[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 e6 10. d3 Bd6 11. Qa4 Qd7
12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Qc2 Qb7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rb1 e5 16. O-O Bd7
17. b4 a6 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Nb3 Bd7 21. Na5 Rb6
22. a3 Ke7 23. e4 d4 24. f4 Rc8 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Qc5+ Ke8
27. Nc4 Rb7 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. Qxd6 Be6 30. Rxf6 Re7 31. Rh6
Qc7 32. Qxd4 Rd8 33. Qc5 Rxd3 34. Rxh7 Kd7 35. Rc1 Kc8 36. e5
Bd5 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Qxc6 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Qxc6+ 40. Rxc6+ Kb7
41. Rf6 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. d4 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Rb1 a6 11. b4 exd4
12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nf5 cxb4 14. Nxe7+ Rxe7 15. Rxb4 h6 16. Bf4
Ne5 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rd8
21. Rb1 Rdd7 22. Qa3 Qc5 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Ne4 25. Bg4 Rc7
26. c5 Rxc5 27. Rxe4 Rxd5 28. Bc8 Ra5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Bxb7
Rxa2 31. Rxe5 Kf8 32. Bc6 f6 33. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Sergey Galant"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+
Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. b3
O-O 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Qf3 Nce4 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Nf5 Qc8 16. c4
Bf8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Nxf7+ Kg8 20. Nh6+ Kh8
21. Qf4 Qe6 22. Nf5 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Nxg7 Bxg7 25. Bxf6
Kg8 26. Qg5 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2
h6 7. Qf4 Be6 8. Nd4 Qd7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7
12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. Bxa7 d4 14. a4 Bb4+ 15. Ke2 Bg4+ 16. f3 Bf5
17. Rhd1 Rhe8 18. Bxd4 Bxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qc6 20. c3 Bc5 21. Rad1
Be7 22. b3 f6 23. Kf1 Qe6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Qh3 f5 26. Re1
Qxb3 27. Qxf5+ Kb8 28. Qb5 Qc2 29. Rde3 Rg8 30. R3e2 Qg6
31. Rb2 Bb4 32. Qxb4 Qd3+ 33. Kg1 Qxf3 34. Rf1 Qd5 35. Rfb1
1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3
Bg6 7. Nge2 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. e4 Nd7 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. exd5 cxd5
12. Nb5 Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Qc6 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Ra3 Rc8
17. Re1 Rg8 18. Ng3 Kf8 19. Qh6+ Rg7 20. Rb3 Rc7 21. Bxg6 fxg6
22. Rbe3 Rc6 23. h4 Kg8 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Qf4 f5
27. Nf1 Rge7 28. Ne3 Nf6 29. g3 Kf7 30. Qb8 Rd7 31. Kg2 Re8
32. Qa7 Re4 33. Kf3 Ng4 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Qxb7+ Ke6 36. Qxa6+
Rd6 37. Qc8+ Rd7 38. a6 Rexd4 39. a7 Rd2 40. Kg2 Rxf2+ 41. Kg1
Rfd2 42. Qxd7+ Kxd7 43. a8=Q Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 Rxc2
46. Qa4+ Ke7 47. Ke1 Rc7 48. Qf4 Rd7 49. b4 Nf6 50. b5 Ne4
51. Qe5+ Kf7 52. b6 Nd6 53. Kf2 Nb7 54. Kf3 Nd8 55. Qh8 Ke6
56. Kf4 Kd6 57. Qd4+ Kc6 58. Qa4+ Kd6 59. Kg5 Ne6+ 60. Kh6 Nc5
61. Qa8 Nb7 62. Qb8+ Ke6 63. Qe8+ Re7 64. Qg8+ Kf6 65. Qd5 Rf7
66. Qc6+ Ke5 67. Kg5 Nd6 68. Qc5+ Ke6 69. Kf4 Re7 70. Qc6 Rf7
71. Ke3 Rd7 72. Kd4 Ke7 73. Qc5 Kd8 74. Ke5 Nf7+ 75. Ke6 Ke8
76. Kf6 Nd8 77. Qb5 Nb7 78. Qe5+ Kf8 79. Qb8+ Nd8 80. b7 Rf7+
81. Kg5 Rxb7 82. Qxd8+ Kg7 83. Qd4+ Kg8 84. Qd5+ Rf7 85. Kh6
f4 86. gxf4 g5 87. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f4 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. a4 b4
13. Nb1 g6 14. h4 e5 15. N1d2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc6 17. Nc4 Nce5
18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Nd2 h5 22. Bc4 Bg4
23. Qd3 O-O 24. Bd5 Rad8 25. Nc4 Rxd5 26. exd5 e4 27. d6 Bxd6
28. Qxd6 Qxc4 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. c3 e3 31. Qd4 Qc6 32. Rf1 Bh3
33. O-O-O e2 34. Rf6 exd1=Q+ 35. Qxd1 Be6 36. Qd3 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Kaufman"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nc4 Qxb3
12. axb3 Be4 13. Bf4 c5 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Nxd6 Bd5 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. b4 Na6 18. b5 Nc5 19. Ne5 Ne8 20. e4 Bb3 21. Nxe8
Rfxe8 22. Rfc1 Rec8 23. Ra3 a5 24. Nc6 bxc6 25. Rxc5 a4
26. bxc6 Rd8 27. Ra1 Rd2 28. e5 Rc8 29. c7 Rd7 30. Rac1 Bd5
31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. f4 f6 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 fxe5
36. fxe5 Ke6 37. Kd4 Kd7 38. Kxd5 Ra8 39. c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Daniel Ludwig"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7
7. Bd3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Nc5 11. Qe1 b5 12. Bd2
b4 13. Nd1 a5 14. Nf2 Bb7 15. a3 b3 16. Bc3 d5 17. e5 Nfe4
18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Qe3 a4 20. c3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qa5 22. Qe3 f5
23. Rad1 e6 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Ne1 Qb5 26. Rg1 g5 27. g3 g4
28. Kg2 Rfd8 29. Kf2 Rd7 30. Ng2 Rcd8 31. Rd2 Ba6 32. Rgd1 Bf8
33. Qe1 Qc6 34. Ne3 Bd3 35. Qh1 Rc7 36. h3 h5 37. Qg2 Rdd7
38. Rh1 Qb7 39. Rdd1 Rh7 40. Rd2 Qb5 41. h4 Rhd7 42. Rhd1 Rc8
43. Kg1 Be7 44. Qf2 Rb8 45. Kh2 Rbd8 46. Kg1 Rxd4 47. cxd4
Rxd4 48. Kg2 Bc5 49. Rc1 Kf7 50. Qe1 Rd8 51. Nc4 Qc6 52. Kh2
Rd4 53. Nd6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Langer"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d6 9. Na3 Rb8 10. Be3 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5
Nxe5 13. Bxc5 Qc7 14. d4 Rd8 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qe2 Bd6
17. Nxb5 Ba6 18. Qf2 Bxb5 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Qxe6+
Kh8 22. Rf7 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.02"]
[EventDate "2008.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5
7. Bc2 e6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Qe1 O-O-O 11. a3 Kb8
12. b4 h6 13. b5 Na5 14. c4 g5 15. Bb2 Rhg8 16. Nh2 g4 17. Qe3
gxh3 18. Qxh3 Be2 19. Rfe1 Bg4 20. Nxg4 Nxg4 21. Bd1 Ne5
22. Nf1 Bf6 23. Ra2 Qe7 24. Bc1 h5 25. Nh2 h4 26. Nf1 Ng6
27. f4 Bc3 28. Ree2 Qf6 29. Qf3 h3 30. Nh2 hxg2 31. Be3 Bd4
32. Rf2 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Qh4 34. Bg4 e5 35. fxe5 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[EventDate "2008.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Melikset Khachiyan"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6
12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5
Rfc8 17. c3 b5 18. a4 Nb6 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Ra3 a5 21. Qd3 Rc5
22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Rd2 Rb8 24. Ba2 a4 25. b4 axb3 26. Rxb3 Rxb3
27. Bxb3 Nd7 28. Ba2 Rc8 29. Rd3 Ra8 30. Rd2 Ra3 31. c4 Rc3
32. h3 Ne5 33. Re2 Kf8 34. Re4 f5 35. Re2 Nxc4 36. Bxc4 Rxc4
37. Rd2 f4 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Ke2 Rc3 40. Rd4 g5 41. h4 h6
42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Kg1 Kf5 45. Kh2 Re3 46. Rd2 g4
47. fxg4+ Kxg4 48. Rd4 Kf5 49. Kg1 Ke5 50. Rd2 Re4 51. Kf2 Rd4
52. Re2+ Kf6 53. Kf3 Rxd5 54. Kxf4 Rf5+ 55. Kg4 e5 56. Rd2
Rf4+ 57. Kh5 Ke6 58. g4 Rf1 59. g5 Rh1+ 60. Kg4 Rg1+ 61. Kh5
e4 62. g6 d5 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[EventDate "2008.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Qe4+ Qe7
12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5+ Bxe5 15. Nxd5 cxd5
16. Bxd5 O-O 17. Bc3 Re8 18. h4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3
Rxe6 21. Rb1 b6 22. Rb4 Rc8 23. Kd2 Rec6 24. Rc1 h6 25. Rd4
R8c7 26. Kd3 Kh7 27. f4 Rc5 28. e4 g6 29. a4 Kg7 30. c4 Ra5
31. Ra1 Rac5 32. Rb1 hxg5 33. hxg5 Rc8 34. Rb5 R5c7 35. Rbd5
Rh8 36. Rd7 Rh3+ 37. Ke2 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Rc3 39. Rc7 a5 40. Rc6
Kf8 41. Kd2 Rb3 42. Kc2 Rb4 43. Kc3 Kg7 44. Kd4 Kg8 45. Kd5
Kf8 46. e5 Kg7 47. e6 fxe6+ 48. Kxe6 Rxa4 49. Rc7+ Kg8 50. Kf6
b5 51. Rc8+ Kh7 52. f5 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[EventDate "2008.07.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2
c5 7. Qf4 h6 8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Qa4 g5
12. b4 Bg7 13. bxc5 O-O 14. Bb2 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5
Qxe5 17. Bf3 Rfc8 18. Qa3 b6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Qb3 Rc3
21. Qxb6 Rxc2 22. h3 Raxa2 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. Bxd5 Bxd5
25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "John D Bick"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. f4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Nf3 a5 11. a3 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 a4 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Ng5 Na5 16. Qh5 Nb3
17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Rb1 h6 19. Rf3 g6 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. Nh3 Qd8
22. Qg3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Nf2 b5 25. Ng4 Bb7 26. Re3 Qe7
27. Qe1 h5 28. Nf6 h4 29. Rh3 Rad8 30. Rxh4 Qc7 31. f5 Nxc1
32. Ne8+ Rhxe8 33. f6+ Kg8 34. Rh8+ Kxh8 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qh6
Ne2+ 37. Kf2 1-0

[Event "US Chess League"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.08"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "John Readey"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5
7. O-O-O b5 8. Kb1 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. b3 Rb8 11. h4 h5 12. g5
Nfd7 13. f4 b4 14. Nce2 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Rh2
O-O 18. e5 Bxg2 19. Rxg2 Rfd8 20. Ng3 e6 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Qc1
Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Nxe5 24. Rgd2 Ng4 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Nxc5 Rdc8
27. Ne4 Ne3 28. Re1 Nd5 29. Ne2 a5 30. Rf1 a4 31. Rf3 Rc7
32. Rfd3 axb3 33. cxb3 Rbc8 34. Rf3 Rc6 35. Rf1 Ra6 36. Rc1
Rxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Ra8 38. Nd6 Kf8 39. Nc4 Ke7 40. Kb1 Rd8 41. Kc2
Rc8 42. Kb1 Nc3+ 43. Nxc3 Bxc3 44. Re2 Rd8 45. Kc2 Bg7 46. Rd2
Rc8 47. Kd3 Rc5 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. Kf3 Rd5 50. Rxd5 exd5 51. Ne3
Kd6 52. Nc2 Kc5 53. Ke3 Bb2 54. Kd3 Bg7 55. a3 bxa3 56. Nxa3
Kb4 57. Nc2+ Kc5 58. b4+ Kb5 59. Ne3 Kc6 60. Nc2 Bf8 61. Nd4+
Kb6 62. Nf3 Bxb4 63. Ne5 Bd6 64. Nxg6 Kc5 65. Ne5 Be7 66. g6
1-0

[Event "Open 18-wycc2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[Round "1.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Khoa Bao"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "167"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd3 f5 16. Bf3 Kh8
17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 b3 20. axb3 Rxb3 21. Rxa6
Nb8 22. Ra2 Nd7 23. Na1 Nc5 24. Qc2 Rd3 25. b4 Rd2 26. Qb1 Ne4
27. Nb3 Qe8 28. Nxd2 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Bxd2 30. Qd3 Bg5 31. f3 Qa4
32. Kh1 h6 33. b5 Rb8 34. Qc3 Qa2 35. Nb4 Qe2 36. Qd3 Qxd3
37. Nxd3 d5 38. Nxe5 dxc4 39. Nxc4 Rxb5 40. Nd6 Rd5 41. Ne4
Kh7 42. g3 Be7 43. Rb1 Rd7 44. Kg2 Rc7 45. Rb2 Ra7 46. h4 Bf6
47. Rc2 Bd4 48. Kh3 Re7 49. Rc8 Be5 50. h5 Bc7 51. Kg4 Be5
52. Nd2 Rd7 53. Ne4 Re7 54. Ra8 Bd4 55. Nd6 Rd7 56. Nf5 Bf6
57. f4 Rb7 58. Nd6 Rd7 59. Ne4 Bd4 60. Rc8 Re7 61. Nd2 Rd7
62. Nf3 Bf6 63. Ne5 Bxe5 64. fxe5 g6 65. hxg6+ Kxg6 66. Rc6+
Kg7 67. Kf5 Rd1 68. Rc7+ Kf8 69. Ke6 Rd3 70. g4 Rf3 71. Rc8+
Kg7 72. Rc4 Ra3 73. Kd7 Ra7+ 74. Rc7 Ra8 75. Ke7 Kg6 76. e6
Kg7 77. Rb7 Kg6 78. Rd7 Kg7 79. Rd6 Kg6 80. Rd8 Ra7+ 81. Kf8
Rh7 82. Ke8 Kg5 83. Rd4 Rh8+ 84. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Open 18-wycc2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[Round "2.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Florian Poetz"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 a6 11. h4 b5
12. Kb1 Qa5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. Ne4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe7 Nd2+ 19. Ka1 Rfe8 20. Qg5 Ne4 21. fxe4
h6 22. Qe5 Rxe7 23. c3 Rd8 24. Rd4 Red7 25. Rhd1 Qb6 26. b4
Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Kh7 28. h5 Rc8 29. Kb2 Qc6 30. Rd3 f6 31. Qd4
Qb7 32. Qd7 Qxe4 33. Qxc8 Qxd3 34. Qxe6 Qd2+ 35. Kb3 Qd1+
36. Ka3 Qxh5 37. Qxa6 Qd5 38. Qc8 f5 39. Qc5 Qd3 40. Qe5 f4
41. Kb3 Qd1+ 42. Kb2 g5 43. Qf6 Qd5 44. a3 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Open 18-wycc2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Pouria Darini"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f4 e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. a3
Nbd7 13. Qe2 Be7 14. g4 Nb6 15. g5 Nfd7 16. O-O Nc4 17. Bc1 g6
18. Kh1 e5 19. Nb3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nde5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5
O-O 23. Nd4 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Ne5 25. Qb3 Rae8 26. a4 bxa4
27. Rxa4 Ra8 28. Rfa1 Rfb8 29. Qc3 Qb7 30. Nc6 Nxc6 31. dxc6
Qxb2 32. Qxb2 Rxb2 33. Rxa6 Rxa6 34. Rxa6 Rxc2 35. Ra7 Kf8
36. c7 Ke8 37. Be3 Rc6 38. Bb6 Kd7 39. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Open 18-wycc2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qf7
12. O-O O-O 13. Bh4 h6 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 g5 19. Re1 Ng4 20. Bg6 Qf6 21. Bh5 gxf4
22. Bxg4 fxg3 23. fxg3 Kh8 24. Bf3 Be6 25. Qd2 Bg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open 18-wycc2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Saric"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 b5
12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. a4 Rd8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Bb7 16. Rxd8+
Rxd8 17. Rd1 h6 18. Bh4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Ne4 20. Qb8+ Kh7 21. c3
Bxh4 22. Qxb7 f5 23. g3 Bf6 24. Qb8 Bd8 25. Ne3 g5 26. Kc2 Qb6
27. Qxb6 Bxb6 28. Kd3 a6 29. Bc6 Nf2+ 30. Ke2 Bxe3 31. Kxe3
Nd1+ 32. Kd4 Nxb2 33. a5 1-0

[Event "Open 18-wycc2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Viacheslav Kulakov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ng3 Bg6 5. h4 h6 6. h5 Bh7
7. e6 Qd6 8. exf7+ Kxf7 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 Qxe5+ 11. Be2 Bc5
12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Nd4 Nbd7 15. Be3 Rhe8 16. Qd2 Kg8
17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Ne6 Rxe6 19. Bxc5 b6 20. Be3 Neg4 21. Bf4
Qf7 22. Rhf1 Rae8 23. Rde1 Nxh5 24. Nxh5 Qxh5 25. Bd1 Qf5
26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. f3 Ne5 28. g4 Qf6 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5
31. Kb1 Qf4 32. Qg2 c5 33. Rh1 Bf5 34. a3 c4 35. Ka2 d4
36. Rh5 c3 37. Be2 Qc1 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. Rh8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Open 18-wycc2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[Round "7.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krishnan P Saravana"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4 h6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. Nd5 Nbxd5
12. exd5 Bxd5 13. O-O Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd7 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Rf3
Kb8 17. b4 Rc8 18. Bb2 h5 19. g5 h4 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. fxe5 Qc6
22. Ne3 Be7 23. c4 Rhd8 24. Nf5 Bxg5 25. Nxd6 f6 26. a4 fxe5
27. Bxe5 Rc7 28. b5 Qc5 29. Rf5 Bf4 30. b6 Qxb6 31. Rxf4 Nxf4+
32. Bxf4 g5 33. Bh2 Ka8 34. Rb1 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 Rcd7 36. Qd5 Rxd6
37. Bxd6 Rxd6 38. Qe5 Rd2 39. Qxg5 Qd6 40. Qg8+ Ka7 0-1

[Event "Open 18-wycc2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[Round "8.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Anastasios Pavlidis"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qc3
Be6 17. h4 Rad8 18. Bd3 Rd5 19. h5 Rc5 20. Qe1 Rb8 21. b3 Bxb3
22. axb3 Qxb3 23. Rh4 f5 24. Bc4+ Rxc4 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Qxc4
Qb2+ 27. Kd2 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 Qe5+ 29. Re4 1-0

[Event "Open 18-wycc2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruben Pereira"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3
Nf6 7. Qe2 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7
12. Ne1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rd1 Nf7
17. f4 Nd6 18. Nf3 Qf7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nf5 21. Bc5 Rfd8
22. g4 d4 23. gxf5 dxc3 24. fxe6 Qg6+ 25. Qg2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
cxb2 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Rb1 g5 29. fxg5 Nxe5 30. Rxb2 b6
31. Re2 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nxg5 33. Be7 Nh7 34. Kg3 Re8 35. Ba3 Nf8
36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Kf4 Ke7 38. Kf5 Rh8 39. Kg6 b5 40. Kxg7 Rh3
41. Kg6 a5 42. Kg5 b4 43. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open 18-wycc2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pandian Karthikeyan"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Bg4 11. e5 Nd5
12. Na2 Ba5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. h4 h6
17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Nc3 Qe6 19. Nh2 f6 20. Bg3 fxe5 21. dxe5 d4
22. Ne4 Qd5 23. Nd6 d3 24. Qe3 Bb6 25. Qe1 Bd4 26. e6 Ne5
27. e7 Qxd6 28. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. Kg2 Qd5+ 30. f3 Nc4 31. Bf2
Re8 32. Qb4 Re2 33. Kg1 Bxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Open 18-wycc2008"]
[Site "Vung Tau city"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. h4 Rfc8 13. h5 Qa5 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. a3 Rab8 16. Bd3 Bf7
17. Ne2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 a6 19. Re1 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc3 b5
22. Bf1 Rc5 23. Rd4 Ne5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 g5 26. Re3 h5
27. g3 Rf8 28. Be2 Rf5 29. b4 Rc8 30. a4 Rh8 31. axb5 axb5
32. f4 gxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. gxf4 Ng6 35. Bxb5 Nxf4 36. c4 h4
37. Bd7 Kf6 38. Bh3 Rg8 39. Bd7 Rh8 40. Bh3 Rb8 41. b5 Nxh3
42. Rxh3 Kg5 43. Kc2 Kg4 44. Re3 Re8 45. c5 dxc5 46. d6 e5
47. b6 h3 48. d7 Rd8 49. b7 h2 50. Re1 Kf5 51. Rb1 Rb8 52. Rd1
Rd8 53. Kc3 Rxd7 54. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "United States Chess League"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.11.10"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Igor Schneider"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 g5 10. dxc5 g4 11. Nd4 Ncxe5
12. N2b3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. b4
Be7 17. Qg3 Rg8 18. Bc7 Bh4 19. Qd6 Be7 20. Qb6 Qc8 21. c4 a5
22. b5 dxc4 23. Rac1 Rg6 24. Nc6 bxc6 25. bxc6 e5 26. cxd7+
Qxd7 27. Qb7 Qc6 28. Qxc6+ Rxc6 29. Bxe5 f6 30. Bc3 Kf7
31. Re4 h5 32. g3 a4 33. Rce1 Bf8 34. Rd1 a3 35. Rdd4 Rac8
36. Kg2 Kg6 37. Rd7 Rb8 38. h3 gxh3+ 39. Kxh3 Rb2 40. Re8 Bb4
41. Bd4 Rxa2 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. Kxg4 f5+ 44. Kf3 f4 45. Kg4 Rd6
46. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "United States Chess League"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.09.29"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Rensch"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8
12. Qd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rxd2
b6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Bf3 Kf8 19. Rhd1 Ke7 20. e5 Bxf3 21. exd6+
Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 e5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. c4 Ke6
26. Kc2 f5 27. b4 Rc8 28. Kc3 f4 29. a4 h5 30. a5 h4 31. axb6
axb6 32. Ra1 h3 33. gxh3 Kf5 34. Ra7 Rh8 35. Rf7+ Ke4 36. b5
f3 37. Rf6 Rxh3 38. Kb4 Ke3 39. c5 bxc5+ 40. Kxc5 Rxh2 41. b6
Rb2 42. Re6 e4 43. Kd5 Rd2+ 44. Kc6 f2 45. Rf6 Rb2 46. b7 Ke2
47. Kc7 f1=Q 0-1

[Event "United States Chess League"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.09.24"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Marc Esserman"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qe2 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g3 Nc6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Qc4
O-O 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Qc3 Qc7 19. b3 f5 20. Nc5 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Bf6
22. Qc4 Qa5 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qe3 Rfe8 26. Qd2
Qe5 27. c3 c5 28. Rhe1 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8
31. Bf1 a5 32. Bb5 Re7 33. Rd5 Bd4 34. Rxf5 Re1+ 35. Kc2 Rh1
36. h4 g6 37. Rf3 Rh2+ 38. Kd3 Rxa2 39. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "United States Chess League"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Costigan"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 c5
7. c3 Be7 8. a3 Nc6 9. b4 a6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O c4 12. Be2
Qc7 13. Ne1 O-O-O 14. f4 f6 15. Ndf3 h6 16. g3 g5 17. Ng2 Rdg8
18. Qe1 gxf4 19. gxf4 Rg7 20. Kh1 Rhg8 21. Rg1 Nd8 22. Be3
fxe5 23. fxe5 Nf7 24. Bf4 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Bxg5 26. Bg3 Nf8
27. Bh5 Qd8 28. Qe2 Bc6 29. Raf1 Be8 30. Bg4 Bg6 31. Bh3 Bd3
32. Qh5 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Qe7 34. Rf6 Kb7 35. Nf4 Bxf6 36. exf6
Qxf6 37. Qf3 Ka7 38. Qe3 Re7 39. a4 Ng6 40. Ne2 Rf8 41. Bg2
Nh4 42. Nf4 Nf5 43. Qf3 Nxg3+ 44. hxg3 Rg7 45. Kh2 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "United States Chess League"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.09.08"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Charles Galofre"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. b3 a5 11. g3 a4
12. Rb1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Bxc3 d5
17. f4 f5 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rf7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Bd4 axb3
22. axb3 Bb7 23. Rdc1 Rc8 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Qc3 Rd7 26. Qb4 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Rd8 28. Ra7 Qc6 29. Qc5 Rc8 30. h3 h6 31. g4 g6
32. Kh2 h5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Qe7 Qh6 35. Kg3 Qg6+ 36. Qg5
Qxg5+ 37. fxg5 Bc6 38. Kf4 Nd7 39. e6 Nf8 40. e7 Ng6+ 41. Kxf5
Nh4+ 42. Ke5 Nxg2 43. Ra6 Bb5 44. Ra5 Bd7 45. Rxd5 Bxh3
46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "United States Chess League"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mehmed Pasalic"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. a3 Bg7 5. g3 f5 6. d3 d6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. b4 a6 12. b5
axb5 13. cxb5 Ne7 14. a4 b6 15. Qc2 Be6 16. f4 Qd7 17. Bd2 h6
18. Na2 Bd5 19. e4 Bb7 20. Nb4 fxe4 21. dxe4 d5 22. exd5 Nfxd5
23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Bb4 exf4 26. Rbd1 Qf5
27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Bxe7 f3 29. Nd4 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 Re8 31. Rd8
Rff8 32. Bxf8 Rxd8 33. Bxh6 Rd3 34. Bf4 1-0

[Event "United States Chess League"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Igor Schneider"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nh3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7
12. Re1 O-O 13. Nhg5 h6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Rxe6 Ng4 16. g3 Nxf2
17. Kxf2 Rxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rf8 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Kg2 Kh8 21. Qxf4
1-0

