5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Nd5 Ne8 12.Rd1 1/2-1/2
2026.06.04 19th American Continental
2283500 GM Rios, Cr (2405) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.h4 e5 8.d5 Qe8 9.h5 Nc5 10.hxg6 Nfxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.gxh7+ Kh8 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Rxh6 Qe7 15.Nf3 f5 16.Nh4 Rf6 17.Ng6+ Rxg6 18.Rxg6 Qh4 19.Qd3 Qxf2+ 20.Kd1 Kxh7 21.Re6 Bxe6 22.dxe6 Qxg2 23.Kc2 Ng3 0-1
2026.06.03 19th American Continental
2283375 GM Arenas, D (2339) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.f4 d6 10.Bf3 Bb7 11.Nd5 b5 12.a4 Nxd5 13.exd5 Na5 14.c3 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Nc4 16.a5 Qc7 17.a6 Bc8 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.b3 Nb6 20.Qd3 Rac8 21.Nxb5 Bxb5 22.Qxb5 Qxc3 23.Rb1 Rc7 24.Qe2 Rfc8 25.Bd2 Qd4 26.Be3 Qb4 27.Bxb6 Qxb6 28.Bg4 Rb8 29.b4 Bf6 30.g3 Kg7 31.Rfd1 h5 32.Bh3 Rc3 33.b5 Qc5 34.Bd7 h4 35.g4 g5 36.fxg5 Be5 37.Rd2 Bf4 38.Rdb2 Qxd5+ 39.Qg2 Qe5 40.Bc6 h3 41.Qe2 Qxe2 0-1
2026.06.03 19th American Continental
2283437 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) IM Lopez Rayo, Santiago (2418) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd2 d5 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 b6 8.Nf3 Ba6 9.b3 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.O-O Qc7 13.cxd5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 exd5 15.b4 d4 16.exd4 c4 17.Qf5 g6 18.Qg5 Ne4 19.Qe3 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 Nb6 21.Ne5 f5 22.Qf3 Na4 23.Rac1 Naxc3 24.Rxc3 Nxc3 25.Qxc3 Rad8 26.Rc1 Kg7 27.h4 f4 28.b5 Rd5 29.a4 a6 30.bxa6 Ra5 31.Ng4 Rxa6 32.d5+ Kf7 33.Nh6+ Ke7 34.Qb4+ Rd6 35.Rxc4 Qb6 36.Qc3 Kd7 37.Qh3+ Ke7 38.Rxf4 Qb1+ 39.Kh2 Rxd5 40.Qe3+ Kd8 41.Nf7+ Kd7 42.Qa7+ Ke6 43.Qc7 Qb8 44.Ng5+ Rxg5 45.Qf7+ Kd6 46.hxg5 1-0
2026.06.02 19th American Continental
2283313 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) Ruiz Perez, Juan Octavio (2102) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.Be3 Ra8 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.Bxa7 Rxa7 16.Bxf7 c5 17.Bd5 c4 18.Na3 Nxd5 19.Rfd1 Be6 20.exd5 Bf5 21.Rac1 Rd7 22.Nc2 Bxc2 23.Rxc2 Kc7 24.Re2 Re8 25.f4 Kd6 26.Rde1 Rde7 27.Kf2 Kxd5 28.Kf3 e4+ 29.Ke3 Kc5 30.Rd1 Re6 31.Red2 b4 32.Rd5+ Kc6 33.cxb4 R8e7 34.Rc5+ Kb7 35.Rxc4 Rh6 36.Rxe4 Rc7 37.h3 Rhc6 38.Rd2 Rc1 39.Kf3 Rf1+ 40.Kg3 Rfc1 41.Re6 1-0
2026.05.26 Titled Tue 26th May 2026
2278976 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) WFM Sneha Halder (2232) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.c4 c6 7.O-O b6 8.d4 Bb7 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.Rad1 Re8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 e6 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qe7 17.Rd6 Ba8 18.c5 bxc5 19.Qc4 Bf8 20.Rfd1 Red8 21.Qxc5 Qc7 22.Bc1 Re8 23.Bg5 Qb6 24.Qc3 c5 25.Rxb6 1-0
2026.05.26 Titled Tue 26th May 2026
2279291 GM Iljiushenok, I (2496) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Qc2 Nb6 7.Rd1 g6 8.d3 cxd3 9.Rxd3 Nbd5 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nh4 Nexc3 13.Nxf5 Nb5 14.Nh6 e6 15.h4 Qd7 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Ng4 Bxg5 18.hxg5 O-O-O 19.Qc5 Qd6 20.Qc1 Kb8 21.Qe1 Rhe8 22.Rad1 Nbc7 23.b4 e5 24.Nf6 Re6 25.b5 e4 26.Nxe4 Qe7 27.bxc6 Rxc6 28.Qa5 b6 29.Qa4 Qe8 30.Nf6 Rxf6 31.Qxe8 Rxe8 32.gxf6 Re6 33.Bxd5 Rxf6 34.Bb3 a5 35.Rd7 b5 36.Rxf7 Rc6 37.Rd8+ Ka7 38.Rc8 Kb6 39.Rxh7 a4 40.Bd1 Rc1 41.Kg2 Rxd1 42.Rhxc7 Rd3 43.Rc6+ Ka5 44.Rxg6 Kb4 45.Rg5 Rd2 46.Rb8 Rxa2 47.Rgxb5+ Ka3 48.g4 Rc2 49.Ra5 Rc4 50.Kg3 Ka2 51.Rba8 Kb3 52.Rxa4 1-0
2026.05.26 Titled Tue 26th May 2026
2279599 IM Dixit, Nikhil (2394) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 1-0
1.a3 d5 2.b4 Bf5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Ngf6 6.d4 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Ne4 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 Qf6 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 Qg6 13.Ne2 Nf6 14.Ng3 h5 15.Nxf5 exf5 16.f4 Qh6 17.d5 cxd5 18.c5 Bc7 19.Nb3 Rad8 20.Nd4 Qg6 21.Qe1 Rc8 22.Qg3 Rfe8 23.Qxg6 fxg6 24.h4 Kf7 25.Kf2 Bd8 26.Ke2 Nd7 27.g3 Bf6 28.Rac1 Nb8 29.Rfd1 Nc6 30.Rc2 Bxd4 31.Bxd4 a6 32.Rcd2 Red8 33.Bb2 Ke6 34.Bxg7 Rd7 35.Bd4 Nxd4+ 36.exd4 b6 37.Ke3 a5 38.Rb1 Ra7 39.cxb6 Rc3+ 40.Ke2 Rb7 41.bxa5 Rxa3 42.Rb5 Kd6 43.Rc2 Ra4 44.Rbc5 Rxd4 45.Rc6+ Kd7 46.a6 Rb8 47.a7 1-0
2026.05.26 Titled Tue 26th May 2026
2279363 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) GM Sharapov, E (2375) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.a3 bxa3 7.Rxa3 O-O 8.Nc3 d6 9.e4 Nbd7 10.Be2 e5 11.O-O a6 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Rd1 b6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 exd4 16.Nxd4 Bb7 17.f3 a5 18.Rc1 Nc5 19.Qf4 Rad8 20.Bb5 g6 21.Qf6 Rc8 22.Rac3 Qd8 23.Qf4 Qe7 24.h4 h5 25.Bf1 Rfe8 26.Qg3 Qe5 27.Qxe5 dxe5 28.Nb5 Na4 29.Rc7 Red8 30.b3 Nc5 31.R1xc5 bxc5 32.Rxb7 1-0
2026.05.19 Titled Tue 19th May 2026
2273549 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) GM Nakamura, Hikaru (2792) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 h6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bf4 Bb7 10.Rc1 Nh5 11.e3 Nd7 12.Bxc7 Qxc7 13.Nxd5 Qd8 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Rc7 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nhf6 17.Bxa8 Rxa8 18.Qa4 a5 19.Rfc1 h5 20.e4 Qxe4 21.Rxd7 Nxd7 22.Qxd7 h4 23.Qc6 Re8 24.Qxe4 Rxe4 25.Rc8+ Kh7 26.Rb8 Rxd4 27.Rxb6 h3 28.Kf1 Rd2 29.a4 g5 30.b3 Rb2 31.g4 Kg7 32.Rb5 f6 33.Rxa5 Rxb3 34.Ke2 Rb4 35.Kf3 Rb3+ 36.Ke2 Rb4 37.Kf3 Rb3+ 38.Ke2 1/2-1/2
2026.05.19 Titled Tue 19th May 2026
2274069 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) GM Bluebaum, M (2694) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 c6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Ne5 Qe8 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Rae1 f5 15.f3 Qe6 16.a3 Be7 17.Bg3 Bd6 18.Ne2 Rae8 19.Kf2 g5 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Ng3 Qg6 22.h4 gxh4 23.Ne2 Nf6 24.Rh1 Ne4+ 25.Kg1 Ng5 26.Rf1 Qe6 27.Kf2 Ne4+ 28.Ke1 Nd6 29.Kf2 Nc4 30.Rxh4 Nxe3 31.Rfh1 Rf6 32.Nf4 Qe7 33.Rxh6 Rxh6 34.Rxh6 Ng4+ 35.fxg4 Qe1+ 36.Kf3 Re3+ 37.Qxe3 fxg4+ 38.Kxg4 Qxe3 39.Rd6 Qxd4 40.Rd8+ Kf7 41.Rd7+ Kf6 42.Rxb7 Ke5 43.Re7+ Kd6 44.Re2 Qd1 45.Kf5 d4 46.g4 d3 47.Re6+ Kc7 48.Re7+ Kd8 49.Re4 d2 50.Rd4+ Kc8 0-1
2026.05.19 Titled Tue 19th May 2026
2274841 FM Negrean, Andrei (2353) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 0-1
1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bf5 3.Bb2 e6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O h6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Re1 Bh7 10.e4 c6 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 a5 13.a3 Nd7 14.Bb2 Bf6 15.e5 Be7 16.Kh1 Rc8 17.f4 b5 18.Qe2 c5 19.g4 Nb6 20.Rf1 c4 21.Bd4 cxd3 22.cxd3 Rc2 23.Qe3 Nd7 24.Nf3 Nc5 25.Bxc5 Bxc5 26.d4 Be7 27.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 28.Qxc1 Qb8 29.Qb2 Rc8 30.Rc1 Rc7 31.Ng1 Qc8 32.Rxc7 Qxc7 33.Ne2 Qc2 34.Qxc2 Bxc2 35.Nc3 Bxa3 36.Nxb5 Bb2 37.f5 Bxb3 38.h4 a4 39.g5 hxg5 40.hxg5 g6 41.fxe6 fxe6 42.Bh3 Kf7 43.Nc7 a3 44.Bxe6+ Ke7 45.Bxd5 a2 46.Bxb3 a1=Q+ 47.Kg2 Bxd4 48.Nd5+ Kd8 49.e6 Qb2+ 50.Kf3 Qxb3+ 51.Ke4 Bg7 52.Nf4 Qc4+ 53.Kf3 Be5 54.Nxg6 Qd3+ 55.Kg4 Qxg6 56.Kh4 Qxe6 57.Kh5 Qf5 58.Kh4 Ke7 59.g6 Kf6 60.g7 Qg5+ 0-1
