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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Sam Shankland</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:SamShankland23c.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/SamShankland23c.jpg/220px-SamShankland23c.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/SamShankland23c.jpg/330px-SamShankland23c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/SamShankland23c.jpg/440px-SamShankland23c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3204" data-file-height="3624" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Shankland in 2023</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Samuel L. Shankland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1991-10-01</span>) </span>October 1, 1991<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 33)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a> (2011)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> <a href="/wiki/Elo_rating_system" title="Elo rating system">rating</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2004887">2672</a> (November 2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_players_by_peak_FIDE_rating" title="List of chess players by peak FIDE rating">Peak rating</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2731 (February 2019)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ranking</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ratings.fide.com/toplist.phtml">No. 57</a> (November 2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peak ranking</th><td class="infobox-data">No. 24 (February 2019)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samuel L. Shankland</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born October 1, 1991) is an American <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">chess grandmaster</a>. He won the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Chess Championship">U.S. Chess Championship</a> in 2018. </p><p>Shankland was California State Champion in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012, and Champion of State Champions in 2009. He won bronze at the 2008 <a href="/wiki/World_Youth_Chess_Championship" title="World Youth Chess Championship">World U18 Championship</a>, and was US Junior Champion in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-chessbase_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chessbase-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He earned his international master title in 2008 and his grandmaster title in 2011. Shankland surpassed a <a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> <a href="/wiki/Elo_rating_system" title="Elo rating system">rating</a> of 2600 in 2012, and entered the world's top 100 players in 2014. </p><p>As a member of the United States team, he won the gold medal for the best individual performance on the reserve board at the <a href="/wiki/41st_Chess_Olympiad" title="41st Chess Olympiad">41st Chess Olympiad</a>. He also was part of the team at the <a href="/wiki/42nd_Chess_Olympiad" title="42nd Chess Olympiad">42nd Chess Olympiad</a>, where the United States won team gold for the first time in forty years. In 2018, he won the U.S. Chess Championship, simultaneously breaching the 2700 barrier for the first time in his career. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_and_personal_life">Early and personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early and personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shankland was born in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a>, California,<sup id="cite_ref-chessbase_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chessbase-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to Leslie and Jim Shankland.<sup id="cite_ref-morinda_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morinda-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lived there until he was four, when his brother was born and the family moved to <a href="/wiki/Orinda,_California" title="Orinda, California">Orinda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chessbase_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chessbase-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His father taught him how to play chess at the age of 6, but he did not give the game much attention until he joined the chess club at Glorietta Elementary School in fourth grade. He quickly surpassed the level of chess at Glorietta, and began playing in tournaments by the age of 11.<sup id="cite_ref-morinda_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morinda-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Brandeis_University" title="Brandeis University">Brandeis University</a> with a BS in economics.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, he competed in the first season of <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">FOX</a>'s reality game show <i><a href="/wiki/Kicking_%26_Screaming_(TV_series)" title="Kicking & Screaming (TV series)">Kicking & Screaming</a></i>, finishing in eighth place with his survivalist partner Caleb Garmany.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chess_career">Chess career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Chess career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008">2008</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shankland began his rise to prominence in 2008, winning the Pacific Coast Open and the California State Championship. He made his international debut at the <a href="/wiki/World_Youth_Chess_Championship" title="World Youth Chess Championship">World Youth Chess Championship</a> under-18 section, where he tied for first place with <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Saric_(chess_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivan Saric (chess player)">Ivan Saric</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nguyen_Ngoc_Truong_Son" class="mw-redirect" title="Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son">Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son</a>, taking home the bronze medal on tiebreak score and earning the title of <a href="/wiki/FIDE_titles#International_Master_(IM)" title="FIDE titles">International Master</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010">2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After losing his first two games in the 2010 US Junior Championship, Shankland won six out of the last seven rounds to tie for first place, and went on to clinch sole first with two back to back <a href="/wiki/Fast_chess#Overview" title="Fast chess">Armageddon</a> victories over <a href="/wiki/Ray_Robson" title="Ray Robson">Ray Robson</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Parker_Zhao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parker Zhao (page does not exist)">Parker Zhao</a>. This result qualified him for the 2011 <a href="/wiki/U.S._Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Chess Championship">U.S. Chess Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011">2011</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2011, Shankland earned the title of <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a> at the Berkeley International.