[Event "Foxwood Open"]
[Site "Ledyards, CT USA"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Denis Strenzwilk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bc4 Be7
7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. N5c3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. Bxd5 Rc8 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Rfd1 Ne6 16. Kh1 Kh8
17. Bb3 Ned4 18. Nd5 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. c3 Bd8
22. Bc2 Qf7 23. Bf2 Nce7 24. Nxe7 Bxe7 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5
g6 27. Rad1 Kg7 28. a4 Rc6 29. Be4 Rc4 30. a5 Rfc8 31. R5d3
R4c7 32. g4 Nh6 33. Bb6 Rd7 34. Bd5 Rf8 35. Be6 Rdd8 36. Bxd8
Rxd8 37. c4 Kf6 38. Bd5 Rb8 39. Rb3 e4 40. Bxe4 Rc8 41. Rxb7
g5 42. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard, CT"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[EventDate "2009.04.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e3 Bb4
7. Bd2 b6 8. Bd3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Ne2 Bxd2+
12. Qxd2 Nbd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b4
d4 17. bxc5 dxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfe8 19. Qg3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4
21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Nc3 Rc4 23. Nd5 Qxc5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nd7 Qa5
26. Ne5 Rc7 27. Qg5 Rc5 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Qe7 Bd5
31. Nf5 Rg8 32. Nd6 h6 33. Rd4 Ba8 34. Rh4 Kh7 35. Qe3 Rd8
36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. Rxh6 Rg5 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Rg6 Rxg6 40. Qxg6
Qd5 41. Nf5 Rd7 42. Ne3 Qc6 43. Qg3 Rd3 44. Rb1 Qxa4 45. Qb8+
Qe8 46. Qf4+ Ke7 47. Qe5+ Kf7 48. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard, CT"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[EventDate "2009.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "179"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Be2 Qe7 11. Qb3 Rb8
12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. a5 a6 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. g3 Bd6
17. Be1 Bc7 18. Qc2 Rbc8 19. Bf3 Bd6 20. Bg2 e5 21. Qb3 exd4
22. exd4 Rc7 23. Bd2 Rdc8 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. h3 Nh7 26. Be3 Nhf6
27. Bg5 Nh7 28. Be3 Nhf6 29. Re1 Bb4 30. Ra4 Bd6 31. Raa1 Bb4
32. Re2 Bd6 33. Rae1 Bb4 34. Bg5 Bd6 35. Be3 Re8 36. Bg5 Rec8
37. Bd2 Rd8 38. Bf3 Rdc8 39. Kg2 Qd8 40. Bg5 Qf8 41. h4 Nh7
42. Bd2 Nhf6 43. Bg5 Nh7 44. Ne4 Bb4 45. Rh1 Ndf6 46. Bxf6
gxf6 47. h5 Kg7 48. Qe3 Kg8 49. Qf4 Be7 50. hxg6 fxg6 51. Qg4
Qf7 52. Rh6 f5 53. Rxg6+ Kh8 54. Qh5 fxe4 55. Bxe4 Bf6 56. Bf5
Rd8 57. Be6 Qf8 58. Rg8+ Qxg8 59. Bxg8 Rxg8 60. d5 cxd5
61. Qxd5 Rcg7 62. b4 Rd8 63. Qf3 Rf8 64. Qd5 Rd8 65. Qf5 Rf8
66. Qc5 Rd8 67. Re6 Bd4 68. Qh5 Kg8 69. Re8+ Rxe8 70. Qxe8+
Nf8 71. f4 Bc3 72. Qe4 Bf6 73. Kf3 Rf7 74. Qd5 Kg7 75. Kg4 Ng6
76. Kh5 Nf8 77. Qc4 Ng6 78. Qe4 Ne7 79. g4 Bc3 80. Qc4 Bb2
81. Qc2 Bd4 82. Qd2 Ba1 83. Qd6 Bc3 84. Qd3 Bb2 85. g5 Rxf4
86. Qd7 Rf7 87. Qxb7 Bc3 88. b5 axb5 89. a6 Nf5 90. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard, CT"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[EventDate "2009.04.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. Qe2 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Bg4 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Nd1 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. c3
Qe7 18. Ne3 d5 19. e5 c4 20. Bc2 Nb5 21. Kh2 Rbc8 22. Rd1 Nc5
23. Ng4 Nb3 24. Bxb3 cxb3 25. Ra4 Qf7 26. Qd3 Qf5 27. Qxf5
Rxf5 28. Rb4 Rf7 29. Rxb3 Rc4 30. g3 Ra4 31. Be3 Rxa5 32. Bc5
Ra4 33. Ne3 Bf8 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Kg2 h5 36. Nc2 Rc8 37. Kf3
Kg8 38. Rb4 Rxb4 39. Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard, CT"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[EventDate "2009.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Dougherty"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. d3 c6 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. g3 Qe7 10. a4 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O
a5 13. Bf3 Rfd8 14. Qe2 e5 15. e4 d4 16. Bg2 Bc7 17. Rae1 b5
18. axb5 cxb5 19. f4 a4 20. bxa4 bxa4 21. Nc4 a3 22. Ba1 Nb6
23. fxe5 Nfd7 24. Nd6 Nxe5 25. Nb5 Qc5 26. Nxc7 Qxc7 27. Rb1
Na4 28. Rb3 Nc3 29. Qe1 Rdb8 30. Bxc3 dxc3 31. Rxc3 Qb6+
32. Kh1 Qb2 33. Qa1 Qxa1 34. Rxa1 a2 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Mashantucket, CT"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[EventDate "2009.04.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 O-O 13. Be2 a5 14. Qd3 Bg5 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfd1 Ne7
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. a3 b3 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 a4 21. Rd2 Qc7
22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. f3 Ra5 24. Qc3 Kf8 25. Qb4 Ke7 26. Kf1 Ra6
27. Rd3 f6 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. Rxc5 Qxb4 31. Rc7+ Ke8
32. axb4 a3 33. bxa3 Rxa3 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 b2 36. Bc2
Ra1+ 37. Ke2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5
12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Be6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Nc6 16. Bb3 Bxb3
17. Qxb3 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Rab1
Rfd8 22. Nf3 Qxd5 23. d4 Qxb3 24. Rxb3 e4 25. Rxe4 Bd6 26. a3
Rac8 27. g3 g6 28. Ree3 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Rdc8 30. Rbd3 R1c2
31. Ng5 Rd8 32. Ne4 b6 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Be7 35. Rd3 f5
36. Nd2 Rc8 37. d5 Kf7 38. Nf3 Bf6 39. g4 Rc3 40. Ne1 Ke7
41. gxf5 Rxd3 42. Nxd3 Kd6 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. Nf4 g5 45. Ne6 a5
46. bxa5 bxa5 47. f4 gxf4 48. Nxf4 a4 49. Kf3 Bb2 50. Ke4 Bxa3
51. Nd3 Bc5 52. h4 a3 53. Nc1 Ke7 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. d6 Bxd6+
56. Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry M Christiansen"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Nh4 O-O 10. f3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Kh1 e5 13. Bb3 exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Qd3 Nfd5
17. Bd2 a5 18. Rae1 Re8 19. f4 Bb4 20. Re5 Qd7 21. Ne4 Bxd2
22. Qxd2 Re7 23. Qe1 Rae8 24. Qxa5 Ne3 25. Re1 Qxd4 26. Qc5
Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Rxe5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Nxb7 Kf8 30. a5 Nc8
31. Nd8 Rxa5 32. Nxf7 Nd5 33. Ne5 Nce7 34. Bc4 Ne3 35. Nd7+
Ke8 36. Nb6 Re5 37. Bd3 Kd8 38. h3 Kc7 39. Na4 g5 40. g3 N7d5
41. Kg1 Kd6 42. Kf2 Re8 43. Nc3 Rf8+ 44. Ke2 Nxc3+ 45. bxc3
Nd5 46. Rc1 Kc5 47. Be4 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Melikset Khachiyan"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Qd2
Be6 13. Bf1 Qb6 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Qg3 Bf8
17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Bc4 Nd5 21. Rd1
Rd6 22. Qxe5 Nxc3 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Bxc3 Bc7
26. Bd4 Bd6 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 f6 29. h4 Ke7 30. Kf3 Nd7
31. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Enrico M Sevillano"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Be3 Bg4
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe1 Qd7 14. d5 Na5 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bxe3
17. fxe3 Nc4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nh4 Kh8 20. Nf5 g6 21. Qh4 Ng8
22. Nh6 Nxh6 23. Qxh6 Qe7 24. Rf3 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bd3
Ra1+ 27. Rf1 Ra3 28. Rb1 Nd7 29. b4 Nf6 30. Rc1 Ng4 31. Qh3
Qg5 32. Qg3 Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Nxe3 34. Bxb5 Ra2 35. Bf1 f5 36. c4
Rb2 37. b5 f4 38. h3 g5 39. Kh1 h5 40. Bd3 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4
42. c5 dxc5 43. g3 fxg3 44. Rb1 Rxb1+ 45. Bxb1 Nc4 46. Kg2 Nd6
47. Kxg3 Nxb5 48. Kxg4 Nd6 49. Bc2 Kg7 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Ba4 Kg5
52. Bc6 c4 53. Ba4 c3 54. Bd1 Nc4 55. Ke2 Kf4 56. Bc2 Nd6
57. Kd3 Nxe4 58. Bb1 Nf6 59. Ba2 Ne4 60. Bb1 Kf3 61. Ba2 Kf2
62. Bb1 Nf6 63. Kxc3 Nxd5+ 64. Kc4 Ne7 65. Kb5 Kf3 66. Ka6 e4
67. Kb7 e3 68. Bd3 c6 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 O-O-O
12. Bd2 Re8 13. c5 Bxf1 14. cxb6 Ba6 15. bxa7 Kb7 16. O-O-O
Bc5 17. Be3 d5 18. Qf4 g5 19. Qa4 Qxe5 20. Rd4 Bxa7 21. Kb2
Bb6 22. Qb4 c5 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O
7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 f5 10. Bc2 c5 11. O-O cxd4
12. Nxd4 a6 13. Re1 e5 14. Nf3 e4 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Bb3+ Kh8
17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Ne5 Rf8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 g6 21. Rh3 Kg7
22. Rc1 f4 23. Rc7+ Kf6 24. Rhc3 Kxe5 25. Rxc8 Nc6 26. Rc7
Rac8 27. Rxb7 Nd4 28. Re7+ Kf5 29. Bc4 a5 30. Kf1 Rfe8
31. Rxh7 e3 32. Rd7 e2+ 33. Ke1 Rcd8 34. Bb5 Rh8 35. Rc5+ Kf6
36. Rcd5 Rxd7 37. Bxd7 f3 38. gxf3 Nxf3+ 39. Kxe2 Ne5 40. Ba4
Rxh2 41. Rxa5 g5 42. Ra6+ Ke7 43. Bb3 Kd7 44. Re6 Ng4 45. Kf3
Nh6 46. Rg6 g4+ 47. Kg3 Rh3+ 48. Kg2 Ke7 49. Be6 Kd6 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Tyler Hughes"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Qc7 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nd1 Nc6 11. O-O Nf6 12. f4
a5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 g6 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Qf2
Nd5 18. Bc5 Rc8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. a3 Kg7 21. Be4 Nc3 22. bxc3
Bxe4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. axb4 Qxc2 25. Nc5 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bd5
27. Rdc1 Rb8 28. Rab1 Bc6 29. Rb2 Rb6 30. Ke3 Rhb8 31. Rcb1 h5
32. g3 Kf8 33. Kd4 Ke7 34. Nd3 d6 35. exd6+ Kxd6 36. Ne5 Ke7
37. Rc1 Be8 38. Rc4 Rb5 39. Kc3 Ra8 40. Nf3 Ra3+ 41. Rb3 Ra2
42. Nd4 Rb7 43. Rb2 Ra3+ 44. Kd2 Ra4 45. Kd3 Bb5 46. Nxb5 Rxb5
47. Kc3 Kd6 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. Rc8 Kd7 50. Rc3 Rd5 51. Ra2 Rxa2
52. Kxa2 Rd2+ 53. Ka3 Rxh2 54. b5 h4 55. b6 hxg3 56. Rc7+ Kd6
57. Rc8 Rh1 58. b7 Rb1 59. b8=Q+ Rxb8 60. Rxb8 e5 61. Rb4 f5
62. Rb6+ Kc5 63. Rxg6 exf4 64. Kb3 Kd4 65. Kc2 Ke3 66. Re6+
Kf2 67. Kd2 f3 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Charles Lawton"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5
12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. h3 Nf6
17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Bxh4 O-O-O 20. Rdf1 Bc6 21. Qf3
Rh6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qe2 Kb8 24. Rh7 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Rd7
26. Kb1 Bc5 27. g4 Ka7 28. Ne2 Ba4 29. Nc3 Bc6 30. Ne2 b5
31. a3 f5 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Nc3 f4 35. Qf3 Qh7
36. Nd5 Qh4 37. Be2 Qe1+ 38. Ka2 Qd2 39. Bd3 Bd4 40. Qh5 Qg2
41. Qf7+ Bb7 42. Qc7 Qg6 43. c3 Bg1 44. Qxe5 f3 45. c4 bxc4
46. Bxc4 Bc5 47. Nc3 Bb6 48. Nd5 f2 49. Qf4 Bc5 50. e5 a5
51. Nc7 Qe4 52. Qxe4 Bxe4 53. b4 axb4 54. axb4 Bxb4 55. Bf1
Kb6 56. Ne8 Kc5 57. Nf6 Bf5 58. Nh5 Kd4 59. Ng3 Be6+ 60. Kb2
Kxe5 61. Nh1 Bc5 62. Nxf2 Bxf2 63. Bd3 Kd4 64. Bh7 Be1 65. Bg6
Kc4 66. Kc2 Ba5 67. Bd3+ Kd4 68. Bg6 Bd7 69. Kb3 Be1 70. Bf7
Kd3 71. Bg6+ Kd4 72. Bf7 Bg4 73. Kc2 Bf5+ 74. Kb3 Bc3 75. Bg8
Kd3 76. Bc4+ Kd2 77. Bf7 Bd3 78. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5
12. Qe3 Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be2 b6 16. Bf3 a6
17. e5 Ra7 18. Ne4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Kg7 20. g4 Rd7 21. Rde1 Bb7
22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Rh8 24. Nf6 Bxf3 25. Rxh8 Bxf6 26. Rh3
Bxg5+ 27. Kb1 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bxd1 29. Rd3 Be2 30. Rd6 Bf4
31. Rxb6 Bxe5 32. Rc6 Bd4 33. c3 Bd3+ 34. Kc1 Be3+ 35. Kd1 e5
0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.01"]
[EventDate "2009.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jerome B Hanken"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4
7. Bf4 h5 8. Qd2 Nh6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1
b4 13. Na4 a5 14. Nh2 h4 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Bxh4 Ng8 17. Bg5 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[EventDate "2009.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Seth Homa"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Be7 11. f4 O-O
12. Kh1 Bd7 13. Qf3 Qc5 14. Rad1 b5 15. f5 e5 16. Nde2 Bc6
17. Ng3 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Ba4 Qc4 21. Bc6 Rab8
22. Qd3 Qh4 23. Rde1 b3 24. axb3 Rb4 25. c4 Bd8 26. Ne4 Nxe4
27. Rxe4 Rxb3 28. Qxb3 Qxe4 29. c5 dxc5 30. Qb7 Qd3 31. Ra1 e4
32. d6 e3 33. d7 Qxf5 34. Bf3 Qe5 35. Qd5 Qxb2 36. Re1 Qc3
37. Rf1 a4 38. Be2 a3 39. h3 Qd2 40. Bc4 g6 41. Qe5 Qxd7
42. Qxe3 Qa7 43. Ba2 Qe7 44. Qxa3 Bc7 45. Qb3 Qe5 46. Kg1 Qh2+
47. Kf2 Be5 48. Qd5 Bd4+ 49. Kf3 Qc7 50. Rc1 Rd8 51. Qe4 Qa7
52. Rc2 Qa3+ 53. Ke2 Kf8 54. Kf1 Re8 55. Qf3 Qa6+ 56. Re2 Re7
0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[EventDate "2009.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Yury Shulman"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3
dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Be3 Bxe3
11. fxe3 Nd7 12. Nd4 Ke7 13. c4 Nc5 14. Bf3 e5 15. Nb5 Be6
16. Bd5 Rad8 17. Ke2 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Rhd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Ne6 21. Rd5 a6 22. Nd6 g6 23. Nc4 f6 24. Na5 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Nxd8
26. Kd3 b6 27. Nc4 b5 28. Nd2 f5 29. b4 Kd6 30. Nb3 Ne6 31. g3
Kd5 32. Nd2 e4+ 33. Ke2 g5 34. h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 f4 0-1

[Event "FL State Champ."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Renier Gonzalez"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be3 Re8 11. f3 Bf6
12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Qd3 Re7 14. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Western Chess Congress"]
[Site "Concord"]
[Date "2009.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Naroditsky"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.Nb3 e5 12.Nd5 Nxd5
13.exd5 Nd8 14.f5 f6 15.Nd2 g6 16.Bd3 Kg7 17.c4 Nf7 18.Qc2 g5
19.b4 b6 20.Ne4 Qb7 21.a4 a6 22.Nc3 Rfc8 23.Qf2 e4 24.Nxe4 Ne5
25.Bxg5 Nxd3 26.Bxf6+ Bxf6 27.Qg3+ Kh8 28.Nxd6 1-0

[Event "US Junior Closed"]
[Site "Milwaukee USA"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Ne5 Qxd4
12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Na4 Qb4 14. a3 Qb3 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Ba6
17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe2 20. Rd2 Ba6 21. Nd7
Nxd7 22. Rxd7 Bf6 23. Bxc6 Rac8 24. Rxa7 Rxc6 25. Rxa6 Rxc3
26. Rd1 Be7 27. Rxb6 Bxa3 28. Rb7 Rc2 29. Be3 h6 30. Rdd7 Rcc8
31. Ra7 Bc5 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. h4 h5 35. Re7 g6
36. Rab7 Re5 37. Ra7 Re1 38. Rab7 Kg7 39. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Odin Blikra Vea"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 h6 10. Bh2 Kh7 11. Bd3 Qe8
12. Qe2 a6 13. Nc4 Nh5 14. Nh4 Kg8 15. g4 Nhf6 16. f4 e6
17. e4 Bxe4 18. Rae1 d5 19. Nd2 Qd8 20. Ng2 c5 21. Kh1 cxd4
22. cxd4 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Nf6 26. Qe3
Re8 27. Rd1 Qd5 28. b3 Rac8 29. Rc1 h5 30. g5 Ne4 31. Bg1 Nd6
32. Qd3 Nf5 33. Kh2 Bxd4 34. Bxd4 Nxd4 35. Qxa6 Ra8 36. Qc4
Rxa2 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. Rcd1 Ree2 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jon Kristian Haarr"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bb4+
7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O e5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Nc4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Nd6 Bxd6
17. cxd6 Be6 18. Bc4 Bd5 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. a4 Rf7 21. Ba3 Qd7
22. Rac1 f4 23. exf4 Qg4 24. Rc7 Rxc7 25. dxc7 Qxf4 26. Rc1
Rc8 27. Rc3 h6 28. h3 Kh7 29. Be7 Ne8 30. Qxd5 Nxc7 31. Qd6 g5
32. Qd7 Qd2 33. Qxd2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.28"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Romain Edouard"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4
Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 e6 13. Nb3 b6 14. f3 Ba6 15. Kf2 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1
Na6 17. Rc4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Kf8 20. Bf4 Ke8
21. Ra4 Nb8 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Rxa7 Rc8 24. g4 Rc2+ 25. Kg3 e5
26. Ra8+ Ke7 27. Ra7+ Ke8 28. Ra4 exd4 29. Nxd4 Be5+ 30. f4
Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxa2 32. g5 b5 33. Rd5 Re2 34. Rxb5 Rxe4
35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rh8 Re3+ 37. Kg4 f5+ 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rxh7
Ra3 40. Rb7 Ra2 41. h4 Ra1 42. Rb6+ Kg7 43. Rb3 Kf6 44. Rb6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. O-O Ndc5 12. Re1
f5 13. Be3 Qd8 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 e4 16. a3 Bd7 17. Rc1 a4
18. Nf1 Qh4 19. Kh2 Bh6 20. g3 Qe7 21. Nb5 Nb3 22. Rc2 Bg7
23. Nd4 Nbc5 24. Bf2 c6 25. Rd2 cxd5 26. Nb5 dxc4 27. Bxc4+
Be6 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Qxa4 Kh8 30. Qb3 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Rad8
32. Red1 Bxb2 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qf7 Qf6
36. Qxb7 Bc1 37. Qd7 Qb2+ 38. Kh1 Qe2 39. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. Bd3
Nd7 13. Qf3 Bf6 14. Nde2 Nb4 15. Qh3 g6 16. f5 exf5 17. Nf4
Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Qh4 Re8 21. Qf6 Nbxd3
22. cxd3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Terence P D Chapman"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Kg1 Nbd7
12. Kh2 Qa5 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Rd1 Rfb8 15. Rb1 Nc4 16. a4 Qb4
17. b3 Na3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. f3 Nd7 20. Nb5 Qb4 21. Nc1 Rc8
22. Nd3 Qa5 23. Na3 Nb6 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Qa6 26. Rdc1
Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Rcb8 28. b4 Rxa4 29. bxc5 Rxb1 30. Rxa4 Rb3
31. Ra8+ Bf8 32. c6 Rxd3 33. c7 Rc3 34. c8=Q Rxc8 35. Rxc8 f5
36. exf5 gxf5 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.02"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Ruben Felgaer"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Rc1 Bc6
12. f3 a5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Be3 a4 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. cxd5 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. Rd2 Rb8 20. Kf1 b5 21. Bxc5 Rc8
22. Rdc2 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 dxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxb2 25. Rxb5 Rxb5
26. Bxb5 a3 27. f4 f6 28. Ke2 Kg7 29. Kf3 Bc3 30. g3 Bb2
31. Bd7 Kf7 32. h4 Bc3 33. Bb5 Kg7 34. Bc4 Kf8 35. Kg4 Kg7
36. h5 Kh6 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. g4 g5 40. fxg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.01"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Toms Kantans"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 Nc6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Qe2 g5 9. O-O g4 10. Nd4 Qxe5 11. Qxg4 h5
12. Nxc6 Qxh2+ 13. Kxh2 hxg4+ 14. Kg1 bxc6 15. d3 d5 16. dxc4
Nxc4 17. Re1 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. b3 Nd6 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Bxf5
Nxf5 22. Nf1 Kd7 23. Rad1 Rah8 24. g3 e6 25. Kg2 Nd6 26. Rd4
f5 27. Ra4 Ra8 28. c4 Ne4 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. f3 gxf3+ 31. Kxf3
Rh1 32. Kg2 Rhh8 33. Kf3 Rhc8 34. Ne3 Rc3 35. Rh1 Kd6 36. Rh6
a5 37. Kf4 Nxg3 38. Kf3 Nf1 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.03"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. b3 Nbd7
7. Bb2 Qe7 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. O-O O-O
12. f4 g6 13. Nf3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Ba3 15. Bd4 b6 16. Ng5 Bb7
17. Qg4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Bc5 19. Qh3 Nf8 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Ne4
Qa3 22. Nd6 Ba6 23. Be4 Qc5 24. Rd4 b5 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. Nb7
Qb6 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Ra1 f5 30. exf6 Qxf6
31. Rb1 Bc4 32. a4 Ba2 33. Rf1 c5 34. Qf3 c4 35. Qd1 Bb3
36. Qd4 Qxd4 37. exd4 Nd7 38. a5 Nf6 39. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.04"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Kenneth T Solomon"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6
7. Re1 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d3 g6 10. Nh4 Bg7 11. f4 h6 12. fxe5
dxe5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bh3 Nc6 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rf1 Nd4 17. Rf2
Ne8 18. Raf1 Nd6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 a5 21. Re1 Ra7 22. Bxd4
cxd4 23. Rc1 h5 24. Rc6 Bh6 25. Qc2 Be3 26. Kg2 Bxf2 27. Kxf2
a4 28. Kg2 a3 29. b4 f5 30. exf5 Nxf5 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. d6 f4
33. Qe2 Qe8 34. Qe4+ Kg8 35. Ng6 f3+ 36. Kf2 Qf7 37. Rc2 Re8
38. Nxe5 Qe6 39. d7 Rxd7 40. Nxd7 Qxd7 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Qxh5
Kg7 43. b5 Re2+ 44. Rxe2 fxe2 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Ke1 Qf7
47. Qxe2 Qd5 48. Kd1 Qxb5 49. Qe6+ Kh8 50. Qc8+ Kg7 51. Qc7+
Kh8 52. Qd8+ Kh7 53. Qe7+ Kh8 54. Qf8+ Kh7 55. Qxa3 Qh5+
56. Kc1 Qe2 57. Qa7+ Kh8 58. Qb8+ Kg7 59. Qc7+ Kh8 60. Qd8+
Kh7 61. Qh4+ Kg8 62. Qxd4 Qxh2 63. Qc4+ Kg7 64. g4 Qe5 65. Kc2
Qe2+ 66. Kb3 Qd1+ 67. Kb4 Qb1+ 68. Ka3 Kg6 69. d4 Qe4 70. Qg8+
Kh6 71. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fidel Corrales Jimenez"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5
12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5 15. Bg3 Nxf3 16. Qxf3
Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Rd3 Bc6 20. Rf1 Rh7 21. h4
gxh4 22. Qg4 Bf8 23. Qg8 Rg7 24. Qh8 Qe7 25. Bh5 Rd8 26. Rdf3
Qg5+ 27. Kb1 Rd7 28. R3f2 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia United States"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. d5 Na6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. h3
Rac8 13. e4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Qe2 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nc3
Bf5 18. g4 Bd7 19. Ngxe4 Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Ne6 21. Ng5 Nd4
22. Qd3 Bc6 23. Be3 Qa5 24. b4 Qe5 25. f4 Qf6 26. Ne4 Bxe4
27. Bxe4 Nc6 28. b5 Nd8 29. g5 Qb2 30. Rc2 Qb4 31. f5 Nf7
32. Bxb7 Rcd8 33. Bd5 Kh8 34. f6 exf6 35. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia United States"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mauricio Uribe"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O a6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Kh1 Re8 12. e5
dxe5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. fxe5 Rd8 15. Qf3 Qxe5 16. Bb6 Rf8
17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Qxc6 Rb8 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Bc5
Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Rfc8 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Rd6 Rxb2
26. Rxa6 h5 27. Rc1 Rcxc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Bb7 g6 30. a4 Ng4
31. h4 Ne3 32. Kg1 Nf5 33. Be4 Ra2 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. a5 Kg7
36. Ra7 f4 37. gxf4 Ra4 38. Kg2 Rxf4 39. Kg3 Ra4 40. a6 Kf6
41. Kh3 Ra3+ 42. Kg2 e5 43. Ra8 Kf5 44. a7 Kf4 45. Rh8 Rxa7
46. Rxh5 Ra2+ 47. Kh3 e4 48. Rh7 f5 49. Rg7 e3 50. Re7 e2
51. h5 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia United States"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8 5. h3 Bh5 6. g3 c6
7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. c5 exd4
12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Nxd4 Bg6 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Qc4 Nfd7 16. Nf3
Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia United States"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 cxd5 5. a3 e6 6. d4 Be7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Bf6 11. Bd3 Nc6
12. O-O b6 13. b4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Be3 exd4
17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Bb7 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Rac1 Bc6 21. Bxc6
Rxc6 22. Rfd1 Qa5 23. Qxd5 Rfc8 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 f6
26. g3 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ Kg6 30. Rxa7
Rc3 31. h4 h5 32. Ra5 Rb3 33. Kf1 Kh6 34. Ra6 Kg6 35. Ke2 Kf5
36. Ra4 Kg6 37. Kd2 Rf3 38. Ke2 Rb3 39. Ra5 Kh6 40. Ra7 Rc3
41. a4 Ra3 42. a5 Kh7 43. a6 Kg6 44. Kd2 Rf3 45. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia United States"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Vladimir Romanenko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. f5 Bc4 11. O-O-O Nbd7
12. g4 Nxg4 13. Rg1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Rc8 15. Rxg7 h6 16. Kb1 Bg5
17. Qh3 Qd8 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rxd6 Qe7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxg5
Rc6 22. Rg1 Rd6 23. Nd5 Qa4 24. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia United States"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Kudrin"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 a6 11. h4 b5
12. Kb1 Qc7 13. g4 Rd8 14. h5 b4 15. Ne2 Rb8 16. Ng3 h6
17. Bh4 Nh7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e5 d5 20. f4 Bd7 21. Bxa6 Bb5
22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Ne2 Ra8 24. Nc1 Rba5 25. Rhg1 Ra4 26. b3
R4a5 27. Rd2 f6 28. Re2 R8a6 29. Rge1 fxe5 30. Rxe5 Nf6 31. a4
bxa3 32. g5 a2+ 33. Ka1 Qc7 34. gxf6 Qxc2 35. Nd3 Qxb3
36. fxg7 Rb6 37. Nb2 Rb4 38. Qd2 Rab5 39. R5e2 Qg3 40. Qc1 Rc4
41. Qd2 Rcb4 42. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Cappelle La Grande XXVI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Keith MacKinnon"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O
Nec6 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. f4 b6 11. Qd2 O-O
12. Rad1 Nc5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Qf2 Rab8 16. Nd4 Rfe8
17. Rd2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Ba8 19. Qg3 Na5 20. Re2 Nc4 21. Bc1 b5
22. a3 Nd7 23. Rd3 Nc5 24. Rd1 g6 25. Qf2 Bg7 26. Ree1 Rec8
27. Na2 e5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Nb4 Re8 30. Nd5 Nxf3+ 31. Nxf3
Bxd5 32. exd5 Ne4 33. Qe2 Nf6 34. Qd2 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Qc5+
36. Kh1 Nxd5 37. Rd1 Nb6 38. Qxd6 Qxd6 39. Rxd6 Nc4 40. Rd7
Nxb2 41. h4 Nc4 42. Ra7 a5 43. Nd2 Nxd2 44. Bxd2 a4 45. Bf4
Rc8 46. Rb7 Bf8 47. Rxb5 Bxa3 48. c3 Bf8 49. Ra5 a3 50. Be5
Rc5 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3
Nb4 13. Qf3 Bf8 14. Nb3 b6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Qh3 g6 17. e5 dxe5
18. fxe5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qxe5 20. Bxb6 Rab8 21. Bc7 Qg5 22. Bxb8
Rxb8 23. Nd4 Ng4 24. Rce1 Bc5 25. Nf3 Qf5 26. Qg3 Rd8 27. d4
Bd6 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qh5 30. Ne4 1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7
12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qa4 a5
17. a3 e5 18. Bc6 cxd4 19. exd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Nf6 21. Qf4 Be6
22. Nd4 Rbd8 23. Re1 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rg3 Qd6 26. Qxd6
Rxd6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rge3 Rc8 29. R3e2 Kf7 30. g3 g5 31. Kg2
Rc4 32. Re4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Rd3 34. Re2 Rb3 35. f3 a4 36. h4
gxh4 37. gxh4 Kf6 38. Kg3 h5 39. Kf4 b5 40. Rc2 b4 41. axb4
e5+ 42. Kg3 e4 43. Kf4 exf3 44. b5 Rxb5 45. Kxf3 Ke5 46. Rc3
Kd5 47. Ra3 Rb4 48. Kg3 Kc6 49. Rc3+ Kb5 50. Rc8 Rg4+ 51. Kh3
Rd4 52. Rb8+ Kc4 53. Kg3 Rg4+ 54. Kh3 Rf4 55. Kg3 Rf5 56. Ra8
Kb4 57. Rb8+ Rb5 58. Ra8 Rb7 59. Rh8 Kb3 60. Rxh5 Kxb2 61. Ra5
a3 62. Kg4 a2 63. h5 Rc7 64. Rxa2+ Kxa2 65. h6 Kb3 66. Kg5 Kc4
67. Kg6 Rc6+ 68. Kg7 Rxh6 69. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 Nc6
12. O-O Qd8 13. Rc1 a6 14. a4 Nd7 15. Qd2 Rab8 16. Rb1 Nc5
17. Rfc1 Na5 18. Qd1 Nc6 19. Rc2 Qf8 20. Re2 Ne6 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Qd2 Qd8 23. Ree1 Qa5 24. Rec1 Qb4 25. Ne2 Qxd2 26. Bxd2
Nd4 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Be3 Nc6 29. Ng1 Nb4 30. Nf3 h6 31. Bd2 Nd3
32. Rd1 Nc5 33. Re1 b5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. axb5 Rxb5 36. b4 Rcb8
37. Re3 Na6 38. Ne1 R5b6 39. Nc2 Nc7 40. Na3 g5 41. Reb3 Nb5
42. Nxb5 Rxb5 43. Rc1 d5 44. Rc6 dxe4 45. Rc4 Ra8 46. Rxe4 Ra2
47. Be3 Ra1+ 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Ra1+ 50. Ke2 Ra2+ 51. Kf3
Rf5+ 52. Kg4 Ra4 53. h4 Bf6 54. h5 Rb5 55. Rc4 Be5 56. Bc5 Bd6
57. Rbc3 Bxc5 58. bxc5 Rbb4 59. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 60. Kg3 Ke8 61. c6
Kd8 62. Rd3+ Kc8 63. Re3 Rh4 64. Rxe6 Rxh5 65. Rxe7 Rh1
66. Rh7 Kd8 67. Rd7+ Kc8 68. Rh7 Kd8 69. f3 Rh4 70. Kf2 Rh2
71. Kg1 Rh4 72. g4 Rh3 73. Kg2 Rh4 74. Kf2 Rh2+ 75. Ke3 Rh1
76. Ke4 Rh3 77. Rd7+ Kc8 78. Rh7 Kd8 79. Rf7 h5 80. Rg7 hxg4
81. fxg4 Rc3 82. c7+ Kc8 83. Kf5 Rc5+ 84. Kg6 Kb7 85. Kh6 Kb6
86. Rxg5 Rxc7 1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Qxd4 8. Bxb4 Qxe5 9. Na3 b5 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qd4 Na6
12. Bd6 Qa5+ 13. b4 cxb3 14. Kf1 Bb7 15. axb3 c5 16. Qd3 O-O-O
17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Kg2 Nd5 19. Nxb5 Qb6 20. e4 Nab4 21. Qe2 a6
22. exd5 axb5 23. Be5 f6 24. Qg4 fxe5 25. Qxg7+ Kb8 26. dxe6
Qc6+ 27. Kg1 exf4 28. e7 Rde8 29. Rd1 Nd5 30. Qe5+ Nc7 31. Rd6
Qb7 32. Qf6 Nd5 33. Rd8+ Ka7 34. Qa1+ Kb6 35. Rd6+ Kc7 36. Qe5
Rxe7 37. Re6+ Kd7 38. Rd6+ Kc7 39. Re6+ Kd7 40. Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Qc7 16. Re1 Rd8
17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 f6 19. Re1 e5 20. Nc5 Kf8 21. g3 a5
22. a4 h5 23. Bc4 Nb6 24. Be6 Rd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. f4 e4
27. Kd2 Bf5 28. Ke3 d4+ 29. Kxd4 Rd8+ 30. Kc3 Rc8 31. Kd4 Rd8+
32. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vinay Bhat"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 Bg4
12. d5 Rd8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O e6 15. Rfd1 exd5 16. exd5 Rfe8
17. Qb2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Qc7 20. Rb1 Rd7 21. Qb6 Qxb6
22. Rxb6 Bf8 23. c4 f5 24. Rdb1 Nf7 25. Kf1 Nd6 26. Bf4 Nxc4
27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Re4 29. g3 Rd4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Be5
Rc2 32. Ke1 c4 33. d6 c3 34. d7 Be7 35. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.20"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Levon Altounian"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Ne5 c5
7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 10. Na5 Qb6 11. Be2 g6
12. Qb5 Bg7 13. Nxb7 Rb8 14. Na5 Qc7 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Nb3 Bxb3
17. axb3 Nc5 18. Qc4 Rxb3 19. O-O Rfb8 20. Na4 Nfd7 21. Rd1
R3b4 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Bd2 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Nxa4 25. Qxa4 Bxb2
26. Qh4 Nf6 27. Qxh6 Qc2 28. f3 Nd5 29. e4 Bg7 30. Qh3 Bd4+
31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Bxe3 Bxe3 33. Qd7 e6 34. Qd3 Qc5 35. Qb5 Qxb5
36. Bxb5 Rc2 37. Be2 a5 38. Ra1 Bd4 39. Bd1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Kudrin"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7
12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd3 Rd7 14. O-O O-O 15. a5 Qc7 16. Nd2 Rc8
17. Rfc1 Qb7 18. c4 Rdc7 19. f4 f6 20. f5 Bf7 21. g4 Nd7
22. b3 Nc5 23. Qe2 Be8 24. h4 Bc6 25. Bf2 Rd7 26. Kh2 h6
27. Rg1 Kf8 28. Qe3 Ke8 29. Bf3 Kd8 30. Rge1 Kc7 31. Nf1 Kb8
32. Ng3 Rg8 33. Kh3 Ka8 34. Bd1 Bd8 35. Bc2 Rh8 36. Re2 Qc8
37. Qd2 Qb8 38. Be1 Rb7 39. Qd1 Bc7 40. Rd2 Qf8 41. Qf3 Qe7
42. Nf1 Bb8 43. Ne3 Ba7 44. Rad1 Rd8 45. Nd5 Bxd5 46. Rxd5 Qc7
47. R1d2 Rbb8 48. Rd1 Rd7 49. Qe2 Qxa5 50. Rxd6 Rbd8 51. Rxd7
Rxd7 52. Rxd7 Nxd7 53. Qd2 Bd4 54. Qxb4 Qa2 55. Qd2 Nc5
56. Qd1 a5 57. g5 h5 58. Bd2 a4 59. bxa4 Qxc4 60. Kg2 Bb2
61. Kf3 Bc3 62. Be3 Bd4 63. Bd2 Bc3 64. Be3 Bd4 65. Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Melikset Khachiyan"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 c6 11. Qb3 Bf8
12. c5 d5 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qe7 16. Qc3 Bg4
17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. exf3 a6 19. Qb3 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Bb4 21. Re2 Rd5
22. Rc4 Bd6 23. Bd2 Qd7 24. Rce4 Bb8 25. d4 c5 26. f4 f5
27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 b5 29. Be1 c4 30. Qf3 g6 31. Bb4 Rd1+
32. Kg2 Qd5 33. Qxd5+ Rxd5 34. e6 Rd4 35. f3 a5 36. Bxa5 Rd6
37. e7 Ra6 38. Bb4 Rxa2 39. g4 Kf7 40. Kg3 c3 41. Bxc3 Rxe7
42. Rd2 fxg4 43. Kxg4 Ra1 44. f5 Rg1+ 45. Kh4 gxf5 46. Rd5 Kg6
47. Rxb5 Rf1 48. Rb6+ Kh7 49. Kh5 Rxf3 50. Rxh6+ Kg8 51. Kg5
Rh7 52. Rxh7 Kxh7 53. Be5 Rf1 54. b4 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3
c5 13. O-O Nf7 14. a3 Bd7 15. Rb1 Bh6 16. Bf2 f5 17. b4 b6
18. Nb5 Bf4 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nb3 fxe4 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. fxe4
Bxb5 23. cxb5 Nd6 24. Bf3 Nc4 25. Ra1 Nd2 26. Re1 c4 27. Ra2
c3 28. Rc2 Rc8 29. Qe2 Qg5 30. Bg4 Rc4 31. h4 Qf6 32. Qd3 Bh2+
33. Kxh2 Qxf2 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Rxe4 36. Rec1 Nb3 37. Bf3
Rd4 38. Re1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.03"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Marc Tyler Arnold"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5
7. cxd5 d6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. a4 Bb7
12. e4 a6 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5
17. Nc4 Re8 18. e5 dxe5 19. d6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd7 21. Ne4 Qc6
22. f3 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. fxe4 Rab8 25. Ra3 f6 26. Rb3 b5
27. axb5 axb5 28. Na3 b4 29. Nc4 Red8 30. Rbd3 Kf7 31. Rd5 Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.04"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yaacov Norowitz"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Bd2 e6
7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bb4 Bxb4+ 10. Qxb4 Nge7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA Junior Championship"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Parker Bi Guang Zhao"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O d6
7. exd6 Bxd6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6
12. Re1 Bb7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Ne7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qg4 Nf5
17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Bd2 Bd5 20. Re5 Rfe8 21. a4 f6
22. Ree1 Kf7 23. h4 g6 24. Bb5 Bc6 25. Ba6 Bb7 26. Bb5 Bc6
27. h5 g5 28. Bd3 Nh4 29. f3 Kg7 30. Re2 Qf7 31. Rae1 f5
32. Qg3 f4 33. Qg4 Bd5 34. Re5 Kh8 35. Bb5 Rf8 36. Rc1 Nf5
37. Ba6 Rcd8 38. Bd3 Bc6 39. Rce1 Rd6 40. Bc1 Bxa4 41. Ba3 Bd7
42. Bxd6 Nxd6 43. Bg6 Qg7 44. Bd3 Rc8 45. Rxe6 Rxc3 46. Rxd6
Bxg4 47. Re8+ Qg8 48. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "USA Junior Championship"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.11"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Warren Harper"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Bg2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 a5 10. d5 Nb4 11. Nd4 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Na6 13. O-O e5 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. e4 d6 16. Ne3 Nc5
17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Re8 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Kh1 Re7 21. Rce1 Rae8
22. e5 dxe5 23. f5 e4 24. Ng4 Qg5 25. f6 Bxg4 26. fxe7 f5
27. Qf2 Nd3 28. Qe3 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "USA Junior Championship"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.12"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Daniel Bryant"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "114"]