2026.05.19 Titled Tue 19th May 2026
2273343 CM Bulgak, Damir (2205) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.Kb1 Be7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b5 12.h4 Qc7 13.g4 h5 14.gxh5 Nxh5 15.Bxe7 Kxe7 16.Bh3 Qc5 17.Qd2 Rac8 18.Rhe1 Nf6 19.e5 dxe5 20.Ne4 Qd4 21.Qg5 Qc4 22.Rd2 Bc6 23.Nd6 Qf4 24.Nxc8+ Rxc8 25.Rxe5 Qxf3 26.Bg2 Qg4 27.Bxc6 Rxc6 28.Qxg4 Nxg4 29.Rg5 Nh6 30.Rxg7 Rc4 31.Rh2 Nf5 32.Rh7 Kf8 33.b3 Rg4 34.Kb2 Kg8 35.Rh5 f6 36.Rf2 Kg7 37.Rfxf5 exf5 38.Rxf5 Rxh4 39.Rc5 Re4 40.Rc6 f5 41.Rxa6 f4 42.Rd6 f3 43.Rd2 Rf4 44.Rf2 Kf6 45.Kc3 Kf5 46.Kd3 Kg4 47.Ke3 Kg3 48.Rf1 f2 49.c4 bxc4 50.bxc4 Rf5 51.c5 Rf6 52.c6 Rxc6 53.a4 Ra6 54.a5 Rxa5 55.Rxf2 Ra3+ 0-1
2026.05.19 Titled Tue 19th May 2026
2273090 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) CM Brown, Akeem (2060) 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 g6 8.h4 h6 9.Ne2 Bg7 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nb4 12.Bb1 b6 13.a3 Nc6 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.b4 Rc8 16.Qd2 Ne7 17.g4 h5 18.gxh5 Rxh5 19.Bg5 Qc7 20.Rc1 Qb8 21.Nf4 Rh8 22.Ke2 Nf5 23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Rc1 Qb8 25.Bxf5 exf5 26.b5 Nf8 27.Qb4 Ne6 28.Qe7# 1-0
2026.05.19 Titled Tue 19th May 2026
2274399 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) FM Ashraf, Artin (2470) 0-1
1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Qe2 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.exd5+ Qe7 8.c4 Qxe2+ 9.Kxe2 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nc3 d6 12.Kf1 Re8 13.Nb5 Na6 14.Bf4 Nb4 15.Rad1 Nxd3 16.Rxd3 Ba6 17.a4 Bxb5 18.axb5 Bf8 19.Rde3 Rxe3 20.Rxe3 Ne8 21.Ng5 h6 22.Nf3 g5 23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.Nxg5 Bg7 25.b3 Kf8 26.Nh7+ Kg8 27.Ng5 Bh6 28.Rg3 Bxg5 29.Rxg5+ Kf8 30.h4 a6 31.bxa6 Rxa6 32.g4 Ra3 33.h5 Rxb3 34.Kg2 Nf6 35.h6 b5 36.Rg7 bxc4 37.g5 Nh5 38.g6 Nf4+ 0-1
2026.05.19 Titled Tue 19th May 2026
2273890 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) GM Fedoseev, Vladimir (2700) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.Qb5 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qc8 13.Nd2 c6 14.Qd3 b5 15.O-O Re8 16.f3 Nh7 17.e4 Nb6 18.e5 g6 19.f4 Qf5 20.Qe2 Rac8 21.Nb3 Na4 22.Rac1 a6 23.g4 Qd7 24.f5 c5 25.Qd2 g5 26.Bf2 cxd4 27.Bxd4 Rc4 28.Rce1 Qc7 29.e6 Nxc3 30.Bxc3 Rxc3 31.exf7+ Kxf7 32.Qxd5+ Kf8 33.Rxe8+ Kxe8 34.Qg8+ Nf8 35.Re1+ Kd7 36.Qf7+ Kc6 37.Qxf8 Qb6+ 38.Kh1 Qf2 39.Qc8+ 1-0
2026.05.19 Titled Tue 19th May 2026
2274685 GM Shankland, Sam (2647) FM Povshednyi, Ivan (2393) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 a6 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.Neg5 e6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 O-O 10.Qe2 c5 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qxe6+ Kh8 13.Qxd6 h6 14.Nh4 Re8 15.Ng6+ Kg8 16.Bd2 b5 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Re1 Qd8 19.Qe6+ Kh7 20.Ne5+ 1-0
2026.05.19 Titled Tue 19th May 2026
2273722 IM Arabidze, M (2409) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 0-1
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Bg4 4.Bb2 e6 5.Ne5 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bg2 Nd7 9.h3 f5 10.e3 Ngf6 11.g5 Ne4 12.h4 Ndc5 13.d3 dxc4 14.dxe4 Nd3+ 15.Ke2 Nxb2 16.Qxd8+ Rxd8 17.Nc3 Bb4 18.Rac1 Ke7 19.Rc2 cxb3 20.Rxb2 Bxc3 21.Rxb3 Rd2+ 22.Kf3 fxe4+ 23.Kxe4 Rxf2 24.Rxb7+ Kd6 25.Bf3 Rxa2 26.h5 gxh5 27.Rd1+ Kc5 28.Rc1 Ra3 29.Rxg7 a5 30.Rc7 Kb6 31.Re7 Bd2 32.Rb1+ Kc5 33.Rbb7 Rxe3+ 34.Kf4 Rf8+ 35.Rf7 Rxf7+ 36.Rxf7 Re1+ 37.Kg3 Bxg5 38.Bxh5 a4 39.Ra7 Ra1 40.Bf7 Kd6 41.Kf3 a3 42.Kg4 Be3 43.Kf3 Bxa7 0-1
2026.05.19 Titled Tue 19th May 2026
2274270 GM Theodorou, Nikolas (2635) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O b5 8.e4 b4 9.e5 Nd5 10.Ne4 a5 11.Nfg5 N7b6 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qf3 Ra7 14.Nc5 h6 15.Nge4 Nd7 16.h4 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Nxe5 18.Qe2 Rd7 19.Nd6+ Rxd6 20.Qxe5 f6 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.cxd6 Kd7 23.a3 b3 24.Bd2 a4 25.f4 Ba6 26.Rfe1 Kxd6 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.f5 gxf5 29.Bf4+ Kc5 30.Rad1 d4 31.Re6 Rd8 32.Bc7 Rd5 33.Ba5 f4 34.gxf4 Bc8 35.Re4 c3 36.Bb4+ Kb5 37.Re8 Bg4 38.Rde1 cxb2 39.Rb8+ Kc4 40.Rb1 c5 41.Bd2 Kd3 42.Rxb2 c4 43.Ba5 c3 44.Rg2 Bf5 45.Re8 Rxa5 0-1
2026.05.19 Titled Tue 19th May 2026
2274544 CM Kotsyuba, Victor (2220) GM Shankland, Sam (2647) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Re8 9.O-O e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.h3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Bf5 14.Be2 Qa5 15.Qc1 Rad8 16.Rd1 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Rxd1+ 18.Qxd1 Bxb2 19.Nd6 Bxa1 20.Nxe8 Be5 21.Nd6 Bxd6 22.Qxd6 Qe1+ 23.Kh2 h6 24.Bc4 b5 25.Qd8+ Kh7 26.Bxf7 h5 27.Qg8+ Kh6 28.Qh8+ Bh7 29.Bg8 Qb1 30.Qxh7+ Qxh7 31.Bxh7 Kxh7 32.Kg3 Kg6 33.Kf4 Kf6 34.b4 Ke6 35.Ke4 h4 36.Kd4 g5 37.Kc5 Kd7 38.a3 Kc7 39.e4 a6 40.e5 Kd7 41.Kb6 1-0
2026.04.28 Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026
2257153 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) GM Bortnyk, Olexandr (2604) 0-1
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nf3 Bb4 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.Be2 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Qh4+ 13.Bf2 Qh3 14.Qb3 Qg2 15.Rf1 a5 16.a3 a4 17.Qc2 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 Na5 19.Rg1 Qxh2 20.Rxg7 Naxc4 21.Qe4 Qh6 22.Qh4 Qxg7 0-1
2026.04.28 Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026
2256412 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) IM Terry, R (2508) 1-0
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Ne5 Bg6 10.Nc3 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Qa4 Qd5 15.Bf4 e3 16.Bxe3 Qxe5 17.Qb3 Qc7 18.Bf4 Qb6 19.Qc2 Be7 20.Qe4 Qb4 21.Qxb4 Bxb4 22.Rfd1 Rd8 23.Be3 b6 24.Rac1 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Ke7 26.Kg2 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Kxd8 28.f4 Kd7 29.Kf3 g6 30.Bf2 Be7 31.e4 c5 32.e5 f5 33.exf6 Bxf6 34.b3 Kc6 35.Ke4 b5 36.g4 a6 37.h4 Bb2 38.f5 gxf5+ 39.gxf5 h5 40.Be3 Bc3 41.Bg5 c4 42.bxc4 bxc4 43.f6 Kd6 44.Kf5 Kd7 45.Kg6 1-0
2026.04.28 Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026
2256670 GM Meier, Geo (2612) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.c4 c6 7.O-O Bg4 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 e6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Re8 12.Rc1 a5 13.Qc2 Qb6 14.e3 a4 15.Bd4 Qa6 16.b4 a3 17.Rfd1 Qa4 18.Qc3 Rec8 19.Rb1 b6 20.Qa1 Rab8 21.Rdc1 c5 22.Bc3 b5 23.cxd5 cxb4 24.Rxb4 Nxd5 25.Rxa4 Nxc3 26.Rxc3 Bxc3 27.Qd1 bxa4 28.Qxa4 Nc5 29.Qxa3 Nxd3 30.Bf1 Ne5 31.Ng5 Bb4 32.Qa7 Bf8 33.Ne4 Bg7 34.f4 Nc6 35.Qd7 Nb4 36.Nd6 Rf8 37.Bc4 Nc2 38.Nxf7 Rxf7 39.Bxe6 Rf8 40.e4 Nd4 41.Bd5 h5 42.h4 Bf6 43.e5 Bg7 44.Kg2 Nf5 45.a4 Ne3+ 46.Kh3 Nxd5 47.Qxd5 Kh7 48.Qc4 Re7 49.Qe4 Rd8 50.a5 Red7 51.a6 Rd3 52.Qb7 Ra3 53.f5 Rdd3 54.fxg6+ Kh6 55.Qg2 Rxg3+ 56.Qxg3 Rxg3+ 57.Kxg3 Bxe5+ 58.Kf3 Bd4 59.Ke4 Ba7 60.Kf5 Kg7 61.Kg5 1-0