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He finished third in the 2011 <a href="/wiki/U.S._Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Chess Championship">U.S. Chess Championship</a>, after first defeating <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Onischuk" title="Alexander Onischuk">Alexander Onischuk</a> in a playoff game,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hess_(chess_player)" title="Robert Hess (chess player)">Robert Hess</a> in an Armageddon match. This result qualified him for the 2011 <a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> <a href="/wiki/Chess_World_Cup" title="Chess World Cup">World Cup</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2011" title="Chess World Cup 2011">2011 World Cup</a>, Shankland defeated Hungarian super-grandmaster <a href="/wiki/Peter_Leko" title="Peter Leko">Peter Leko</a> in the first round, but lost to <a href="/wiki/Abhijeet_Gupta" title="Abhijeet Gupta">Abhijeet Gupta</a> in the second.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shankland's victory over Leko in the first round was the biggest upset of the tournament. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012">2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shankland won the Northern California International ahead of strong GMs <a href="/wiki/Georg_Meier_(chess_player)" title="Georg Meier (chess player)">Georg Meier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Ramirez_(chess_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alejandro Ramirez (chess player)">Alejandro Ramirez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yury_Shulman" title="Yury Shulman">Yury Shulman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bartlomiej_Macieja" class="mw-redirect" title="Bartlomiej Macieja">Bartlomiej Macieja</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013">2013</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013, Shankland made his debut for the US national team at the <a href="/wiki/Pan_American_Team_Chess_Championship" title="Pan American Team Chess Championship">Pan American Team Chess Championship</a> in <a href="/wiki/Campinas" title="Campinas">Campinas</a>, Brazil, leading them to victory with a performance rating over 2800.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shankland was selected as the 27th <a href="/w/index.php?title=Samford_Fellowship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samford Fellowship (page does not exist)">Samford Fellow</a>. The Samford is a fellowship given once a year to a promising young American player, providing the funds necessary for the recipient to devote him or herself to chess without being restrained by financial concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shankland clinched first place at the ZMDI Open in <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, edging out on tiebreak score <a href="/wiki/Mikhailo_Oleksienko" class="mw-redirect" title="Mikhailo Oleksienko">Mikhailo Oleksienko</a> and Georg Meier.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014">2014</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/41st_Chess_Olympiad" title="41st Chess Olympiad">41st Chess Olympiad</a> in <a href="/wiki/Troms%C3%B8" title="Tromsø">Tromsø</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, Shankland took home gold for his performance as a reserve player. Going undefeated, he scored 9 points out of 10 games, giving him a performance rating of 2829 for this tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In round 8, Shankland defeated legendary GM <a href="/wiki/Judit_Polgar" class="mw-redirect" title="Judit Polgar">Judit Polgar</a> in her last professional game. Polgar announced her retirement from chess at the end of the event.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shankland shared first place at the <a href="/wiki/American_Continental_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="American Continental Chess Championship">American Continental Championship</a>, qualifying him for the <a href="/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2015" title="Chess World Cup 2015">2015 World Cup</a>. </p><p>On December 14, 2014, Shankland broke into the top 100 chess players worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015">2015</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following his gold medal in Tromsø, Shankland was promoted to first board of team USA for the <a href="/wiki/World_Team_Chess_Championship" title="World Team Chess Championship">World Team Chess Championship</a>, where he played with a performance rating over 2700 and drew against elite players <a href="/wiki/Levon_Aronian" title="Levon Aronian">Levon Aronian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Grischuk" title="Alexander Grischuk">Alexander Grischuk</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Boris_Gelfand" title="Boris Gelfand">Boris Gelfand</a>, all of whom were in the top fifteen players worldwide at the time. </p><p>Shankland took third place in the <a href="/wiki/Tata_Steel_Chess_Tournament" title="Tata Steel Chess Tournament">Tata Steel</a> Challengers group, with a score of 9.0/13 and a performance rating of 2695.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shankland competed in the <a href="/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2015" title="Chess World Cup 2015">2015 Chess World Cup</a>, where he defeated GM <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Popov_(chess_player)" title="Ivan Popov (chess player)">Ivan Popov</a> in the first round, but lost in a tiebreak in the second round to GM <a href="/wiki/Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Hikaru Nakamura</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016">2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2016, Shankland took first place in the Fagernes International. In June, 2016, he won the Edmonton International.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August, 2016, Shankland won the 49th Biel Masters.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September, 2016, Shankland played as fourth board for the United States at the <a href="/wiki/42nd_Chess_Olympiad" title="42nd Chess Olympiad">42nd Chess Olympiad</a>, where the team earned gold for the first time since 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2016, he was ranked 57th in the world with an <a href="/wiki/Elo_rating_system" title="Elo rating system">Elo rating</a> of 2679.