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Samy Shoker
S Shoker 
 

Number of games in database: 284
Years covered: 2000 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2456 (2441 rapid, 2501 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2517
Overall record: +87 -88 =58 (49.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 51 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian Attack (40) 
    A07 A08
 Reti System (32) 
    A05 A04 A06
 Uncommon Opening (32) 
    A00
 English (12) 
    A15 A13 A10 A14 A12
 English, 1 c4 c5 (5) 
    A36 A37
 English, 1 c4 e5 (5) 
    A25 A20
With the Black pieces:
 Robatsch (51) 
    B06
 Pirc (25) 
    B07 B08 B09
 King's Indian (24) 
    E94 E62 E91 E63 E77
 Queen's Pawn Game (13) 
    A40 A41 A46
 Uncommon Opening (8) 
    A00
 Old Indian (8) 
    A54 A53
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   O Dolzhikova vs S Shoker, 2014 0-1
   Naiditsch vs S Shoker, 2013 0-1
   J Arvidsson vs S Shoker, 2014 0-1
   S Shoker vs R Vaishali, 2015 1-0
   Mamedyarov vs S Shoker, 2011 0-1
   Areshchenko vs S Shoker, 2011 0-1
   S Shoker vs J Elbilia, 2011 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bob Wade Masters (2023)
   130th New Zealand Congress (2023)
   Marseille Masters (2006)
   Panama Open (2011)
   Paris International Championship (2010)
   World Junior Championship (2006)
   French Team Championship (2011)
   French Team Championship (2014)
   World Team Championship (2015)
   French Team Championship (2015)
   Reykjavik Open (2014)
   Qatar Masters (2015)
   French Team Championship (2013)
   Tromso Olympiad (2014)
   French Team Championship (2018)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 TCh-FRA Top 16 Basse
   M Hejazipour vs S Shoker (May-31-25) 1-0
   S Shoker vs F Bouvet (May-30-25) 1-0
   S Shoker vs M de Balmann (May-29-25) 1-0
   H van Riemsdijk vs S Shoker (Jan-19-23) 0-1
   S Lukey vs S Shoker (Jan-18-23) 0-1

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SAMY SHOKER
(born Aug-01-1987, 37 years old) Egypt

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Grandmaster.

Shoker won the African Zonal 4.2 to qualify to play in the World Cup (2013), where he lost to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the first round, therefore exiting the tournament.

Wikipedia article: Samy Shoker

Last updated: 2018-08-01 06:18:29

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 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 284  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Shoker vs L Large  0-1602000Paris ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
2. S Shoker vs S Royer  ½-½322000Paris ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
3. C Nguyen vs S Shoker  0-1422000Paris ChampionshipE77 King's Indian
4. S Shoker vs Z Gofshtein  0-1612000Paris ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
5. O Simon vs S Shoker  ½-½282000Paris ChampionshipB08 Pirc, Classical
6. S Shoker vs S Bouchet  1-0392000Paris ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
7. Vachier-Lagrave vs S Shoker 0-1552001FRA-chT 0102 U18B07 Pirc
8. S Shoker vs O Touzane  1-0512001ch-Paris OpenA25 English
9. S Shoker vs D Leroy  0-1532001ch-Paris OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
10. Vachier-Lagrave vs S Shoker  1-0352002FRA-chT U20 0203B06 Robatsch
11. Kazhgaleyev vs S Shoker 1-092005VI OpenB06 Robatsch
12. M Kazakov vs S Shoker  1-0422005Bois ColombesB06 Robatsch
13. D Pavasovic vs S Shoker  1-0602006Pula OpenB06 Robatsch
14. V Bhat vs S Shoker  1-0412006Pula OpenE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
15. A Filimonov vs S Shoker  1-0532006Pula OpenB06 Robatsch
16. S Shoker vs D Housieaux  0-1432006Marseille MastersA36 English
17. D Leygue vs S Shoker  0-1462006Marseille MastersA07 King's Indian Attack
18. S Shoker vs P Verneuil  1-0472006Marseille MastersA00 Uncommon Opening
19. S Shoker vs S P Sethuraman 1-0282006Marseille MastersA00 Uncommon Opening
20. C Humeau vs S Shoker  0-1292006Marseille MastersB06 Robatsch
21. S Shoker vs N Brunner  ½-½152006Marseille MastersA36 English
22. N Ninov vs S Shoker 0-1602006Marseille MastersA00 Uncommon Opening
23. S Shoker vs S Savchenko  ½-½22006Marseille MastersA00 Uncommon Opening
24. J Czakon vs S Shoker  ½-½262006Marseille MastersE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
25. J Gallagher vs S Shoker  1-0282006Lausanne opB06 Robatsch
 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 284  PGN Download
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Aug-19-09  BIDMONFA: Samy Shoker