2026.04.28 Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026
2256935 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) GM Tabatabaei, M (2700) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 c6 10.Nge2 Nh5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.g4 Nhf6 13.h3 Re8 14.O-O-O Ne4 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.h4 Nb6 17.g5 h5 18.Ng3 Bg4 19.Ncxe4 Bf3 20.Nc5 Nd5 21.Rhg1 Bxd1 22.Qxd1 g6 23.Qf3 b6 24.Nd3 Qe6 25.Kb1 c5 26.e4 Nb4 27.Nxb4 cxb4 28.Qb3 Qg4 29.Qe3 Qxh4 30.f4 Qh3 31.e5 Rad8 32.Qe4 Rd7 33.Ne2 Qe6 34.Rd1 Red8 35.Rd3 a5 36.b3 Rd5 37.Kc2 b5 38.Kd2 a4 39.Ke3 R5d7 40.f5 Qxf5 41.Qxf5 gxf5 42.Kf4 Rc7 43.Rd2 Rdc8 44.Ng3 Rc2 45.Rxc2 Rxc2 46.Nxf5 Rxa2 47.d5 Rd2 48.Ke3 Rd1 49.Ke2 a3 0-1
2026.04.28 Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026
2255941 FM Zouaghi, Amir (2344) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bb2 g6 5.Nc3 Nb4 6.Ne4 Bg7 7.Nf3 b6 8.a3 N4c6 9.h4 h6 10.Bc3 Bb7 11.Ng3 O-O 12.h5 g5 13.Nf5 e6 14.Nxg7 Kxg7 15.Bd3 Na6 16.Qe2 Nc7 17.Qe4 Rh8 18.O-O Nd5 19.Nh2 Qc7 20.Ng4 Nf4 21.Qe3 Ne7 22.Be4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Qc6 24.Rfe1 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 Nxh5 26.Nf6 Nf4 27.Nxd7 Rhd8 28.Nf6 Ned5 29.Nxd5 exd5 30.Ree1 d4 31.Bb2 Kg6 32.b4 c4 33.Re4 Ne6 34.d3 Rac8 35.dxc4 Rxc4 36.Rc1 Rdc8 37.f3 h5 38.Kf1 Kf5 39.c3 dxc3 40.Rxc4 Rxc4 41.Rxc3 Rxc3 42.Bxc3 b5 43.g3 h4 44.Kf2 hxg3+ 45.Kxg3 Nf4 46.Kf2 Nd3+ 47.Ke3 Nxe5 48.Be1 Ke6 49.Kd4 Nxf3+ 0-1
2026.04.28 Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026
2257486 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) FM Popov, Tikhon (2283) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6 13.c5 Bf8 14.Kh1 Bd7 15.a3 a5 16.Rc1 a4 17.Ndb5 Bf5 18.Re1 d4 19.Nxd4 Bxc5 20.Ncb5 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Qb6 22.Rc4 Rad8 23.Qxa4 Re5 24.h3 Rde8 25.b4 Rxe2 26.Rxe2 Rxe2 27.Nxe2 Bxf2 28.Qd1 Qe3 29.Rc3 Qe5 30.Qd2 Nh5 31.f4 Qe4 32.Kh2 Nf6 33.Ng3 Bxg3+ 34.Rxg3 h5 35.Qf2 Be6 36.Re3 Qf5 37.Re5 Qd3 38.Qe3 Qd6 39.Qc3 Nd5 40.Qd4 Qc6 41.Qe4 Qc1 42.Rxd5 Bxd5 43.Qxd5 Qxf4+ 44.Kg1 Qe3+ 45.Kf1 Qc1+ 46.Kf2 Qb2+ 47.Ke1 Qc1+ 48.Ke2 Qb2+ 49.Kd3 Qxa3+ 50.Kc4 Qa6+ 51.b5 Qa2+ 52.Kc5 Qf2+ 53.Kd6 b6 54.Ke7 h4 55.Qd8+ Kg7 56.Qf8+ Kh7 57.Qxf7+ Qxf7+ 58.Kxf7 Kh6 59.Kf6 Kh5 60.Ke5 Kg5 61.Ke4 Kf6 62.Kd5 Kf5 63.Kc6 Kf4 64.Kxb6 Kg3 65.Kc5 Kxg2 66.b6 Kxh3 67.b7 g5 68.b8=Q g4 69.Qf4 g3 70.Kd4 g2 71.Qf2 Kh2 72.Qxh4+ Kg1 73.Ke3 Kf1 74.Qf2# 1-0
2026.04.28 Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026
2257003 FM Weishaeutel, Moritz (2404) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 Bb4 7.O-O Nge7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Rd1 b6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bb7 12.e5 Ng6 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.Re1 Nce7 15.a4 Nd5 16.Ba3 Ndf4 17.Qd2 Nxg2 18.Bd6 Nxe1 19.Rxe1 Qd8 20.Ng5 h6 21.Bxf8 Qxg5+ 22.Qxg5 hxg5 23.Bxg6 Kxf8 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Rc8 26.c4 Ke7 27.Kf1 Rc5 28.Ke2 Ra5 29.Kd3 Rxa4 30.Re2 Ra3+ 31.Kd4 Rh3 32.Ra2 Rxh2 33.Ke3 Rh4 34.Kd3 Rf4 35.Rxa7 Rxf2 36.Rb7 g4 37.Rxb6 g3 38.Rb1 g2 39.Rg1 f5 40.exf6+ gxf6 41.Ke3 Ra2 42.c5 f5 43.Rxg2 Rxg2 0-1
2026.04.28 Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026
2257286 FM Vassis, Michail (2337) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Na3 Be6 6.Qc2 Qd5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Rd1 g6 9.h4 Qc5 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.Kf1 Ne5 12.f3 Bf5 13.Qc3 Nd3 14.e3 h6 15.Nh3 b5 16.Nc2 Bg7 17.b4 Qd6 18.Nd4 Nh5 19.g4 Ng3+ 20.Kg1 Bxd4 21.exd4 Ne2+ 22.Kh1 Nxc3 23.dxc3 Be6 24.a4 h5 25.axb5 hxg4 26.Bf4 Nxf4 27.Nxf4 0-1
2026.04.28 Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026
2256810 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) FM Kurmangaliyeva, Liya (2289) 1-0
1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.e4 fxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Ng5 c6 12.f4 Qb6+ 13.Kh1 Ng4 14.Qf3 Nf6 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Bd4 Bg4 17.Qd3 cxd5 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Bxd5+ e6 20.Bf3 Bf5 21.Qb3 Bxc2 22.Nxe6 Bxb3 23.Nxc7 Rc8 24.axb3 Rxc7 25.Rxa7 Rf5 26.Rxb7 Rxb7 27.Bxb7 Bxb2 28.Be4 Rb5 29.Rd1 Kg7 30.Bd5 Kf6 31.g3 Ra5 32.Bc4 Ra1 33.Rxa1 Bxa1 34.b4 Bc3 35.b5 Bd4 36.Kg2 g5 37.Kf3 Bg1 38.h3 Bb6 39.h4 gxh4 40.gxh4 Bc5 41.h5 h6 42.Ke4 Bf2 43.Be2 Bg1 44.Bg4 Bf2 45.Kd5 Be3 46.f5 Bc5 47.Kc6 Ke5 48.b6 Bf2 49.b7 Ba7 50.Kd7 d5 51.Ke7 Bc5+ 52.Kf7 Bd6 53.Kg6 1-0
2026.04.28 Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026
2256323 FM Federer, Colin (2284) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.f4 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O-O Qd8 12.Bc4 Be7 13.Bb3 a5 14.Rhf1 O-O 15.Kb1 d5 16.f5 Bf6 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.exd5 a4 19.Nxa4 cxd5 20.Rfe1 Qd6 21.Nc3 Qa6 22.Qd3 Qa7 23.Nb5 Qb6 24.Nd4 Kh8 25.c3 Bd7 26.Bc2 Kg8 27.Qh7+ Kf7 28.Qg6+ Kg8 29.Qh7+ Kf7 30.Qg6+ Ke7 31.Nf5+ Kd8 32.Nd4 Kc7 33.Qg3+ Kb7 34.Bb3 Ra5 35.Qg4 Ka7 36.Nxe6 Re8 37.Rxd5 Rxd5 38.Bxd5 Bxc3 39.Re2 Rc8 40.a3 Qb5 41.Qe4 Bf6 42.Rc2 Rxc2 43.Kxc2 Qxb2+ 44.Kd3 Bb5+ 45.Ke3 Qxa3+ 46.Kf4 Qd6+ 47.Kf5 Kb8 48.Qf4 Qxf4+ 49.Kxf4 Bd3 50.Be4 Bc4 51.Kf5 Kc8 52.Nf4 Bg8 53.Bd5 Bh7+ 54.Ke6 Kc7 55.Bf3 Bg5 56.Kf7 Bxf4 57.Kxg7 Bd3 58.g3 Be3 59.h4 Kd6 60.g4 Ke5 61.g5 Bxg5 62.hxg5 hxg5 63.Kh6 Kf4 64.Bd1 Bf5 65.Kh5 Be6 66.Be2 Bf7+ 67.Kh6 Be8 68.Kg7 Bd7 69.Kf6 Bg4 70.Bd1 Bxd1 0-1
2026.04.28 Titled Tue 28th Apr 2026
2256091 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) Shuvalov, E (2008) 1/2-1/2
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.d4 Ne4 9.Nc3 Bf5 10.e3 Nd7 11.Qe2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Nf6 13.Rfd1 a5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Qb5 Bd7 16.Qd3 Bf5 17.Qb5 Bd7 18.Qe2 Ne4 19.Be1 a4 20.Ne5 e6 21.Bb4 Bf8 22.Qe1 Bb5 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Qb4 Qa5 25.Qxa5 Rxa5 26.b4 Raa8 27.Rac1 Rfc8 28.Bf1 Bxf1 29.Kxf1 a3 30.f3 Nd6 31.Ke2 f6 32.Nd7 Kf7 33.Nb6 Rxc1 34.Rxc1 Ra6 35.Rc7+ Ke8 36.Nc8 Nxc8 37.Rxc8+ Kd7 38.Rc3 Ra4 39.Rb3 Kc6 40.Kd3 Kb5 41.h4 h5 42.g4 Ra8 43.Rc3 Ra4 44.Rc7 b6 45.Rg7 Rxb4 46.Rxg6 Rb2 47.gxh5 Rxa2 48.Kc3 Rh2 49.Kb3 a2 50.Rg1 Rxh4 51.Kxa2 Rxh5 52.Kb3 Rh3 53.Rf1 e5 54.Kc3 Kc6 55.Kd2 Kb5 56.Rb1+ Kc4 57.Rc1+ Kb5 58.Rb1+ Kc4 59.Rc1+ Kb5 60.Rb1+ 1/2-1/2
2026.04.21 Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026
2250245 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) IM Ingebretsen, Jens E (2415) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Bd6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bf5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Be7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Qf3 Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qxb7 Rab8 19.Qxc7 Rxb2 20.Rad1 Nc5 21.Qxe7 Rxe7 22.Re2 Reb7 23.Rdd2 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Kf7 25.g4 g5 26.Kg2 Ke7 27.Kg3 a5 28.f3 a4 29.h4 a3 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Rh2 Rb2 32.Rh7+ Kd8 33.Ra7 Nd3 34.Ne4 Rxa2 35.Nxg5 Nc5 36.Ra5 Nb3 37.Nxe6+ Ke7 38.Ra6 Rb2 39.Rxa3 Kxe6 40.f4 Nc5 41.Re3 Rb3 42.f5+ Kf7 43.Rxb3 Nxb3 44.Kf4 Nc5 45.e6+ Ke7 46.g5 Nd3+ 47.Ke4 Nf2+ 48.Kd5 Nh3 49.g6 Kf6 50.Kd6 Ng5 51.e7 Ne4+ 52.Kd5 Nc3+ 53.Kc4 Ne4 54.Kd5 Nc3+ 55.Kd6 Ne4+ 56.Kd7 Kxf5 57.g7 Nf6+ 58.Kd8 Kg6 59.g8=Q+ Nxg8 60.e8=Q+ Kg7 61.Qe6 Nf6 62.Qf5 Ng8 63.Kd7 Nf6+ 64.Ke6 Ng8 65.Qf7+ Kh8 66.Qg6 1-0