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. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Nf5 Bxc5
17. N5d4 Rac8 18. Bc1 Qb6 19. Rhg1 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Nb3
Nxb3 22. axb3 Rc6 23. g4 Rfc8 24. Be3 Qa5 25. Qd2 Qb5 26. Rc1
a5 27. f3 a4 28. b4 Rc4 29. g5 Nxh5 30. gxh6 g6 31. Rg5 Qxb4
32. c3 Qf8 33. Rh1 Nf6 34. h7+ Nxh7 35. Rg2 R4c7 36. Qc2 e5
37. Qxa4 Qd6 38. Qe4 Rd8 39. Rd2 Qe7 40. Rxd8+ Qxd8 41. Bb6
Qd6 42. Bxc7 Qxc7 43. Kc2 Nf6 44. Qa4 Kg7 45. Qb5 e4 46. fxe4
Qf4 47. Qxb7 Qf3 48. Rh2 g5 49. Qa8 Kg6 50. b4 g4 51. Qh8
Qxe4+ 52. Kb2 Qe3 53. b5 g3 54. Rh3 Qg5 55. Qd8 Qxb5+ 56. Ka3
Qa6+ 57. Kb3 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "USA Junior Championship"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.13"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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. Qe2 c5 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. g4 Nxg4 18. Rg1 f5 19. Ne5 Ngxe5 20. dxe5 Kh8 21. Bf4
Nf8 22. Qe3 b6 23. Rd6 Qf7 24. Qg3 Rad8 25. Qh2 Rd7 26. c3
Red8 27. Kc2 Kh7 28. Qh4 Re8 29. Qh2 Red8 30. Qh4 Re8 31. Qh2
Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA Junior Championship"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.14"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Tyler Hughes"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. b3
Qe7 13. a4 a5 14. Re1 Nc5 15. f4 Qf8 16. Bf2 h5 17. Ndb5 Na6
18. Rc1 Bd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nh7 21. Nxc7 Nxc7 22. Qxd7
Re7 23. Qd2 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Bc7
27. Rf1 b6 28. Qd7 Bd6 29. Kh1 Ng5 30. Bd5 Qe7 31. Qc6 Qc7
32. Qxc7 Bxc7 33. Be3 Ne6 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rf6 Kg7 36. Rxe6
Kf7 37. Rc6 Bxg3 38. Kg2 Be1 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. Bxb6 Ke6
41. Kf3 Ke5 42. Ke2 Bb4 43. Kd3 Be1 44. Bd4+ Ke6 45. Ke4 Bh4
46. Bb6 Be1 47. Be3 Kd6 48. Kf4 Ke6 49. Kg5 Kf7 50. c5 Bg3
51. c6 Bc7 52. Bf4 Bxf4+ 53. Kxf4 Ke6 54. h4 Kd6 55. Kg5 Kxc6
56. Kxg6 Kc5 57. Kxh5 Kb4 58. Kg4 Kxb3 59. h5 Kxa4 60. h6 Kb3
1-0

[Event "USA Junior Championship"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Darwin Yang"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 e6
7. Bxc4 Nf6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 c5
12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Be1 Rac8 16. Bb5 cxd4
17. Nfxd4 Ne5 18. f3 Ng6 19. Bf2 h5 20. e4 Qc7 21. g3 h4
22. Rac1 Qb8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qe1 Bc7 25. Nc5 Bb6 26. Nxb7
Qxb7 27. Be2 Ne5 28. Nb3 Rc2 29. Rd2 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qc6
31. Bb5 Qb6+ 32. Ke2 Rxd2+ 33. Nxd2 Qd4 34. b3 Qc3 35. Qf2
hxg3 36. hxg3 Nh5 37. Kf1 g5 38. Kg2 g4 39. f4 Nd3 40. Bxd3
Qxd3 41. f5 e5 42. f6 Nxg3 43. Qe1 Nh5 0-1

[Event "USA Junior Championship"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Eric S Rosen"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6
12. Bd3 Be7 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. O-O Bd6 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Bc7
17. Be2 Qd6 18. g3 Bc8 19. Qc2 Re8 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. Bf3 Rac8
22. Rd1 Bg4 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Qf5 Nf6 25. Rdc1 g6 26. Qf3 Kg7
27. Rc2 h5 28. a3 h4 29. Rbc1 Qe6 30. Ne2 hxg3 31. hxg3 Bb8
32. Nf4 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Rh8 34. Nf3 Qh3 35. Nh4 Qd7 36. b5 cxb5
37. Nf5+ Qxf5 38. Qxf5 gxf5 39. Rxc8 Rh7 40. Ra8 a5 41. Rc6
1-0

[Event "USA Junior Championship"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.18"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Steven Zierk"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Ne4 Rd8
17. g3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qe2 b5 20. Kb1 Qb7 21. Be3 bxc4
22. Qxc4 O-O 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Rc1 Nd5 25. Nxc6 Bb4 26. Ka1 Bc3
27. bxc3 Rxc6 28. Qd3 Nxc3 29. Bd2 Rfc8 30. Bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3
Qxh1+ 32. Kb2 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qxh5 34. Qe3 Qb5+ 35. Kc2 Qd5
36. a3 g5 37. Kd2 h5 38. Ke2 h4 39. gxh4 gxh4 40. Qf4 Qh5+
41. Qf3 Qg5 42. Kf1 Kg7 43. Qh3 a5 44. a4 Qf4 45. Qc3 Kg6
46. Qxa5 h3 47. Qc3 h2 48. Kg2 h1=Q+ 49. Kxh1 Qxf2 50. Qa1
Qf3+ 51. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA Junior Championship"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Conrad Holt"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 e5 11. Bxc4 exd4
12. e5 dxc3 13. Bxf7+ Ke7 14. exf6+ gxf6 15. Qb3 Bh6 16. Bxh6
Rxh6 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. O-O Kf8 19. Rfe1 c2 20. Bg8 Qc7 21. Rd8+
Kg7 22. Rde8 c1=Q 23. Rxc1 Rh8 24. Rce1 Kh6 25. Qe3+ g5
26. Re7 Qd8 27. Qe6 1-0

[Event "USCL KO"]
[Site "ICC"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[EventDate "2010.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Be3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6
7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. c4 Na6 11. Qd2 Bf8
12. Rfd1 Bf5 13. a3 Nc7 14. Rac1 Be4 15. Ne1 b5 16. d5 bxc4
17. dxc6 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Nd5 19. Rxc4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bh6 21. Nc2
Rac8 22. Bf3 Bxc2 23. Rdxc2 Bxe3+ 24. Kf1 Bb6 25. Rd2 Red8
26. Ke2 f5 27. a4 Kf8 28. b4 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Rd8+ 30. Kc2 Bc7
31. h3 h5 32. a5 Ke7 33. Kb3 Rd3+ 34. Rc3 Rxc3+ 35. Kxc3 Bg3
36. Kc4 Kd6 37. b5 Bf2 38. Bd5 h4 39. Bxf7 g5 40. Bd5 g4
41. b6 axb6 42. a6 b5+ 43. Kxb5 Ba7 44. Bb3 Kc7 45. Bd1 gxh3
46. gxh3 f4 47. Bf3 Bf2 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. Kd3 Kc7 50. Bd5 Bb6
51. Ke4 Bc5 52. Kxf4 Kb6 53. Kg4 Bd6 54. Kxh4 Kxa6 55. Kg5
Be7+ 56. Kg4 Kb6 57. h4 Bd8 58. h5 Kc5 59. Kf5 1-0

[Event "USCL KO"]
[Site "ICC"]
[Date "2010.11.10"]
[EventDate "2010.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry M Christiansen"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
dxc4 7. Bxc4 h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 b6
12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Ne7 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Ne5 Ned5 16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bb1 Bd6 21. h3
Ba8 22. a3 Qb7 23. f3 Qc7 24. Qd3 Nf6 25. Bh4 Kf8 26. Re1 Rd8
27. Qe2 Bd5 28. Qd2 Ke7 29. Bd3 Bb7 30. Kh1 g5 31. Bf2 Nd5
32. Bf1 Rc8 33. Bd3 Nf4 34. Bb1 Rd8 35. Rc1 Bxe5 36. Rxc7+
Bxc7 37. Be4 Bd5 38. Qc2 Bb8 39. Be3 Nh5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Qc8
Bf4 42. Bxf4 gxf4 43. Qh8 Ng3+ 44. Kh2 h5 45. Qg7 a5 46. b3 b5
47. Qh8 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. h4 Ne2 50. Qb8 Nxd4 51. Qxb4+ Kf6
52. Qb8 Kg7 53. b4 Rf5 54. Qd6 Nb5 55. Qb8 Nd4 56. Qd6 Nb5
57. Qd8 Rd5 58. Qb8 Rf5 59. Qa8 Nc7 60. Qa1+ Kh7 61. Kg1 Nb5
62. Kf2 Kg8 63. Ke2 Kh7 64. Kd3 Kg8 65. Kc4 Nd6+ 66. Kb3 Nb5
67. Ka4 Kf8 68. Qb2 Ke7 69. Qc2 Rd5 70. Qc4 Nd4 71. Qc7+ Rd7
72. Qc5+ Ke8 73. b5 Rd5 74. Qc8+ Rd8 75. Qc7 Rd7 76. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ankit Gupta"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nge2 d6
7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. a3 b5 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Bb7 12. Qd2
O-O 13. Rfb1 Rfc8 14. d4 Ng4 15. Bh3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg5 17. Ra3
Qe7 18. Nf4 Rc7 19. Ncd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Qd8 21. Nxc7 Qxc7
22. Qe2 Re8 23. Qg4 Qe7 24. Bg2 g6 25. h4 Bh6 26. Rbb3 Kg7
27. Kh2 Nb8 28. Rc3 Nd7 29. e5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nb6 31. exd6 Qxd6
32. Rxa6 Qxb4 33. Rc7 Nd5 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qf3+ Kg7 36. Qxd5
Qd2+ 37. Kh3 Qxe3 38. Qxb5 Qe4 39. Ra7+ Kg8 40. Qf1 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Roman Yankovsky"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Qc7 16. Re1 Rd8
17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 f6 19. Re1 e5 20. Nc5 Kf7 21. g3 Bf5
22. Bc4 Rab8 23. g4 Bc8 24. g5 fxg5 25. Rxe5 Bf5 26. Rd1 Kf6
27. Rde1 Nb6 28. Be6 Re8 29. R5e2 Rbd8 30. Bxf5 Rxe2 31. Rxe2
Kxf5 32. Re7 h5 33. Rxa7 Rd4 34. Rf7+ Ke5 35. Nd3+ Ke6 36. Rc7
1-0

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+
Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. Qc5+ Ke8
16. Qxa7 Bd6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qa4+ Ke7 19. Qxf4 Qa5 20. O-O g5
21. Qd4 Rhd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Davorin Kuljasevic"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6
7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 g6
12. f3 Rc8 13. Kh1 Nb6 14. Bb3 c5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. e4 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Nc4 18. exf5 Re8 19. Bg5 Kg7 20. Qf2 Ree5 21. Rad1
Qb6 22. Qh4 Rxf5 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Bxc4 Rh5 25. a5 Qc7 26. Qf4
Rxh6 27. Qxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.04"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Dmitry Zilberstein"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 dxc4
7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Bc3 Qe7 11. Nbd2 e5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxc4 Bd6 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Nb3
a4 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Rfc1 Bg4 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Qa3 Qb5 21. Qe7
Rd7 22. Qe5 Qa6 23. b4 c6 24. Qa5 Qxa5 25. bxa5 Rc7 26. Rab1
Be6 27. Rb4 g6 28. Rxa4 Re7 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. h3 Rd2 31. Nc4
Bxc4 32. Rcxc4 Rd1+ 33. Bf1 Nd7 34. Rc2 Ne5 35. Kg2 Red7
36. a3 Rb1 37. Be2 Nd3 38. Bxd3 Rxd3 39. a6 bxa6 40. Rxc6 Rb2
41. Rf4 f5 42. Rc7 Rdd2 43. g4 Rd5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Ra7 Rb6
46. Rc4 Rd8 47. Rcc7 Rh6 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Rgf7 Rg8+ 50. Kf1
Rxh3 51. Rxf5 Rb8 52. Rff7 Rh6 53. Ke2 Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kh8
55. Rgb7 Re8 56. Re7 Rf8 57. f4 Kg8 58. Kf3 Rh1 59. Rxa6 Rc8
60. Raa7 Rb8 61. a4 1-0

