Shankland receiving a gold medal at 2014 Tromsø Olympiad
January 10-26, 2019
Tata Steel Masters
Shankland finished with 6.5/13 at the Tata Steel Masters, sharing 7th place in the strongest tournament in the world. He drew his first ever game with the current World Champion Magnus Carlsen, and he defeated former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in the final round. He reached a peak rating of 2731 and #22 in the World.
Shankland facing Magnus Carlsen at the 2019 Tata Steel Masters
June 1-11, 2018
2018 American Continental Champion
Shankland won the American Continental, his third tournament in a row, and broke into the World’s top 25 for the first time.
May 8-20, 2018
Capablanca Memorial
Shankland won the 2018 Capablanca Memorial, the only American ever to win the tournament.
April 18-29, 2018
Shankland won the US Championship with a 2886 performance ahead of 3 of the top 10 players in the world, crossing 2700 FIDE for the first time.
June 16-27, 2017
World Team Championship
Shankland resumed his duties as board 1 of the US national team
January 22-26, 2017
Victory at Chinggis
Shankland won the Chinggis International
September 1-14, 2016
Second Olympic Gold
Shankland and Team USA won the Olympiad for the first time in 79 years in Baku.
Shankland Won the Biel Masters Open with the best score in the event’s history.
June 17-26, 2016
Shankland Won the Edmonton International.
March 18-24, 2016
Fagernes International
Shankland Won the Fagernes International.
September 10 – October 5, 2015
World Cup
Shankland participated in the Baku World Cup, defeating Ivan Popov in round 1 before falling to World #3 Hikaru Nakamura in the second round.
April 18-29, 2015
World Team Championship
Shankland manned Board 1 for the United States National Team at the World Team Championship.
Shankland facing Levon Aronian at the 2015 World Team Championship
December 15, 2014
Top 100
Shankland entered the world’s top 100 players at a new peak rating of 2653 FIDE.
August 1-14, 2014
Olympic Gold Medallist
Shankland won the individual gold medal on board 5 for the USA in his first ever Olympiad.
August 10, 2013
ZMDI Open
Shankland won the ZMDI Open.
July 1, 2013
Shankland made his second appearance for team USA, and was the top scorer in their friendly match against the Chinese team.
March 19, 2013
Shankland was awarded the Samford Fellowship, a $84,000 scholarship given out once a year to the strongest American player under the age of 25 to fund their training and improvement.
January 29, 2013
Pan American Team Championship
Shankland made his debut for the US National Team, scoring 3.5/4 and leading the team to a first place finish.
September 1, 2012
FIDE
Shankland crossed 2600 FIDE for the first time.
January 8, 2012
Shankland won the Northern California International
2011
August 26, 2011 — September 1, 2011
World Cup
Shankland defeated Peter Leko (#17 in the world at the time) in the first round of his first World Cup appearance before falling to Abhijeet Gupta in round 2
April 15, 2011 — April 27, 2011
Shankland finished the US Championship in third place
January 2, 2011 — January 8, 2011
Grandmaster Title
Shankland made his final GM norm at the Berkeley International and was officially awarded the title of Grandmaster at the next FIDE congress
2010
July 10, 2010 — July
Shankland won the US Junior Championship.
2008
October 18-30, 2008
Shankland Tied for first in the U-18 World Championship, receiving the bronze Medal on tiebreak and the International Master title.
September 1, 2008
At 16 years old, Shankland was the youngest player to ever win the Calchess State Championship. He won every subsequent iteration he ever played.
2001
December 28, 2001
First Tournament
Sam played in his first chess tournament when he was 10, a very late age by today’s standards. He did not begin playing seriously until he was 11.
First Chess Class
Sam took his first chess class at 9 years old. He received his early chess instruction from the Berkeley Chess School, an outstanding program which has been teaching chess to children in the Bay Area for the past 30 years.
1997
Rise of a Star
Shankland learned to play chess at the age of 6.
1991
Sam Shankland
Born on October 1, 1991 in Berkeley, California USA
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