2026.04.21 Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026
2251829 GM Gustafsson, J (2580) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rae1 c5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bd3 g6 15.Rc1 Rac8 16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.Ba6 Nf6 18.Rfd1 Bxa6 19.Qxa6 Ne4 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Rxc5 Nxc5 22.Qb5 Qe4 23.Qe2 Ne6 24.Qd2 Rc8 25.Qxd5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Bb4 27.Nd4 Bc3 28.Bxc3 Rxc3 29.g3 Nc5 30.Re5 Rc1+ 31.Kg2 Ra1 32.a4 Ra2 33.Re7 a5 34.Kf1 Rb2 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Rb8 Nxb3 37.Nxb3 Rxb3 38.Ke2 h5 39.h4 Rb2+ 40.Kf3 Rb4 41.e4 Kf6 42.Kf4 Ke6 43.f3 Kd6 44.Rb7 f6 45.Rf7 Ke6 46.Rb7 Rb3 47.Rb8 Kd6 48.Rf8 Ke7 49.Rb8 Ke6 50.Rb7 Rb4 51.Rb8 Rb3 52.Rb7 Rb4 53.Rb8 Rb3 1/2-1/2
2026.04.21 Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026
2250561 FM Hakobyan, Menua (2278) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Qxe4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 c5 11.O-O-O Nf6 12.Qh4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 cxd4 14.Nf3 Ne4 15.Rg1 Nxf2 16.Rxd4 f6 17.c5 e5 18.Bb5+ Ke7 19.Re1 Rd8 20.Nxe5 fxe5 21.Rxe5+ Kf6 22.Rxd8 Kxe5 23.b4 a5 24.a3 axb4 25.axb4 Ng4 26.h3 Ne3 27.g4 Nd5 28.c6 Nxb4 29.cxb7 Bxb7 30.Rd7 Be4 31.Rxg7 Ra2 32.h4 Kd4 33.Rc7 Ra1+ 34.Kd2 Ra2+ 35.Kc1 Nd3+ 36.Bxd3 Bxd3 37.h5 Rg2 38.Rg7 Kc3 39.Rc7+ Bc4 40.Rd7 Rg1+ 41.Rd1 Rxg4 42.Rh1 Rg2 43.h6 Bd3 0-1
2026.04.21 Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026
2251604 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) IM Gelman, A (2419) 1-0
1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d6 8.O-O a6 9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Rc1 Ne5 12.f4 Ng6 13.e4 Bd7 14.Kh1 Rad8 15.Qe2 h6 16.Rfe1 Rc8 17.Rcd1 Rfd8 18.a4 Qb6 19.Qc2 h5 20.Bc1 h4 21.Be3 Qa5 22.Qd2 Qh5 23.Bf3 Qh7 24.g4 h3 25.g5 Nh5 26.Rg1 e5 27.Nf5 Bf8 28.Nd5 Be6 29.Nh6+ gxh6 30.Bxh5 Bxd5 31.Qxd5 exf4 32.Bxg6 Qxg6 33.gxh6 1-0
2026.04.21 Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026
2250335 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) GM Movahed, Sina (2575) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Qd3 O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qc4+ Kh8 11.Qxc6 Rb8 12.b3 Rb4 13.Qa8 Rb7 14.Bg5 c6 15.b4 Qc7 16.Bxf6 gxf6 0-1
2026.04.21 Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026
2251417 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) GM Tabatabaei, M (2700) 0-1
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 h5 7.h3 h4 8.g4 f5 9.gxf5 Bxf5 10.d3 Qd7 11.a3 Nf6 12.e4 Be6 13.Be3 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Rxh6 15.Qd2 Rh8 16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.f4 Nh5 18.Nd5 Rdf8 19.Rdf1 exf4 20.Ndxf4 Nxf4 21.Nxf4 Nd4 22.Kb1 Rf6 23.Qc3 c5 24.Ne2 Rxf1+ 25.Bxf1 Qg7 26.Nxd4 Qxd4 27.Qxd4 cxd4 28.Rg1 Rf8 29.Be2 Bxh3 30.Rxg6 Rh8 31.Rxd6 Bd7 32.Rf6 h3 33.Rf1 Rg8 34.Bf3 Rf8 35.Bg2 Rxf1+ 36.Bxf1 Kc7 37.Kc2 Kd6 38.Kd2 Ke5 39.Ke2 Kf4 40.Kf2 Bg4 41.b4 Bd7 42.Be2 Ba4 43.Bf1 Bd7 44.Be2 a6 45.Bf1 Bg4 46.a4 Bd7 47.a5 Kg4 48.Be2+ Kf4 49.Bf1 Bc8 50.b5 Bd7 51.b6 h2 52.Bg2 Bc6 53.c5 Bb5 54.e5 Bxd3 55.e6 Bb5 56.Bxb7 d3 57.e7 d2 58.e8=Q Bxe8 59.Ke2 Bh5+ 60.Kxd2 Bf3 61.Bxf3 Kxf3 62.b7 h1=Q 63.b8=Q Qg2+ 64.Kc3 Qg7+ 65.Kc4 Qf7+ 66.Kb4 Qa2 67.Qb7+ Ke3 68.Qxa6 Qb2+ 69.Ka4 Qa2+ 70.Kb5 Qb3+ 71.Kc6 Qe6+ 72.Kb7 Qd7+ 73.Ka8 Qd8+ 74.Ka7 Qc7+ 75.Ka8 Qd8+ 76.Kb7 Qe7+ 77.Kb6 Qe6+ 78.Kb5 Qb3+ 0-1
2026.04.21 Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026
2251171 GM Grischuk, Alexander (2641) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.a4 O-O 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Re1 Bb7 9.Ba2 Nbd7 10.c3 a6 11.d4 b5 12.Bb1 Qc7 13.Nf1 Rfc8 14.Ng3 cxd4 15.cxd4 bxa4 16.Rxa4 a5 17.h3 Nb6 18.Ra1 a4 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bh4 Nc4 21.Qe2 Qb6 22.Ra2 Ba6 23.Bd3 Bb5 24.e5 dxe5 25.dxe5 Nd5 26.Bxe7 Nxe7 27.b3 Nd5 28.bxc4 Nf4 29.Bh7+ Kh8 30.Qd2 Bxc4 31.Ra3 Nxg2 32.Kxg2 Kxh7 33.Ne4 Bd5 34.Kg3 Rc4 35.Nd6 Rb4 36.Ree3 f5 37.Qd3 Kh8 38.Nxf5 exf5 39.Qxd5 f4+ 40.Kg2 Rd8 41.Qxd8+ Qxd8 42.Re2 Rb3 43.Rxb3 axb3 44.e6 Qd3 45.Re1 b2 46.e7 Qg6+ 47.Kh2 Kh7 48.Nd2 f3 49.Nxf3 Qd6+ 50.Kg2 Qxe7 51.Rxe7 b1=Q 52.Re3 Qf5 53.Kh2 Qf4+ 54.Kg2 Qf5 55.Kh2 Qf4+ 56.Kg2 Qf5 1/2-1/2
2026.04.21 Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026
2251464 GM Li Shilong (2369) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O b5 8.e4 Bb7 9.e5 Nd5 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ hxg5 14.Qxh8 Qb6 15.Ne4 Qxd4 16.Nxg5 Qxe5 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Rae1 Ne5 19.Qh5 Nf6 20.Qg5 Kf7 21.Rxe5 Qg4 22.Qe3 Bd6 23.Bf3 Qh3 24.Rg5 Rh8 25.Rd1 Qxh2+ 26.Kf1 Bb8 27.Rxg7+ Kxg7 28.Qe7+ Kg6 29.Be4+ Nxe4 30.Qxe4+ Kf6 31.Qf3+ Kg5 32.Qe3+ Kh5 33.Qf3+ Kg5 34.Qe3+ Kh5 35.Qf3+ Kg5 1/2-1/2
2026.04.21 Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026
2250957 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) FM Punin, Andrii (2289) 1-0
1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nc7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.a3 g6 8.h4 Bg4 9.Qb3 Bg7 10.Qxb7 Bd7 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Qd1 h6 13.O-O O-O 14.d3 Ne6 15.Be3 Rxb2 16.Na4 Rb5 17.Rc1 Qa5 18.Nd2 Ncd4 19.Nc4 Qa6 20.Nc3 Rbb8 21.Nd5 Ba4 22.Nxe7+ Kh7 23.Qe1 Nc2 24.Qd2 Ned4 25.Rb1 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Re8 27.Nd5 Qc8 28.Nd6 Qd8 29.Nxe8 Qxe8 30.Bxd4 Nxd4 31.e3 Nf5 32.Rc1 Qb5 33.Nc3 Qa5 34.Ne4 Qb6 35.Nxc5 Bc6 36.d4 Bxg2 37.Kxg2 Nd6 38.Qd3 Qb2 39.Rc2 Qa1 40.d5 Be5 41.h5 Nf5 42.hxg6+ fxg6 43.Ne4 h5 44.d6 h4 45.d7 h3+ 46.Kh2 Nh4 47.Ng5+ Kh6 48.d8=Q Bxg3+ 49.fxg3 Nf3+ 50.Nxf3 Qh1+ 51.Kxh1 1-0
2026.04.21 Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026
2249974 Ocampos, I (2227) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.O-O Nge7 8.Nb5 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 O-O 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bf4 Bg4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Be2 16.Nc7 Bxf1 17.Nxa8 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rxa8 19.Rc1 f6 20.Bd4 Bd6 21.h4 Kf7 22.h5 a6 23.Bb6 Re8 24.Rd1 Ke6 25.Re1+ Kd7 26.Rxe8 Kxe8 27.Kf3 Kd7 28.Ke4 Ke6 29.Bd4 g6 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.a3 b5 32.Bc3 g5 33.Bd2 Be5 34.b3 f5+ 35.Kd3 g4 36.a4 Kd5 37.axb5 axb5 38.Be3 Bd6 39.Ke2 Ke4 40.Bb6 f4 41.Ba7 f3+ 42.Kd2 Bf4+ 43.Kd1 Kd3 44.b4 g3 45.fxg3 Bxg3 0-1
2026.04.21 Titled Tue 21st Apr 2026