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.04"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Bykhovsky"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c4 Nbd7
7. Nc3 Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.05"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Axel Bachmann Schiavo"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. d5 Na6 8. Nd4 exd5 9. Nf5 Re8 10. cxd5 Bf8 11. Nc3 c6
12. Bg5 h6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Rad1 Kh7 18. a3 Nc5 19. f3 a5 20. Nd4 Rd6 21. b4 Re3
22. bxc5 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxc5 24. Rf4 Rxc3+ 25. Kg2 Bxa3 26. Rd1
Rc2 27. Kf1 Bb2 28. Rd7 h5 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30. Ra7 Be5 31. Re4
Kf5 32. Rh4 Ke6 33. f4 Bc3 34. Rxh5 b5 35. Ra6 Kd7 36. Rc5 a4
37. Raxc6 a3 38. Rc7+ Kd6 39. e4 Rc1+ 40. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Erenburg"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Nd2
d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. O-O Be6 16. Nc4 Qb5 17. b3
e4 18. Ra4 Qg5 19. Ne3 Bb4 20. Bc4 Rae8 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5
Re5 23. Qd7 Bxa5 24. Qxb7 Bxb6 25. Qxb6 Re6 26. Qb7 a5 27. Rc4
Qg6 28. Nd5 Ne5 29. Rc8 Qg5 30. Nc7 Rd6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8
32. Qxe4 Rd4 33. Qa8+ Rd8 34. Qe4 Rd4 35. Qb7 g6 36. h3 a4
37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. bxa4 Rc4 39. Ne8+ Kh6 40. Nd6 Rxc2 41. Nxf7+
Nxf7 42. Qf8+ Kh5 43. Qxf7 Kh6 44. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.07"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.08"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Naroditsky"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Nd7
7. Nd2 f6 8. f4 g5 9. Ngf3 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Nxh6
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. h3 Nf7 15. Be2 Rg8 16. g4 Be4
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd3 O-O-O 19. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Group B)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Na6
7. O-O e5 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Na6 13. b4 Qe7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Nh7 16. Kh1 f5
17. c5 dxc5 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Bxc5 Qh4 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rg1
Ng5 22. Ra2 fxe4 23. Rxg5 hxg5 24. Nxe4 Rf4 25. d6 cxd6
26. Rc2 Kh7 27. Rc7 Kh6 28. Nxd6 Qxf2 29. Nf7+ Kh7 30. Nxe5
Qe3 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qd7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Group B)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Ne5 h6 11. f4 c5 12. Bb2
cxd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Qh4
17. Bc1 Ng4 18. Bf4 Bc5 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Group B)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Larry M Christiansen"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Bb7 7. e3 a5 8. b3 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7
12. b4 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe8 15. Qe1 h6 16. h3 Ne4
17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Nf6 19. f3 Qe7 20. Qe1 Nh7 21. Qg3 Nf6
22. Qe1 Nd7 23. Qg3 Nf6 24. Kh2 Nh5 25. Qf2 f5 26. d5 f4
27. dxe6 Qxe6 28. exf4 Nxf4 29. Bf1 Qf7 30. Re1 Bc6 31. Kh1
Rxa1 32. Bxa1 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Bd7
36. cxd6 cxd6 37. Qd4 d5 38. Bb2 Be6 39. Kg1 Nh5 40. Qe5 Nf4
41. Bb5 Ng6 42. Qd4 Nf4 43. Kf2 Qc7 44. Bc3 Bf5 45. Bc6 Be6
46. h4 Kh8 47. Bb5 Bf5 48. Bd2 Nh5 49. Bxh6 Qh2 50. Bg5 Ng3
51. Qxd5 Nh1+ 52. Kf1 Ng3+ 53. Kf2 Nh1+ 54. Ke3 Qg1+ 55. Kf4
Bg6 56. Bc4 Qh2+ 57. Ke3 Qb8 58. g4 Qa7+ 59. Kd2 Qb8 60. Qd8+
Qxd8+ 61. Bxd8 Be8 62. Ke3 Bc6 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Group B)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.18"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 Bf5 9. d4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. d5 exd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5
h6 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rfe1 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rd2
21. b3 Rad8 22. h4 Rc2 23. Rf4 g6 24. a3 Rc3 25. b4 Rd7 26. a4
h5 27. Re1 Ra3 28. a5 Rc3 29. Re3 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Group B)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.19"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne5 Qxd4 10. Bxa8 Qxe5 11. Bf3 Ba6
12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Nd2 b3 14. Qc1 Qb4 15. Nb1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qc5
17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. a5 Qb8 21. Be3 Bb5
22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 a6 24. Rd2 Qa7 25. Ne4 Nd4 26. Bg2 Nc2
27. Rb1 c6 28. Qd1 Qc7 29. Nc3 Rf8 30. Be4 Ncb4 31. Bxd5 cxd5
32. e4 dxe4 33. Nxe4 Nd3 34. Qh5 Qxa5 35. Rbd1 Qb6 36. Nc3 Bc6
37. Ra1 Bb7 38. Re2 Qc6 39. f3 g6 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Group B)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O e6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Rac1 Qb8 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Na4 d4 16. Nxc5 dxe3
17. fxe3 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 h5 19. Bf3 Ng4 20. Nf1 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Ne5 22. Qg2 Qb7 23. f4 Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Qc8 25. Qxf3 Qxc5 26. Rd7
a5 27. Qb7 Rab8 28. Qa7 Qf5 29. Ng3 Qf6 30. Rcd1 Ra8 31. Qb7
a4 32. R7d3 axb3 33. axb3 e5 34. Qf3 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Group B)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Qe2 a6 15. Bd3 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3
17. Nb1 Qe7 18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Rac1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rfd8 21. Qb1
b5 22. Nd4 Rd5 23. N2f3 Rad8 24. Ne2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxf3
26. gxf3 g6 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qc2 Qd6 29. Ng3 h5 30. Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. h3 Bg7
7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Nh4 Be6
12. O-O Nxc5 13. dxc5 d4 14. Qc2 dxc3 15. Be5 Rd8 16. Bxc3 Rd5
17. Bd4 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Bxf6 exf6 20. Ng2 Rg5 21. Qe4
f5 22. Qf3 Qh6 23. Qf4 Re8 24. Qh2 f4 25. Qxh6 Bxh6 26. exf4
Rxc5 27. Bf3 Bg7 28. Ne3 Re7 29. Rab1 Bh6 30. Ng2 a5 31. Rfe1
Kf8 32. b3 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rc2 34. Re2 Rc3 35. Re3 Rc2 36. a4
b5 37. Be4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 bxa4 39. bxa4 Rc4 40. Kg3 Bg7 41. Bf3
Bd4 42. Rd3 Rxa4 43. Bxc6 Rc4 44. Bd5 Rb4 45. Ne3 Ba7 46. Rb3
Bb8 47. Rxb4 axb4 48. Kf3 f5 49. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3
12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Ba3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rd8 16. Bd6
f6 17. Rab1 Bc8 18. Rd3 Kf7 19. Bc7 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Re8 21. Bb6
Be6 22. Bc5 b5 23. a4 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 Bd7 26. Bd5+
Ke8 27. Be4 Kf7 28. f3 Rc8 29. Kf2 g6 30. d4 exd4 31. cxd4 f5
32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Bd3 Be6 34. Bxb5 Bd5 35. Ra6 Kg6 36. Rb6 Kg5
37. Kg3 f4+ 38. Kf2 h5 39. Kg2 Rc7 40. h4+ Kxh4 41. Bxc6 Rg7+
42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "US Championship (group B play-off)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 g6 11. Qd4 Nd3+
12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. d6 Bg7 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. dxe7
h6 17. Be3 Kxe7 18. O-O-O Rhd8 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Re1 Kf8
21. Red1 a6 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Ke7 24. Bd4 Nh5 25. Kd2
Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Nf6 27. Ke3 Rc5 28. Rh4 Re5+ 29. Kd4 Rf5 30. Ke3
Re5+ 31. Kd4 Rf5 32. Ke3 Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (group B play-off)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[EventDate "2011.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7
12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 b6 14. a5 Bb7 15. Ne2 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Nbd7
17. Be2 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. O-O Qc8 20. Nb5 Nac5 21. Qb4 Nd3
22. Qd4 N7c5 23. Rfb1 Rd8 24. Qc4 a6 25. axb6 axb5 26. Qxb5
Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nb7 28. Bd4 e5 29. Qxd3 exd4 30. cxd4 Rd6
31. Rb1 Rc6 32. Qe3 Rc3 33. Qf4 h6 34. h4 Rc2 35. d5 Qc5+
36. Kh2 Qf2 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qg3 Qd4 39. Qf4 Kg8 40. Qb8+ Kh7
41. Qf4 f6 42. h5 Qe5 43. Qxe5 fxe5 44. Kh3 g6 45. Ra1 Rb2
46. Rc1 Rxb6 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. hxg6 Na5 49. Rc5 Nb3 50. Rc6 Rb7
51. Re6 Nd4 52. Rxe5 Kg7 53. Re8 Kxg6 54. f4 Rb3+ 55. Kh4 Rd3
56. d6 Ne2 57. f5+ Kf7 58. Re7+ Kf6 59. Re6+ Kf7 60. Rxh6 Rd4
61. Re6 Nf4 62. Re7+ Kf8 63. Kg5 Nd3 64. e5 Nf4 65. g4 Nd5
66. Ra7 Ne3 67. Kf6 Nxg4+ 68. Ke6 Re4 69. d7 Rxe5+ 70. Kd6 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. e3 Rb8 10. Qc1 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. a3 Bd6 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qxc6 Bb7 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Nd2 Bh5
17. Rac1 a4 18. f4 Bg6 19. Be4 Bf5 20. Nf3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 b4
22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Rf2 Rfb8 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qe7 26. Rcf1
Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qxa4 c5 30. Qc6 cxd4
31. Qe4+ Kg8 32. exd4 Qb7 33. Qxb7 Rxb7 34. h4 Rb3 35. Kg2 Rd3
36. Rf4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rg4 Kh7 39. Rxg5 Rxd4 40. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.27"]
[EventDate "2011.04.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
dxc4 7. Bxc4 h6 8. Bh4 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. O-O-O e5 11. Nf3
Nxf3 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Nd5+ Kd8 15. gxf3 Bd6
16. Nxf6 Ke7 17. Nd5+ Kf8 18. Ne3 Ke7 19. Nd5+ Kf8 20. Ne3 Ke7
21. Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Knock-Out)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Nh5 6. Nh3 d6
7. g4 Nf6 8. Nf2 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 e5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7
12. e3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bxh4 hxg4
17. fxg4 e4 18. Be2 Qe5 19. Qc2 Nf8 20. Kd2 Ng6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6
22. Nxe4 Qe7 23. Rxh8+ Nxh8 24. Rh1 Ng6 25. g5 Kd8 26. Nf6 Kc7
27. Rh7 Ne5 28. Qe4 b6 29. Bh5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O
12. dxc5 Qc7 13. c6 Nxe5 14. cxb7 Qxb7 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Qa4
Rc5 17. Bd2 Qa8 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. b4 R5c7 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. Be1
h5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qa8 24. Be2 Rc8 25. a3 Nc4 26. Qa6
Nd6 27. h3 g6 28. Bf3 Qb8 29. Ne2 Nd7 30. Bc3 Rc7 31. Ba1 b5
32. Nd4 Qb6 33. Qxb6 Nxb6 34. Nc6 Bf8 35. Be5 Nbc4 36. Bh2 f6
37. Nd8 e5 38. Bd5+ Kh8 39. Ne6 Rc8 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 g5
42. Kg2 Kh7 43. Bxc4 Nxc4 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Rxa7 Re8 46. Ra6
Bd6 47. Nc5 Bxc5 48. bxc5 Rc8 49. c6 Kf7 50. Bg1 Ke6 51. f3
Kd6 52. c7+ Ke7 53. f4 Rxc7 54. fxg5 fxg5 55. Bf2 e4 56. Rg6
Rc5 57. Ra6 Rd5 58. Kf1 Rd1+ 59. Kg2 Rd3 60. Rg6 Rxa3 61. Rxg5
b4 62. Rb5 b3 63. Rb7+ Ke6 64. g5 Kf5 65. Rb5+ Kg6 66. Be1 b2
0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O
Ne8 13. Qb3 h6 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Bh2 Rb8 16. Nd2 g5 17. Nc4 Kh8
18. a5 f4 19. Na4 Qf7 20. exf4 gxf4 21. Bf3 Bd4 22. Re4 Qg7
23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Bxf4 Ne5 25. Kh1 Bd7 26. Nab6 Bb5 27. Bg3
Qf6 28. Re1 Ng7 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Be2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. a4 e6
7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Bd4 Ne4 15. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. Nh3 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Qa4 c5 11. Nf4 Rb8
12. d3 Bd7 13. Qa3 b6 14. c4 Bc6 15. Bb2 e6 16. Rfd1 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Nc6 18. e3 Qe7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Qf6 21. Qxf6+
Kxf6 22. h4 Rfd8 23. Kf3 Rd7 24. Ke2 Rbd8 25. Rb3 h6 26. Nh3
e5 27. f3 Ke6 28. Nf2 f5 29. f4 Kf6 30. Rbb1 Re7 31. Rh1 h5
32. Rbd1 Rde8 33. Rh3 Nd8 34. Kd2 Nf7 35. Re1 Rd7 36. Kc3 Nd6
37. Rhh1 e4 38. Rd1 exd3 39. Rxd3 Red8 40. Rhd1 Ke6 41. Nh3 a6
42. a4 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Ng5+ Ke7 45. cxb5 Nxb5+ 46. Kc2
Rxd3 47. Rxd3 Rxd3 48. Kxd3 Nd6 49. Nf3 Ke6 50. Ne5 Kd5
51. Nxg6 c4+ 52. Ke2 Kc5 53. Ne7 Kb4 54. Kd2 Kb3 55. Kc1 Kc3
56. Nc6 Ne4 57. Ne5 Nxg3 58. Kd1 Kb3 59. Kc1 Ne2+ 60. Kd2 Nc3
61. Kc1 Na2+ 62. Kd1 Nb4 63. Nf3 c3 64. Nd4+ Kb2 65. e4 fxe4
66. f5 Nd5 67. Nc2 e3 68. Nd4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.04.04"]
[EventDate "2012.04.??"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Fisher"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. c3 Nc6
7. d5 Nb8 8. O-O c6 9. c4 b5 10. dxc6 bxc4 11. c7 Qxc7
12. Nxc4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Ba5 Qc8 16. e5 Nh5
17. Bd2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 dxe5 19. Nfxe5 Rd8 20. Qc3 Ba6 21. Rfe1
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.04.05"]
[EventDate "2012.04.??"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Ronald Burnett"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Be7
7. Na3 O-O 8. Nc2 a5 9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 e5 11. Qe2 Re8
12. Rad1 Bd6 13. d4 exd4 14. Ncxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bg4 16. Bf3
Qc8 17. Rd3 Bc5 18. Rfd1 c6 19. Nb3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rxe3
21. Qxe3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qc7 23. Kg2 Qe5 24. Rd2 a4 25. Re2 Qd6
26. Nd2 h6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rd8 29. Qe3 Kh7 30. Qb6 Rd7
31. Qa5 b5 32. Qc3 Qc5 33. a3 Rd6 34. Rf4 Kg8 35. h4 Re6
36. cxb5 Qxc3 37. bxc3 cxb5 38. c4 b4 39. axb4 a3 40. Rd4 a2
41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Ra8 Re2 43. b5 Rc2 44. b6 Rxc4 45. Rxa2 Rb4
46. Ra6 Kg6 47. b7+ f6 48. Ra7 Kf5 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Ke2 g5
51. Kd2 gxh4 52. gxh4 Ke4 53. Kc2 Rb6 54. Kc3 Kf3 55. h5 f5
56. Kd4 Kxf2 57. Ke5 Kg3 58. Kxf5 Kh4 59. Ra6 Rxb7 60. Kg6 Rb5
61. Ra4+ Kg3 62. Re4 Rb6+ 63. Kg7 Kf3 64. Rd4 Kg3 65. Kh7 Rc6
66. Re4 Kf3 67. Rd4 Kg3 68. Kg7 Rb6 69. Kf7 Rb5 70. Kg6 Rb6+
71. Kg7 Rc6 72. Re4 Kf3 73. Re1 Kg4 74. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.04.05"]
[EventDate "2012.04.??"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mauricio Arias Santana"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. g4 Be7
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. f5 e5 15. Nde2 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 Nf6
17. h4 Bh6 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. Bh3 O-O 20. Rhe1 Qc5 21. Nh5 Nxh5
22. Qxh5 f6 23. Qe2 b4 24. Nd5 bxa3 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxc8 Rxc8
27. bxa3 Bc6 28. Qd3 Ba4 29. c4 Rb8+ 30. Ka1 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Be3
32. Rb1 Bd4+ 33. Ka2 Rxb1 34. Kxb1 Qb6+ 35. Kc2 Qb2+ 36. Kd1
a5 37. h5 a4 38. Bg4 h6 39. Be2 Bc5 40. Qc2 Qxa3 41. Bd3 Qa1+
42. Ke2 Qd4 43. Ke1 Qg1+ 44. Kd2 Bb4+ 45. Ke2 a3 46. c5 a2 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.04.06"]
[EventDate "2012.04.??"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Rafael Felipe Prasca Sosa"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7
7. h3 Bf5 8. e3 O-O 9. Nh4 Bc8 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Be2 Nbd7
12. O-O Ne4 13. g4 Be6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 f5 16. Bg3 Bf7
17. f4 Nf6 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qc3 Qd7 21. Kf2 Rfb8
22. b4 Bd5 23. Rfb1 Kf7 24. a4 Qe6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Qc8
27. b6 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qe6 29. Ra7 Bf8 30. Ke1 Bg7 31. Kd2 Bf8
32. Qb4 Qd7 33. Kc3 Qe6 34. Qa4 Qc8 35. Qa1 Bg7 36. h4 Bf8
37. h5 Bg7 38. Qa4 Bf8 39. h6 Qd8 40. Qa5 Qc8 41. Be1 Qd8
42. Kb4 Be6 43. Bc3 Bd5 44. Bd1 Be6 45. Qa4 Bd5 46. Qa5 Be6
47. Be2 Bd5 48. Ka3 Ke8 49. Kb2 Kf7 50. Qa4 Ke8 51. Bc4 Kf7
52. Bb3 Kg8 53. Rxb7 Rxb7 54. Qxc6 Bxb3 55. Kxb3 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.04.06"]
[EventDate "2012.04.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Giorgi Kacheishvili"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Bf4 h6
12. h3 Qb6 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Bf1 Nd7 16. e5 Qc7
17. Bd3 Nc6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxg6 Nf8 20. Qg3 Kh7 21. Ne4 b6
22. Re3 Qd7 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Nfg5+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Kg7 26. Nf6
exf6 27. exf6+ Kg6 28. Rg3 Bxg5 29. Rxg5+ Kxf6 30. Re1 Kf7
31. f4 Ke8 32. f5 Qe7 33. fxe6 Rd6 34. Qh5+ Kd8 35. Qh8 Qxg5
36. Qxf8+ Kc7 37. e7 Nxe7 38. Rxe7+ Rd7 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.04.07"]
[EventDate "2012.04.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 h6 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Nxd4 Nxd5 15. Be4 Nf6 16. Nf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.04.07"]
[EventDate "2012.04.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Axel Bachmann Schiavo"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6
7. c3 d6 8. Re1 e5 9. a3 b6 10. b4 Bb7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. b5 Nb8
13. c4 a5 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Bc1 h6 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Bh3 Bf8
18. Rb1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nd7 22. f4
exf4 23. gxf4 Nc5 24. Qf3 Qh4 25. Rf1 Bg7 26. f5 Qf6 27. Rb4
Rea8 28. Kh1 g5 29. Bb2 Rxa3 30. Bxa3 Rxa3 31. Rd1 Qd8 32. Rb2
Be5 33. f6 Qxf6 34. Bf5 Na4 35. Rg2 b5 36. h4 Kf8 37. Rdg1 Bf4
38. Bd7 Nc3 39. Rb2 b4 40. Rxb4 Ra2 41. Rg2 Ra1+ 42. Rg1 Ra2
43. Rg2 Ra1+ 44. Rg1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.04.08"]
[EventDate "2012.04.??"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Sergey Erenburg"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 h6 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Nf5
Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Ba3 18. Rc4 Qxd5 19. Qc2 Be7 20. Bc3 Rad8
21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Be4 Qb5 23. Bf3 Bd6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. g3 Nh7
26. h4 Nf8 27. a4 Qd7 28. Qd3 Qe7 29. Bd5 Ne6 30. Rg4 h5
31. Re4 Bc5 32. Re5 Qf6 33. Rf5 Qg6 34. Qf3 Rc8 35. Bb2 Rc7
36. Be4 Qg4 37. Qxg4 hxg4 38. Rd5 Ba7 39. Rd2 g6 40. Bf6 Bc5
41. Kg2 Bb4 42. Re2 Be7 43. Bb2 Nc5 44. Bd5 Nd3 45. Ba1 Kf8
46. Bc4 Nc5 47. h5 gxh5 48. Re5 h4 49. gxh4 Bxh4 50. Rf5 b5
51. axb5 axb5 52. Be5 bxc4 53. Bxc7 Nxb3 54. Rf4 c3 55. Rxg4
Bf6 56. Rc4 Ke7 57. Bf4 Ke6 58. Rc6+ Kf5 59. Be3 Be5 60. Kf3
Nd4+ 61. Bxd4 Bxd4 62. Ke2 Be5 63. Rc4 Bg7 64. f3 Bf6 65. Ke3
Bg5+ 66. Kd3 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.04.08"]
[EventDate "2012.04.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Qg6 9. Qxg6 hxg6 10. b4 Nf6 11. f3 Be6
12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Nge2 g5 14. g4 Ke7 15. Kd2 Rh3 16. Ng1 Rh4
17. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.15"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Nadya Karolina Ortiz"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bh4 g5
7. Bg3 f5 8. h3 f4 9. Bh2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. e3 fxe3 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. fxe3 Qe8 15. Qf3+ Nf6 16. Bd3 Kg8
17. O-O g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qf2 Bh5 20. Bf4 Bg6 21. Rad1 Bxd3
22. Rxd3 Qg6 23. Rdd1 Re8 24. Qf3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. b3
Qxf3 27. Rxf3 c5 28. Rd5 h6 29. Rh5 Kh7 30. Rfh3 Re6 31. Kf2
a5 32. g4 a4 33. Bxh6 Rxh6 34. Rxh6+ Bxh6 35. g5 Kg6 36. gxh6
axb3 37. axb3 Rxh6 38. Rg3+ Kf5 39. Ke2 Rh2+ 40. Kd3 Rb2
41. Kc3 Re2 42. Rg7 Rxe3+ 43. Kb2 Re2+ 44. Ka3 Ke4 45. Rxc7
Kd4 46. Rd7 Re6 47. Ka4 Kc3 48. Rh7 Re3 49. Rb7 Rd3 50. Rb6
Rd1 51. Ka5 Ra1+ 52. Kb5 Rd1 53. Kc6 Rd3 54. Kc7 d5 55. cxd5
Rxd5 56. Kc6 Rh5 57. Rb5 Rh6+ 58. Kd5 Rh5+ 59. Ke4 Rh4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.15"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kenneth Wallach"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "235"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Na5 6. d3 a6
7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Be3 d6 11. Nd1 O-O 12. c3
Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Nf2 Nc6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Rae1 a5 17. f5
b4 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Ng4 bxc3 21. bxc3 e5 22. h3
h5 23. Ngh2 Ba6 24. Ra1 Rab8 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. Nd2 Bb5 27. Nhf3
Qe7 28. Nb1 Rb7 29. Na3 Rfb8 30. Nxb5 Rxb5 31. Nd2 Qe6 32. Qb1
Kh7 33. Qe1 Qe7 34. Qg3 Bh6 35. Bxh6 Kxh6 36. Qe3+ Kg7 37. Rf3
Rf8 38. Rxf8 Qxf8 39. Rf1 Qe7 40. Qf2 Nd8 41. Ra1 Ne6 42. c4
Rb8 43. Rxa5 Nd4 44. Nf3 Rf8 45. Qe3 Nxb3 46. Ra6 Nd4 47. Nxd4
cxd4 48. Qg3 h4 49. Qg4 Rf4 50. Qe2 Kh6 51. Ra1 Qf6 52. Rb1
Qg5 53. Rf1 Qg3 54. Rxf4 Qxf4 55. Qd1 Kg5 56. Kh1 Kf6 57. Qb1
Ke6 58. Qd1 g5 59. Kg1 Qg3 60. Kf1 Qe3 61. Qg4+ Ke7 62. Qd1
Kd8 63. Qb1 Kc8 64. Qc2 Kd8 65. Qb1 Kc7 66. Qc2 g4 67. hxg4 h3
68. gxh3 Qxh3+ 69. Ke1 Qxg4 70. Qb3 Qf3 71. Qa3 Kd7 72. Qb3
Ke7 73. Qa3 Kf7 74. Kd2 Qf2+ 75. Kc1 Qf6 76. Kc2 Kg6 77. Kb3
Qd8 78. Qb4 Kh5 79. Qd2 Qg5 80. Qh2+ Kg6 81. Qh3 Qe3 82. Qf5+
Kh6 83. Qf1 Qf4 84. Qg2 Qc1 85. Qh3+ Kg5 86. Kb4 Qb2+ 87. Ka5
Qa3+ 88. Kb6 Qc5+ 89. Kb7 Kf4 90. Kb8 Qc6 91. Ka7 Qc7+ 92. Ka6
Qb8 93. Ka5 Qa7+ 94. Kb5 Qb7+ 95. Ka5 Qc6 96. Kb4 Qb6+ 97. Ka4
Qc5 98. Kb3 Qa5 99. Kc2 Qa2+ 100. Kd1 Qf2 101. Qh6+ Kf3
102. Qxd6 Ke3 103. Kc1 Qd2+ 104. Kb1 Qxd3+ 105. Ka1 Qc3+
106. Kb1 d3 107. Qh6+ Kxe4 108. Qc6+ Kd4 109. Qb6+ Kxc4
110. Qe6+ Kd4 111. Qg4+ e4 112. Qg7+ Kc4 113. Qf7+ Kb4
114. Qb7+ Ka3 115. Qa8+ Kb3 116. Qa3+ Kc4 117. Qa6+ Kd5
118. Qa8+ 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Sean Vibbert"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. d4 Be7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Ne8 12. Ne5
f6 13. Nc4 e5 14. Qb3 Nd6 15. Rd1 Kh8 16. a4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bd6
18. a5 Ba6 19. Qa4 Rf7 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 a6 22. axb6 Qxb6
23. Be3 Qd8 24. Nb5 Rf8 25. Rdc1 a5 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxc5 Nd7
28. Rxa5 Rab8 29. Qc6 Qb4 30. R1a4 Qb3 31. Qxd7 f5 32. Ra7
Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qg4 34. exf5 e4 35. h3 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Rg8 37. Bd4
Rxb2 38. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William John Stewart"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3
e6 7. Bd3 d6 8. a4 Be7 9. a5 Qc7 10. f4 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qe1
bxa5 13. Nxa5 Nxa5 14. Nb5 Qb7 15. Rxa5 a6 16. Na3 d5 17. e5
Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Ra4 Bd7 20. Rxe4 Bc6 21. Re2 Bc5+
22. Be3 Bxa3 23. bxa3 Bb5 24. Qb4 Qc6 25. Rfe1 Bxe2 26. Rxe2
Rab8 27. Qd6 Qc4 28. Rd2 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Rc1 30. Qc5 Qxc5
31. Bxc5 Rc8 32. Ke3 g5 33. Kd4 gxf4 34. c3 f6 35. Bb4 Rd8+
36. Bd6 Re1 37. Kc5 fxe5 38. Kc6 Kf7 39. c4 Rc8+ 40. Kb6 Rxc4
41. Bb4 Ra1 42. Rd7+ Kg6 43. Re7 Kf6 44. Rxh7 e4 45. Rh6+ Kf7
46. Bd6 e3 47. Be5 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Timur Gareev"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. Qc2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Nfd7 10. Ng2 Bg6 11. Qb3 b5 12. c5
a5 13. Nf4 b4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Na4 Na6 16. a3 Be7 17. Bd2 O-O
18. Bd3 e5 19. O-O Nc7 20. axb4 Rb8 21. Nb6 axb4 22. Nxd7 Qxd7
23. Ra7 Bf6 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxb4 Qd8 26. f4 Qh4 27. Rf3 Ne6
28. Qa3 Qf6 29. Rf2 Nxf4 30. Bf1 Qh4 31. Rxf4 Qg3+ 32. Bg2
Rxb4 33. Rxb4 Qe1+ 34. Bf1 Qg3+ 35. Bg2 Qe1+ 36. Bf1 g5 37. e4
dxe4 38. Rc4 Qd2 39. Bg2 Qe1+ 40. Bf1 Qd2 41. Bg2 e3 42. Qa1
e2 43. Re4 Bxb2 44. Rd7 Qxd7 45. Qxb2 Qd1+ 46. Kf2 f5 47. Rxe2
fxg4+ 48. Ke3 Re8+ 49. Be4 gxh3 50. Qa2+ Kh8 51. Qc4 Qg1+
52. Kd2 Rd8+ 53. Bd3 Qa1 54. Qe4 Qa5+ 55. Kd1 Qa1+ 56. Kc2
Qa2+ 57. Kc1 Qa3+ 58. Kd2 Qa5+ 59. Kd1 Qa1+ 60. Kd2 Qa5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Bykhovsky"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. O-O O-O
7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.03"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Erenburg"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 Ne5 9. Nb3 b5 10. Qd4 Nc6 11. Qb6 Qxb6
12. Bxb6 Rb8 13. Bc7 Rb7 14. Bg3 d5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. O-O-O
Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Na5 Rd7 19. c4 Ne3 20. Rxd7 Bxd7
21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nb7 Bc6 23. Na5 Bd7 24. Nb7 Bc6 25. Na5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Vladimir Romanenko"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 d5 11. c5 Nbd7 12. b4
Ne4 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rc1 f5 15. Bb5 Rc7 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Bxd7
Qxd7 18. b5 Bc8 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Nxb6 Qd6 21. Rxc7 Qxc7
22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. a4 Qa5 24. Ra1 Rc4 25. Qe1 Qb6 26. Qd1 Qa5
27. h4 g6 28. Qe1 Qb6 29. Bc1 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Qxd4 31. Be3 Qe5
32. b6 Nc3 33. b7 Rb4 34. Rc1 d4 35. Bxd4 Qxd4 36. Qxc3 Qxc3
37. Rxc3 Rxb7 38. Ra3 Ra7 39. a5 Kf7 40. f4 e5 41. fxe5 Ra6
42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Ke3 Kxe5 44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Kc3 Kc5 46. g3 h6
47. h5 gxh5 48. Kd2 Kb4 49. Ra1 Rxa5 50. Rxa5 Kxa5 51. Ke3 Kb5
52. Kf4 Kc5 53. Kxf5 Kd5 54. Kg6 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abhijeet Gupta"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Ndb5 a6 9. cxd5 axb5 10. Bxb5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Be6
12. e4 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 O-O 14. O-O Bxb2 15. Rad1 Qxd5 16. exd5
Nd4 17. Bd3 Ba3 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6
7. g3 Bxc5 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 Nb4 10. Qb3 exd5 11. a3 Nc6
12. O-O d4 13. Na4 Be7 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qd1 Rc8 16. Rc1 b6
17. Qd3 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. b4 Qd7 20. Nb2 Ne7 21. Rfd1 Rc3
22. Qb1 Qc7 23. Na4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd7 25. Nb2 Nd5 26. Qd3 Nc3
27. e4 dxe3 28. Qxe3 Rc8 29. Bf1 Bd5 30. Nd3 Qa4 31. Nfe5 Qxa3
32. Nd7 Bg5 33. f4 Bf6 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Qd4 Ne2+ 36. Bxe2
Rxc1+ 37. Kf2 Rh1 38. Qxd5 Rxh2+ 39. Ke3 Qa1 40. Qf3 h5 41. b5
a5 42. bxa6 Qxa6 43. Qd5 Qa1 44. Kd2 Kg7 45. Qe4 Qa5+ 46. Nb4
Qa3 47. Nc2 Qb2 48. Qc6 Kh6 49. Qe8 Kg7 50. Qc6 b5 51. Qe4 Qb1
52. Qe7 Qb2 53. Qe4 b4 54. Qxb4 Rxe2+ 55. Kxe2 Qxc2+ 56. Kf3
Qh2 57. f5 Qg1 58. Qd2 Qf1+ 59. Ke4 Qc4+ 60. Ke3 Qc5+ 61. Kf3
Qxf5+ 62. Kg2 Qg5 63. Qd7 Qg4 0-1

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gerlef Meins"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne4 10. Nd2 f5 11. f3 Nxd2
12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Be1 Qe7 14. Bf2 d6 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 e5
17. d5 Na5 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. a4 Qd7 20. h3 Rf7 21. Be3 Raf8
22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Qa2 Qe7 24. Qe2 Qh4 25. Bf2 Qg5 26. Be3 Qg6
27. Kh2 Rf6 28. Re1 h6 29. Ra1 Qe8 30. Ra2 Bc8 31. Ra1 Bd7
32. Qd1 Qg6 33. Qe2 Kf8 34. Ra2 Ke8 35. Ra1 Kd8 36. Ra2 Kc7
37. Ra1 Be8 38. Qe1 Rf8 39. Ra2 Bd7 40. Qe2 Qe8 41. Qd1 g5
42. g4 Bc8 43. Kg3 Ba6 44. Qe2 Qf7 45. Bc1 Qf6 46. Kg2 Qg6
47. Kg3 Kb8 48. Rb2 Kc8 49. Ra2 Kd8 50. Rb2 Ke7 51. Ra2 Rh8
52. Qf1 h5 53. Qf5 Qxf5 54. gxf5 Kf6 55. Kf3 Bxc4 56. Bxc4
Nxc4 57. Rg2 Rg8 58. h4 g4+ 59. Ke2 Na5 60. Bg5+ Kf7 61. Rg1
c4 62. Be3 Nb3 63. Rb1 g3 64. Kf3 Rg4 65. Rg1 Rxh4 66. Rxg3
Rh2 67. Rg6 Rc2 68. Rxd6 Rxc3 69. Rd7+ Ke8 70. Rxa7 Nd2+
71. Ke2 Nxe4 72. Bxb6 h4 73. Rh7 h3 74. Bc7 Ng3+ 75. Kd2 Rd3+
76. Kc2 Nxf5 77. Bxe5 Ne3+ 78. Kb2 Nxd5 79. a5 Re3 80. Bd4 Re4
81. Rxh3 Rxd4 82. a6 c3+ 83. Kc2 Rd2+ 84. Kc1 Ra2 85. a7 Rxa7
86. Rh8+ Kd7 87. Rh7+ Ne7 88. Kc2 Rc7 0-1

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Ivan Saric"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5
12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4 b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rd8
17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd7 19. f4 Qb4 20. Bd3 f5 21. exf6 Nxf6
22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qc4 Rxd4 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 25. Bg6 Kg8 26. Rd6
Kf8 27. Re6 Rd8 28. h3 Rbd4 29. g4 Ng8 30. Rfe1 Rd1 31. f5
Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Ne7 33. Bh5 Nd5 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Re1+ Kf6
36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Re1+ Kd6 38. Bf7 Nf6 39. Kf2 Rc8 40. Re6+ Kc5
41. Re7 Kd4 42. Bb3 a5 43. Rxg7 b5 44. Kg3 a4 45. Be6 Rc3+
46. Kh4 Ne4 47. Rg6 Nf2 48. Rxh6 Rxh3+ 49. Kg5 Rxh6 50. Kxh6
Nxg4+ 51. Kg5 Ne5 52. f6 Kc5 53. Kf5 Kd6 54. f7 Nxf7 55. Bxf7
Kc5 56. Ke4 Kb4 57. Kd3 Ka3 58. Kc3 b4+ 59. Kc2 b3+ 60. axb3
axb3+ 61. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Vorotnikov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 Bg7 5. c3 Qc7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bg4
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rad8 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Rab1 f6 16. exf6
Rxf6 17. Qe2 e5 18. c4 exf4 19. cxd5 fxe3 20. Rxf6 Bxf6
21. Bxe3 Re8 22. Qf2 Rxe3 23. Qxf6 c4 24. Kh1 cxd3 25. dxc6
Qxc6 26. Qd8+ Qe8 27. Qxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Kg1 Kf7
30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Ke3 Kg5 32. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 Kf4 34. Ke2
Kg3 35. Kf1 b5 36. a3 a5 37. Kg1 a4 38. Kf1 g5 39. Kg1 h5
40. Kf1 Kh2 41. Kf2 g4 42. h4 Kh1 0-1

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.23"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pablo Schmid"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. Ne5 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Bf5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Nd7
12. c3 e5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Re1 Qc7 15. b4 Re7 16. Ba6 Rae8
17. Qd2 Nf6 18. f3 e4 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Nc5 exf3 21. gxf3 Nh5
22. Nb7 Qb6 23. Nd6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Be6 26. Be5
Qxa6 27. Bxg7 Nxg7 28. Qh4 h6 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qf8 Qe2
31. Nxf7 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Emanuel Schiendorfer"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O
7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Re8 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Rc2 Re6 15. Rfc1 Ng5 16. Nxg5
Qxg5 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. g3 Nb8 19. Kg2 Qh5 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. exf4
g6 22. a4 a6 23. Ba3 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. a5 b5
27. Rdc2 Kf6 28. Bc5 Nd7 29. Bb6 Rc8 30. f3 Ke7 31. Kf2 Kd6
32. h3 Rh6 33. Kg2 Re6 34. Kf2 Rh6 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonas Lampert"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2
Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Bf3 a6 11. Qe1 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qg3 Bc5 16. Be2 Nd7
17. Kh1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 b5 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. a3 h6
22. Qg3 Qc5 23. Qh4 Rd4 24. Bd3 Rad8 25. Qf2 Qc6 26. h3 Nc4
27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. c3 Bxe4 29. cxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxe4 Qxe4 31. Rxd4
exd4 32. Rd1 Ne3 33. Re1 f5 34. Qf3 Kf7 35. Qxe4 fxe4 36. Kg1
d3 37. Rxe3 d2 0-1

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Igor Kurnosov"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6
12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15. Bg5 b4 16. Qxb4 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Qxg5 18. O-O Rab8 19. Qd6 Bh3 20. Nf4 Bg4 21. Bxg4
Be5 22. Qd1 Qxf4 23. g3 Qxe4 24. Re1 Qb4 25. Bd7 Re7 26. Ba4
Qxb2 27. Rb1 Qxb1 28. Qxb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be2 c5 11. e6 fxe6
12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxf3+
16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. Nc7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra7 19. Ne6 Rxf3 20. O-O
Nc6 21. Rd1 Rf6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Be3 Kf7 24. Kg2 Rf5 25. Rd2
Rb7 26. h3 Ke8 27. Rad1 Rh5 28. Kg3 Rf5 29. h4 Re5 30. Rd3 Rf5
31. f4 Rh5 32. Kg4 Rf5 33. Rd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Kxd7
36. Kg5 Ke8 37. Kh6 Kf7 38. Kxh7 e5 39. Kh6 exf4 40. Bxf4 Kf6
41. Bd2 Kf7 42. Bc3 Nd8 43. Bh8 Nc6 44. Kg5 Nd8 45. Kg4 Ke6
46. Kf4 Nc6 47. Kg5 Kf7 48. Bf6 Nb8 49. a3 Nc6 50. h5 gxh5
51. Kf5 a5 52. Bh4 a4 53. Bg5 b4 54. axb4 Nxb4 55. Ke5 Nd3+
56. Kd6 Nxb2 57. c6 Nc4+ 58. Kc5 Ke6 59. Kxc4 a3 60. Kb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alexander Cherniaev"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. g3 b6
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. b3 Qc7
12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ndf6 16. Nd4 Nxd5
17. Ne6 Nb4 18. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "45th Biel Masters Open"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Postny"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5
Qd6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Qxc6+ bxc6 9. b3 Nb4 10. Kd1 Be6 11. Bb2
Bg7 12. Kc1 O-O 13. Na4 Bh6 14. Nc5 Rad8 15. e3 Bf5 16. a3 Nc2
17. Ra2 Rd5 18. b4 Rxc5 19. bxc5 Be6 20. Kxc2 Bxa2 21. Be5 Rb8
22. Bxc7 Rb1 23. g3 Rb7 24. Be5 Bb3+ 25. Kc3 Bd5 26. Ba6 Rb3+
27. Kc2 f6 28. Bd4 e5 29. e4 Bf7 30. Bc3 Rxa3 31. Ra1 Rxa1
32. Bxa1 Bf8 33. d4 exd4 34. Bxd4 Be7 35. Kc3 Be6 36. f4 Kf7
37. Be2 f5 38. Bf3 fxe4 39. Bxe4 Bd7 40. Kb4 Bd8 41. Be5 Be7
42. Bc7 Bf6 43. Bd6 Bd4 44. Ka5 Bg1 45. h3 Bh2 46. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Riga Tech Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Valdis Saulespurens"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 Re8 8. Bf4 c6 9. O-O Kh8 10. Re1 b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bh2
c5 13. a4 Ne4 14. a5 Bc6 15. Bf1 f5 16. c4 e6 17. Ra3 g5
18. axb6 axb6 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bb5 Qe7 22. Bxd7
Qxd7 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxg5 Bd5 25. Qh5 h6 26. Be5 Kg8 27. e4
fxe4 28. Nxe4 cxd4 29. Qg6 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Qf7 31. Rg4 Qxg6
32. Rxg6 Re7 33. Bxd4 Kh7 34. Rxg7+ Rxg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. f4
Kf6 37. Kf2 1-0

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[EventDate "2012.12.26"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2
O-O 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Bb5 Nc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rc5 f5 16. Ne5
f4 17. Bxf4 Rxd4+ 18. Ke3 Ra4 19. Rd1 Ba6 20. f3 Rxa2 21. Rd2
Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Bf1 23. Nxc6 Bxg2 24. Ke3 Bf8 25. Ra5 a6 26. Kf2
Bh3 27. Nb4 Bc8 28. h4 Bb7 29. Nd3 Bc6 30. h5 Bb5 31. Nc5 e5
32. Be3 gxh5 33. Ne6 Bb4 34. Ra1 Rc8 35. Kg3 Kf7 36. Ng5+ Kg6
37. f4 exf4+ 38. Bxf4 Rc3+ 39. Kh4 Be7 0-1

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[EventDate "2012.12.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Kayden W Troff"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Qa3 Nbd7 10. O-O b6 11. c4 Bb7
12. Rac1 cxd4 13. cxd5 Qd6 14. Qxd6 exd6 15. Nxd4 Nxd5 16. Nc4
Ne5 17. Be2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Rac8 19. b3 Bxd4 20. exd4 Rfe8
21. Rfe1 Kg7 22. f3 a6 23. a4 a5 24. h4 Nb4 25. Rxe8 Rxe8
26. Bxf7 Kxf7 27. Rc7+ Ke6 28. Rxb7 Kd5 29. Rxb6 Nc6 30. Bf6
Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Kxd4 32. Rxd6+ Kc5 33. Ra6 Kb4 34. Rb6+ Ka3
35. Kf2 Rc8 36. Rb5 Rc3 37. Rxa5 Rxb3 38. Ra7 h6 39. Ra6 Rb4
40. Kg3 1-0