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017">2017</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2017, Shankland was runner-up at Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival, in Sitges (Barcelona, Spain), with a score of 6.0/9 (half a point behind GM Aravinth<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), after defeating GM Salem Saleh in a blitz chess play-off for the second place. He played the regular tournament with a performance rating of 2713. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018">2018</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April, Shankland took clear first in the <a href="/wiki/US_Chess_Championship" title="US Chess Championship">US Chess Championship</a> with a score of 8<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>/11 (+6–0=5). He finished half a point, two points, and three points ahead of <a href="/wiki/Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Fabiano Caruana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wesley_So" title="Wesley So">Wesley So</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Hikaru Nakamura</a>, respectively. He took home $50,000 in prize money, and increased his rating to 2701 in the process, breaching the 2700 barrier for the first time in his career and becoming the seventh American to pass the 2700 barrier.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May, he won the <a href="/wiki/Capablanca_Memorial" title="Capablanca Memorial">Capablanca Memorial</a>, scoring 7<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>/10 (+5–0=5) for a performance rating of 2831. This result vaulted him further up the <a href="/wiki/FIDE_world_rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="FIDE world rankings">world rankings</a>, putting him at No. 30 with a live rating of 2717.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June, he won the <a href="/wiki/American_Continental_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="American Continental Chess Championship">American Continental Chess Championship</a>, finishing clear first with 9/11 (+7–0=4).<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019">2019</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January, Shankland finished with 6.5/13 at the <a href="/wiki/Tata_Steel_Chess_Tournament" title="Tata Steel Chess Tournament">Tata Steel Masters</a>, sharing 7th place in what has been called the strongest tournament in the world. He drew his first ever game with World Champion <a href="/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen" title="Magnus Carlsen">Magnus Carlsen</a>, and he defeated former World Champion <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kramnik" title="Vladimir Kramnik">Vladimir Kramnik</a> in the final round (Kramnik's final classical game before retiring). Shankland reached a peak rating of 2731 and #22 in the World. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021">2021</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2021"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June, Shankland won the Prague Masters with 5.5/7 and a performance rating over 2900, the best result in the tournament's history. </p><p>Shankland reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 <a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="FIDE World Cup">FIDE World Cup</a>, earning a spot in the 2022 <a href="/wiki/FIDE_Grand_Prix" title="FIDE Grand Prix">FIDE Grand Prix</a>. In the quarterfinals he lost on tiebreaks to GM <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Karjakin" title="Sergey Karjakin">Sergey Karjakin</a>, 4–2. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022">2022</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Through February and March 2022, Shankland played in the <a href="/wiki/FIDE_Grand_Prix_2022" title="FIDE Grand Prix 2022">FIDE Grand Prix 2022</a>. In the second leg, he placed second in Pool A with a 3.5/6 result. In the third leg, he tied for first with Wesley So in Pool C with a result of 3.5/6 but lost in rapid tiebreakers with a result of 0.5/2. He finished ninth in the standings with eight points. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFShankland,_Sam2018" class="citation book cs1">Shankland, Sam (2018). <i>Small Steps to Giant Improvement: Master Pawn Play in Chess</i>. Quality Chess. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781784830502" title="Special:BookSources/9781784830502"><bdi>9781784830502</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Small+Steps+to+Giant+Improvement%3A+Master+Pawn+Play+in+Chess&rft.pub=Quality+Chess&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=9781784830502&rft.au=Shankland%2C+Sam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Shankland" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShankland,_Sam2020" class="citation book cs1">Shankland, Sam (2020). <i>Small Steps 2 Success: Mastering Passed Pawn Play</i>. Quality Chess. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781784830892" title="Special:BookSources/9781784830892"><bdi>9781784830892</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Small+Steps+2+Success%3A+Mastering+Passed+Pawn+Play&rft.pub=Quality+Chess&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=9781784830892&rft.au=Shankland%2C+Sam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Shankland" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_publications">Other publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Other publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShankland,_Sam2020" class="citation book cs1">Shankland, Sam (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-sam-shankland-s-1-d4-part-1-sidelines/course/47519/"><i>Sam Shankland's 1. d4 - Part 1: Sidelines</i></a>. Chessable.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sam+Shankland%27s+1.+d4+-+Part+1%3A+Sidelines&rft.pub=Chessable&rft.date=2020&rft.au=Shankland%2C+Sam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chessable.com%2Flifetime-repertoires-sam-shankland-s-1-d4-part-1-sidelines%2Fcourse%2F47519%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Shankland" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShankland,_Sam2020" class="citation book cs1">Shankland, Sam (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-sam-shankland-s-1-d4-part-2/course/53465/"><i>Sam Shankland's 2. d4 - Part 2</i></a>. Chessable.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sam+Shankland%27s+2.