2250748 IM Zhizmer, Y (2266) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 e6 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.Bg3 O-O 7.e3 Qc7 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Bxe5 Qxe5 13.Nf3 Qe7 14.h3 Rd8 15.Re1 Ne4 16.Qc2 Bf5 17.Nd2 Bg6 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Be2 f5 20.Rad1 Bf7 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rd6 23.b3 g5 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Qd1 Qxd1+ 26.Bxd1 b5 27.a3 Kg7 28.b4 c4 29.f4 gxf4 30.exf4 h5 31.g4 Kf6 32.g5+ Ke6 33.h4 Kd5 34.Kf2 Bg6 35.Ke3 a6 36.a4 Be8 37.a5 Bf7 38.Be2 Be8 39.Bf1 Bf7 40.Bh3 Bg6 41.Bg2 Bh7 42.Bf1 Bg6 43.Be2 Bf7 44.Bd1 Bg6 45.Bc2 Bf7 46.Bd1 Bg6 47.Be2 Bf7 48.Bf1 Bg6 49.Bh3 Bh7 50.Bg2 Bg6 51.Bf1 Bf7 52.Be2 Bg6 53.Bd1 Bf7 54.Bc2 Bg6 55.Bb1 Bf7 56.Bc2 Bg6 57.Bd1 Bf7 1/2-1/2
2026.04.12 V Menorca Open A 2026
2237626 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) GM Fernandez, Dan SIN (2528) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qe3 Nf6 7.b3 Qa5 8.Bb2 Bc5 9.Qd2 Ng4 10.Nd1 Bb4 11.c3 Be7 12.a3 d5 13.b4 Qd8 14.Bd3 O-O 15.Ne3 dxe4 16.Bxe4 Nf6 17.Bc2 Qc7 18.O-O b6 19.c4 Bb7 20.Qc3 Rfd8 21.Ng4 Qf4 22.h3 h5 23.g3 Qc7 24.Nge5 a5 25.b5 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Bc5 27.Rad1 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.Kf1 Qc7 31.Qe1 Qd6 32.Qd1 Be4 33.Qxd6 Bxd6 34.Bxe4 Nxe4 35.Ke2 Nc5 36.Kd2 f6 37.Nd3 Nb3+ 38.Kc2 a4 39.Nc1 Na5 40.Kd3 e5 41.f3 f5 42.Ne2 e4+ 43.fxe4 fxe4+ 44.Kd4 Kf7 45.Kd5 Bc5 46.Bd4 Bxd4 47.Kxd4 e3 48.Nc3 g5 49.g4 hxg4 50.hxg4 Ke8 51.c5 bxc5+ 52.Kxe3 Nc4+ 53.Ke4 Nxa3 54.Kd5 Kd7 55.Kxc5 Nc2 56.Nxa4 Ne3 57.Nb6+ Kd8 58.Nc4 Nxg4 59.b6 Nf6 60.Kc6 Kc8 61.Nd6+ Kb8 62.Nb5 Nd7 1/2-1/2
2026.04.11 V Menorca Open A 2026
2237569 IM Yip, Carissa (2482) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Be3 Be7 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Bxd8 7.a4 c6 8.a5 Be6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Ng5 Nf8 11.f3 N6d7 12.b4 Be7 13.Rb1 h6 14.Nxe6 Nxe6 15.Bd3 Nf4 16.Bf1 O-O 17.Kf2 b5 18.g3 Ne6 19.Bh3 Rfd8 20.Rhd1 a6 21.Ne2 Ndf8 22.c3 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 c5 24.bxc5 Bxc5 25.Rd5 Bxe3+ 26.Kxe3 Nd8 27.c4 Nc6 28.cxb5 axb5 29.Rxb5 Rxa5 30.Rxa5 1/2-1/2
2026.04.11 V Menorca Open A 2026
2237604 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) IM Nurgaliyev, Sauat (2461) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 O-O 9.c3 b6 10.e5 f6 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Nf1 e5 13.Bh6 Re8 14.h4 Qd6 15.Qd2 Nf5 16.Bg5 Bg7 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Re2 Rf8 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.Bc1 h6 21.N3h2 Kh7 22.Qd1 Be6 23.Rc2 b5 24.h5 Bf7 25.hxg6+ Bxg6 26.Ng4 Nfe7 27.Rd2 Rd8 28.Qe2 Rde8 29.Nge3 Qe6 30.a3 a6 31.Nh2 Qf7 32.Nf3 d4 33.Ng4 dxc3 34.bxc3 e4 35.dxe4 Bh5 36.Nfh2 Rd8 37.e5 Kh8 38.Rd6 Rxd6 39.exd6 Nd5 40.Qd2 Bxc3 41.Qxh6+ 1-0
2026.04.10 V Menorca Open A 2026
2237539 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) IM Ansat, Aldiyar (2484) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e5 Nh5 6.h3 Nf4 7.d4 cxd4 8.Bxf4 dxc3 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Qd3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 a6 13.Bc4 d5 14.exd6 Bf5 15.Qe2 exd6 16.Bxd6 Bxc3 17.Ng5 Bxa1 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.Rxa1 Qe5 20.Qxe5 Nxe5 21.Bd5 h6 1/2-1/2
2026.04.09 V Menorca Open A 2026
2237487 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) IM Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodri (2421) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.h3 h6 8.Re1 Bb6 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Nf1 a6 11.a4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.b4 d5 14.Qc2 dxe4 15.dxe4 Nh5 16.a5 Ba7 17.Be3 Rg6 18.Bxa7 Rxa7 19.Ne3 Nf4 20.Kh1 Qc8 21.Nh2 Ra8 22.h4 Rd6 23.g3 Ne6 24.Nf3 f6 25.Qe2 Qe8 26.Nd2 Rad8 27.Ndc4 R6d7 28.Nd5 Ne7 29.Nce3 h5 30.Rad1 Nc8 31.Nc4 Nd6 32.Nxd6 Rxd6 33.Kg1 Qf7 34.Kf1 g6 35.Ne3 Kg7 36.Rd5 c6 37.Rxd6 Rxd6 38.Rd1 Rxd1+ 39.Qxd1 Nc7 40.Qd3 Nb5 41.Nc4 Qe6 42.Nb6 Qd6 43.Ke2 Qxd3+ 44.Kxd3 Kf7 45.Nd7 Ke7 46.Nc5 Nd6 47.f4 Kf7 48.Ke3 Ke7 49.Kf3 Kf7 50.g4 hxg4+ 51.Kxg4 f5+ 52.Kf3 fxe4+ 53.Nxe4 Nxe4 54.Kxe4 exf4 55.Kxf4 Kf6 56.Kg4 Ke6 57.Kg5 Kf7 58.Kh6 Kf6 59.Kh7 Kf7 60.c4 Kf6 61.Kg8 Kf5 62.Kf7 Kg4 63.Kxg6 Kxh4 64.Kf5 Kg3 65.Ke5 Kf3 66.Kd6 Ke4 67.Kc7 Kd4 68.c5 Kd5 1-0
2026.04.09 V Menorca Open A 2026
2237509 GM Prraneeth, Vuppala (2523) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+ 9.Ne2 g6 10.h4 Be6 11.h5 f5 12.Kf1 Nd7 13.Nf4 Bxf4 14.Bxf4 Qf6 15.Qd2 b5 16.Bg5 Qg7 17.Kg1 Nb6 18.Bh6 Qf6 19.Bf4 Bc4 20.Be5 Qe7 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Re1 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 Rad8 24.Qg3 Qf7 25.b3 Nd7 26.Qh4 c5 27.Kh2 Nxe5 28.Rxe5 Rxe5 29.dxe5 Rd3 30.Re1 Qe6 31.a4 c4 32.bxc4 bxc4 33.f4 Rxc3 34.Rd1 Rd3 35.Rxd3 cxd3 36.Qd8+ Kf7 37.Qxd3 g5 38.g4 gxf4 39.Qxf5+ Qxf5 40.gxf5 h5 41.Kh3 a5 1/2-1/2
2026.04.08 V Menorca Open A 2026
2237453 FM Villa Tornero, Alex (2431) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 e6 4.a3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.c4 d6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.d3 c5 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Rfd1 Rac8 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 a6 15.a4 Rc7 16.a5 bxa5 17.Rxa5 Rfc8 18.Ba3 Ne8 19.b5 Nc5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.bxa6 cxd4 22.axb7 Rxb7 23.Nb5 dxe3 24.Qxe3 Bf8 25.Bf3 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.g3 Qxa5 28.Bxb7 Qb4 29.Bc6 Ng7 30.Qc3 Qc5 31.Be4 Ne8 32.Qd4 Qxd4 1/2-1/2
2026.04.08 V Menorca Open A 2026
2237426 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) FM Yang, Zilong (2355) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.O-O-O Be5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd4 Nf6 11.Bxe5 Qxe5 12.Qe3 Ng4 13.Qe1 Nf6 14.g3 d5 15.Bg2 O-O 16.exd5 Qxe1 17.Rhxe1 cxd5 18.f4 g6 19.Rd3 Bb7 20.Ne2 Nd7 21.Nd4 Rfc8 22.Ra3 a5 23.g4 a4 24.Rae3 Rc4 25.c3 Rac8 26.Kd2 R4c5 27.Kc2 Ra5 28.h4 Nb6 29.Rh3 Nc4 30.h5 Kg7 31.g5 Raa8 32.Reh1 Kf8 33.Bf1 Nd6 34.Bd3 Ke7 35.hxg6 hxg6 36.Bxg6 fxg6 37.Rh7+ Nf7 38.f5 gxf5 39.g6 Rf8 40.Re1 Bc8 41.gxf7 Rxf7 42.Rh8 Rf8 43.Rxf8 Kxf8 44.Nxe6+ Kf7 45.Nf4 Bb7 46.Rh1 Kf6 47.Rg1 d4 48.cxd4 Rc8+ 49.Kd2 Be4 50.Rg6+ Kf7 51.Ra6 Rc2+ 52.Ke3 Rxb2 53.Rxa4 Bb1 54.Ra7+ Kf6 55.Ra6+ Kg5 56.Rg6+ Kh4 57.d5 Rxa2 58.d6 Ra7 59.Kd4 Bc2 60.Rg1 Rf7 61.Ng6+ Kh3 62.Ne5 Rf8 63.Ke3 Rd8 64.Kf4 Be4 65.d7 Bc6 66.Rg3+ Kh2 67.Rg7 Bg2 68.Re7 Bd5 69.Re8 1-0
2026.04.07 V Menorca Open A 2026
2237400 Arjun, C Krishnamachari (2208) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Na3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nb5 Qd7 9.Nbxd4 Bd6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd4 Rb8 12.b3 c5 13.Be5 Bxe5 14.Nxe5 Qc7 15.Nc4 Nd5 16.Qf3 Bb7 17.O-O-O O-O 18.Bd3 f5 19.Bc2 Rbe8 20.Rhe1 Nb6 21.Qg3 Qxg3 22.hxg3 Nxc4 23.bxc4 Bxg2 24.f4 Kf7 25.Re5 h5 26.Rd7+ Re7 27.Rxe7+ Kxe7 28.Rxc5 Kf6 29.Bd1 Rh8 30.Kd2 h4 31.gxh4 Rxh4 32.Ke3 g5 33.fxg5+ Kxg5 34.Rc7 f4+ 35.Kf2 Be4 36.Bf3 Bxf3 37.Kxf3 Kf5 38.Rf7+ Ke5 39.c5 Rh3+ 40.Kg4 Rg3+ 41.Kh4 Rxc3 42.Kg4 Rg3+ 43.Kh4 Ra3 44.Kg4 Rxa2 45.Rxf4 Kd5 46.Kg5 Kxc5 47.Kf6 Kd5 48.Rf1 a5 49.Rd1+ Kc4 50.Rc1+ Kb3 51.Kxe6 a4 52.Kd5 a3 53.Rc8 Rd2+ 54.Ke4 a2 0-1