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[EventDate "2012.12.26"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 Re8
7. O-O d6 8. h3 a6 9. b3 h6 10. a3 Bf5 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Kh2 Bd3
13. f4 Rad8 14. Rf2 Ne7 15. Nc1 Bh7 16. Qf1 c6 17. Nd3 Ba7
18. fxe5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 dxe5 20. Qe2 Qd3 21. Qf3 Rd7 22. Ne4
Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 f5 25. Bc2 f4 26. gxf4 exf4
27. Rg2 g5 28. exf4 Bb8 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Red8 31. Rd1 Rd4
32. Re2 Kg7 33. e6 R8d6 34. Rf1 Rxd2 35. Rf7+ Kh8 36. Rxd2
Rxd2+ 37. Kg3 Rxc2 38. Rxe7 Re2 39. Kg4 Kg8 40. Kf5 Kf8
41. Rxb7 Re3 42. Rh7 Rxh3 43. e7+ Ke8 44. Ke6 Re3+ 45. Kd6
Rd3+ 46. Ke6 Re3+ 47. Kd6 Rd3+ 48. Kxc6 Rxb3 49. Rxh6 Kxe7
50. Rg6 Rxa3 51. Rxg5 a5 52. Rg4 Kd8 53. Rg8+ Ke7 54. Ra8 a4
55. c5 Kf7 56. Kc7 Rc3 57. c6 a3 58. Ra6 Ke7 59. Ra7 Ke6
60. Ra5 Rb3 61. Kc8 Kd6 62. c7 Ke7 63. Ra4 Ke8 64. Re4+ Kf7
65. Kd7 Rd3+ 66. Kc6 Rc3+ 67. Kb7 Rb3+ 68. Kc6 Rc3+ 69. Kd6
Rd3+ 70. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[EventDate "2012.12.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Atanas Kolev"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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
Re8 13. d5 g6 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. b3 Bd7 16. Be3 Nb7 17. Qd2 c4
18. b4 a5 19. a3 Ra6 20. g4 Ng7 21. Ng3 Rea8 22. Rac1 Nd8
23. Kh2 f6 24. Rg1 Nf7 25. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.28"]
[EventDate "2012.12.26"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Mackenzie Molner"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. g3 c5
7. dxc5 a5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. b4 b6 10. cxb6 axb4 11. axb4 Bxb4
12. Ne5 Rb8 13. b7 Bxb7 14. Bxb7 Nc5 15. Bf3 Bc3 16. Nxf7 Rxf7
17. Ra2 e5 18. O-O e4 19. Bg2 Qe7 20. e3 Qe6 21. Ba3 d6
22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qd3 Re8 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxc3
h5 27. Qc2 Qf3 28. Qd1 Qf5 29. Rd2 g6 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Qxd8+
1-0

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[EventDate "2012.12.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Nf4 11. Re1 Nxd3
12. cxd3 O-O 13. Nc3 f6 14. b3 Ba6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxh2+
17. Kxh2 Qxd4 18. Ba3 c5 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Qf5 Rfe8 21. Nb5 Qh4+
22. Kg1 g6 23. Qh3 Qxh3 24. gxh3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nc6 26. Nd6
Ba6 27. Bxc5 Ne5 28. Re3 Nd3 29. b4 1-0

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.03"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Conrad Holt"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5
7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. Nc3 Bc6 9. e4 d6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nh4 O-O
12. Nf5 Re8 13. Bg5 Bf8 14. Re1 Nbd7 15. Nxd6 Re6 16. Nf5 Qe8
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8
21. Rxe8 Nxe8 22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23. Bxe7 f5 24. d6 Nef6 25. Bf1
Kf7 26. Bc4+ Ke8 27. Be6 Ne5 28. Bxf5 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nd4 30. Bd3
h6 31. Bg6+ Kd7 32. Bf8 Ne6 33. Bf5 Ne8 34. g4 c4 35. Kf3 b5
36. Ke3 b4 37. h4 g6 38. Bxe6+ Kxe6 39. Bxh6 Nf6 40. f3 c3
41. bxc3 bxc3 42. Kd4 Nd7 43. Kxc3 Ne5 44. Bf4 Nxf3 45. Bg3
1-0

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.04"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Marc Tyler Arnold"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 Be7 9. O-O-O h5 10. h4 Qc7 11. Bg5 Bd7
12. Kb1 Rd8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne2 b5 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 Bc8
17. Qf2 g6 18. Rhe1 e5 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Qg3 Nd7 21. Nc3 Nc5
22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 O-O 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5
Nxd3 27. cxd3 Qd7 28. Re4 Rfe8 29. Rde1 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Rc8
31. a3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Ivanov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Rc8
12. b3 Re8 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Bd8 15. Rfd1 Rc6 16. Nd5 Qxd2
17. Rxd2 Ba5 18. b4 Bd8 19. c3 Rc4 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. f3 Be7
22. g4 h6 23. h4 Nh7 24. Bf2 Nf8 25. a5 Ng6 26. h5 Nf8 27. Be3
Rec8 28. Ra3 Nd7 29. Bf1 Nf6 30. Rd3 d5 31. exd5 Nxd5 32. Bd2
e4 33. Rxd5 exf3 34. Rd3 Rxg4+ 35. Kf2 fxe2 36. Bxe2 Bh4+
37. Kf1 Re4 38. Bf3 Re5 39. Rd4 Rf5 40. Kg2 Bf6 41. Rd6 Rc4
42. Rd3 Rh4 43. Be1 Rh3 44. Bg3 Rhxh5 45. Bxb7 Bc4 46. Rf3
Rxf3 47. Bxf3 Rg5 48. Kf2 h5 49. Be4 g6 50. Bf4 Rg4 51. Ke3 h4
52. Bd6 Rg1 53. Bd3 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. e4 e5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3
exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. a4 Re8 15. f3 Ne6 16. Be3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4
Nh5 18. Ne2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd3 Rae8 21. Be3 Nf4
22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. Rad1 h5 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+
Kh7 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 b5 29. Rd7 Kg6 30. Ra7 c5 31. axb5
axb5 32. Rc7 Re5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Kf6 35. Kf2 g5 36. Ke3
Ke6 37. Rb7 b4 38. Kd3 f6 39. Kc4 Kd6 40. Rb6+ Ke7 41. Rc6 1-0

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Bg4
7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. exd4
d5 12. c5 Nh6 13. Nd2 Nf5 14. O-O O-O 15. Nf3 b6 16. b4 bxc5
17. dxc5 Re8 18. Rad1 e5 19. Rfe1 f6 20. Qa6 d4 21. Nd2 Kg7
22. Ne4 Rf8 23. c6 Nh4 24. Rc1 Qd5 25. c7 d3 26. Qc6 Qd4
27. Rc4 d2 28. Rd1 Qd3 29. Rxd2 Qb1+ 30. Rc1 Qxb4 31. Rd7+ Kh6
32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33. Qxf6 Qg4 34. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Kayden W Troff"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O e6
12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. Nde2 Ne7 14. b3 Rd8 15. Rad1 b6 16. Bg5 Qb7
17. Qf4 Ne8 18. Qh4 Rd7 19. Rd3 Bh8 20. Rfd1 a6 21. a4 Rad8
22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Qh3 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Be3 Rcd8 26. Qh4 Nc7
27. Bg5 Rb8 28. Bf6 Bxf6 29. Qxf6 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. cxb5
Nxb5 32. h4 Nxc3 33. Rxc3 Qb6+ 34. Kh2 Qd8 35. Qf4 Rb5
36. Rcd3 d5 37. h5 d4 38. e5 Qb8 39. Rxd4 Rxe5 40. Kg1 Rxd4
41. Rxd4 Re1+ 42. Kf2 Qxf4 43. Rxf4 Rb1 44. hxg6 Rb2+ 45. Kg3
hxg6 46. Rb4 Kg7 47. f4 f5 48. Rb6 Kf6 49. b4 g5 50. fxg5+
Kxg5 51. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Yaacov Norowitz"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3
Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Rg8 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bg3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 f5
12. Qd2 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. d5 cxd5 16. Qxd5
O-O-O 17. Qb3 Kb8 18. a4 Nc5 19. Qe3 Rc8 20. a5 Rgd8 21. Ra3
a6 22. Rc3 Qe7 23. Qf4+ Qd6 24. Re5 Ne4 25. Rd3 Qc7 26. Bxe4
fxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxd3 28. cxd3 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 f5 30. f3 Rd8
31. Rh4 Rxd3 32. Rxh7 Rb3 33. g4 fxg4 34. fxg4 Ka7 35. Rh3
Rxb2 36. g5 Rc2 37. g6 Rc8 38. Rf3 Rg8 39. Rf6 Kb8 40. Rxe6
Kc7 41. Kf2 Rf8+ 42. Kg3 1-0

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry M Christiansen"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. g3 h6
7. Bg2 Bc5 8. h3 Be6 9. Rb1 a5 10. O-O g5 11. Ne1 Nd4 12. a3
Rg8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Bb6 15. Be3 g4 16. h4 Nh5 17. Bxd4
Bxd4 18. Ne2 Bb6 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Rc1 Kf8 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5
Ra2 23. Rc2 Ba5 24. Qc1 Rxc2 25. Nxc2 Kg7 26. Qa1 b6 27. d4
exd4 28. Nexd4 Kh8 29. Ne3 Ng7 30. Rd1 h5 31. Qc1 bxc5
32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Nc4 Bb6 34. e5 Qg6 35. Rd7 Rf8 36. Qd2 Kg8
37. Bf1 Rf7 38. Rd8+ Rf8 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Bd3 Qf7 41. Qh6
Ke7 42. Bg6 Qf8 43. Qg5+ Kd7 44. Qd2+ Kc8 45. Be4 Qe8 46. Qh6
Qg8 47. Qg5 Kd7 48. Bc2 Kc6 49. Be4+ Kd7 50. Qd2+ Kc8 51. Bc6
Qf7 52. Qd3 Nf5 53. Nxb6+ cxb6 54. Qa6+ Kd8 55. Qxb6+ Qc7
56. Qxc5 Ne7 57. Qd4+ Kc8 58. Be4 Nc6 59. Qc4 Nxe5 60. Qxe6+
Kd8 61. Qg8+ Ke7 62. Qg5+ Kd6 63. Qxh5 Qf7 64. Qh6+ Qe6
65. Qd2+ Ke7 66. Kg2 Qf6 67. Qd5 Kf8 68. Qa8+ Kg7 69. Qb7+ Qf7
70. Qc8 Qd7 71. Qxd7+ Nxd7 72. Bf5 Ne5 73. Kf1 Nf3 74. Bd7 Kf6
75. Ke2 Nh2 76. Bc6 1-0

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5
Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Nf5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd3
Be6 12. a3 Rad8 13. Qe4 a5 14. Rad1 h6 15. h3 Qc5 16. Rxd8
Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Ne7 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Qe3 Ng6
21. Nc3 b6 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. e6 Qe7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 c5
26. bxc5 bxc5 27. exf7+ Qxf7 28. Ne6 c4 29. Nd4 Qf6 30. g3 Ne7
31. h4 Nf5 32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. c3 Qf6 34. Kf1 Kh7 35. Ke2 Kh8
36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qe3 Kh8 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "China-USA Chess Summit"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.19"]
[EventDate "2013.07.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 a5 6. h3 d6
7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nd4 9. Kh1 c6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne6 12. d4
Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bb6 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. Qf3 Qh4 16. Nd1 Re8 17. c3
Bf5 18. e5 Re6 19. Qf2 Qxf2 20. Nxf2 dxe5 21. fxe5 f6 22. Bf3
Bg6 23. Bxh5 Bxh5 24. Nf4 Bf3+ 25. Kh2 Re7 26. exf6 Re3
27. f7+ Kxf7 28. Ng4 Bc7 29. Nxe3 Bxf4+ 30. Kg1 Bxe3+ 31. Kh2
Bf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "China-USA Chess Summit"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.20"]
[EventDate "2013.07.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 Qc7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7
12. Qd3 f5 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. f4 Rc8 15. Rd2 b4 16. Na4 Nd5
17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Be7 19. Be3 Rc7 20. Rg1 O-O 21. h3 a5
22. Bd4 a4 23. Kb1 Rfc8 24. b3 axb3 25. cxb3 Bc5 26. Rc2 Bxd4
27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxd4 Qc2+ 29. Ka1 h5 30. Rb1 Ra8 31. Qb2 Qd3
32. Qc1 Ra5 33. Rb2 Rd5 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qc1 Qd4 36. h4 Qe4
37. Rc2 Rd3 38. Kb1 Qd5 39. Qb2 Rd1+ 40. Rc1 Rd2 41. Rc2 Qd3
0-1

[Event "China-USA Chess Summit"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.21"]
[EventDate "2013.07.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Zhou Weiqi"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Nd1 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Ne3 O-O 15. Kh1 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Qb6 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Qb6
21. Rxa7 Nc5 22. Ra2 Ne4 23. Kg1 h6 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Rd4 g5
26. g3 Rfb8 27. Nd1 Kh7 28. Kf1 Kg6 29. Ke2 h5 30. Kf3 h4
31. g4 gxf4 32. Kxf4 f6 33. exf6 Kxf6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. Ra5 Rb4
36. Rxb4 Rxb4 37. c3 Rb8 38. Ra7 Rg8 39. Kf3 h3 40. b4 Rc8
41. Ra3 Rf8+ 42. Ke2 Ng3+ 43. Kd2 Nf1+ 44. Ke2 Ng3+ 45. Kd2
Nf1+ 46. Ke2 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.01"]
[EventDate "2013.07.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rentala Nagendra"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nd4
7. O-O Nf6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nb5 e5
12. c4 d6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Bf1 Nc5 15. d3 Qd7 16. g3 f5 17. Bh3
Ne6 18. Bc1 fxe4 19. dxe4 Rf6 20. Bg4 Rg6 21. Bd2 Rf8 22. Nc2
Qe8 23. Nb4 Bg5 24. Nd5 Bxd2 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6 26. Qxd2 Bxd5
27. exd5 Qh3 28. Re4 Rh6 29. f4 exf4 30. Qg2 fxg3 31. hxg3 Qh5
32. g4 Qg5 33. Rd1 Rhf6 34. Qg3 h5 35. Rdxd4 Qc1+ 36. Re1 Rf1+
0-1

[Event "China-USA Chess Summit"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.22"]
[EventDate "2013.07.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wen Yang"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 g6
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Bg5 Qd6
12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Re1 Nce7
17. Nc3 c6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Ba5 Nb6 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Bb4 Qd5
22. Qa3 Be6 23. b3 Re8 24. Bc5 Qd8 25. Qb4 Qc7 26. Re2 Bd5
27. Rce1 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Rd8 29. Re7 Qc8 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Qxb6
Bxf3 32. Bxf3 Rd7 33. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "China-USA Chess Summit"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[EventDate "2013.07.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Xiu Deshun"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
c6 7. h3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. e3 Nd5 11. Be5 Bf5
12. Qb3 Qd7 13. a3 f6 14. Bg3 Be7 15. f3 Qe6 16. Bf2 O-O-O
17. g4 Bg6 18. f4 f5 19. Nc4 Kb8 20. Rc1 Ka8 21. Rg1 Rhg8
22. Ne5 Bf6 23. Nc4 Rge8 24. Be2 Rc8 25. Na5 Qd7 26. Qc2 Bxd4
27. exd4 Nxf4 28. Qb3 Nxe2 29. Kxe2 f4 30. Rgf1 Bf7 31. Qc3 g5
32. Bg1 h5 33. Nc4 Bxc4+ 34. Qxc4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Qxg4+ 36. Ke1
e3 37. Rc2 f3 0-1

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.02"]
[EventDate "2013.07.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Leonid Gerzhoy"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O
7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be6
12. O-O Rc8 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Re1 Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. Qxd4
Rc4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qd3 Rh4 19. g3 Ng5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Nb5
Bb8 22. Rc2 Rh6 23. Rce2 Qg4 24. Nd4 e5 25. Nc2 d4 26. Nb4 Qh5
27. h4 a5 28. Nd5 Qf7 29. Qc4 Kh8 30. Qc5 Bd6 31. Qc4 Bb8
32. Qc5 Bd6 33. Qc4 b5 34. Qxb5 e4 35. Qc4 d3 36. Rd2 Rxh4
37. Rxe4 Rh6 38. Qxd3 g5 39. Qe2 Qh7 40. Nf6 Rh1+ 41. Kg2 Qh3+
42. Kf3 Rxf6+ 43. Ke3 Bf4+ 44. Kd3 Qd7+ 45. Kc4 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[EventDate "2013.07.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Md. Taibur Rahman"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6
Qxf6 7. Nc3 c6 8. e3 Bd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Nd2 Re8
12. h3 Rxe3+ 13. Kf1 Bd7 14. Kg1 Re7 15. Nf3 Na6 16. Bxa6 bxa6
17. Na4 Rae8 18. Rc1 Qxd4 19. g3 Qf6 20. Kg2 Re2 21. Qd3 Bf5
22. Qxa6 Qg6 23. g4 Bxg4 24. Nh4 Bxh3+ 0-1

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[EventDate "2013.07.01"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Marc Tyler Arnold"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6
7. f3 Qc7 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h4 b5 12. Nxc6
Qxc6 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Be2 h5 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. f4
Rh8 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. Qg2 Rg8 20. e5 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rc8 22. f5
Nxe5 23. fxe6 Qc6 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Rhf1 Ke8 26. Bd4 Rf8
27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Kb1 Rf4 29. Qxg7 Rxf3 30. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[EventDate "2013.07.01"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Conrad Holt"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qf5
12. Bb5 Bxc3 13. Bxc6 Ba5 14. e4 Qh5 15. e5 Bb6 16. Be4 f5
17. exf6 gxf6 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Qb4 Qg4 21. Nd2 a5
22. Qa4 Rd8 23. h3 Qh4 24. Bb1 Bd7 25. Qc2 f5 26. d5 exd5
27. Nf3 Qf6 28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Re5 Rd5 30. Rfe1 Rxe5 31. Rxe5
Rd8 32. Qe2 Rd6 33. Bc2 c6 34. Bb3 Bxb3 35. axb3 Bd8 36. g3
Qf7 37. Kg2 Rd5 38. Re6 Bf6 39. Qe3 Kg7 40. Kg1 Rd3 41. Qxd3
Qxe6 42. Kf1 Qd5 43. Qe3 Bxb2 44. Qe7+ Qf7 45. Qe3 Bf6 46. Qb6
Kg6 47. Kg2 h5 48. h4 Bg7 49. Qxa5 Qxb3 50. Qc7 Qf7 51. Qd6+
Qf6 52. Qd7 c5 53. Qxb7 c4 54. Ng5 c3 55. Qc7 Qf8 56. Ne6 Qf6
57. Nf4+ Kh6 58. Kh3 Qa6 59. Kh2 Qf6 60. Kg2 Kh7 61. Nh3 Qe5
62. Ng5+ Kg6 63. Qf7+ Kh6 64. Qg8 Kg6 65. Qf7+ Kh6 66. Qc4 Kg6
67. Kf1 Qe7 68. Kg1 Qe1+ 69. Kg2 Qe7 70. Qc8 Qe5 71. Kg1 Qe1+
72. Kg2 Qe5 73. Qc4 Qe7 74. Kf1 Qe5 75. Qf7+ Kh6 76. Qg8 Kg6
77. Qh7+ Kf6 78. Qxh5 Qd5 79. Qe8 Qc4+ 80. Kg1 Bh6 81. Qd8+
Kg6 82. Qe8+ Kf6 83. Qd8+ Kg6 84. Qd6+ Kh5 85. Qe7 Qc6
86. Qe2+ Kg6 87. Nf3 c2 88. Ne5+ Kg7 89. Nxc6 c1=Q+ 90. Kh2
Qxc6 91. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[EventDate "2013.07.01"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Yury Shulman"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3
O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O a5 9. a3 Na6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. axb4 Nxb4
12. Rc1 b6 13. Ne1 Bb7 14. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[EventDate "2013.07.01"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. d3
Nh6 7. Be2 g6 8. Bd2 Qd6 9. Bc3 e5 10. d4 Be6 11. Nd2 O-O-O
12. dxe5 Qc5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Nf3 Be7 16. O-O Ng4
17. a3 Rhe8 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bb4 Qb6 20. Qc3 Be4 21. Bxe7 Rxe7
22. Ng5 Qc6 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Bf3 Qxe5 25. Bxb7+ Kb8 26. Qb3
Qc5 27. Rad1 Rd6 28. Bf3+ Qb6 29. Qc3 c5 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Rd1
1-0

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7
12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Rad1 Nfd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5
Bxg5 17. Bxb7 Bxa4 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. Bc6 Bb3 20. Nd7 Rc8 21. Qb5
Re8 22. Nc5 Bc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc6 24. Rxa7 Bf6 25. Qa4 Rb6 26. Nd7
Rxb2 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. d5 Re7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. dxe6 Qxe6
31. Qe8+ Qxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. g3 Rb3 34. Rd8 Rb2 35. Re8 Rb3
36. Rd8 Rb2 37. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Alsina Leal"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 h5
12. Qe2 h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Kf8 15. a5 Bf6 16. Qd3 Rh5
17. Bd2 Ne7 18. f4 g6 19. Bf3 Rc5 20. Kg2 Rc8 21. Rh1 Kg8
22. b4 Bb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. c4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Rac1
Rd4 27. Bc3 Nc6 28. e5 dxe5 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Bxd4 exd4
31. Rxc6 Rxb4 32. Rxa6 Ra4 33. Rd1 Kg7 34. Rd3 g5 35. Kf3 gxf4
36. gxf4 Bd8 37. Rd6 Bxa5 38. R6xd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 f5 40. Rc4
Kf6 41. Rc6 Bd2 42. Rd6 Bc3 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Rc6 Bf6 45. Rc7+
Kd6 46. Rf7 Bb2 47. Kf3 Bc1 48. Ra7 Bb2 49. Rb7 Bc3 50. Rf7
Bd2 51. Ra7 Bc3 52. Ra3 Bb4 53. Ra4 Bc5 54. Kg3 Ke7 55. Ra8
Bd6 56. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.27"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. h3 g6
12. g4 Nf6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Ne5 Ne4 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Rc1 Kb8
17. Ka1 f6 18. Nd3 Bc8 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nc5 f5 21. gxf5 gxf5
22. b4 Nd5 23. b5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 b6 25. Na6+ Bxa6 26. Bxa6 Nb4
27. Qc4 Nxa6 28. Qxa6 Rc8 29. Qb5 Qe6 30. Rhg1 Rhf8 31. Kb1
Qd6 32. Rc4 f4 33. Rgc1 Rxc4 34. Qxc4 fxe3 35. fxe3 Qd7
36. Qc2 Rf1 37. h4 h5 38. Qh2+ Kb7 39. Qe5 Rxc1+ 40. Kxc1 Qg4
41. Qf4 Qe6 42. Kb2 Qd5 43. Qf1 Kc7 44. Qa6 Kb8 45. Qa4 Qd8
46. Kb3 Qg8+ 47. Ka3 Qf8+ 48. Qb4 Qd8 49. Kb3 Qg8+ 50. Kb2 Qd8
51. Kc3 Qc7+ 52. Kb3 Qd8 53. a4 Qg8+ 54. Ka3 Qd8 55. a5 Qc7
56. Kb2 Qh2+ 57. Kb3 Qh1 58. axb6 Qb1+ 59. Kc4 Qa2+ 60. Kc5 a5
61. Qc4 Qa3+ 62. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Hansen"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 b5 9. e5 b4 10. Ncb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Qb8
12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ra5 15. a4 Ba6 16. Kf2 Be7
17. Be2 O-O 18. Qxd7 Bb7 19. Rhd1 Rc8 20. g3 Bf8 21. Nd6 Bxd6
22. Qxd6 Qa8 23. Rdb1 Rd5 24. Qa3 Ba6 25. c4 Nd4 26. cxd5 Nxe2
27. Qb3 exd5 28. Qa3 Nd4 29. Qb3 Ne2 30. Bd2 Re8 31. Qb6 Kg7
32. f5 Nc3 33. Bh6+ Kg8 34. Re1 Be2 35. Qd4 Qc8 36. Kg1 Qa6
37. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.29"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. e5 Nb4 11. Nh3 Be6
12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. b3 Bf7 15. Bh6 Nd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nf4 a5 19. h4 h6 20. Rc1 c6 21. Rc5 Bf7
22. d5 cxd5 23. e6 Be8 24. Qd4+ Kh7 25. Rxd5 Qb8 26. h5 g5
27. Ng6 Bxg6 28. Rd7 Qe8 29. Rc1 Ra6 30. hxg6+ Kxg6 31. Qd5
Rd6 32. Rxd6 exd6 33. Rc7 Rf6 34. e7 b5 35. g4 fxg4 36. Qe4+
Kg7 37. Qxg4 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. Qxa4 Kf7 40. Qc4+ Kg6
41. Qe4+ Kf7 42. Rb7 h5 43. a4 h4 44. Qd5+ Kg6 45. Rb5 Qxe7
46. Qg8+ Kh6 47. Qxg5+ Kh7 48. Qxh4+ Kg7 49. Rg5+ Kf7 50. Qh5+
1-0

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.30"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc3
12. Qxc3 Be7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Be6 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Be5
Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qb6 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rce8
21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxe2 23. b4 f6 24. Rd7 Rf7 25. Rd8+ Rf8
26. Rd7 Rf7 27. Rd8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marc Narciso Dublan"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Qc1 b5 11. axb5 axb5
12. Bh6 b4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd5 e5 15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. h3 Qe7
17. f4 f6 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. Qd2 Ra8 20. Rfb1 Rfb8 21. Qd1 Qd8
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ra1 Nd4 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. c3 Nxe2 26. Qxe2
bxc3 27. bxc3 Qa1 28. Qd2 Ba4 29. h4 Qd1 30. Qe3 h6 31. fxe5
fxe5 32. Qf3 Qxf3 33. Bxf3 Bc2 34. Be2 c4 35. dxc4 Bxe4
36. Kg1 Kf6 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Ke3 Bb1 39. Bg4+ Bf5 40. Be2 Kd7
41. g4 Bb1 42. g5 h5 43. Bf3 Ke6 44. Be4 Ba2 45. c5 dxc5
46. Bxg6 Bd5 47. Bxh5 Kf5 48. Be8 Bb7 49. Bd7+ Kg6 50. Bg4 Bc6
51. Be6 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.13"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 cxd4 9. Rxd4 Qa5 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Nd2 Bb4
12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Be5 Ba4 16. Rb1
Nfd7 17. Bd6 Rfc8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nf3 Rc6 20. Be7 Rxc3
21. Bb4 Rc7 22. Be2 Nc4 23. Nd4 Nf6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Nf5 Nd6
26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ Ke8 29. O-O Nde4 30. Ne5
b6 31. Ra1 a5 32. Be1 Nc3 33. Bd3 Nfe4 34. Nf3 Bb5 35. Bxb5+
Nxb5 36. a4 Nbc3 37. Nd4 Rc4 38. f3 Nc5 39. Bxc3 Rxc3 40. Nb5
Rxe3 41. Nc7+ Kd7 42. Nxd5 Rb3 43. Rd1 Kc6 44. Ne7+ Kc7
45. Rd4 Ra3 46. Nd5+ Kc6 47. Ne7+ Kb7 48. Rd8 Rxa4 49. Rf8 Rd4
0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.19"]
[EventDate "2014.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Timur Gareev"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 h5 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3
13. Nxc3 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfd1 Na6 16. Bb5 Rc8 17. Nb3 Ra8
18. Na2 Nb8 19. Rac1 Nbd7 20. Nc3 Ne5 21. Qf2 Qb8 22. h3 Ba6
23. Qe2 Qb7 24. Bd4 Bh6 25. Ra1 Bxb5 26. axb5 a4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4
28. Nxa4 Ra8 29. Nc3 Bf4 30. Be3 Bxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Nc4 32. Qd4
Nb6 33. Ra1 Rxa1+ 34. Nxa1 d5 35. Nb3 dxe4 36. fxe4 Qc7
37. Na5 e5 38. Qf2 Kg7 39. Nc6 Nbd7 40. Qd2 Qb6+ 41. Qf2 Qc7
42. b4 Qd6 43. Qe3 Qe6 44. Na5 Qd6 45. Nc6 Qe6 46. Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton, Canada"]
[Date "2014.06.21"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alex Yam"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 e5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. O-O Re8 11. b4 e4
12. Nd2 Nf8 13. d5 Bg4 14. Nb3 Ng6 15. Nd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qe5
17. Kh1 b5 18. cxb5 Qxd5 19. Bb2 Ne5 20. Rac1 Nd3 21. Rxc7 Qa2
22. Bc3 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 Nd5 24. Rc6 Rac8 25. Bd4 Rxc6 26. bxc6
a6 27. Ng3 g6 28. Kg1 f5 29. f3 exf3 30. gxf3 Ne5 31. Bxe5
dxe5 32. e4 Ne7 33. Rc1 Kf7 34. exf5 gxf5 35. a4 Ke6 36. b5
axb5 37. axb5 Nd5 38. c7 Kd7 39. Rd1 Ke6 40. b6 Nxb6 41. Rd8
1-0

[Event "9th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton, Canada"]
[Date "2014.06.22"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. e4 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6
12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. a4 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. O-O d5
17. e5 Ne8 18. f4 Nc7 19. Nf3 Qa6 20. Ra3 Rab8 21. Ng5 Rfe8
22. Qg4 Nxb5 23. axb5 Qc8 24. Ra7 Rb7 25. Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Nxe6
Nxe5 27. fxe5 Qd7 28. Be3 Rxe6 29. Bxc5 h5 30. Qf4 Rxe5 31. b6
Rf5 32. Qc1 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Bxb2 34. Qb1 Qc6 35. Qxb2 Qxc5+
36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8
Qxa8 18. Nb3 h6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Na4 21. Qc2 Bc8 22. Ra1
Qb8 23. Na5 Bd7 24. c4 Bxb4 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. cxb5 Bxb5
27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Qxa4 Qxa4 29. Rxa4 Bf8 30. Ra5 Nxe4 31. Rxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes GM Open"]
[Site "Fagernes NOR"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Brede Kvisvik"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. Ne4 Nb4 11. Nc5 Nxd3+
12. Qxd3 Bc4 13. Qe4 Qc6 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15. b3 Bxe2 16. Kxe2
e6 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. Rac1 Nb8 20. Rc4 Be7 21. Rhc1
Rd5 22. Ra4 a6 23. Rcc4 f5 24. Nc3 Kd7 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rc1
Rc8 27. Ba3 Bxa3 28. Rxa3 c6 29. b4 Rc7 30. Rac3 Rb7 31. a3
Kc7 32. f4 Kb6 33. h3 Rf7 34. Ke3 Kb7 35. g4 g6 36. Rc5 Rc7
37. gxf5 exf5 38. h4 Nd7 39. R5c2 Nf8 40. a4 Ne6 41. b5 axb5
42. axb5 cxb5 43. Rxc7+ Nxc7 44. h5 Kb6 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Rg1
b4 47. Rxg6+ Ka5 48. Rc6 Nb5 49. Rc5 b3 50. Kd3 Kb4 51. Rxb5+
Kxb5 1-0

[Event "Fagernes GM Open"]
[Site "Fagernes NOR"]
[Date "2014.04.14"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Timofey Galinsky"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 Re8 8. h3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Bf4 Re8
12. O-O c6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Qc2 c5 16. c4 dxc4
17. Bxc4 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Red1 Be4 20. Qe2 Qb4 21. Rd2
Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Rd2 Bc6 25. f3 h6 26. e4 f5
27. Bd6 fxe4 28. Bxc5 Qa4 29. f4 e3 30. Rd6 Bb5 31. Qe1 Qxf4
32. Rxg6 e2 33. Bf2 Rd8 34. Rg4 Qxg4 35. hxg4 Rd1 36. Kh2 Rxe1
37. Bxe1 Bxb2 38. Kg3 b6 39. Kf3 a5 40. Nd2 a4 41. Nb1 a3
42. Ke3 Bc4 43. Nc3 b5 44. Nb1 0-1