SHOKER, Samy
http://www.bidmonfa.com/shoker_samy...
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Dec-31-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: IM Samy Shoker, Egypt, born 1 August 1987. Now rated 2485, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

FM in 2004. IM in 2006. GM soon? Lives in Alexandria (Egypt) and Paris (France). ICC: midomido

He plays 1.g3 and 1...g6, no matter what!

French cadet champion 2004. Placed 20th in Lausanne Young Masters Open September 2006, 3rd in Gratuit Evry FIDE Open (France) Nov. 2007, 5th in Villa de Roquetas Open (Spain) Jan. 2008, 20th in Malaga Open 2008, 1st in Condom Open (France) July 2008, 23rd in Arcapita Open (Bahrain) Feb. 2009,

2nd in Nice Open (France) 3-9 Aug. 2009:
http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Resultat2...,

1st in Vienna Open (Austria) 15-23 Aug. 2009 (perf. 2708): http://chess-results.com/tnr19376.a...,

9th in XtraCon Open (Denmark) 4-13 Sept. 2009:
http://www.skovboskakklub.dk/Live/s....

Pictures:
http://www.europe-echecs.com/actual... http://ligueechecs.limousin.free.fr... http://www.chessbase.de/2009/wien/s...

Dec-31-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Best draw:

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2692"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. e4 Ne7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc7 10. exd5 Nexd5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf6 15. Nf5 Ne6 16. Be3 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ba3 18. Qc2 Bc5 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bxd4 Ng5 23. Bf5 Kg8 24. Be3 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Ne6 26. h4 Rfd8 27. h5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Re1 b6 30. h6 Qe7 31. hxg7 Nxg7 32. Qg4 Qe6 33. Qh4 Rd3 34. Bd2 Qg6 35. Bg5 Qh5 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Re7 Qxh4 38. Bxh4 Kg6 39. Rxa7 Nf5 40. Ra6 Nxh4 41. gxh4 Rc3 42. Rxb6 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

Jun-09-11  cjgone: This guy apparently likes 1.g3.
Jul-26-11  wordfunph: 2011 World ChessTeam Championship:

IM Samy Shoker (2475) shocked GMs Areshchenko (2682) and Mamedyarov (2765)..

http://chess-results.com/tnr53136.a...

another GM-norm for Shoker, congrats!

Jul-26-11  dx9293: This guy can handle pressure: to get his GM norm, he needed to defeat the 2765-rated Mamedyarov on demand, with the Black pieces. And he managed it. Shoker got a structural advantage and rode it all the way home.

This is one of the toughest GM norms one is ever going to see!

Jul-27-11  Xeroxx: Shokers gonna shoke.
Aug-11-13  niemzo: He didn't manage to score another win against Shak today. It was a rather short game.
Nov-26-13  dx9293: Wow...Shoker trying to perform miracles again in the World Team Championship? In Round 1, he defeated Arkadiy Naiditsch (2727) with Black!
Nov-27-13  john barleycorn: Mr. Shoker was nominated "Barracuda 2013". <Tolengoy> is MC at the event.
May-12-14  akinov: Samy Shoker now GM-Elect?!
May-30-14  akinov: Samy is becoming a GM pretty soon....http://ratings.fide.com/title_appli...
Aug-16-14  akinov: GM Shoker.........loading
Aug-29-14  akinov: Samy Shoker has officially been awarded the Grand Master (GM) title !!
Apr-20-15  waustad: The pun has been used before, but his win over Sutovsky today in the World Team Championship was surely a shocker. If Adly holds the draw, Egypt will beat Israel 2.5 - 1.5.
Dec-20-15  Whitehat1963: Kid's name is tailor-made for headlines.
Dec-10-22  Benzol: This GM is playing in the 130th New Zealand Chess Congress being held in Wellington from the 2nd to the 12th of January 2023.

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