2026.03.24 Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026
2223642 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) GM Nepomniachtchi, I (2723) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 Qc7 9.g4 h6 10.g5 hxg5 11.fxg5 Nfd7 12.Be3 Nb6 13.Qd2 N8d7 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.h4 Kb8 16.Kb1 Rc8 17.Na5 Be7 18.h5 Nc5 19.Rhf1 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 d5 21.Ng3 d4 22.Bg1 Nd5 23.Nc4 Bb4 24.Qc1 Bc3 25.Ne4 Bb4 26.Bh2 f6 27.Rxd4 Ka8 28.Rdd1 Nf4 29.Rxf4 Bxc4 30.Bxc4 Qxc4 31.Nd6 Qc5 32.Rxb4 1-0
2026.03.24 Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026
2224174 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) GM Artemiev, V (2641) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 8.Be3 Ne7 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Rfd1 Ng6 11.Nc4 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 Qe7 13.g3 O-O-O 14.Re1 Rhe8 15.Bd4 Qd7 16.Re3 Qg4 17.Rae1 Nf4 18.Kh1 Ne6 19.Qe2 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Qxe2 21.R3xe2 Bb4 22.c3 Rxd4 23.cxb4 Rxb4 24.Kg2 c5 25.f4 Rd4 26.Kf3 Kd7 27.h4 h5 28.e5 Rd3+ 29.Kg2 c4 30.Re4 Rd2+ 31.Kh3 fxe5 32.fxe5 b5 33.e6+ Ke7 34.Re5 g6 35.Rg5 Rxb2 36.Rxg6 c3 37.Rg7+ Kd6 38.Rd7+ Kc6 39.Rd3 b4 40.a3 Rd2 41.Rf3 a5 42.axb4 axb4 43.Rf4 Kb5 44.Re5+ Ka4 45.Rc5 Rxe6 46.Rxc7 Ree2 0-1
2026.03.24 Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026
2222915 IM Zhizmer, Y (2266) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.h3 Bh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rfe1 h6 12.Ne5 Bxe2 13.Rxe2 Rfc8 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.a3 b5 17.Rae1 Nb6 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Nc4 20.Bc1 Rd8 21.Nd2 Nb6 22.Nf3 Bd6 23.g4 Kf8 24.Kg2 Rd7 25.h4 Nc4 26.g5 hxg5 27.hxg5 g6 28.Nd2 Kg7 29.Nxc4 bxc4 30.Rh1 Ra5 31.Re4 Be7 32.f4 Bd6 33.Kf3 Rf5 34.Re2 c5 35.Rd1 Bc7 36.Be3 e5 37.Ree1 cxd4 38.cxd4 exf4 39.Bf2 Rxg5 40.Rc1 b5 41.a4 bxa4 42.Rxc4 Rb5 43.Rxa4 Rxb2 44.Re8 Rb3+ 45.Ke2 f3+ 46.Kd1 Bf4 47.Kc2 Rdb7 48.Ra2 R3b5 49.Kd3 Rb2 50.Rea8 Rxa2 51.Rxa2 Re7 52.d5 g5 53.Bd4+ Kg6 54.Ra6+ Kh5 55.Rf6 Kg4 56.d6 Rd7 57.Bc5 Be5 58.Rh6 f5 59.Kc4 Bxd6 60.Bxd6 f2 0-1
2026.03.24 Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026
2223176 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) IM Skliarov, V (2325) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.g4 e4 16.Bg2 Qh4 17.Bxe4 Rae8 18.Qf3 Bxg4 19.Qxg4 Qxg4 20.Nxg4 Rxe4+ 21.Nge3 b4 22.O-O-O bxc3 23.Nxc3 Re6 24.Nf5 Be5 25.Nd5 Rb8 26.b3 Nb4 27.f4 Nxa2+ 28.Kc2 Bf6 29.Rhg1+ Kf8 30.Rg2 Nb4+ 31.Nxb4 Rxb4 32.Rdg1 Ke8 33.Rg8+ Kd7 34.Rf8 Rxf4 35.Rxf7+ Kc6 36.Ng3 Rf2+ 37.Kb1 Rb2+ 38.Kc1 Rxh2 39.Rd1 Be5 40.Nf5 h5 41.Ne7+ Kb5 42.Nd5 h4 43.Nc7+ Kb4 44.Nxe6 Kxb3 45.Rf3+ Kb4 46.Rd2 1-0
2026.03.24 Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026
2224235 IM To, N (2315) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1-0
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 a6 10.O-O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 c5 13.dxc5 Nbd7 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Kb1 Bxc5 16.e4 Rxh2 17.Rxh2 Qxh2 18.Bf1 Kf8 19.a4 bxa4 20.Nxa4 Be7 21.Qb7 Rb8 22.Qxa6 Kg8 23.Bc3 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Bxc5 25.Qa5 Rc8 26.Ba6 Ra8 27.Qxc5 Rxa6 28.Qc8+ 1-0
2026.03.24 Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026
2224003 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) Zhirkov, Vladislav (2159) 1-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qe2 Qd5 16.Kb1 O-O 17.Be3 Qb5 18.Qe1 Ng4 19.Bc1 Rad8 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Qxe5 Rd5 22.Qe4 Rxh5 23.g4 Rxh1 24.Qxh1 Rd8 25.f4 Qd5 26.Qh3 Qe4 27.Be3 c5 28.Re1 Rxd4 29.Qf1 Rd7 30.Bxc5 Qc6 31.Bxe7 Rxe7 32.f5 e5 33.a3 e4 34.Qf4 Re8 35.b3 Qd5 36.Kb2 a5 37.a4 b5 38.axb5 Qd4+ 39.c3 Qd3 40.c4 a4 41.Qe3 Qd6 42.c5 Qe5+ 43.Ka3 axb3 44.Kxb3 Rc8 45.Kc4 Qb2 46.c6 Rb8 47.Qb3 Qe5 48.b6 Qa5 49.c7 Re8 50.Qb5 Qa2+ 51.Qb3 Qa6+ 52.Kd4 Qa5 53.Rxe4 Qd2+ 54.Kc5 Qf2+ 55.Kc6 Rxe4 56.c8=Q+ Kh7 57.Kb7 1-0
2026.03.24 Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026
2223506 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) IM Arabidze, M (2408) 1-0
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Rg1 c6 6.g4 h6 7.Be3 Be7 8.h4 Nf8 9.g5 hxg5 10.hxg5 Ng4 11.Qd2 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Ng6 13.O-O-O Qc7 14.a3 Be6 15.Qf2 O-O-O 16.d5 Bd7 17.Bc4 c5 18.Nd2 Rdf8 19.Bb5 Kb8 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.a4 Qd8 22.Nc4 Bxg5 23.Kb1 Be7 24.a5 Rh6 25.Rd3 Qe8 26.Na3 Rfh8 27.Ncb5 Rh2 28.Qf1 c4 29.Rc3 a6 30.Qxc4 Qd7 31.Qf1 axb5 32.Nxb5 Bd8 33.a6 bxa6 34.Na3 Ka7 35.Rc6 Bb6 36.Nc4 Bc5 37.Nxd6 Qxc6 38.dxc6 Bxd6 39.Qxf7+ Ne7 40.Qe6 Rd8 41.c7 1-0
2026.03.24 Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026
2222513 Smail, Benedict (2075) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 dxc4 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Nxc4 Qc7 11.Be2 Bd7 12.O-O c5 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 O-O 15.Ne5 Rac8 16.Rac1 b6 17.Bf3 Bb5 18.Rfd1 h6 19.h3 Qb8 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Qd4 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Rxe5 23.Rc7 a5 24.Rb7 Ba4 25.Rd4 b5 26.Bc6 Rc5 27.Rb6 Rc1+ 28.Kh2 Rc2 29.b4 axb4 30.axb4 Rxf2 31.Bxb5 Bxb5 32.Rxb5 Nd5 33.e4 Ne3 34.Kg3 Rb2 35.Rd7 Nxg2 36.Rbb7 g5 37.e5 Kg7 38.b5 Kg6 39.b6 Nh4 0-1
2026.03.24 Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026
2222806 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) FM Paragua, Megan Althea (2239) 0-1
1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 Bb7 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 c5 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.e3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Nf5 Ba6 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bf6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qg4 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Ne6 20.Rc4 g6 21.Nd6 Rcd8 22.Rc6 Qa1+ 23.Kg2 Qe5 24.Bxe6 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Bc4 b5 27.Be2 a6 28.Qe4 Rd8 29.Bf3 Kg7 30.a4 bxa4 31.Qxa4 Qb6 32.Qc4 Qb5 33.Qc3+ Kg8 34.h4 h5 35.Qf6 Rf8 36.Be4 Qxb3 37.Qxa6 Qc3 38.Qb7 Kg7 39.Bd5 Qf6 40.e4 Re8 41.Qc7 Re7 42.Qc5 Qe5 43.f4 Qb2+ 44.Kh3 Qf6 45.e5 Qf5+ 46.Kg2 Rd7 47.Qc6 Kh7 48.Kf2 Re7 49.Be4 Qh3 50.Qf6 Ra7 51.Bd5 Qh2+ 52.Ke3 Qxg3+ 53.Kd4 Qf2+ 54.Kc4 Qa2+ 55.Kd4 Ra4+ 56.Ke3 Qxd5 0-1
2026.03.24 Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026
2223326 IM Aradhya, Garg (2429) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.Nf3 Nh5 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Be2 g6 14.g4 Nf4 15.Bg3 Nxe2 16.Qxe2 e6 17.O-O Bd6 18.Na4 Qe7 19.Nc5 Bxg3 20.fxg3 f5 21.Rc3 O-O 22.Rfc1 Rfc8 23.Nd3 Qd8 24.Kg2 Kg7 25.b4 Na7 26.a4 Rxc3 27.Rxc3 Rc8 28.Qc2 Rxc3 29.Qxc3 Qd7 30.Ne5 Qc8 31.Qc5 Qxc5 32.bxc5 Kf6 33.Kf3 Nc6 34.Nxc6 bxc6 35.a5 e5 36.h3 Ke6 37.Kf2 fxg4 38.hxg4 e4 39.Ke2 Ke7 40.Kd2 Ke6 41.Kc3 Ke7 42.Kb4 Ke6 43.Ka3 Ke7 44.Ka4 Ke6 45.Kb3 Ke7 46.Kc2 Ke6 47.Kd1 Ke7 48.Ke2 Ke6 49.Kf1 Ke7 50.Kg2 Ke6 51.Kh3 Ke7 52.Kh2 Ke6 53.Kh1 Ke7 54.Kg1 Ke6 55.Kf2 Ke7 56.Ke1 Ke6 57.Kd2 Ke7 58.Kc3 Ke6 59.Kb4 Ke7 60.Ka4 Ke6 61.Kb3 Ke7 62.Kc2 Ke6 63.Kd1 Ke7 64.Ke2 Ke6 65.Kd1 1/2-1/2