[Event "Fagernes GM Open"]
[Site "Fagernes NOR"]
[Date "2014.04.15"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Avital Boruchovsky"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O Nd5 9. Bxc4 Nxf4 10. exf4 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7
12. g3 Nxc5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Bd7
17. f5 Bc6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. a3 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nd7
22. Qd6 Bd5 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Bb5 Rac8 26. Rc5
Kf7 27. Ra1 Ke6 28. Ra7 Rf7 29. Ba6 Rb8 30. Be2 Kd6 31. Raa5
Rc8 32. Rab5 Rc6 33. f4 Kc7 34. Bf3 g5 35. Rxb6 Kxb6 36. Bxd5
Rf5 37. Bxc6 Rxc5 38. bxc5+ Kxc6 39. fxg5 Kxc5 40. h4 b5
41. Kf2 Kd4 42. Ke2 Ke4 43. Kd2 Kd4 44. Kc2 Kc4 45. h5 Kd5
46. g6 1-0

[Event "Fagernes GM Open"]
[Site "Fagernes NOR"]
[Date "2014.04.15"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Evgeny Romanov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. f3 O-O
7. Bg5 Na6 8. Qd2 Nc7 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Nge2 a6 11. a4 b5
12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nxb5 Nxb5 15. cxb5 Qa1+
16. Qc1 Qxc1+ 17. Bxc1 Rb8 18. Nc3 Ne8 19. Bg5 Bf8 20. Kd2 Nc7
21. Ra1 Nxb5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rxb5 24. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes GM Open"]
[Site "Fagernes NOR"]
[Date "2014.04.16"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Postny"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bg7 14. d6 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. e5 f6 17. exf6
Qxf6 18. Bb2 Qf5 19. c4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes GM Open"]
[Site "Fagernes NOR"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Maxim Turov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. c4 dxc4
7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 bxc6 9. Bxc4 Bf5 10. Nc3 e6 11. Ke2 Ne7
12. Be3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bb3 O-O-O 15. Bxa7 Re8 16. f4 f6
17. Ba4 Kb7 18. Bd4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Bd6 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Rhf1
Bxe5 22. Rf7 Bxd4+ 23. Kd3 Kb6 24. Rxd7 Re3+ 25. Kxd4 Re4+
26. Kd3 Rxa4 27. a3 Rg4 28. g3 h5 29. Rd6 Rc8 30. Rxd5 h4
31. Rd4 Rxd4+ 32. Kxd4 hxg3 33. hxg3 c5+ 34. Ke4 Kb5 35. Rc3
Rf8 36. Rf3 Re8+ 37. Kf5 Re2 38. Rb3+ Kc4 39. Rb7 g6+ 40. Kf4
Kd5 41. g4 c4 42. Kg5 Re6 43. Rb5+ Kc6 44. a4 Re4 45. Rb8 Kc5
46. a5 Re6 47. Rb6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Fagernes GM Open"]
[Site "Fagernes NOR"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grzegorz Gajewski"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. Qb3 O-O 6. Be2 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Re8 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 d5 11. cxd5 Na5
12. Qc2 Nxd5 13. b4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bf6 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rac1
Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rxe2 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rxc7 Bxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes GM Open"]
[Site "Fagernes NOR"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Benjamin Bok"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7
7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. Nb3 O-O-O 10. Ne1 f6 11. exf6 gxf6
12. Nd3 h5 13. Ndc5 e5 14. Bxh5 exd4 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. g3 dxc3
17. Bf4 c2 18. Qd4 Qb6 19. Qxf6 Rxh5 20. Qxf8+ Qd8 21. Qxd8+
Rxd8 22. h4 Ng6 23. Bg5 Re8 24. f4 Rhh8 25. Nd4 Bd3 26. Rf3
Be4 27. Rf2 Ne7 28. g4 Ng6 29. h5 Reg8 30. Bf6 Ne5 31. fxe5
Rxg4+ 32. Kf1 Bd3+ 33. Ke1 Rxh5 34. Kd2 Rxd4 35. e6 Rc4
36. Kxd3 c1=Q 37. Rxc1 Rxc1 38. Rg2 Re1 39. Rg8+ Kc7 40. e7
Rh3+ 41. Kd2 Rhe3 42. Rg7 Kd7 43. e8=Q+ Kxe8 44. Rxb7 R1e2+
45. Kd1 Rg2 46. Bc3 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Fagernes GM Open"]
[Site "Fagernes NOR"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Bd3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 Nh6 10. Bf1 d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Bg2
Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Qf4
Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Rfc1 Nd5 15. Rab1 Rfd8
16. b4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a4
Rad8 21. Rc3 e5 22. f3 Kf6 23. Kf2 Ke6 24. Ke3 f5 25. f4 Kd6
26. Kf3 Ke6 27. h4 R8d7 28. Rc4 Rd4 29. Rc5 R4d5 30. Ke3 Rxc5
31. bxc5 Kd5 32. fxe5 Kxe5 33. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.09"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Ra2 Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Rb2 a6
17. Ne5 Bxa3 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Rbe2 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Nc6 21. Qb2
Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bd7 24. Qxb7 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8
26. Qa8 Kf8 27. Be2 Qa3 28. Qxa6 Qxc3 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Bxc4
Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.10"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Erenburg"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nf1 Nh7
12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Ng6 15. a4 a6 16. d4 Nf6
17. Ng3 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Nh5
Nxh5 22. Qxd7 c4 23. Bc2 Qb8 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Qc6 Re6 26. Qc5
Qb6 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Ra8 b4 30. cxb4 Rxb4
31. Ra2 Nd7 32. Kf1 Nf4 33. g3 Ne6 34. Ra4 Rxb2 35. Rxc4 f6
36. h4 h5 37. Ke1 Ndc5 38. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.11"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5
Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Bg6 18. Bb5 h6 19. Bxd7 hxg5 20. Rfc1 Bd3
21. Rc7 a5 22. Ra3 Ba6 23. Rg3 Rab8 24. Rxg5 b5 25. axb5 Bxb5
26. Bxe6 Bc4 27. h4 Rxb2 28. Bd7 Re2 29. e6 a4 30. Re5 Rxe5
31. dxe5 fxe6 32. Bxe6+ Kh7 33. Ra7 Kg6 34. g4 Kh6 35. Bf7 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.14"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Daniel Naroditsky"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nc2 Be5
12. Nd5 Bxb2 13. g4 Ng7 14. Rb1 Bf6 15. Kh1 Ne6 16. f4 Bg7
17. g5 Nc5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Rb3 Ne7
22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qf3 Rd8 24. Ne1 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Nc2
Qc5 27. Rb5 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.16"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mackenzie Molner"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. h3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Rc8 13. Rb1 b6 14. Ba6 Nc4 15. Rb3 Ba4 16. Bxc8 Qxc8
17. Ne2 Bd6 18. O-O Bxf4 19. Nxf4 O-O 20. Qe2 Bxb3 21. axb3
Na5 22. Qb2 Qd7 23. Ra1 Rc8 24. Nd3 Qb5 25. Nb4 g6 26. Kh2 Rc7
27. Ra4 h5 28. h4 Kg7 29. g3 Nc4 30. Qc2 Na5 31. Kg2 Nxb3
32. Qxb3 a5 33. Kg1 axb4 34. Qxb4 Qxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.17"]
[EventDate "2014.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nge7 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bd3 Bc5 11. Nd2 g6
12. Nf3 Nh4 13. Re1 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Rc8 15. a3 Be7 16. Qg3 a6
17. Bh6 Bf8 18. Bf4 Bg7 19. h4 Bf8 20. h5 Be7 21. Rad1 Na5
22. Qg4 Nc4 23. Re2 Qb6 24. Bc1 Qc7 25. Qg3 b5 26. Bc2 Qc6
27. Rd3 Rd8 28. Rf3 g5 29. h6 d4 30. Qg4 dxc3 31. Rxc3 Qb6
32. b3 Qa5 33. Qf3 g4 34. Qc6+ Kf8 35. b4 Bxb4 36. Rxc4 bxc4
37. axb4 Qa1 38. Qc5+ Ke8 39. Re1 g3 40. fxg3 Qd4+ 41. Qxd4
Rxd4 42. Bg5 Rg8 43. Ba4+ Kf8 44. Be3 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nc7 Rb8
12. Nb5 Ra8 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Nbxd4 Qb6 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Nxc6
Nxc6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Bxf3 19. exf3 Qb6 20. Qd2 Rad8
21. f4 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 d4 24. a3 a5 25. Bf1 a4
26. Bd3 Qa5 27. Qd1 b5 28. Qc1 Qb6 29. f5 Na5 30. h4 Nb3
31. Qf4 Qf6 32. Qc7 Kf8 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rd1 Rd5 35. Qb7 Qe5
36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qg4 Nc5 38. Bxb5 d3 39. h5 Qxb2 40. Qb4 Qb3
41. Rf1 d2 42. Qf4 Qxb5 43. h6+ Kg8 44. h7+ Kg7 45. Rd1 Qe2
46. Qh6+ Kxh6 47. h8=Q+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "9th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton, Canada"]
[Date "2014.06.23"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Vladimir Pechenkin"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. dxc5 Qc7
7. Ngf3 Nd7 8. Bb5 Qxc5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 a6 11. Qxc5 Bxc5
12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Nexd2 Nc6 16. Nc4
Nb4 17. Bb1 f6 18. O-O Ke7 19. Rd1 b5 20. Na5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5
fxe5 22. Be4 Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Kf6 25. Rd6+ Kf5
26. Rc1 Ra7 27. Rc5 Re8 28. f3 Bd7 29. Nb3 Be6 30. Nd2 h5
31. Ne4 h4 32. Rcc6 a5 33. Kf2 Ree7 34. g4+ hxg3+ 35. hxg3
Bxa2 36. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "9th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton, Canada"]
[Date "2014.06.24"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Kd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6
12. b3 a5 13. a4 Rg8 14. g3 Bb4 15. Nge2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Ke7
17. Nf4 Nd7 18. Ke2 Bd6 19. Rhg1 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Bxd3+ 21. Kxd3
f5 22. Rg3 Nf6 23. Rcg1 Rg6 24. f3 Rcg8 25. Rg5 h6 26. Rxg6
Rxg6 27. Rxg6 fxg6 28. h4 Kd6 29. Ne2 Nh5 30. Kc3 Kc7 31. Kd2
Ng7 32. Nc1 Ne6 33. Nd3 Kd6 34. Ne5 c5 35. dxc5+ Kxc5 36. Nxg6
Kb4 37. Kc2 Nc5 38. Ne7 d4 39. exd4 Nxb3 40. Nxf5 Kxa4 41. h5
b5 42. d5 Ka3 43. Nxh6 Nd4+ 44. Kd3 b4 45. Ng4 b3 46. Ne5 Ka2
47. Nc4 Nf5 48. Kc3 a4 49. Kb4 a3 50. Nxa3 b2 51. Ka4 Nd6
52. h6 Nc4 53. h7 Nxa3 54. h8=Q b1=Q 55. Qh2+ Nc2 56. Qd2 Qb3+
57. Ka5 Qc4 58. Kb6 Kb3 59. d6 Nd4 60. Qd1+ Kb4 61. Qe1+ Kb3
62. Qb1+ Ka3 63. Qa1+ Kb3 64. Qb1+ Ka3 65. Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton, Canada"]
[Date "2014.06.25"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Dale R Haessel"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7
7. a3 d6 8. b4 Nxb4 9. axb4 cxb4 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Nd5 1-0

[Event "9th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton, Canada"]
[Date "2014.06.27"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Wang"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Be7
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 c5 10. f4 cxd4 11. exd4 Ne4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bc4 Bd5 14. Qe2 f5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Ba6 Rad8
17. c4 Ba8 18. a3 Bf6 19. b4 Nb8 20. Bb5 Bc6 21. Nxc6 Nxc6
22. d5 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 exd5 24. cxd5 Ne7 25. Qd4 Qd6 26. Bc4 Rc8
27. Bb3 Ng6 28. g3 Rc7 29. Rc1 Rff7 30. Rfd1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Ne7
32. Qe5 Rf6 33. Rc7 Kf8 34. Rxa7 g5 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Ra7 Kf8
37. Rd7 1-0

[Event "9th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton, Canada"]
[Date "2014.06.27"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Anton Kovalyov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. Ncb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Qa5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxa2 16. Rd3
Qa5 17. g3 Ne7 18. Bb6 Qa4 19. Bg2 Ra6 20. Qc5 d5 21. Rb3 Qd7
22. Bf1 Ra1+ 23. Kd2 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 O-O 25. Qxb4 Ba6 26. Ra1
Nc6 27. Qc5 Bb7 28. Qb5 Rc8 29. Ra7 Qe7 30. Ra4 Nb8 31. Bc5
Qc7 32. Qb6 Qxb6 33. Bxb6 Nd7 34. Be3 Bc6 35. Rc3 e5 36. Ra6
Nb8 37. Ra8 d4 38. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "9th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton, Canada"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Raja Panjwani"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O O-O
12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. b3 f5 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. exf5 gxf5
17. Bc2 f4 18. Qxd6 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Bxf4
Ne7 22. Qxb7 exf4 23. Rae1 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Ra8 25. Qb7 Rb8
26. Qa7 Re5 27. Nxf4 Nf5 28. Nd3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qd8 30. Qf7 Nh6
31. Qf3 Qa5 32. Re2 Rd8 33. g3 Qc3 34. Ne1 Qa1 35. Kg2 Rf8
36. Qc6 Qd4 37. Nf3 Qd8 38. Qe4 Nf5 39. c5 Qd1 40. b4 h6
41. b5 Bd4 42. Re1 Qa4 43. c6 Qxa2 44. Nxd4 Nh4+ 45. Kh3 Qxf2
46. c7 Ng2 47. Re2 Qf7 48. Qe5+ Kh7 49. Qe7 1-0

[Event "9th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton, Canada"]
[Date "2014.06.29"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Rfc8
12. Nc2 a6 13. Ne3 Qa5 14. Rfb1 Rab8 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 b5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 Qd8 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Be6 21. Rd1 Bxd5
22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Bxd5 Qc7 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. h4 Rbc8 26. h5 e6
27. h6 Ne5 28. Bb7 b4 29. Qxb4 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rb8 31. c6 Nxc6
32. Qc3 Qe5 33. Qxc6 Qxe2 34. Qd6 Rf8 35. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mathias Allan Ssonko"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Ba2 Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nxd4 cxd4
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qxd5 15. Re1 Bd7 16. c4
dxc3 17. bxc3 Bc6 18. f3 Qh5+ 19. Kg1 Qc5+ 20. d4 Qxc3 21. Ba3
Rfe8 22. Be7 Qa5 23. Qc1 Rac8 24. Qf4 f6 25. Qg3 Kf7 26. Qd6
Qf5 27. a5 Bd5 28. Re2 Be6 29. g4 Qd5 30. Rae1 Rc6 31. Qxd5
Bxd5 32. f4 Rc3 33. g5 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Martin Martinez Romero"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5
12. exf5 Qa5 13. g4 exf4 14. Qxf4 d5 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 d4
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Qg5 Nb4 20. f6 Bf4+ 21. Qxf4
Rac8 22. Bd3 Qa4 23. Qf2 Rxc2+ 24. Bxc2 Rc8 25. Rd2 Qxa2
26. Kd1 Qa1+ 27. Ke2 Qxh1 28. Qg3 g6 29. Bd3 Nxd3 30. Kxd3 Rd8
31. Qf4 b5 32. Ng3 Qc6 33. Ke2 Rd6 34. Ne4 Re6 35. Rxd4 Qc2+
36. Kf3 Qb3+ 37. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "4.19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "David Gluckman"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5
7. a4 Be7 8. c3 b6 9. h4 h6 10. Rh3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. h5
Ra8 13. Rg3 Bf8 14. Kf1 Ndb8 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Nc1 Kd8 17. Nd3
Kc8 18. Rc1 Kb7 19. Qb3 Ka7 20. Rg4 Na6 21. Qb5 Rd8 22. Rf4
Ncb8 23. Nd2 c6 24. Qb3 Qe8 25. Qd1 Be7 26. Qf3 Rf8 27. Rg4 g5
28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qh3 h5 30. Rf4 Nc7 31. Nf3 Rg8 32. Rf6 Bxf6
33. exf6 Rf8 34. Bg5 Nd7 35. f7 Qxf7 36. Bxd8 Rxd8 37. Nfe5
Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Qe8 39. b4 Na6 40. Rb1 axb4 41. cxb4 Rc8 42. Qc3
Kb7 43. Rc1 g5 44. Kg1 g4 45. g3 Qf8 46. Nd3 Qf3 47. b5 Nb8
48. a5 h4 49. gxh4 Qf8 50. axb6 Qd6 51. Nc5+ Kxb6 52. Ra1 cxb5
53. Qa5+ Kc6 54. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "5.18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Aman Hambleton"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Bd6 11. Rd1 O-O
12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 14. Bg5 e5 15. Rh4 Bf5 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. Rg4 Rfe8 19. Nh4 e4 20. Bxe4 Bxh2+
21. Kh1 Bf4 22. Qf3 Bg5 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Bc6
Rec8 26. Bd5 Kg7 27. g3 Rxb2 28. Bb3 Qe5 29. Rd1 Rc3 30. Qd5
Qxd5+ 31. Rxd5 f5 32. Rgd4 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Bf6 34. Rd2 Re1
35. Rd7 Be7 36. Ra7 Rc6 37. Rdd7 Kf6 38. a5 g5 39. Rdb7 Rd6
40. Rb6 Ra1 41. Rxd6+ Bxd6 42. Rxa6 Ke7 43. Ra7+ Kd8 44. Bxf7
Bb8 45. Ra8 Kc7 46. Ra6 f4 47. gxf4 gxf4 48. Kf3 Ra3+ 49. Kg4
Rc3 50. Rf6 Rxc2 51. Rxf4 Kd8 52. Rf5 Ba7 53. f3 Rc3 54. Bd5
Bf2 55. a6 Ra3 56. Rf6 Ra5 57. Be4 Ke7 58. Rc6 Ra4 59. Kh3 Ra3
60. Kg2 Be3 61. Kf1 Bd4 62. Ke2 Re3+ 63. Kd2 Ra3 64. Bd3 Be5
65. Rc2 Kd6 66. Ke2 Bd4 67. f4 Ke7 68. Rc6 Kd7 69. Bb5 Ke7
70. Rc4 Bb6 71. Ra4 Re3+ 72. Kd2 Ba7 73. Bd3 Kd6 74. Rb4 Re7
75. f5 Bc5 76. Rg4 Be3+ 77. Kc3 Rc7+ 78. Rc4 Ra7 79. Re4 Rc7+
80. Bc4 Bg5 81. Re6+ Kc5 82. f6 Bf4 83. Re7 Rc8 84. f7 Bd6
85. Re8 Rc7 86. f8=Q Bxf8 87. Rxf8 Kb6 88. Kb4 Rc6 89. Rb8+
Ka7 90. Rb7+ Ka8 91. Rh7 Kb8 92. Bb5 Rf6 93. Kc5 Rg6 94. Bc6
1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "6.21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Guillermo Vazquez"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Qxd4
7. Nf3 Qg4 8. O-O Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. c4 Bxg5
12. Nxg5 Ne7 13. Qb3 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Nbc6 16. f4 Rc8
17. Qd3 Nf5 18. Ndf3 O-O 19. Nh2 Qg3 20. Qd1 Nxe5 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. fxe5 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "7.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jahongir Vakhidov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Ne5 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. b3 Bb4
12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb4 Re8 15. a4 f5 16. a5 a6
17. Nf3 Ndf6 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Rc2 Nxe5 21. dxe5
dxc4 22. Qxc4 Qd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. h3 h5 25. Ra4 Kf7 26. Ba3
Rad8 27. h4 Re6 28. Rb4 Rd7 29. Rb6 Rg6 30. Bb2 c5 31. Rc1
Rxb6 32. axb6 Ke6 33. Ba3 d4 34. Bxc5 d3 35. Bb4 d2 36. Rd1
Rd5 37. Bxd2 Nxd2 38. Rc1 Nxb3 39. Rc7 Rd7 40. Rc3 Nd2 41. Rc8
Ne4 42. Re8+ Re7 43. Rh8 Kd5 44. Rxh5 g6 45. Rh6 Re6 46. h5
gxh5 47. Rxh5 Rxb6 48. g4 fxg4 49. e6+ Kd6 50. f5 Rb1+ 51. Kg2
Rb2+ 52. Kg1 g3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "8.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Bb7 7. e3 a5 8. b3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7
12. Qc2 c5 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. a4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5
17. Ba3 Nfe4 18. Nb5 d5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qb2 e5 21. cxd5 Nxd5
22. e4 Nf4 23. Bc4 Rd8 24. Kh1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Qc2
Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qg5 28. Qd2 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Bxe4 30. Bf1 Bc6
31. Bc1 Qg4 32. Nc3 g5 33. Qc2 Kg7 34. Be3 Qe6 35. Kg1 Bb7
36. Nb5 Nd5 37. Bf2 Nf4 38. Nc7 Qg4 39. Bxb6 Nh3+ 40. Kh1 Qf4
41. Qc4 Qd2 42. Qe2 Qc1 43. Ne8+ Kf8 44. Nd6 Bd5 45. Be3 Qb1
46. Qd3 Qe1 47. Qe2 Qb1 48. Nc4 Qxb3 49. Qd3 Qxd3 50. Bxd3 Nf4
51. Bxf4 exf4 52. Nxa5 f3 53. gxf3 Bxf3+ 54. Kg1 Bd1 55. Bb5
Ke7 56. Nc4 Bf3 57. a5 f6 58. a6 Kd8 59. Kf2 Bh1 60. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "9.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4
Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 b6
12. d5 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Qa4 Bxe5
17. Rxe5 Qd6 18. Qe4 g6 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Re1 Rad8
22. c4 Qa4 23. h4 b5 24. Qe3 h5 25. c5 Qxh4 26. c6 Qc4
27. Qxa7 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxc7 Qxa2 30. Qd7 Qc4 31. Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Federico Perez Ponsa"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6
7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 Na6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nc7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4
a6 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kf2 Nd7 17. f4
g5 18. Bd3 g6 19. Kg3 f5 20. fxg5 Bxg5 21. h4 Be7 22. Ne2 e5
23. Raf1 Nf6 24. g5 Nh5+ 25. Kg2 e4 26. Bc2 Ne6 27. Bc3 Rh7
28. Bd1 Rdh8 29. Be1 Bd8 30. Ng3 Nhg7 31. Ne2 Bc7 32. Bf2 Kd7
33. Be1 Ke7 34. Bf2 Nh5 35. Be1 f4 36. exf4 Nhxf4+ 37. Nxf4
Nxf4+ 38. Kg1 Nd3 39. Bd2 Rxh4 40. Rxh4 Rxh4 41. Rf6 Nxb2
42. Be2 Rh2 43. Kf1 Nd3 44. Be3 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Re1 46. Bxd3 Rxe3
47. Bxa6 Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 Qb6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qxb2 11. Na4 Qb4+
12. c3 Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Qb3 Qc7
17. Rb1 Ra8 18. Qb7 Qxb7 19. Rxb7 g6 20. Kf2 Bg7 21. Rhb1 e6
22. Rc7 O-O 23. Rxc6 d5 24. e5 Nd7 25. f4 Rfc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8
27. Bd4 f6 28. Bxa6 Ra8 29. Bb5 Rxa2+ 30. Kg3 fxe5 31. Bxd7
exd4 32. Bxe6+ Kf8 33. Rb7 Re2 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Bxd5 Re3+
36. Kf2 Rxc3 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. g4 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Rc3+ 40. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Technical University Open"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2014.08.16"]
[EventDate "2014.08.16"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jiri Houska"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rfd1 Ne4 11. Bh4 Re8
12. Rac1 a6 13. b4 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. a4 a5
17. Rb1 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Qc8 19. e4 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxc4
axb4 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Bf6 Re6 25. e5 bxc3
26. Qe3 Raa6 27. Qxc3 h6 28. Rb4 Ra4 29. h3 Kh7 30. Rxa4 Qxa4
31. Rb1 Rc6 32. Qd2 Rc2 33. Qd1 Qc6 34. e6 d4 35. f3 d3
36. exf7 Qxf6 37. Rxb7 Kg7 38. Kh1 Qc3 39. Rb1 d2 40. Rb8 Kxf7
41. Rb7+ Kf6 42. Rb6+ Kf5 43. Rb5+ Kf4 44. Kh2 Ke3 45. Rd5 Rc1
46. Qa4 Ke2 47. Qa6+ Kf2 48. Qb6+ Ke1 49. Qe6+ Kf2 50. Qb6+
Ke1 51. Qe6+ Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[EventDate "2014.10.09"]
[Round "1.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levy Rozman"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be6 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 c6
7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Qd3 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Nf4 Bxf4 11. exf4 Qd7
12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Qc3 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Re7 15. Nb3 Rae8 16. Nc5 Qc7
17. Qa5 h5 18. h4 Bxc2 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Qxa7 Nc4 21. Rc1 Bf5
22. b3 Nd6 23. Qa3 Re2 24. Bf3 Rd2 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Qe7
27. Qb4 b6 28. Na4 Qe4 29. Qd2 Qb1 30. Nc3 Qa1 31. Kg2 g6
32. Bf3 b5 33. a4 bxa4 34. Nxa4 Nb5 35. Nb2 Qb1 36. Be2 Qe4+
37. Kg1 Nxd4 38. Bd1 Bh3 39. f3 Nxf3+ 40. Bxf3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[EventDate "2014.10.09"]
[Round "2.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4
Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. a4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Bd7
12. Nbxd4 Be7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Be4 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. c3 Rd8
17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 Bc7 19. b4 Qe7 20. Nd7 Bxf4 21. Nxf6+
Qxf6 22. Qxe4 O-O 23. Rd7 Bb8 24. Rxb7 Qxc3 25. g3 Bd6 26. Kg2
a5 27. bxa5 Qxa5 28. Bxe6 Bc7 29. Bb3 Qc5 30. Rb5 Qd6 31. Qc4
Bb6 32. a5 Bd8 33. Qd5 Qf6 34. Rb7 g6 35. a6 Bb6 36. Qf3 Qxf3+
37. Kxf3 Bc5 38. a7 Kh8 39. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kaido Kulaots"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. Be3 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Bf2 Rfe8 14. g4 Nc5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. e6
Bf6 18. exf7+ Qxf7 19. Qd1 Ne4 20. g5 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxf4
22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Ra3 Bc8 24. Re3 Qg4+ 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 26. Rfe1
Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Rf8 28. h3 Bf5 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Re7
Rf7 32. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Ruben Felgaer"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6
7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Bd6
12. f4 Ng6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Ne7 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. b3 Rfc8
17. Bb2 Bc5 18. Bf3 a5 19. Rf2 Qa7 20. Qd3 Re8 21. Kh1 Rb4
22. Rd2 Bxd4 23. exd4 Bf5 24. Qf1 Qd7 25. Re1 Rbb8 26. g3 Nc6
27. Re5 Ne4 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Kg1 Nc2 31. Qa6
Nxc3 32. Bxc3 Bg4 33. Bxg4 Qxg4 34. Qd3 Nb4 35. Qd2 h5 36. Re1
Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 h4 38. Bxb4 axb4 39. Kg2 h3+ 40. Kf2 Qf5
41. Qe2 Qb1 42. g4 Qh1 43. Kg3 Qg1+ 44. Kxh3 Qxd4 45. Qe8+ Kh7
46. Qxf7 Qe3+ 47. Kh4 d4 48. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Giorgi Margvelashvili"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e3 c6
7. Qxc4 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e5
12. dxe5 Nc5 13. Bc4 Bg4 14. f3 Rd8 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Qxe4 Qd2+ 19. Kb1 Qxg2 20. Rc1 Qg6 21. Qxg6
hxg6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rg1 Kf7 24. Rd1 Ke8 25. Rg1 Kf7 26. Rd1
Ke8 27. Rg1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Zbigniew Pakleza"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7
7. Nbd2 Bg6 8. Nb3 Nf5 9. a4 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4
12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. g5 Be7 15. Bg4 Bf5 16. Re1 Kf7
17. Qe2 Nf8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qd7 20. b4 Ng6 21. Bb2 e5
22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Ke6 25. Qg2 h5 26. c4 Qg4
27. cxd5+ cxd5 28. Rad1 Raf8 29. Qxg4+ hxg4 30. Rd4 g3
31. hxg3 Rh5 32. Rf4 Rfh8 33. Kg2 Rxg5 34. g4 Rg6 35. Rh1 Rxh1
36. Kxh1 Kxe5 37. Rf7 b6 38. Rxa7 bxc5 39. bxc5 Rxg4 40. a5 g5
41. Re7+ Kd4 42. c6 Kc5 43. c7 Rh4+ 44. Kg2 Rh8 45. a6 Kb6
46. a7 Rc8 47. Rd7 Kxa7 48. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Qb6+ 11. Kh1 exf4
12. Ba2 Nc5 13. Qe1 Bg4 14. Bxf4 Rae8 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Nc4 Qc6
17. Na5 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qc6 19. Na5 Qc7 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Nb3 Ne5
22. Nd4 Bxa2 23. Rxa2 Ng6 24. Bg3 Qc4 25. Nf5 Nxe4 26. Nxe4
Qxa2 27. Qc3 f6 28. Bxd6 Qe6 29. Qf3 Nh4 30. Nc5 Nxf3 31. Nxe6
Bxd6 32. Nxf8 Bxf8 33. gxf3 Bxb4 34. Rb1 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Bxe1
36. Nd6 b6 37. Nc4 Bf2 38. Kg2 Bc5 39. Nd2 Kf7 40. c4 Ke6
41. Nb3 a5 0-1

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Praia da Pipa BRA"]
[Date "2014.10.18"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Almir Correia Cardoso"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2
g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. Nb5 Nf6 15. c5 a6 16. cxd6 axb5 17. dxc7
Qe8 18. Qb3 Bd7 19. Nd3 g4 20. Nc5 gxf3 21. gxf3 Rc8 22. d6+
Kh8 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rfd1 Nxe4 25. Bxb5 Qf5 26. fxe4 Qg4+
27. Kh1 f3 28. Rg1 Qxe4 29. d7 Nf4 30. dxc8=Q Rxc8 31. Qf7 1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Praia da Pipa BRA"]
[Date "2014.10.19"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaime Tapia Fuentes"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. Be3 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. g4
Nc5 13. Qg2 O-O 14. g5 Nfd7 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. h4
g6 18. h5 e5 19. Nde2 exf4 20. Nxf4 Bg7 21. Nfd5 Qd8 22. Rf2
Rc8 23. Qh3 Ne6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Kh1 Ne5 26. Bxb6 Nxg5
27. Qg3 Qd7 28. Bg2 Qg4 29. Qxg4 Nxg4 30. Rf4 Ne5 31. Be3 Nd7
32. Rf2 Ne6 33. Bc1 Bd4 34. Rf3 Kg7 35. Rfd3 Rh8+ 36. Rh3 Ne5
37. Be3 Bxe3 38. Nxe3 Rxh3+ 39. Bxh3 Rh8 0-1

