Background
Sambuev was born on November 25, 1980 in Russia and by 2011 as a Grandmaster won the Canadian Chess Championship with Eric Hansen.
Sambuev was born on November 25, 1980 in Russia and by 2011 as a Grandmaster won the Canadian Chess Championship with Eric Hansen.
The same year he played against Leonid Gerzhoy at the Ontario Open with whom he tied the 1st-2nd game. In 2013 he was qualified for the World Cup where he beat Alexander Morozevich, while playing for Canada in the first round. In 2009 he tied another game, this time playing against Joshua Friedel at the PricewaterhouseCoopers Toronto Open and did it again next year with Merab Gagunashvili and Anton Kovalyov at the Quebec Invitational.
He had the same score at the Hart House"s Winter Holiday Open tournament got into 5 out of 5 in 2011s Winter Open in Switzerland where he beat Nikolay Noritsyn, Artem Samsonkin and Wesley So as well.
During the Isthmia Open in Greece he tied a game there as well in 2013.