Bator Sambuev

{{short description|Russian-Canadian chess grandmaster (born 1980)}} {{Infobox chess biography | name = Bator Sambuev | image = | caption = | full_name =  | country = {{RUS}} (until 2010)<br>{{CAN}} (since 2010) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|25}} | birth_place = Ulan-Ude, RSFSR, Soviet Union | title =Grandmaster (2006) | rating =  | peakrating = 2571 (April 2014) | FideID = 4128290 }}

'''Bator Sambuev''' ({{langx|ru|Батор Самбуев}}; born November 25, 1980) is a Russian-Canadian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=David |date=2019-06-09 |title=Sambuev, Bator |url=https://www.canadianchess.info/canadianchesshistory/CanadianChessBiographiesS.html#SAMBUEV |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Canadian Chess Biographies}}</ref> He is a four-time winner of the Canadian chess championship and has represented Canada twice at Chess Olympiads.

==Chess biography == Born in Ulan-Ude,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=4128290&title=GM&pb=13&reff=0|title=Title Applications - 3rd quarter Presidential Board, 22-23 September 2006, Elista, Russia|website=ratings.fide.com|publisher=FIDE|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> Russia, Sambuev was awarded by FIDE the titles of International Master in 1999 and Grandmaster in 2006. He immigrated to Toronto, Canada, in June 2007 and moved to Montreal in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011 |title=Montreal attracts Canada's best chess players |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2128413654 |access-date=2024-03-18 |work=CBC Television}}</ref>

He won the Canadian Closed Championship in 2011 after a two-game playoff against Eric Hansen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7223|title=2011 Canadian Closed Chess Championship|author=von Keitz, Michael|date=17 May 2011|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2011/05/gm-sambuev-wins-2011-canadian-closed.html|title=GM Sambuev wins the 2011 Canadian Closed Championship!|author=Ficzere, Tony|date=13 May 2011|website=Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> In 2012, Sambuev again won the championship, earning the right to participate in the FIDE World Cup 2013, where he played Alexander Morozevich in the first round. Sambuev won the first game<ref>{{cite news|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-cup-11-a-few-surprises-in-troms-120813|title=World Cup 1.1: A few surprises in Tromsø|date=11 August 2013|newspaper=Chess News|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> but lost the second<ref>{{cite news|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-cup-12-polgar-nepo-out-ushenina-still-in-130813|title=World Cup 1.2: Polgar, Nepo out, Ushenina still in|date=12 August 2013|newspaper=Chess News|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> and was eliminated after losing the rapid-play playoff (1½-½).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-cup-13-tremendous-action-in-the-tiebreaks-150813|title=World Cup 1.3: tremendous action in the tiebreaks|date=13 August 2013|newspaper=Chess News|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref>

Sambuev has been a team member at two Olympiads:

* Istanbul 2012: 1st board (+3, -6)<ref>{{cite web |date=24 May 2012 |title=Canada at the 40th Chess Olympiad 2012 {{!}} Chessdom |url=http://www.chessdom.com/canada-at-the-40th-chess-olympiad-2012/ |accessdate=6 February 2019 |website=www.chessdom.com}}</ref> * Tromsø 2014: 4th board (+5, =2, -3)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sambuev, Bator |url=https://www.olimpbase.org/players/7vbv15be.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=OlimpBase: The Encyclopedia of Team Chess}}</ref>

Sambuev won the 2017 Canadian Championship (Zonal 2.2) in Montreal. He finished =1st with IM Nikolay Noritsyn in the 9-round Swiss with 8/9.<ref>{{Cite web |title=84th Canadian Championship |url=https://www.bcchesshistory.com/canchslate.html#canch2017 |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=BC Chess History}}</ref> They played four rapid games (15m + 10s) with White winning each time. Sambuev then won a controversial blitz playoff (1.5/0.5). In it, Sambuev kept Noritsyn's captured queen in his hand during a time scramble. Noritsyn used an upside-down rook when he promoted to a queen (as there was no extra queen on the table). The arbiters, mistakenly believing that the queen had been on the table, ruled that the promotion had been to a rook rather than a queen, leading to a win for Sambuev. After the match, Noritsyn appealed to the Chess Federation of Canada, but the appeal was denied.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Klein|first1=Mike|url=http://www.chess.com/news/view/controversial-finish-to-canadian-chess-championship-5047|title=Controversial Finish to Canadian Championship|website=Chess.com|accessdate=12 July 2017|date=4 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Stapczynski |first1=Colin |title=5 Dirty Tricks Grandmasters Use |url=https://www.chess.com/article/view/5-dirty-tricks-gms-use |website=Chess.com |access-date=17 August 2021 |date=20 September 2020}}</ref>

Sambuev played in the 2017 World Cup at Tbilisi where he was eliminated in the first round by Wei Yi.

He was =1st at the 2023 Canadian championship, with Nikolay Noritsyn and Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=2023 Canadian Closed Championship |url=https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?id=202304020 |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=BC Chess History}}</ref>

Sambuev has frequently been the victor or the runner-up at Swiss tournaments in Canada and has been the top-rated Canadian player.<ref>[https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/p/?id=146462 Bator Sambuev. Chess Federation of Canada.] Retrieved March 19, 2024..</ref><ref name=":0" />

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * {{365Chess.com player|Bator_Sambuev}} * {{Chessgames player|49721}} * {{OlimpBase player|7vbv15be}} * {{CFC|146462}} * {{FIDE}} {{Canadian grandmasters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sambuev, Bator}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian chess players Category:Chess Grandmasters Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:Sportspeople from Ulan-Ude Category:Russian emigrants to Canada Category:Chess players from Toronto Category:21st-century Russian chess players