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Praia da Pipa BRA"]
[Date "2014.10.19"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Giuseppe Leiva Rodriguez"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "206"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5
12. Nf3 Nc6 13. d5 Bxc3 14. dxc6 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bf6 16. cxd7 Qc7
17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Rb3 Rb7 20. Rd3 b5 21. Qc2 bxc4
22. Qxc4 Rb4 23. Qa6 c4 24. Rd6 Rb6 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Qb5 Qc5
27. Qxc5 bxc5 28. a4 Kf8 29. a5 c3 30. a6 Ra8 31. a7 c2
32. Rc1 Rxa7 33. Ne5 Rc7 34. Rxc2 Bd8 35. Nd3 c4 36. Nb2 c3
37. Na4 Bf6 38. Rxc3 Rxd7 39. Rc8+ Rd8 40. Rc7 Be5 41. Rc6 g5
42. Nc5 h6 43. g4 Kg8 44. Nd3 Bd6 45. Ra6 Kg7 46. Ra5 Kg6
47. h3 f5 48. Ra6 Kf7 49. Kf3 Rd7 50. e4 Bb8 51. Nc5 Rc7
52. Nxe6 Rc3+ 53. Kg2 fxe4 54. Nd4 e3 55. Rxh6 exf2 56. Kxf2
Bg3+ 57. Ke2 Bf4 58. Nf3 Re3+ 59. Kf2 Ra3 60. Rc6 Ra2+ 61. Ke1
Ra1+ 62. Ke2 Ra2+ 63. Kd3 Ra3+ 64. Rc3 Rxc3+ 65. Kxc3 Kf6
66. Kd4 Ke6 67. Ke4 Bc1 68. Nd4+ Kf6 69. Kd5 Bf4 70. Nf5 Kf7
71. Ke4 Bc1 72. Ng3 Ke6 73. Ne2 Bb2 74. Ng1 Bc1 75. Nf3 Kf6
76. Kd5 Bf4 77. Nd4 Bh2 78. Nb5 Bf4 79. Nc3 Kf7 80. Ke4 Ke6
81. Ne2 Be5 82. Ng1 Kf6 83. Kd5 Bf4 84. Ne2 Be5 85. Nd4 Bf4
86. Nb5 Be5 87. Nd6 Bf4 88. Ne4+ Kf7 89. Nc5 Kf6 90. Nd7+ Ke7
91. Ne5 Kf6 92. Nf3 Bc1 93. Ke4 Ke6 94. Nd4+ Kf6 95. Ne2 Bd2
96. Kd5 Be3 97. Ng3 Bc1 98. Ne4+ Kg6 99. Ke6 Be3 100. Nf6 Bd4
101. Nd7 Bf2 102. Ne5+ Kg7 103. Kf5 Kh6 1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Praia da Pipa BRA"]
[Date "2014.10.20"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Everaldo Matsuura"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Praia da Pipa BRA"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Salvador Alonso"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6
12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc1 Be6 14. Ne4 Bb4 15. Rd1 O-O 16. a5 a6
17. Rd4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Qxc5 exf4 21. Rxf4
Rxf4 22. gxf4 Rd2 23. f5 Bf7 24. e4 Qd8 25. Re1 Rxb2 26. e5
Qd2 27. Rf1 Qg5 28. Kh1 Qxf5 29. Qd4 Bd5 30. Bxd5+ cxd5
31. Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Praia da Pipa BRA"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e6
7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ba3 Qa5
12. Na4 b6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Rd8 15. Qc2 f5 16. Nec3 e4
17. Rad1 Be6 18. Nb5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Qd1
Ndc6 22. Nc7 Bf7 23. Bc1 Bc3 24. f3 Be5 25. Bd2 Nb4 26. Nb5 a6
27. Bc3 Nec6 28. Nd6 b5 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qd7+ Ne7 31. Bxe5
Nd5 32. Nc3 Nxc3 33. Qd2 b4 34. fxe4 Nxe4 35. Bxe4 fxe4
36. Qf2+ Ke8 37. Qf6 Qxa2 38. Bd6 Nc8 39. Qxg6+ Kd7 40. Be5
Ne7 41. Qd6+ Ke8 42. Bf6 Ng8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Qf5 Qb1+ 45. Kg2
Nxf6 46. Qxf6+ Ke8 47. Qe6+ Kd8 48. Qd6+ Ke8 49. Qc6+ Kf7
50. Qd7+ Kf8 51. Qf5+ Ke8 52. Qe5+ Kd7 53. Qd5+ Ke8 54. Qa8+
Ke7 55. Qa7+ Ke8 56. Qxc5 Qxb3 57. Qc6+ Kf7 58. Qd7+ Kf6
59. Qd6+ Kf7 60. Qf4+ Kg7 61. Qe5+ Kf7 62. Qf5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Praia da Pipa BRA"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "7.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Bernardo Roselli Mailhe"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 Qd7 10. Be2 Ba6 11. Bxh5 Qb5
12. Be2 Qc6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Rxh4 15. Rxh4 Nxh4 16. Ne2
Qa4 17. Qh7 Ng6 18. Qg8+ Nf8 19. Qxg7 Qxc2 20. Bh6 O-O-O
21. Bg5 Re8 22. Qxf7 Qg6 23. Qxg6 Nxg6 24. f4 Nb8 25. Kf2 Rh8
26. g4 Rh2+ 27. Kf3 Nc6 28. Re1 Na5 29. Kg3 Rh7 30. f5 Nf8
31. Nf4 exf5 32. gxf5 Rg7 33. Kg4 1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Praia da Pipa BRA"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yago De Moura Santiago"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3
d5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. c4 a5 11. Rd1 Qb6
12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bc5
17. Bf4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Rd2 Nf8 20. Rc2 Ng6 21. Bd2 Bd4
22. Qxc4 Nxe5 23. Qe2 Qb5 24. Nf4 g5 25. Qxb5 cxb5 26. Ne2 Bb6
27. h3 Rac8 28. Rac1 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Nd3 30. Kf1 Nxf2 31. Nc3
Rc8 0-1

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Praia da Pipa BRA"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. Bf4 a6 11. Qd2 Qb6
12. Rae1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 14. b3 Rfe8 15. g4 Qb4 16. Bxd6
Nxg4 17. Ne4 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Nge5 19. Bg2 Nd3 20. Re7 Rxe7
21. Bxe7 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rd1 b6 24. d6 Rd8 25. Nf3 Nf4
26. Ne5 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nd4 28. d7 h5 29. Bh3 Ng4 30. Bxg4 hxg4
31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. b4 1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Praia da Pipa BRA"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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. Qe2 O-O 14. Nf1 c5 15. g4 cxd4 16. g5 Nd5
17. gxh6 Qb6 18. Rg1 Ba3 19. bxa3 Nc3 20. Bxc3 dxc3 21. Rxg7+
Kh8 22. Rh7+ Kg8 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Praia da Pipa BRA"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2
exd4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Qf6 9. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.26"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "1.31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Rishi Sardana"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 g6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Bg7
12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Nfd7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bd2 Nc8 16. Rac1 Qb6
17. Qxb6 Ncxb6 18. b3 f5 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20. Nef4 Kf7 21. Nc5
Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Nd5 23. Bxa5 b6 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Bxb6 Rdc8
26. Nxd5 Rc2 27. a5 e6 28. Nc7 Rc8 29. a6 Rc6 30. Ba5 Bf6
31. a7 Bd8 32. a8=Q Rxa8 33. Nxa8 Bxa5 34. g3 Bd8 35. Ra1 Rc3
36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 Rxb3 38. Nc7 Bxc7 39. Rxc7 Rb2 40. Kg2
g5 41. h4 f4 42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Kf3 fxe3 44. fxe3 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.27"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "2.20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthieu Cornette"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Nc3 e6 8. Qa4+ Nfd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 f6 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. e4 dxe4 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Qc4 Ne5
17. Qb5+ Kf7 18. Bc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 b5 20. Qd4 Qd7 21. Nc3 Qxd4
22. Bxd4 b4 23. Ne2 Rd8 24. Kf1 Nd3 25. Bxa7 Nxb2 26. Ng3 Re8
27. Bd4 Nd3 28. Rd1 Ne5 29. h5 gxh5 30. gxh5 Nc4 31. Rh4 Ra8
32. Rxe4 Rxa2 33. Bc3 Rc2 34. Rd7+ Kg8 35. Rxc4 Rxc3 36. Rxc3
bxc3 37. Ke2 f5 38. Rc7 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "3.20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Gao Rui"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Ndb5 a6 9. cxd5 axb5 10. Bxb5 O-O 11. dxc6 Qb6
12. Qd4 Qa5 13. Qa4 bxc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Rxa4 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Bxa4 Bxc3+ 18. Ke2 Ba6+ 19. Kf3 Bb7+ 20. e4 Bxa1
21. Rxa1 f5 22. Bb3+ Kg7 23. Bd5 fxe4+ 24. Kxe4 Bxd5+ 25. Kxd5
Rxf2 26. a4 Rxg2 27. a5 Rxh2 28. a6 Rd2+ 29. Kc6 Rc2+ 30. Kd7
Rd2+ 31. Kxe7 Re2+ 32. Kd7 Rd2+ 33. Kc7 Rc2+ 34. Kb6 Rb2+
35. Ka5 Rb8 36. a7 Ra8 37. Kb6 Kf6 38. Kb7 Rxa7+ 39. Rxa7 h5
40. Kc6 Ke5 41. Kc5 h4 42. Kc4 Ke4 43. Rh7 g5 44. Rh5 Kf3
45. Kd3 g4 46. Rxh4 g3 47. Rh3 Kf2 48. Rxg3 Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "4.26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lela Javakhishvili"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6
12. Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. e4 O-O 15. O-O Qc7 16. Bg5 a5
17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. e5 Bxf3 21. exd6
Bxe2 22. Rxc5 Bxd3 23. Rd1 Be4 24. Rxa5 Rd8 25. Rb5 Bc2
26. Ra1 Nd5 27. Rc5 Bd3 28. Rc6 Kf8 29. Rd1 Be4 30. Rc4 Bg6
31. a5 Ke8 32. a6 Ra8 33. d7+ Kxd7 34. Rxb4 Rxa6 35. Rb8 Rc6
36. h3 Rc2 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Rd4 Kf6 39. Ke1 Ke5 40. Rd2 Rc1+
41. Rd1 Rc4 42. b3 Rc3 43. b4 Rb3 44. b5 h5 45. Rb7 Nf4 46. g3
Nd3+ 47. Ke2 Nc5 48. Rb8 Bd3+ 49. Ke1 Bxb5 50. Ra1 Ke4 51. Ra7
Nd3+ 52. Kd2 Ne5 53. Rab7 Rd3+ 54. Kc1 Bc4 55. f4 Nc6 56. Rf8
e5 57. Rc7 Bd5 58. fxe5 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "5.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Gadir Guseinov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 Qa5 11. f4 Rac8
12. Rc1 Be6 13. a3 Nb8 14. Nd5 Rfe8 15. Qd3 Nbd7 16. b4 Qa6
17. Nd4 Bxd5 18. exd5 b6 19. Bf3 Qb7 20. Rfe1 Nb8 21. Bf2 Qd7
22. h3 e5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Nb5 d5 25. cxd5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nxd5
27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxd5 exd5 29. Nxa7 Bb2 30. Rb1 Re2 31. Nb5
Nc6 32. Bxb6 Kf7 33. Rd1 Ne7 34. a4 Nc6 35. Bc5 d4 36. a5 Bc3
37. Nxc3 dxc3 38. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5
7. Nf3 Qb6 8. e4 Ng4 9. Nd1 Nc6 10. b4 Be7 11. Ne3 Nxe3
12. Bxe3 Qc7 13. Be2 d6 14. O-O e5 15. h3 Be6 16. Rfd1 h6
17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Qc3 b6 19. Nd2 Bg5 20. Bg4 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 a5
22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 b5 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nf3 b4 26. Qb3 Qe7
27. axb4 axb4 28. Qc4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Kh7 30. Qb5 Qe8 31. Rb1
Qd7 32. Kh2 Ra5 33. Qc4 Qe7 34. Rc1 Ra3 35. Qb5 Qd7 36. Rb1
Qd3 37. Rxb4 Nxb4 38. Qxb4 Rc3 39. c6 Rxc6 40. Nxe5 Qd6
41. Qxd6 Rxd6 42. h4 Kg8 43. h5 Rd4 44. f3 Rd2 45. Kh3 Rb2
46. g4 Rb5 47. Ng6 Kf7 48. Kg3 Ke8 49. Kf4 Kd7 50. Ne5+ Kd6
51. Nf7+ Ke7 52. Ne5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. a4 Qc7 14. Be3 Rfc8 15. b3 b6 16. Rac1 Qb7
17. f4 e6 18. Rfe1 Rd8 19. Bf2 e5 20. Nde2 Bc6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 exf4 23. Nxf4 Nd7 24. Ne2 Rac8 25. Nd4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Nc5 27. Qb1 Re8 28. Re1 Qe7 29. Nc6 Qg5 30. a5 bxa5 31. Bxc5
dxc5 32. d6 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Be5 34. Qd3 Qf4 35. g3 Qf6 36. d7
Qxc6 37. Qd5 Qa8 38. dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Qa8+ Kg7
41. Qxa6 h5 42. Qd3 Bd4 43. Re2 Qg5 44. Qd2 Qd8 45. Qc1 h4
46. Qf4 hxg3 47. Qxg3 Qe8 48. Qd3 Qe5 49. Rc2 Qh5 50. Qf3 Qh4
51. Qe2 Qg5+ 52. Kf3 Qf6+ 53. Kg2 Qg5+ 54. Kf3 Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.03"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4
7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qh4 Nbd7 9. Bd2 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O Nd5
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. c3 O-O 15. a4 a6 16. a5 e5
17. Ra4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb8 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Rb4 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1
Nc6 22. Rxb7 Nxa5 23. Rb4 Nc6 24. Rb6 Rc8 25. Bxa6 Bxd4
26. Bxc8 Bxb6 27. Bd7 Nb4 28. Bb5 f5 29. Bd2 Bc5 30. g4 fxg4
31. hxg4 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. f4 Nc2 34. g5 Bb4 35. Bxb4 Nxb4
36. Kf3 Kd6 37. Ke3 Nc2+ 38. Kd2 Nd4 39. Bd3 Ne6 40. Ke3 Kc5
41. Be2 Nd8 42. b4+ Kxb4 43. Kd4 Nc6+ 44. Kxd5 Kc3 45. Kxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5
Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 13. Nge4 Ne7 14. f4 Ng6 15. g3 Ke7 16. Kf2
Bg4 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Ke3 h5 20. Nf2 Bf5 21. Nce4
f6 22. exf6+ gxf6 23. h3 Bc8 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 f5 26. gxf5
Bxf5 27. Rh1 Rf8 28. Nd3 b6 29. Rh5 c5 30. c4 a5 31. a4 Kd8
32. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Nc3 d6
7. d3 O-O 8. a3 b6 9. Rb1 Nd4 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Nc4
Qd7 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Rad8 15. Ne3 g6 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5
Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Qd2 h6 21. Bxh6 Bg6
22. Bg5 Nh7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rf2 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Nxg5 26. Nd5
Kg7 27. Rbf1 Re5 28. Nf4 Rh8 29. c3 Re3 30. Rd2 Ne6 31. d4
cxd4 32. cxd4 Rh4 33. Nxe6+ Rxe6 34. Rc1 Be4 35. Bxe4 Rexe4
36. d5 Rd4 37. Rcd1 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Rh5 39. Kg2 Re5 40. Kf3 f5
41. h4 Kf6 42. Rd1 a5 43. Rd2 b5 44. Rd1 Re4 45. Rh1 Rd4
46. h5 Kg7 47. Rg1+ Kh7 48. Rg5 Rxd5 49. Kf4 Rd2 50. Rxf5 Rxb2
51. Rd5 Rb3 52. a4 bxa4 53. Rxa5 a3 54. Ke4 Kh6 55. Kd5 Rd3+
56. Kc4 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2015.06.20"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5
7. Bb2 d4 8. e3 Nc6 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Qb6 11. d3 Nd7 12. a3
a5 13. Nbd2 e5 14. Qc2 f6 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Rab1 Nc5 17. Nxc5
Bxc5 18. Bc1 Qc7 19. Nd2 Be7 20. Ne4 Be6 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4
Qd7 23. c5 Re8 24. Qf2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qe2 Rec8 27. Rec1
Ra6 28. Rc2 Bf5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Ra3 31. b5 Ra5 32. c6
bxc6 33. bxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Rb8+ Bf8 36. Qf1 Qc7
37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qxf5+ Qf7 39. Qc8+ Qe8 40. Qc1 Qe7 41. Ng5
g6 42. Nxh7+ Kg7 43. Ng5 Ra3 44. Bf1 Rb3 45. h4 1-0

