Bator Sambuev
| Bator Sambuev | |
|---|---|
| Country |
 Russia Canada
|
| Born |
November 25, 1980 Ulan-Ude, Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2006) |
| FIDE rating | 2547 (April 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2571 (April 2014) |
Bator Sambuev (Russian: Батор Самбуев; born November 25, 1980) is a Russian-Canadian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster. He won the Canadian championship twice.
Born in Ulan-Ude, Russia, Sambuev was awarded by FIDE the titles of International Master in 1999 and Grandmaster in 2006. He emigrated to Toronto, Canada in June 2007 and moved to Montreal in 2010.
He won the Canadian Closed Championship in 2011 after a two-game playoff against Eric Hansen. In 2012, Sambuev again won the Canadian championship, earning the right to play in the FIDE World Cup 2013, and took part for the first time in the Chess Olympiad, where he played for team Canada on the first board.
In the World Cup 2013, he played Alexander Morozevich in the first round. Sambuev won the first game and lost the second. Then he lost the rapidplay playoff by 1½-½ and as a result he was eliminated from the competition.
Sambuev was placed 2nd in the Toronto Labour Day Open and Toronto Holidays Open in 2007, the Toronto Hart House Holidays Open in 2008, the PWC Toronto Open, Toronto Labour Day Open and Toronto Thanksgiving Open in 2009, the Toronto Labour Day Open and Hart House Holidays Open in 2010, the Hart House Holidays Open in 2011, the Ontario Open in 2009, 2010 and 2011, and the Quebec Open in 2011. In 2011, Sambuev came 1st at the Hamilton Winter Open ahead of Wesley So.
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