+d4+-+Part+2&rft.pub=Chessable&rft.date=2020&rft.au=Shankland%2C+Sam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chessable.com%2Flifetime-repertoires-sam-shankland-s-1-d4-part-2%2Fcourse%2F53465%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Shankland" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Shankland, Sam (2020). Shankland's Semi-Slav<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-shanklands-semi-slav/course/31529/">[1]</a> Chessable</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShankland,_Sam2021" class="citation book cs1">Shankland, Sam (2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-sam-shankland-s-1-d4-part-3/course/58696/"><i>Sam Shankland's 3. d4 - Part 3</i></a>. Chessable.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sam+Shankland%27s+3.+d4+-+Part+3&rft.pub=Chessable&rft.date=2021&rft.au=Shankland%2C+Sam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chessable.com%2Flifetime-repertoires-sam-shankland-s-1-d4-part-3%2Fcourse%2F58696%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Shankland" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Shankland, Sam (2021) Lifetime Repertoires: Berlin Defense.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chessable</li> <li>Shankland, Sam (2021) Lifetime Repertoires: Classical Sicilian.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chessable</li> <li>Shankland, Sam (2023) Lifetime Repertoires: Neo-Catalan part 1.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chessable</li> <li>Shankland, Sam (2023) Lifetime Repertoires: Neo-Catalan part 2.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chessable</li> <li>Shankland, Sam (2023) Lifetime Repertoires: Neo-Catalan part 3.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chessable</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLoeb_McClain2008" class="citation web cs1">Loeb McClain, Dylan (November 1, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/crosswords/chess/02chess.html">"Americans Break Through at World Youth Tournament"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. <q>Samuel L. 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Gurevich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ivanov_(chess_player)" title="Alexander Ivanov (chess player)">Ivanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Kamsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Novikov_(chess_player)" title="Igor Novikov (chess player)">Novikov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Onischuk" title="Alexander Onischuk">Onischuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennadij_Sagalchik" title="Gennadij Sagalchik">Sagalchik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Schwartzman" title="Gabriel Schwartzman">Schwartzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Serper" title="Gregory Serper">Serper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Shabalov" title="Alexander Shabalov">Shabalov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tal_Shaked" title="Tal Shaked">Shaked</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miron_Sher" title="Miron Sher">Sher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Sherzer" title="Alex Sherzer">Sherzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yury_Shulman" title="Yury Shulman">Shulman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stripunsky" title="Alexander Stripunsky">Stripunsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wolff" title="Patrick Wolff">Wolff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Yermolinsky" title="Alex Yermolinsky">Yermolinsky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Varuzhan_Akobian" title="Varuzhan Akobian">Akobian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levon_Aronian" title="Levon Aronian">Aronian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Ashley" title="Maurice Ashley">Ashley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinay_Bhat" title="Vinay Bhat">Bhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Caruana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leinier_Dom%C3%ADnguez" title="Leinier Domínguez">Domínguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Erenburg" title="Sergey Erenburg">Erenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Finegold" title="Ben Finegold">Finegold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Friedel" title="Joshua Friedel">Friedel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timur_Gareyev" title="Timur Gareyev">Gareyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renier_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Renier González">González</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holden_Hern%C3%A1ndez_Carmenate" title="Holden Hernández Carmenate">Hernández</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hess_(chess_player)" title="Robert Hess (chess player)">Hess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zviad_Izoria" title="Zviad Izoria">Izoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fidel_Corrales_Jimenez" title="Fidel Corrales Jimenez">Jimenez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Kaufman" title="Larry Kaufman">Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melikset_Khachiyan" title="Melikset Khachiyan">Khachiyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Kraai" title="Jesse Kraai">Kraai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Kreiman" title="Boris Kreiman">Kreiman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elshan_Moradi" title="Elshan Moradi">Moradi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Nakamura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Perelshteyn" title="Eugene Perelshteyn">Perelshteyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuniesky_Quesada" title="Yuniesky Quesada">Quesada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Ram%C3%ADrez_(chess_player)" title="Alejandro Ramírez (chess player)">Ramírez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_So" title="Wesley So">So</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dariusz_%C5%9Awiercz" title="Dariusz Świercz">Świercz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaroslav_Zherebukh" title="Yaroslav Zherebukh">Zherebukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raset_Ziatdinov" title="Raset Ziatdinov">Ziatdinov</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010–2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Antipov" title="Mikhail Antipov">Antipov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Tyler_Arnold" title="Marc Tyler Arnold">Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Brown_(chess_player)" title="Michael Brown (chess player)">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Burke" title="John M. 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