[Event "10th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. h3 O-O 8. c4 Ne4 9. Nfd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 d6 11. Bf3 Bxf3
12. Nxf3 Nd7 13. Qa4 a5 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. Qc6 Rc8 16. e4 Nf6
17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. exf5 exf5 19. d5 Nd7 20. b3 Bf6 21. Rac1
Re2 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Kf1 Re8
26. Re1 Kf7 27. f4 Bd4 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Ke2 g6 30. Kd3 Bf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.28"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Nd7
12. e5 Nb6 13. axb5 cxb5 14. h4 Nd5 15. h5 Be6 16. Qd3 Qc8
17. Qf3 Rd8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bd2 b4 20. cxb4 axb4 21. Rc1 Nc3
22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. O-O Ra2 25. Rxc3 Qa6 26. Re1
Qa5 27. Kf1 Bh6 28. Rd3 Ra1 29. Nc3 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Bc1 31. Qb7
Qa1 32. Ke2 Qb2+ 33. Qxb2 Bxb2 34. Ke3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 e6 36. f4
Ra8 37. g4 Ra1 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rc7 Re1+ 40. Kf3 Rf1+ 41. Kg3
Kf8 42. Rd7 Ke8 43. Rd6 Kf8 44. d5 exd5 45. Rxd5 Kg7 46. Rd7
Kf8 47. Rd6 Kg7 48. Rf6 Rh1 49. Ra6 Rf1 50. Ra4 Rg1+ 51. Kh4
Rh1+ 52. Kg5 Re1 53. Ra7 Re4 54. Rb7 Re1 55. Re7 Re4 56. f5
Rxe5 57. Rxe5 f6+ 58. Kf4 fxe5+ 59. Kxe5 gxf5 60. Kxf5 Kf7
61. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. Kh1 Bc5 15. Qd2 Nxe5 16. fxe5
Bd7 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Rf1 Bc5 19. Bg4 Qh4 20. Qd1 Rf8
21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Nxd5 h5 23. Bh3 Qe4 24. Nc3 Qxe5 25. g3 Be8
26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Nxe2 Kf7 28. Bg2 b6 29. Nf4 Ke7 30. Be4 g5
31. Ng6+ Bxg6 32. Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6
12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Nf3 c4 15. Be2 Nc6 16. h4 Nf6
17. h5 Ne4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rh4 Rh7 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 21. Kf1 Bd7
22. Qe1 Kg7 23. Ng5 Rh8 24. Kg1 Qc7 25. g3 Nxg5 26. Bxg5 e5
27. Qd2 Bf5 28. g4 Be4 29. f3 exd4 30. Bf4 Qe7 31. cxd4 Bxc2
32. Qxc2 g5 33. Bg3 Qe3+ 34. Bf2 Qf4 35. Qf5 Nxd4 36. Qd7+ Kg6
37. Bd1 Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ 40. Kd2 Qh2 41. Bc2+
Kf6 42. Rf1 Qe5 43. Bd1 Rh2 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46. Qd8+
Kg7 47. Qa5 Qf4+ 48. Ke1 Qe5+ 49. Kd2 Qg3 50. Kc3 Rxf2
51. Rxf2 Qxf2 52. Qxd5 Qe3+ 53. Kxc4 Nc6 54. Qd7+ Kf6 55. Qd6+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robin van Kampen"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nd7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O c5 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. Neg5 Nb6 13. Bd3 h6 14. h4 Nd5 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Bh7+ Kh8
17. Qh5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 f6 19. Be4 Nf4 20. Qf3 fxg5 21. hxg5 Bd7
22. gxh6 g6 23. g3 Nh3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Bart Michiels"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7
12. Nc3 a6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Na4 Bc8
17. Ne5 Qb8 18. Bf4 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd4 Ne4 21. Bg3
Rf5 22. Nf3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Bd7 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qd6
26. Ne5 g5 27. g4 Rf4 28. Qd3+ Kh8 29. Qg6 Re7 30. Rc3 Rh7
31. Qxg5 Re4 32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "A R Saleh Salem"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O b6 11. Bb5 Bb7
12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. f5 b5 15. f6 gxf6 16. Nf3 b4
17. Bxc5 bxc3 18. Qh6 fxe5 19. h4 cxb2+ 20. Kb1 f6 21. Ng5
fxg5 22. hxg5 Rf7 23. g6 Rg7 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7
26. h8=Q+ Qxh8 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Bxe7 d4 29. Rf1 Rh5 30. g4
Rh2 31. Bf6+ Kg8 32. Bxe5 Rd2 33. Kxb2 Ba4 34. Rf4 Rxc2+
35. Ka3 Bc6 36. Bxd4 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Vladimir Potkin"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Qa5 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxb5
12. Qxb5+ Qxb5 13. axb5 Nd7 14. Be3 e5 15. Ke2 exd4 16. cxd4
Nb6 17. Rhc1 Kd7 18. Ne5+ Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Bxa7 Rhc8
21. Bd4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rc4 23. Rd1 Ke6 24. g3 Rb4 25. b6 g5
26. Kf3 h5 27. h3 Nxb6 28. Bc5 g4+ 29. Kg2 Rb5 30. Rd6+ Kxe5
31. Rxb6 Rxc5 32. Rxb7 Kf6 33. h4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Valentina Gunina"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Be2 c5
7. c3 Qb6 8. Qc1 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nd5
12. Bg3 Bh6 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Bh4 Nf4 15. Bf1 Nb4 16. Qd1 Nbd3
17. Re3 Nxb2 18. Qe1 Bf5 19. Bxe7 Nfd3 20. Qe2 Bxe3 21. Qxe3
Rfe8 22. Nh4 d5 23. Qg3 Bd7 24. Bd6 Rc6 25. Rb1 Rxc3 26. Bc5
Nxc5 27. Qxc3 Nca4 28. Qb3 Qxd4 29. Qxb7 Nc5 30. Qxa7 Qxd2
31. Qxc5 Nc4 32. Nf3 Qxa2 33. Rb7 Be6 34. Ng5 Qa6 35. Rc7 Qd6
36. Qb5 Re7 37. Rc6 Qe5 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Bxc4
dxc4 41. Qxe5+ Rxe5 42. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 c6
7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7
12. Nd2 Nc6 13. c5 Qa6 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Rfc8 16. Rab1
Rab8 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Rc7 22. Rb4 Nf6 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Rcb1 b6 25. cxb6 Rxb6
26. a4 Kf8 27. Rxb6 axb6 28. Rb4 Ra7 29. Nb2 Nc5 30. Rxb6 Nxa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Ari Dale"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Ngf3 Ne7
7. Be2 Bg6 8. Nh4 Nf5 9. Nxf5 Bxf5 10. O-O Be7 11. g4 Bg6
12. f4 f5 13. c4 O-O 14. g5 Bf7 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. c5 Qxb3
17. Nxb3 a5 18. Rfc1 Rfb8 19. Rc2 a4 20. Nd2 b6 21. cxb6 Rxb6
22. Rac1 Rab8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxb2 25. Rc7 Be8 26. Bd3
Rxa2 27. Bb5 Bb4 28. Nf3 a3 29. Bxd7 Bxd7 30. Rxd7 Re2 31. Bd2
Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Bxd2 33. Kf2 Bc3 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Ra8 Bxd4+
36. Ke2 Bb2 37. Kd2 Kg6 38. Kc2 Kh5 39. h3 Kh4 40. Rh8 Kxh3
41. g6 h6 42. Rxh6+ Kg4 43. Rh7 Kxf4 44. Rxg7 Bxe5 45. Ra7 a2
46. Rxa2 Kg5 47. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Samuel Sevian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Na3 Bg4 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Ra3 f6
17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3
21. gxf3 Rxf3 22. Be3 Na5 23. Bd3 Nb7 24. Rb1 Nd6 25. Ra5 Nf5
26. Be2 Rh3 27. Bf1 Rf8 28. Rxd5 Nxe3 29. Bxh3 Nxd5 30. Be6+
Kh8 31. Bxd5 g6 32. Be4 Ba5 33. Rb3 Kg7 34. f3 Rf6 35. Kf1 Rb6
36. Ra3 Rb5 37. c4 Rh5 38. c5 Bd2 39. d5 Bf4 40. Rd3 Rxh2
41. d6 cxd6 42. cxd6 Rd2 43. Rxd2 Bxd2 44. d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Klein"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 a6
7. Bd3 Bg4 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 Nc6 11. e4 O-O 12. g4
Bg6 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. f3 Qc7 16. Kd2 dxe4 17. fxe4
Qf4+ 18. Kd1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Nf4 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Be2 c5 13. d3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Be3 f5
17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rf6 19. d4 Rg6 20. Rfd1 e4 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Qg5 23. g3 f4 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Qf7 Bc6 26. Qe7 e3
27. Qxg5 Rxg5 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Re1 h5 30. Bxa7 Bf3 31. e6 Rg6
32. c3 h4 33. Rd4 hxg3 34. fxg3 fxg3 35. Rxe3 gxh2+ 36. Kxh2
Bc6 37. e7 Re8 38. b4 Rg2+ 39. Kh3 g5 40. b5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anne Haast"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. a5 Be7 12. O-O
g6 13. Qd2 Kf8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Kg7 16. Ra4 b5 17. Raa1
Qc7 18. c3 Qb7 19. Rfd1 h4 20. Nc1 Bd8 21. Ra3 Bc7 22. Na2 Bb8
23. Rb3 Nc5 24. Rb4 Bc7 25. Bg5 Bxa5 26. Rxh4 Rxh4 27. Bxh4
Bb6 28. Kh1 Rh8 29. Qe1 Qd7 30. Nb4 Qf5 31. Bf2 a5 32. Nd3
Nxd3 33. Bxd3 Bxf2 34. Qxf2 Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Ng4+ 36. Kg1 Nxf2
37. Kxf2 Qc8 38. Ke2 Qc5 39. b4 Qxc3 40. bxa5 Qxa5 41. Rb1 b4
42. Bc4 Qc5 43. Bb3 f5 44. Kf1 Qb5+ 45. Kg1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.01"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rab1 a5
12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Nc1 a4
17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Rbc1 Re6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Rae8 21. h3 Qd7
22. Rfe1 Rf6 23. Kf1 Bc7 24. Qd3 Ba5 25. Red1 Bc7 26. b4 axb3
27. Qxb3 Bd6 28. a4 Rfe6 29. Rc3 R6e7 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.02"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 c5 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3
b5 13. Bc2 Ng6 14. d4 Bb7 15. Be3 Re8 16. d5 c4 17. Bxa7 Rxa7
18. b3 Qc7 19. bxc4 Qxc4 20. a4 Qxc3 21. axb5 Qc5 22. Qb1 axb5
23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. Qxb5 Rc8 25. Bd3 Nf4 26. Qb3 Ba6 27. Bxa6
Qxa6 28. Nf5 Kh7 29. Qb4 Rd8 30. Qd2 Rb8 31. Qc2 Rc8 32. Qd2
Rc4 33. Ng3 Qc8 34. Nh2 Rd4 35. Qe3 Rd3 36. Qa7 Qc3 37. Re3
Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Qxe3 39. fxe3 Nd3 40. Nf3 Nc5 41. Nd2 g5 42. Kf2
Kg6 43. Kf3 h5 44. h4 gxh4 45. Nf5 Nxd5 46. Nxd6 Nc3 47. Nf5
Kg5 48. Nd6 Kf6 49. Nf5 Ne6 50. Nxh4 Ng5+ 51. Kg3 Ngxe4+
52. Nxe4+ Nxe4+ 53. Kf3 Nd2+ 54. Ke2 Kg5 55. g3 Ne4 56. Kf3
Nd2+ 57. Ke2 Ne4 58. Kf3 f5 59. Kg2 Nd2 60. Kf2 Kg4 61. Ng6
Nc4 62. Ne7 Nb2 63. Nd5 Nd3+ 64. Kg2 Kg5 65. Kf3 Nc5 66. Kg2
Ne4 67. Kh3 Nf6 68. Ne7 Ng4 69. Nd5 Kg6 70. Kh4 Kh6 71. Kh3
Kg7 72. Kh4 Kg6 73. Kh3 Kf7 74. Kh4 Ke6 75. Nc7+ Kd6 76. Ne8+
Kd5 77. Kxh5 Nxe3 78. Kg5 Ke4 79. Kf6 Kd4 80. Kg5 e4 81. Nd6
Kd3 82. Kh5 Kd4 83. Kg5 Kd5 84. Nb5 Kc5 85. Nc3 Kd4 86. Nb5+
Ke5 87. Na3 Nd5 88. Nc4+ Ke6 89. Nd2 Ke5 90. Nc4+ Ke6 91. Nd2
Nf6 92. g4 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Naroditsky"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bc4 Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Bc4
Qa4 17. Bb5 Qa2 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Qd1 Rc2 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. h4 Qe6
22. h5 Qg4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qb3 Nc6 25. Bc4 Nxd4 26. Bxf7+
Kh7 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Be6 Qh4 29. Bxc8 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Bxc8
31. Be3 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Be5 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qf7+
Kh8 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kayden W Troff"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8
12. Qa4 a6 13. Qb3 b5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Qd6
17. Bf1 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Rc8 20. Qe1 b4 21. axb4
Qxb4 22. Nd3 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 a5 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Rc1 Ba6 26. Nc5
Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Kf8 28. Ra1 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Rb8 30. Rxa5 Rxb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.05"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Samuel Sevian"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6
12. a4 a5 13. Ne4 Na7 14. d4 Nxb5 15. axb5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 exd4
17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Rd1 Qd5 19. Bf4 f5 20. Nc5 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Nd5
22. Be5 Rfe8 23. Rac1 a4 24. Rc4 Ra5 25. Bxc7 Rxb5 26. Nxa4
Rc8 27. Rdc1 Ra8 28. b3 Bf8 29. Nc3 Nxc7 30. Rxc7 Rxb3 31. Nd5
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.07"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7
7. Nbd2 h6 8. Nb3 g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 Ng6 11. Ne1 Ne7 12. f4
O-O-O 13. Nd3 Ng6 14. Bg4 Bxd3 15. cxd3 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4
17. Rxf4 f5 18. Bh5 Nf6 19. Kh1 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Qg7 21. Rf3 Rg8
22. Rg3 Qh7 23. Rxg8 Qxg8 24. Rf1 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. g4
fxg4 27. Rf7 Re8 28. Kg2 Be7 29. Kg3 b6 30. Kxg4 Kd7 31. Rf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Timur Gareev"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O
Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Na4 Qe8 11. Nd3 Bg4
12. Qe1 Bd4 13. c3 Bb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. c4 Be6 16. b3 b5
17. e5 Bf5 18. Nb4 dxe5 19. Qe3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Qe6 21. Bb2 Qxc4
22. a3 Ng4 23. Qc1 Qe2 24. h3 Be4 25. Qe1 Qxb2 26. Qxe4 Nf6
27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Nxc6 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 Qxa3 30. Nxe5 Qa5 31. Nf7+
Kg8 32. Rd1 Qh5 33. Ne5+ Kh8 34. Re1 Ng8 35. Qxc7 Qf5 36. Qc5
Nh6 37. g4 Qf4 38. Re4 Qf6 39. Nd7 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Ra8 41. g5 Qa7
1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.09"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 b6
12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 Qc7 15. Qe3 Rfc8 16. Bd3
Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 b5 18. Ne2 b4 19. Rd2 Ba4 20. b3 Bb5 21. g4
Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Bc5 23. Ba1 Qa7 24. Re1 a5 25. f5 a4 26. Kb1 Rc6
27. Qf3 axb3 28. cxb3 Rac8 29. Rc2 h6 30. Rec1 R6c7 31. Qd3
Be7 32. Bd4 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Qb7 34. Rf2 Bc5 35. fxe6 fxe6
36. Rc2 Bxd4 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. Qxd4 Qf8 39. Kb2 Qb8 40. a3
bxa3+ 41. Kxa3 Kf7 42. b4 Ke8 43. h4 g5 44. h5 Qa8+ 45. Kb3
Qa6 46. Qc3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.10"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 c6 8. Nc3 d5 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 c5
12. Bg2 Nc6 13. dxc5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 f5 15. Nxe6 Kf7 16. Nf4
Rad8+ 17. Kc3 bxc5 18. f3 e3 19. Nd3 e2 20. f4 Rhe8 21. Bd5+
Rxd5 22. cxd5 Re3 23. dxc6 Rxd3+ 24. Kc2 Ke6 25. Rhe1 Rd4
26. Rac1 Kd6 27. Kb2 Kxc6 28. Rc2 Rd1 29. Rcxe2 Bxe2 30. Rxe2
Kb5 31. Re7 Rd2+ 32. Ka3 Rxh2 33. Rxg7 Rh3 34. Rxa7 Rxg3
35. Rb7+ Kc6 36. Rf7 Rf3 37. Rxf5 Rf2 38. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.11"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Conrad Holt"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Qc2 Bb4 12. Rd1
a6 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. h4 Qe7 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3
Rac8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. Bg3 Kg7 21. Bg4 Qf6
22. Re3 Qg6 23. f4 Nf6 24. f5 Nxg4 25. fxg6 Nxe3 26. Qe2 Nxd1
27. gxf7 Nxc3 28. Qh5 Ne2+ 29. Qxe2 Kg6 30. Qg4 Rxf7 31. Bh4
Rcf8 32. Qxg5+ Kh7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Rg7 35. Qxe6+ Kh7
36. Be7 Rg6 37. Qe5 Re8 38. Qh5+ Kg7 39. Bd6 Rg8 40. Be5+ Kf8
41. Qh7 Rxg2+ 42. Kf1 R2g7 43. Qh6 c3 44. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.12"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. g3 Ne6 16. Rd1
Rfc8 17. Bg2 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc2 19. Bxd5 Rxb2 20. O-O Kf8
21. Rfd1 Be8 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Rc7 Rb1+ 24. Kg2 Rxd5 25. Rxd5
Bc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Rd7 a5 28. Ra7 Rb5 29. a4 Rc5 30. h4 h5
31. Kf3 g6 32. Ke4 Kg7 33. Kd4 Rc2 34. f4 c5+ 35. Kd3 Rb2
36. Rxa5 Rb4 37. Ra6 f5 38. a5 Ra4 39. Kc3 Kf7 40. Ra8 Kg7
41. a6 c4 42. Kd4 Kf7 43. a7 Kg7 44. Kc5 c3 45. Kb6 c2 46. Rc8
Rb4+ 47. Ka5 Rb2 48. Rc4 Ra2+ 49. Kb6 Rb2+ 50. Kc7 Ra2 51. Kb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Nh5 8. b4 Nxf4 9. exf4 c6 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O a5 12. a3
Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Ra8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 b5
17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Qd7 19. Ra1 Ra7 20. Ra2 Rfa8 21. Rfa1
Qb7 22. Qb2 Ra6 23. g3 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Ne2
Qa8 27. Rxa6 Qxa6 28. Kg2 Qa8 29. Ng1 Qa4 30. Nf3 g5 31. Qe2
Kf7 32. Qd3 Kg7 33. Qe3 Kf7 34. Nxg5+ Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Qxb4
36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kf7 38. Qc7+ Kf6 39. Qe5+ Kf7 40. g4 Qb1
41. Qc7+ Kf6 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kf6 44. h4 Qe4+ 45. Kg3 h6
46. Qe8 Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. h5 b4 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qc7+ Kf6
51. Qb8 Qd3+ 52. Kh4 Kg7 53. Qb7+ Kf6 54. Qb8 Kg7 55. Qxb4 Qe4
56. Kg3 Qd3+ 57. f3 Qe3 58. Qb1 Kf6 59. Qg6+ Ke7 60. Qg7+ Ke8
61. Qg8+ Ke7 62. Qg7+ Ke8 63. Qe5 Qg1+ 64. Kh3 Qh1+ 65. Kg3
Qg1+ 66. Kf4 Qh2+ 67. Ke3 Qg1+ 68. Kd2 Qf2+ 69. Kc3 Qxf3+
70. Kb4 Qxg4 71. Ka5 Qf5 72. Qc7 Qxh5 73. Qxc6+ Ke7 74. Qd6+
Kf6 75. c6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 b5 8. Ng3 Bb7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Be7 13. a5 Qc7 14. Be2 O-O 15. Nf5 Bd8 16. O-O Nc5
17. Be3 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Re8 21. Bf3 Ncd7
22. Qd4 Ne5 23. Qxb4 Rb8 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Rb5 26. Be2
Rxd5 27. Bxa6 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Bxa5 29. c4 Bb6+ 30. Kh2 Ra8
31. Bb7 Ra2 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Nxf7 Kxf7 34. c5 Rxc2 35. cxb6
Rb2 36. Bf3 Rxb6 37. g4 g5 38. h4 Kg6 39. Re1 Re6 40. Kg3 e4
41. hxg5 Kxg5 42. Re2 Re5 43. Bg2 e3 44. Bf3 Nd7 45. Rh2 Nf8
46. Be2 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. Qa4 g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Nxe5
12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14. Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 Qd2+ 16. Kb3
Qxb2+ 17. Kxc4 Bg7 18. Qa5+ b6 19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Qb5 Ba6
21. Qxa6 f5 22. Qxa7 Qxc3+ 23. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+
12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Ke1 Qa5+ 15. Kf2 c3 16. bxc3
Qxc3 17. Rb1 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qd4+ 19. Qe3 Qxd7 20. h4 O-O 21. h5
Rfd8 22. h6 b6 23. hxg7 Qd4 24. Rh3 Kxg7 25. Bd3 h6 26. Rbh1
Qxe3+ 27. Kxe3 Rh8 28. Be4 Rac8 29. Kf4 c5 30. Ke5 c4 31. Rg3+
Kf8 32. Rf1 Ke7 33. Rg7 Rhf8 34. Kd4 c3 35. Bc2 Rc5 36. Kd3
Rd8+ 37. Ke3 Re5+ 38. Be4 Rf8 39. Kd4 Rc5 40. Rf2 a6 41. Rh7
h5 42. Kd3 Kd6 43. Kc2 Rc4 44. Bb7 Rxa4 45. Kxc3 h4 46. Rhxf7
Rxf7 47. Rxf7 b5 48. Rh7 a5 49. Rh5 Rc4+ 50. Kd3 Rb4 51. Kc3
Rc4+ 52. Kd3 Rb4 53. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bd7
12. O-O Rfd8 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Qb2 Na5 15. Bd3 c5 16. e4 Be8
17. Rad1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Nc4 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Rc1
Qa3 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. d5 Bd7 24. g3 exd5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Ne5
Be6 27. Qe4 Nf6 28. Qxb7 Qc3 29. Qb1 Bxa2 30. Qa1 Bd5 31. Ba6
Rc7 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. Ra1 Ne4 34. Bf1 Nd2 35. Bg2 Nb3 36. Rd1
Bxg2 37. Kxg2 f6 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Ng4 Rc7 40. Ne3 Kg6 41. g4
Nc5 42. h4 Kf7 43. Nf5 Ne6 44. Ra8 Nf4+ 45. Kf3 Nd3 46. Ke3
Ne5 47. f3 Ke6 48. Ke4 Nc4 49. Nd4+ Kf7 50. h5 Nd6+ 51. Kf4
Ke7 52. Rxa7 Rxa7 53. Nc6+ Ke6 54. Nxa7 Kd5 55. Ke3 Kc5
56. Kd3 f5 57. Ke3 Kb6 58. Kf4 Kxa7 59. Ke5 fxg4 60. fxg4 Ne8
61. Kf5 Kb6 62. g5 Nd6+ 63. Kg6 hxg5 64. Kxg5 Kc7 65. Kg6 Ne8
66. h6 gxh6 67. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Ne7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nd7 8. Re1 d4 9. c3 c5 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. a4
Nc6 13. b3 Nb6 14. Nfd2 Be6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rc1 Nxc4 17. Nxc4
a6 18. Rf1 b5 19. Nb6 Bxb6 20. Rxc6 Rc8 21. Rd6 Qe7 22. axb5
axb5 23. Rxb6 Qxa3 24. Rxb5 Bd7 25. Rb6 Qc5 26. Rb7 Be6 27. f4
Qc6 28. Ra7 Qb5 29. fxe5 Bxb3 30. Qb1 Rxe5 31. Bh3 Rb8 32. Rc1
Rc5 33. Rc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 g6 35. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Bb7 11. Bg2 Be7
12. a4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 h4 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. O-O
Bxd5 17. Qxd5 hxg3 18. fxg3 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Qb3 Qc6
21. Bg5 O-O 22. Ra1 Bd8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Ra5 Rb8 25. Ra7 Rf8
26. Ra5 Rb8 27. Ra7 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.27"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. a3 Na5
12. Nd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. b4
Nc6 17. c4 Be6 18. Nb3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 e4 20. f4 exf3 21. Bxf3
Bf6 22. Ra2 b5 23. Rac2 bxc4 24. Nc5 Bf5 25. Rxc4 Bb2 26. Na4
Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Ne5 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Rc5 Re8 30. Bd4 Bd7
31. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Aman Hambleton"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 a6
7. Re1 d6 8. e4 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2
Nbd7 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Nc2 Rad8 16. Ne3 h5 17. f4
g6 18. Qd2 Bc6 19. Qc2 Qb8 20. a4 Bb7 21. h3 Qc7 22. Qf2 Bg7
23. b4 Qb8 24. Bf3 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Ba3 Nc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5
28. e5 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Nd7 30. Nb5 Bf8 31. Rb1 Nb6 32. Qc6 Rc8
33. Qe4 Red8 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Qa8 36. Qxa8 Nxa8 37. g5 Kg7
38. Kf2 Rd7 39. Red1 Rxd1 40. Nxd1 Be7 41. Ndc3 Rb8 42. Ne4
Nc7 43. Rd1 Rd8 44. Nbd6 Na6 45. Rh1 Rb8 46. Ke3 Rb3+ 47. Kd2
Rb8 48. Kc3 Rh8 49. Rxh8 Kxh8 50. Nb7 Kg7 51. Nxa5 Kf8 52. Nc6
Ke8 53. a5 Kd7 54. Nxe7 Kxe7 55. Kb3 Kd7 56. Ka4 Kc6 57. Nd6
Nb4 58. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "10th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dale R Haessel"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
O-O 7. e3 c5 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Rc1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Qd1 Ne4 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 d4 16. Qxb4 dxc3
17. Rd1 c5 18. Qa3 cxb2 19. Rxd8 b1=Q+ 20. Rd1 Qb4+ 21. Qxb4
cxb4 22. f3 Nc3 23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. e4 f6 25. Rb2 a5 26. Bc4+ Bf7
27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bd2 Na4 29. Rc2 Rac8 30. Kd1 Nc3+ 31. Ke1
Nb5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Kd1 Na3 34. Bc1 Rc2 35. Bxa3 Rxa2
36. Bc1 b3 37. Re1 b2 38. Bxb2 Rxb2 39. Re2 Rxe2 40. Kxe2 Ke6
41. f4 Kd6 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "10th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 Bb4
12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Bd3 Rfd8 14. Rfc1 c5 15. Na2 Ba5 16. Bc4 Bd5
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bxa6 Bxb3 19. Qb5 Bd5 20. Qxa5 Nb8 21. Qxc5
Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Nxa6 23. Rcc1 Bxa2 24. Rxa2 Nc5 25. Bd4 Rxa4
26. Rxa4 Nxa4 27. g3 Nd7 28. Rc6 Rb8 29. Kg2 Nab6 30. Rc7 Rd8
31. e4 Nc8 32. Bc3 Nf8 33. Ne5 Nd6 34. Bb4 Nxe4 35. f3 Nf6
36. Nxf7 Rd7 37. Rxd7 N8xd7 38. Nd8 e5 39. Bd6 Ne8 40. Ba3 g6
41. g4 Kg7 42. g5 Nc7 43. Kg3 Nb5 44. Bb4 Nd4 45. Kf2 Nb8
46. Bd6 Nbc6 47. Nxc6 Nxc6 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Bc7 Ne7
51. Bxe5 Nf5 52. Bg3 Ng7 53. Be1 Nf5 54. Bc3 Ne7 55. Bb2 Nf5
56. Ba3 Ng7 57. Kf4 Nf5 58. Bc1 Nd4 59. Kg4 Nf5 60. h4 Nd4
61. Be3 Nf5 62. Bf2 Ng7 63. Bc5 Nf5 64. h5 Ng7 65. h6 Nf5
66. Bf2 Kf7 67. Kf4 Ne7 68. Ke5 Nf5 69. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Vladimir Pechenkin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Nxd2 d6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe8
12. f3 Qh5 13. Qe2 a5 14. Rfe1 e5 15. d5 axb4 16. axb4 b5
17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Ng4 19. Nf3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Bb5 h6
22. Ra5 Kh8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rf1 Rab8 25. Nxe5 Qg5 26. h4 1-0

[Event "10th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2015.06.26"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nf3
dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O 14. Rd1 Rad8 15. Bd2 c5
16. Qe1 Qb8 17. Ba5 Bc7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qe5 Qb6 20. Nd2 Bc6
21. Nc4 Qb4 22. b3 Bd5 23. Ne3 Bb7 24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. Qxd6 Be4
26. Rd1 a5 27. a4 h6 28. h3 Rb8 29. Qe5 Bg6 30. Kh2 Rc8
31. Qd6 Kh7 32. f3 h5 33. Kg1 Rb8 34. Kf2 Rc8 35. Qd2 Qh4+
36. Kg1 Qd4 37. Kf2 Qh4+ 38. Ke2 c4 39. Qc3 Qg3 40. bxc4 Qc7
41. Qd4 Qc6 42. Qd7 Qc5 43. Rb1 Rc7 44. Qb5 Qd4 45. Rd1 Qc3
46. Rd8 Re7 47. Qc5 Qf6 48. Qc8 Kh6 49. Rh8+ Kg5 50. Qc5+ Kh4
51. Kf2 1-0

[Event "10th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2015.06.27"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Gardner"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5
7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6
12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nce2 Ng4 14. Qd3 Qh4 15. h3 Nce5 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Qc3 Nxc4 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Qc5 b6 21. Qc6 Ba6
22. Rd4 Qe7 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Nf4 Rac8 25. Nxd5 Qd8 0-1

[Event "10th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2015.06.28"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Agnieszka Matras-Clement"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6
7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Bd6
12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Nd4 Rb6 15. b3 Bb8 16. Bb2 Nfg4
17. h3 Rh6 18. Qd2 Rxh3 19. gxh3 Qh4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. f4 Nxe3
22. Rf3 Bxf4 23. Qf2 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Bd6 25. Re1 Ng4 26. Rxe8+
Bxe8 27. hxg4 Qxg4 28. Nce2 Bd7 29. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2015.07.25"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Ib Jensen"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bf4 Bxf3 6. gxf3
Bd6 7. Bg3 Nge7 8. e3 f5 9. Bh4 Qd7 10. Bxe7 Bxe7 11. cxd5
exd5 12. f4 Bb4 13. Qb3 Qe6 14. Bb5 O-O 15. Bxc6 Bxc3+
16. Qxc3 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Rc1 Rf6 19. Ke2 Rb8 20. b3 Kf8
21. Rc5 Rb6 22. Ra5 a6 23. Kf3 Rh6 24. h3 Ke8 25. Kg3 Rg6+
26. Kh2 Kd7 27. h4 Rg4 28. Kh3 c5 29. f3 Rxh4+ 30. Kxh4 Rh6+
31. Kg3 Rxh1 32. Rxc5 c6 33. Ra5 h5 34. Rxa6 h4+ 35. Kg2 Re1
36. Ra7+ Kd6 37. Rxg7 Re2+ 38. Kh3 Rxe3 39. Rg6+ Kc7 40. Kxh4
Rxf3 41. Kg5 Rf2 42. a4 Rb2 43. Rg7+ Kb6 44. Kxf5 Rxb3 45. Rg1
Ra3 46. Ke5 Rxa4 47. f5 Ra2 48. f6 Rf2 49. Rg5 Re2+ 50. Kd6
Rf2 51. Ke6 Re2+ 52. Re5 Rf2 53. f7 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2015.07.26"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Nordenbaek"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Ne5 9. Nf3 Nfg4 10. Nxe5 Nxe3 11. Qh5 g6
12. Qf3 Qxe5 13. fxe3 f6 14. Qxf6 Qxf6 15. Rxf6 Bg7 16. Rf2 b5
17. Raf1 Bb7 18. Nd1 b4 19. c3 a5 20. Bb5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6
22. Rc2 Ke7 23. cxb4 axb4 24. b3 Rha8 25. Rff2 Rd6 26. Rfd2
Rc8 27. Nb2 Rc3 28. Nc4 Ra6 29. e5 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rc6 31. Rd2
Rc5 32. Nb6 Rc7 33. Nc4 Rc5 34. Nb6 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2015.07.27"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[Round "4.20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rein Verstraeten"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qd3 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nb5 Ne4
12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Bf4 Ndc5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qd2 Qxb5 16. Nd4
Qd7 17. b4 Na4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nf5 Rfd8 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Rad1
Bd5 22. Bxe4 Bxb4 23. Rd4 Nc3 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Ne3 Bc5
26. Rd3 Rad8 27. Rfd1 f6 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2015.07.26"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[Round "3.45"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Torbjorn Ivarsson"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7
12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Nd5 b6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. b4 Ne5
17. h3 Re8 18. Bd4 Qd7 19. f4 Nc6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. c5 bxc5
22. bxc5 f6 23. cxd6 exd6 24. Bb5 Qb7 25. Rb1 Qf7 26. Nb4 Nxb4
27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxb4 Rd8 29. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2015.07.28"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Martin Haubro"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O
12. a4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rfb8 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Qc2 Ne8 16. Bc3 Nc7
17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Nd2 Qa7 19. Rhe1 Qa6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc4
Rb4 22. b3 Rab8 23. Re3 f6 24. f4 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. a5 Qa7
27. e5 fxe5 28. fxe5 Qb7 29. Rd1 Rd4 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Rf3
dxe5 32. Qe4 Qc7 33. a6 Qd6 34. Rf2 Rxb3 35. a7 Ra3 36. Rc2
Rxa7 37. Rc6 Ra2+ 38. Kh3 Qd7+ 39. Re6 Ra6 40. Qxe5+ Kg8
41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[Round "6.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergio Adan Bermudez"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Qe2 Be6 9. dxe5 Qg6 10. h4 Nc6 11. h5 Qf5
12. Nf3 Be7 13. g3 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qxf3 15. Rg1 Nxe5 16. Qb5+
Nc6 17. Be3 O-O 18. Qxb7 Nd4 19. Qb1 Rab8 20. Qd1 Qxd1+
21. Kxd1 Nf3 22. Rh1 Rb2 23. a4 Bg5 24. Kc1 Rxf2 25. Bxg5 Nxg5
26. Bd3 Rf3 27. Kc2 Rxg3 28. Rab1 Ne6 29. Rb5 Rg2+ 30. Kb3 c6
31. Ra5 Rb8+ 32. Ka3 Rg3 33. Rd1 Nf4 34. Be4 Rxc3+ 35. Ka2 Rc4
36. Bf3 Rc2+ 37. Ka1 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jonny Hector"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6
7. e3 Nb4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qe2 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Bf4
O-O 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Bg3 a6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 b5 17. axb5
axb5 18. Bb3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. f4 Be7 21. fxg5 hxg5
22. Be5 f6 23. Qg4 Nd5 24. exd5 fxe5 25. dxc6 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1
Qxd4+ 27. Qxd4 exd4 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Nd5 Bd3 30. Nxe7 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2015.07.31"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7
12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. c4 h6 15. Bb1 cxd4 16. exd4 Na5
17. Ne5 Bd6 18. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jan-Christian Schroeder"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Nf4 11. Re1 Nxd3
12. cxd3 O-O 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Ne4 c5 15. b3 Nc6 16. Ba3 Bf8
17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Ng3 Bb7 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21. Nxe5
Qd4 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Qe2 g6 24. Re1 Qd5 25. Ne4 Bg7 26. Qf3 h6
27. Qg3 Bc6 28. h3 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Re2 Kf8 31. Nc5 Rd4
32. Re3 Bb5 33. d3 Rd5 34. Ne4 Bd4 35. Re2 a5 36. Rd2 a4
37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Rc2 f5 39. Ned2 Kf6 40. Ke2 Rd8 41. bxa4 Bxa4
42. Rc1 Re8+ 43. Kf1 Bc3 44. a3 Rd8 45. axb4 Bxb4 46. Ke2 Re8+
47. Ne3 f4 48. Rc4 fxe3 49. Ne4+ Kg7 50. Rxb4 Bc6 51. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2015.08.02"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tiger Hillarp Persson"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. e3 dxc4 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5
12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Ne2 a5 15. a4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.63"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Ivan Popov"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5
12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rdf1
Qc5 17. Kb1 Bh4 18. a3 a6 19. Ba2 Rad8 20. Nd5 Rd7 21. h3 Be6
22. Rf3 Kh8 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Qe2 b5 25. Rfd3 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qf2
27. Qxf2 Bxf2 28. b4 Bb6 29. c3 a5 30. Bc4 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 axb4
32. axb4 g6 33. Kc2 Kg7 34. Bxb5 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 f5 36. c4 Bd4
37. Kc2 fxe4 38. c5 Kf6 39. Kb3 Kf5 40. Kc4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.63"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Popov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 d6
7. Ngf3 Nge7 8. h4 h5 9. O-O b6 10. c3 Bb7 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Bh3
Nd8 13. Qe2 f6 14. Ngf3 Nf7 15. d4 O-O 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. b3 f5
18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Qd3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf5 22. Bg2
Nxd4 23. cxd4 Bd5 24. Re2 Nh6 25. Rae1 Nf5 26. Ng5 Bf6
27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Qf3 Bxg5 29. Qxd5+ Kh7 30. hxg5 Rxe2
31. Rxe2 Nxg3 32. Re6 Re8 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34. Qxd6 Qe1+ 35. Kg2
Qe2+ 36. Kxg3 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Rd1 Qe7
12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Qe1 b5
17. Na2 Bg4 18. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rc1
Bf5 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bh3 15. Bc3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. f4
Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Ne4 Nxe4
12. dxe4 Be6 13. b4 Bd6 14. a5 f6 15. Be3 Nd8 16. Rfd1 Nf7
17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 a6 21. Rd5
Be7 22. Rad1 c6 23. Rd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bf4 d6
7. Qc1 h6 8. a3 Nge7 9. Rb1 e5 10. Bd2 Be6 11. b4 Qd7 12. Nf3
cxb4 13. axb4 d5 14. b5 Nd4 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd4 exd4
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. O-O h5 20. Bb4 Kd7 21. Qf4 Bh6
22. Qh4 Bg5 23. Qh3+ f5 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rhe8 26. Rb2
Be7 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. Ra1 Re5 29. Ra4 Rd5 30. h4 Kd6 31. Rc4
Re8 32. Kf3 Re7 33. Ra4 b6 34. Rc4 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Kxc7 36. Kf4
Kb7 37. Kg5 Rd6 38. Ra2 a5 39. bxa6+ Ka7 40. Kf4 Re6 41. e3
dxe3 42. fxe3 b5 43. e4 fxe4 44. dxe4 b4 45. e5 b3 46. Rb2 Rb6
47. e6 Rxe6 48. Rxb3 Kxa6 49. Kg5 Ka7 50. Rf3 Rb6 51. Kh6 Kb7
52. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Millionaire Chess Op 2015"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[EventDate "2015.10.09"]
[Round "1.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Gurpreet Pal Singh"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[Round "2.10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Sorkin"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2
O-O 7. e4 Nb6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5
12. Qb3 c6 13. f4 Ned7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 e6 16. h4 Qe7
17. h5 Rab8 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Kf1 Nf6 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Rg1 Bh6 23. Rh1 Bg7 24. Rg1 Bh6 25. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.09"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Niclas Huschenbeth"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qe2
Bd6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. h3 O-O 14. Nf3 Ng6 15. Bd3 Nf4 16. Bxf4
Bxf4 17. Rad1 g6 18. Ne5 Bh6 19. h4 Bg7 20. Qe4 b6 21. Qf4 Ra7
22. Qe3 Rd8 23. h5 Rd5 24. f4 Bb7 25. c4 Rd8 26. Be4 Raa8
27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. b3 Qc7 29. Nf3 a5 30. a4 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6
32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Re2 Rd8 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Rd2 Qxd2+ 36. Qxd2
Rxd2+ 37. Nxd2 Bd4+ 38. Ke2 f5 39. Nf3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[EventDate "2015.10.09"]
[Round "5.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Jacek Stopa"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. d4 d5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O
O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qf3 Qc6 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Rab1 Rfb8 16. Rfe1
b5 17. h4 a6 18. h5 Qd7 19. Bh6 Bf5 20. Re3 Rb6 21. Rbe1 Bxd3
22. Rxd3 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Re5 Rd6 25. Rde3 h6 26. Qg3 Qc6
27. Qf4 Kg7 28. Rf3 Qd7 29. hxg6 Rxg6 30. Rfe3 Qd6 31. Qf3 Rd8
32. Rf5 Rf6 33. Qh5 Rxf5 34. Qxf5 Kf8 35. Rf3 Qc7 36. Qf6 Rd6
37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[EventDate "2015.10.09"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Qd7 13. Re1 f6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. exf6 Bxf6
17. Bb3 Bf7 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Kf1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qd6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rd1 c5 26. Qe3
a5 27. h4 a4 28. Bc2 d4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Qg5 Bc4+ 31. Bd3 h6
32. Qg4 Qc6 33. Kg1 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1.32"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nodirbek Abdusattorov"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. c3 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 O-O-O 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Ne4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. fxe3
Be7 17. Nd2 h5 18. O-O-O e5 19. dxe5 Qe6 20. Nc4 Kc7 21. Rd4
b5 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6+ Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Rd1 Qe5
26. Qd3 Re8 27. Qd7+ Kb6 28. Rd3 Qe7 29. Kd2 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Re4
31. Rxf7 Rg4 32. Rf2 Rxh4 33. Ke2 Rg4 34. Kf3 Rg6 35. Rd2 Kc7
36. Kf4 Rg4+ 37. Kf5 g6+ 38. Kf6 h4 39. Re2 Kd6 40. e4 Rf4+
41. Kxg6 Ke5 42. Kg5 a5 43. a3 c5 44. Kh5 b4 45. cxb4 cxb4
46. axb4 axb4 47. Kg5 b3 48. Re3 Rf2 49. Rxb3 Rxg2+ 50. Kxh4
Kxe4 51. Rb4+ Kd5 52. Rg4 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "2.33"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "N R Vignesh"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Qb3 Qc8 8. d3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rac1 Qd7
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg6 14. Nb5 Rfc8 15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. Nc7
Rb8 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. Bxd5 Nxd5
21. Qxd5 Bd6 22. Qb5 Qd8 23. Qxb7 Bf5 24. Qxa7 h5 25. Qd4 Qb8
26. b4 Bg4 27. Qe4 Qa7 28. b5 Qxa2 29. b6 Qb2 30. Qc6 Bd7
31. Qxd7 Qxc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc5 33. b7 Qe5 34. Qc6 g5 35. e3 Kg7
36. d4 Qe7 37. Kf3 f5 38. Ke2 Qc7 39. Qxc7+ Bxc7 40. f3 Kf6
41. e4 fxe4 42. fxe4 Ke6 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. e5+ Kd5 45. Ke3 Bb8
46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 Bc7 48. Kd3 Bb8 49. Kc3 Bc7 50. Kb3 Kc6
51. e6 Bd6 52. Kc4 Kxb7 53. Kd5 Kc7 54. Ke4 Be7 55. Kf5 Kd6
56. Kg6 Kxe6 57. Kxh5 Bxh4 58. Kxh4 Kd5 59. Kg5 Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "3.32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yiye Wang"]
[Black "Samuel Shankland"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5
Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8. f4 Neg4 9. h3 Bb4 10. hxg4 Bxc3 11. bxc3
Nxe4 12. Bd3 d5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. f5 Re8 15. Be3 b6 16. f6 Qd6
17. Qe1 Bxg4 18. Qh4 h5 19. Rf4 Rad8 20. Raf1 Re6 21. fxg7 Rg6
22. Rf6 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qd5 24. c4 Qa5 25. Rh6 Rd6 26. Rxd6 cxd6
27. Bh6 b5 28. Qe7 Kh7 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[Round "4.45"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Bodda Pratyusha"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. c4 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6
7. c5 Bxc5 8. Bxe5 f6 9. Bg3 Ne7 10. Ne2 a5 11. Nbc3 Ba6
12. Qc2 Bd6 13. O-O c5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. d3 Nc6 16. a3 Ne5
17. Rfd1 Ng4 18. Ng3 h5 19. d4 c4 20. bxc4 Bxc4 21. f3 Nh6
22. Nxh5 Kf7 23. Nf4 Rhe8 24. Re1 Rab8 25. Ne4 Qd7 26. Nd2 Qf5
27. Qc3 g5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. e4 Qf4 30. exd5 Nf5 31. Re4 Qd6
32. Rae1 Rh8 33. Nf1 Qxd5 34. Ne3 Nxe3 35. R4xe3 Qd6 36. Re7+
Kf8 37. Qxc7 Qxc7 38. Rxc7 Rh4 39. Re6 Rf4 40. h3 Rxd4
41. Rxf6+ Ke8 42. Rg6 1-0

