GM

Shankland, Sam

USA USA·Born 1991·FIDE #2004887·3,039 Games

Classical26512,521 Games
Rapid2624292 Games
Blitz2613360 Games

Statistics

3039

Total

1305

Wins

1000

Draws

732

Losses

43%33%24%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.9% average
Solid conversion: 83%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 ♔ (66% in 271 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 557 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.9%
Middlegame93.8%
Endgame95.1%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+4%
Winning (+2 or more)94%
119 Games
Equal position96%
264 Games
Losing (-2 or more)90%
117 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖
22%
75 errors
♙
19%
64 errors
♗
16%
54 errors
♔
16%
55 errors
♞
13%
45 errors
♕
13%
42 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 41average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
38% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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11
13
13
11
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10
11
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Many
Few
Critical squares
c413 err
d413 err
e311 err
e411 err
f511 err
c4/d4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

D
Fernandez, Daniel Howard2528

V Menorca Open A 2026 · 12 Apr 2026

½-½
D
Yip, Carissa2482

V OPEN CHESS MENORCA 2026 · 11 Apr 2026

½-½
W
Nurgaliyev, Sauat2461

V Menorca Open A 2026 · 11 Apr 2026

1-0
D
Ansat, Aldiyar2484

V OPEN CHESS MENORCA 2026 · 10 Apr 2026

½-½
W
Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodri2421

V OPEN CHESS MENORCA 2026 · 9 Apr 2026

1-0
D
Prraneeth Vuppala2523

V Menorca Open A 2026 · 9 Apr 2026

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein
50.0%
18 Games·Loses

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3

Scotch: Mieses
47.8%
23 Games·Loses

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
English: Anglo-Indian
77.3%
22 Games·Wins

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6

French: Classical
69.2%
13 Games·Wins

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

Black
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein
80.0%
10 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3

Sicilian: Classical
56.8%
74 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
▶
#28Ra5??
Tactics
vs Cancedda-Dupuis
Rapid·2025
▶
#45Ke2??
Endgame
vs Esipenko
OTB·2025
▶
#64c6??
Endgame
vs Vidit
OTB·2025
▶
#47bxa5??
Endgame
vs Firouzja
OTB·2025
▶
#35Qd6??
Tactics
vs Caruana
Blitz·2025
▶
#49gxh3??
Endgame
vs Le
Blitz·2025
▶
#29Rd3??
Tactics
vs So
Blitz·2025
▶
#55c3??
Endgame
vs Oparin
Blitz·2025
▶
#23Kh8??
Tactics
vs Dominguez Perez
Blitz·2025
▶
#44f6??
Endgame
vs Abdusattorov
Blitz·2025
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position
1528 Games
47%31%22%
1.d4
59%
614
1.e4
65%
548
1.c4
66%
271
1.Nf3
63%
85
1.g3
75%
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1.b3
100%
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1.f4
0%
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1.c3
100%
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