2026.03.24 Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026
2223842 GM Maghsoodloo, Parham (2708) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.a4 e5 10.Bxc4 Qe7 11.h3 e4 12.Ng5 Nb6 13.Ba2 Bf5 14.f3 Rae8 15.fxe4 Bg6 16.Qf2 Nh5 17.Nf3 Bg3 18.Qd2 Kh8 19.a5 Nc8 20.e5 f6 21.e6 Bb8 22.e4 Nd6 23.Re1 Ng3 24.e5 Nde4 25.Qe3 fxe5 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Bf5 28.Bb1 Nxc3 29.bxc3 Qh4 30.Ba3 Rg8 31.e7 g5 32.e6 g4 33.Bd6 gxh3 34.Be5+ Rg7 35.Qxg3 Qxg3 36.Bxg3 Bxb1 37.Be5 Bd3 38.Rad1 1-0
2026.03.17 Titled Tue 17th Mar 2026
2217305 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) CM Fisher, Timofey (2082) 0-1
1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 e5 7.Nbc3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Bxc6 Rb8 13.b3 Bf5 14.Be3 Rd6 15.Bg2 a6 16.Rac1 Rbd8 17.Rfe1 h6 18.h3 g5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Bf3 e4 21.Bg2 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5 23.Re2 Bc3 24.Rf1 Rd1 25.f4 exf3 26.Bf4 Rxf1+ 0-1
2026.03.10 Titled Tue 10th Mar 2026
2209958 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) CM Boutikos, Eleftherios (2091) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.e5 Nf5 12.exf6 exf6 13.Nxd5 Be6 14.Bc4 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 b5 16.Bxb5 Bxd5 17.Qc5 Bxa2+ 18.Kxa2 Qa5+ 19.Qa3 Qxb5 20.Rd3 Rab8 21.Rhd1 f5 22.b3 Rb6 23.c4 Qe5 24.Rd8 h5 25.Rxf8+ Bxf8 26.Rd8 Qe2+ 27.Kb1 Qf1+ 28.Kc2 Qxg2+ 29.Kb1 Qh1+ 30.Kc2 Qxh2+ 31.Kb1 Qg1+ 32.Kc2 Qf2+ 33.Kb1 Qe1+ 34.Kc2 Qb4 35.Qxb4 Rxb4 36.Ra8 Rb7 37.c5 Kg7 0-1
2026.03.03 Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026
2205713 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) CM Donoso Aguirre, Maximiliano (2079) 1-0
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.a4 c5 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Qb6 10.Na3 Rd8 11.Qe2 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Nc4 Qc5 14.b4 Qxb4 15.Rfb1 Qc5 16.Rb5 Qc6 17.Na5 Qd7 18.Rd1 b6 19.Nb3 Ba6 20.Rxd4 Qe8 21.e5 Bxb5 22.axb5 Rxd4 23.Nxd4 Nd5 24.Qg4 Nxf4 25.Bxa8 Ng6 26.Bc6 Qd8 27.Nf3 Bc5 28.Qe4 h6 29.Kg2 Qd1 30.Qd3 Qxd3 31.cxd3 Kf8 32.d4 Bb4 33.Kf1 Ke7 34.Ke2 f6 35.h4 fxe5 36.h5 Nh8 37.dxe5 Nf7 38.Kd3 Bc5 39.Ke2 Bb4 40.Be4 Bc3 41.Kd3 Bxe5 42.Bg6 Bd6 43.Bxf7 Kxf7 44.Nd2 Bc5 45.f4 Bf2 46.g4 Bg3 47.Ke4 Ke7 48.Nc4 Be1 49.g5 Bc3 50.Kf3 Kd7 51.Kg4 Kc7 52.gxh6 gxh6 53.f5 exf5+ 54.Kxf5 a6 55.bxa6 b5 56.a7 Kb7 57.Nd6+ Ka8 58.Nxb5 Bd2 59.Kg6 Bc1 60.Nd6 Kxa7 61.Nf7 Kb7 62.Nxh6 Kc7 63.Nf7 Kd7 64.Ng5 Ke8 65.h6 Bb2 66.Ne6 Ke7 67.Ng7 Kf8 68.Nf5 Kg8 69.h7+ Kh8 70.Nh6 Ba1 71.Nf7# 1-0
2026.03.03 Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026
2206264 IM Ambartsumova, K (2385) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Na3 Nb6 7.Ne5 Be6 8.O-O g6 9.e3 h5 10.h4 Ng4 11.Nxg4 hxg4 12.e4 Bg7 13.Be3 Qd7 14.d5 cxd5 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.exd5 Rxa3 17.bxa3 Bf5 18.Rc1 c3 19.Qb3 O-O 20.Qxb6 Ra8 21.Qb3 Qd6 22.Rxc3 Bxc3 23.Qxc3 Rxa3 24.Qb2 Ra7 25.Rc1 f6 26.Qd2 Kg7 27.Rc3 b5 28.Rc6 Qe5 29.Kh2 Qa1 30.d6 Rd7 31.Qe3 exd6 32.Rxd6 Qxa2 33.Rb6 Qd2 34.Qe8 Rc7 35.Rb8 Bc8 36.Rxc8 Rxc8 37.Qxc8 Qxf2 38.Qd7+ Kh6 39.Qxb5 f5 40.Qf1 Qxf1 41.Bxf1 g5 42.hxg5+ Kxg5 43.Be2 f4 44.gxf4+ Kxf4 45.Bxg4 1/2-1/2
2026.03.03 Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026
2205257 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) CM Guliev, Gasan (2123) 1-0
1.c3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.O-O a5 8.Re1 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Ng5 e5 11.dxe5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bxe5 13.Nxe4 a4 14.a3 Na5 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Nc5 Bg4 17.Nxb7 Nb3 18.Rab1 Bxe2 19.Re1 Bd3 20.Rbd1 Bc2 21.Rd7 Bg7 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Bxg7 Re1+ 24.Bf1 Kxg7 25.f3 Rb1 26.Nd8 Kf8 27.Kf2 Ke8 28.Bb5 Rxb2 29.Ke3 Nc5 30.Rd5+ Rxb5 31.Nc6 f6 32.c4 Rb3+ 33.Kd2 Ne4+ 34.Kxc2 Rxf3 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.Rd7+ Ke6 37.Rxh7 Kd6 38.Nd4 Rc3+ 39.Kb2 Rxc4 40.Nb5+ Kc5 41.Nxc7 Kd4 42.Rf7 1-0
2026.03.03 Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026
2206046 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) IM Aloma Vidal, R (2350) 1-0
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nd2 c6 5.Ngf3 Bd6 6.e4 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.a4 h6 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Re1 Qc7 12.h3 dxe4 13.dxe4 b5 14.Nh4 Bb4 15.c3 Bc5 16.Nf5 Nb6 17.Qf3 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 bxa4 19.bxa4 Rad8 20.Bc1 Rd3 21.Nf3 Re6 22.Bf1 g6 23.Qxe6 Rxf3 24.Qb3 Rxg3+ 25.Bg2 Nc8 26.Rb1 Nd6 27.Ba3 Ndxe4 28.Bxc5 Rxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Nxc5 30.Qb8+ Qxb8 31.Rxb8+ Kg7 32.Rxe5 Nxa4 33.c4 Nd7 34.Rxa5 Nxb8 35.Rxa4 Kf6 36.Ra8 Nd7 37.Ra6 Ne5 38.f4 Nd3 39.Rxc6+ Kf5 40.c5 Nxf4+ 41.Kg3 h5 42.Rc8 Nd5 43.c6 Ke6 44.Rd8 Ne7 45.c7 g5 46.Re8 1-0
2026.03.03 Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026
2205856 IM Czerw, D (2362) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Nb5 d6 9.c3 dxc3 10.bxc3 a6 11.Qa4 axb5 12.Qxa8 b4 13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Qxb4 Bc6 15.Ba3 Nf6 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Bxd6 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Be5 f6 20.Bd4 Kd7 21.Ke2 Bxg2 22.Rhb1 Ra8 23.a4 h5 24.a5 h4 25.Rb6 h3 26.a6 bxa6 27.Raxa6 Rxa6 28.Rxa6 Bh6 29.Be3 Bd5 30.d3 Bf8 31.Ra7+ Ke8 32.c4 Bg2 33.c5 Be7 34.d4 g5 35.fxg5 fxg5 36.Bf2 g4 37.Bg3 Bf6 38.Ke3 Bg5+ 39.Kd3 Bf6 40.Kc4 Bf1+ 41.Kb4 Bxd4 42.Ra8+ Kd7 43.Ra7+ Ke8 44.Rc7 e5 45.Rg7 Be2 46.c6 Kd8 47.Bh4+ Kc8 48.Re7 Bf1 49.Bg3 Bg2 50.Bxe5 Bxe5 51.Rxe5 Bxc6 52.Kc5 Kd7 53.Rg5 Bf3 54.Kd4 Ke6 55.Ke3 Kf6 56.Rg8 Kf5 57.Kf2 Kf4 58.Rf8+ Kg5 59.Kg3 Kg6 60.Rg8+ 1/2-1/2
2026.03.03 Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026
2205406 GM Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys (2514) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.h4 Bd6 12.Be2 a5 13.O-O-O b5 14.Kb1 Nb6 15.Qc2 Nc4 16.e4 Nxd2+ 17.Rxd2 Bf4 18.Rdd1 b4 19.e5 bxc3 20.exf6 gxf6 21.Qxc3 O-O 22.h5 Kg7 23.hxg6 fxg6 24.Bd3 Qb6 25.Bc2 a4 26.Qh3 Rh8 27.Qd7+ Kg8 28.Qe6+ Kg7 29.Qe7+ Kg8 30.Rxh8+ Kxh8 31.Qxf6+ Kg8 32.Rh1 1-0
2026.02.03 Titled Tue 3rd Feb 2026
2181658 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) GM Teterev, V (2239) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Qe7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qc2 c6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.c5 Nc7 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Nd2 Ne6 16.Nc4 Nd4 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Nd6 b6 19.f4 d3 20.Rxd3 Ba6 21.e5 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Bg7 23.Bf3 bxc5 24.Bxc6 Rab8 25.b3 Rb4 26.Bd5 Rd4 27.Qf3 Kh8 28.Rd1 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 f6 30.Bc4 fxe5 31.Qd5 exf4 32.Kf1 Bc3 33.Be2 Bd4 34.Nc4 Re8 35.Qf3 Qe4 36.Qxe4 Rxe4 37.Nd6 Re7 38.Bc4 Kg7 39.a4 h5 40.h3 Kf6 41.a5 Ke5 42.Nb5 g5 43.Be2 Rh7 44.a6 Ke4 45.Bf3+ Ke3 46.Bb7 g4 47.Nxa7 c4 48.Nb5 cxb3 49.Na3 f3 50.Bd5 Rc7 51.Nc4+ Kf4 52.hxg4 hxg4 53.gxf3 gxf3 54.Ke1 b2 55.Nxb2 Bxb2 56.Bb7 Bd4 57.Kd2 f2 58.Ke2 Rc2+ 59.Kd3 Ra2 60.Bg2 Kg3 61.Kxd4 Kxg2 0-1
2026.02.03 Titled Tue 3rd Feb 2026
2182178 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) GM Sevian, Samuel (2688) 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2 f6 8.d4 exd4 9.Rd1 O-O-O 10.Nxd4 Qd7 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.Nc4 Qe8 14.Qf2 Bc5 15.c3 Bf7 16.Na5 Bb6 17.b4 c5 18.Ndb3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 cxb4 20.Be3 Bxa5 21.Nxa5 bxc3 22.Qc2 Qe5 23.Qd3 Ne7 24.Ba7 Be6 25.Nb3 Nc6 26.Bd4 Nxd4 27.Nxd4 Qc5 28.Kf2 Rd8 29.Ke3 Bxa2 30.Rc1 Qg5+ 31.f4 Qxg2 32.Qxc3 c6 33.Qa5 Qb2 34.Rc3 Bf7 35.f5 Qxh2 36.Nf3 Qg3 37.Qb6 Bh5 38.Rxc6+ bxc6 39.Qxc6+ Qc7 40.Qxa6+ Kb8 41.Qb5+ Qb7 42.Qa5 Qb3+ 0-1
2026.02.03 Titled Tue 3rd Feb 2026
2181931 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) IM Droin, Augustin (2480) 1-0
1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 f5 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 c6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.b4 a6 10.Rb1 Rf7 11.a4 Nf8 12.b5 axb5 13.axb5 Bd7 14.Qc2 g5 15.Bd2 g4 16.Ra1 Rc8 17.Ra7 Qb6 18.Rfa1 Ne6 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Qb1 Qd8 21.d4 Ng5 22.c5 Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 gxf3 24.cxd6 Bxd6 25.dxe5 Bb8 26.Nd4 Bxa7 27.Rxa7 Ng4 28.Nxf3 Be6 29.Rxf7 Bxf7 30.Qxf5 Nh6 31.Qf4 Qf8 32.e4 Bg6 33.e6 Re8 34.Qxf8+ Rxf8 35.Ne5 Kg7 36.f4 Ng8 37.Be3 Ra8 38.Bd4 Kf8 39.f5 Be8 40.g4 Ra5 41.Kf2 c5 42.Be3 1-0
2026.02.03 Titled Tue 3rd Feb 2026
2181703 FM Georgiadis, Anastasios (2345) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6 9.Rc1 Bd6 10.f3 Bh5 11.O-O O-O 12.Na4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4 Re8 15.Qb3 Qa5 16.Rfd1 Nxd3 17.Rxd3 Bxf4 18.Nc5 Rac8 0-1
2026.02.03 Titled Tue 3rd Feb 2026
2182504 GM Lazavik, Denis (2605) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Qc7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne5 Rfe8 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Bf5 Qd6 16.Bxc8 Rxc8 17.h3 g6 18.Rfd1 Qe6 19.a4 Bd6 20.a5 Ba6 21.axb6 axb6 22.Ra1 Bb5 23.Nf3 Ne4 24.Ra2 h5 25.Rda1 Kg7 26.Nd2 Ng5 27.Nf1 Nxh3+ 28.gxh3 Qxh3 29.f4 Re8 30.Qg2 Bxf1 31.Rxf1 Qxe3+ 32.Kh1 Qxb3 33.Bc1 Re4 34.Re2 Rxe2 35.Qxe2 Qh3+ 36.Kg1 Be7 37.Qf3 Qf5 38.Be3 Bf6 39.Rc1 g5 40.Qxh5 Qe4 41.Bf2 Qxf4 42.Rxc6 b5 43.Kg2 b4 44.Qf3 Qxf3+ 45.Kxf3 Be7 46.Rb6 f5 47.Be1 g4+ 48.Kf4 1-0
2026.02.03 Titled Tue 3rd Feb 2026
2182290 FM Villarreal, Agustin (2361) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.Bh6 Ng4 12.Bf4 O-O 13.h3 Ngf6 14.O-O Re8 15.Qc2 Nf8 16.Ne5 Ne6 17.Bh2 Bd6 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.a3 Nh5 20.Nd3 Bxh2+ 21.Kxh2 Ng5 22.b4 a6 23.a4 Ne4 24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.Nc5 b6 26.Nb3 Qxb4 27.a5 Nf6 28.axb6 Qxb6 29.Qxc6 Reb8 30.Qxb6 Rxb6 31.Nc5 a5 32.Ra1 Rb2 33.f3 Nd5 34.fxe4 Nxe3 35.Rf3 Rxg2+ 36.Kh1 Re2 37.e5 Nc2 38.Ra4 Rb8 39.Rf1 Ne3 40.Nd7 Rbb2 41.Nf6+ Kh8 0-1
2026.02.03 Titled Tue 3rd Feb 2026
2181360 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) FM Tanenbaum, Zachary (2359) 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nc3 Qd7 10.Nd5 O-O-O 11.Qd3 Kb8 12.a4 Nxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.Ng5 Bg6 15.Qb3 Ka8 16.a5 a6 17.Be3 Nf5 18.Ne6 Re8 19.Ra4 Be7 20.Rb4 Rb8 21.Bxa6 Nxe3 22.Bxb7+ Rxb7 23.Rxb7 Bxc2 24.Rxc7 Bxb3 25.Rxd7 Nxf1 26.Rxe7 Nd2 27.a6 Rc8 28.f3 Bc4 29.Nc7+ Kb8 30.a7+ Kxa7 31.Nb5+ Kb6 32.Nxd6 Rd8 33.Nxc4+ Nxc4 34.Rxg7 Rxd5 35.Rxh7 Rd2 36.b3 Ne3 37.Rg7 Kc5 38.h4 Kd4 39.h5 Rd1+ 40.Kh2 Nf5 41.Rd7+ Ke3 42.Rxd1 Kf4 43.Re1 Nh6 44.Re4+ 1-0
2026.02.03 Titled Tue 3rd Feb 2026
2181117 Azar, Sebastien (2013) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Kb1 b5 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qe1 Qb8 14.fxe5 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 O-O 18.Bd3 Ng6 19.Rde1 Rd8 20.Qg4 Nxe5 21.Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.Rxe5 Rd2 24.Re2 Qd6 25.Rxd2 Qxd2 26.Qf3 Rc8 27.Rc1 g6 28.Qb7 Rc5 29.a3 Kg7 30.Qxa6 Qxg2 31.Qa7 Rd5 32.Qb8 e5 33.Qb7 Qe4 34.b3 g5 35.Rg1 Rd1+ 0-1
2026.01.06 Titled Tue 6th Jan 2026
2156591 IM Droin, Augustin (2480) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Bg2 Kc7 11.O-O Be6 12.Re1 Nd5 13.Ne4 f6 14.b3 Bf5 15.Bd2 h5 16.Ba5+ Kc8 17.c4 Nc7 18.Rad1 Ne6 19.Nc3 Nd4 20.Nb5 cxb5 21.Bxa8 bxc4 22.Rc1 Bd3 23.Be4 Ne2+ 24.Rxe2 Bxe2 25.Rc2 f5 26.Rxe2 fxe4 27.Rc2 e3 28.Rxc4+ Kd7 29.fxe3 Bh6 30.Kf2 Ra8 31.Rc7+ Ke6 32.Rc6+ Kf5 33.h3 Rf8 34.Ke2 Rf6 35.Rc7 Ke4 36.Bd2 Ra6 37.a4 Bg5 38.a5 Rd6 39.Rc4+ Kf5 40.e4+ Kf6 41.Bc3 Ke6 42.Rc5 Bf6 43.b4 a6 44.b5 axb5 45.Rxb5 Kd7 46.Bxe5 Re6 47.Bxf6 exf6 48.Kf3 Rc6 49.Rb6 Rc3+ 50.Kf4 Ke7 51.h4 Ra3 52.a6 Ra5 53.g4 g5+ 54.Kg3 Ra3+ 55.Kh2 hxg4 56.h5 Kf7 57.Rb7+ Ke6 58.a7 Ke5 59.h6 Kf4 60.h7 g3+ 61.Kg2 Ra2+ 62.Kf1 Ra1+ 63.Ke2 Ra2+ 64.Kd3 Ra3+ 65.Kc2 g2 66.Rb1 Ra2+ 67.Kb3 Rxa7 68.h8=Q Rb7+ 69.Kc2 Rxb1 70.Qxf6+ Kg4 71.Qf5+ Kh4 72.Qf2+ Kh3 73.Kxb1 Kh2 74.Kc2 g4 75.Qh4+ 1-0
2026.01.06 Titled Tue 6th Jan 2026
2156083 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) CM Safin, Timur (2083) 1-0
1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 d4 5.O-O c5 6.b4 cxb4 7.a3 Nc6 8.d3 Bc5 9.axb4 Bxb4 10.Qa4 O-O 11.Ba3 Bxa3 12.Qxa3 e5 13.Nbd2 Bf5 14.Rfb1 Qd7 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nge4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 b6 18.Qd6 Rfd8 19.Nf6+ gxf6 20.Qxc6 Qxc6 21.Bxc6 Rac8 22.Bb7 Rc7 23.Rxa7 Rb8 24.Rxb6 Kg7 25.Kg2 Bc8 26.Bxc8 Rbxc8 27.Raa6 f5 28.Rxh6 e4 29.Rh5 Rc5 30.Rg5+ Kf8 31.Rf6 1-0
2026.01.06 Titled Tue 6th Jan 2026
2156385 GM Shankland, Sam (2651) GM Sevian, Samuel (2688) 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Re8 11.a3 Nbd7 12.b4 Bc4 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 cxd6 15.Nd2 Rc8 16.Nxc4 dxc4 17.b5 Nf8 18.Bc6 d5 19.Bxe8 Qxe8 20.e4 Nxe4 21.Nxd5 Rd8 22.Ne3 Qxb5 23.d5 Qc5 24.Qc2 Nd6 25.a4 Ng6 26.Rfd1 Ne5 27.Kg2 h5 28.Qc3 Re8 29.Qd4 Qc7 30.Rac1 a6 31.f4 Ng4 32.Nxg4 hxg4 33.Re1 Rd8 34.f5 b5 35.f6 Qd7 36.axb5 axb5 37.Re7 Qf5 38.Rf1 Qd3 39.Qxg4 Qxd5+ 40.Kh3 g6 41.Rd1 Qc5 42.Kg2 c3 43.Qf4 c2 44.Qh6 Qc6+ 45.Kh3 Qc8+ 46.Kg2 Nf5 47.Rxd8+ Qxd8 48.Qg5 Qd5+ 49.Kh3 Nxe7 50.fxe7 Qxg5 51.e8=Q+ Kg7 52.Qc6 c1=Q 0-1
2026.01.06 Titled Tue 6th Jan 2026
2155909 IM Romero Barreto, Jaime Jose (2321) GM Shankland, Sam (2651) 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 d6 8.d3 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Qe1 Rb8 11.Qh4 b5 12.f5 b4 13.Nd1 gxf5 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Kh8 16.Ng5 Qe8 17.Ne3 Rg8 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 Rg6 20.Qh3 Qg8 21.Nf3 Qg7 22.Rf1 Rg8 23.g3 Ng4 24.Nh4 Rh6 25.Rxf7 Qd4+ 26.Kh1 Qxb2 27.Rf8 Qg7 28.R8f7 Qg5 29.R7f5 Qd2 30.Rf8 Rxf8 31.Rxf8+ Kg7 32.Qf1 Qxh2# 0-1
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