Semi-Slav 1: The Moscow Variation
Making a very natural transition from his last video series on the Queen's Gambit Decline, GM Sam Shankland begins his coverage...
QGD 3: The Topical 5.Bf4
This weekend GM Shankland discusses the extremely topical 5.Bf4 Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. For advanced players...
QGD 2: The Lasker Variation
With his second installment GM Shankland reviews perhaps the most topical variation of the classic QGD structure, when he...
QGD 1: Sidelines & the Tartakower Variation
For the introduction video to his new series on the Queen's Gambit Declined (from black's perspective), GM Sam Shankland...
2012 World Open Stories: The Critical Round 8, Part 2!
To conclude his coverage of the 2012 World Open, GM Shankland brings us Part 2 of his battle against Mongolia's top Grandmaster!...
2012 World Open Stories: The Critical Round 8!
Struggling to find his "rhythm" after a rough few games at the 2012 World Open, GM Shankland was paired up against Mongolian...
2012 World Open Stories: Gift After Gift!
Today Sam Shankland explains the reasons for why two International Masters would make totally uncharacteristic, back to...
2012 World Open Stories: Losing Focus!
Never let up! As GM Shankland explains here today, sometimes over-confidence can lead to a slight lapse in focus, and when...
Defense & Prophylaxis 8: Stay Put and Hold!
When he finds himself on the worse end of an Opposite Colored Bishop ending, GM Shankland must make a critical decision:...
Defense & Prophylaxis 7: Leko vs. Caruana!
In his next installment, Shankland observes some stellar defense by Super GM Fabiano Caruana against Shanky's former opponent...
Defense & Prophylaxis 6: Carlsen's Tenacity!
When the best in the world actually has to play defense, he does it pretty well! In the game McShane-Carlsen, London Classic...
Defense & Prophylaxis 5: A Practical Endgame
Sam acknowledges breaking a promise with his latest video lecture on the concepts of defense, but we would have all missed...
Defense & Prophylaxis 4: Sharp King's Indian!
With the fourth installment to his new video series on defense and prophylactic thinking, GM Shankland reviews a loss he...
Defense & Prophylaxis: Opposite Colored Bishops 3
GM Shankland provides his next defensive planning and prophylactic thinking video today, and it's his last where he uses...
Defense & Prophylaxis: Opposite Colored Bishops 2
GM Shankland continues his new videos series on how to develop defensive plans with another Opposite Colored Bishop ending....
Defense & Prophylaxis: Opposite Colored Bishops 1
With his new video series, Grandmaster Sam Shankland intends to turn all of our members into great defenders! In this first,...
The Complete Caro - Part 9: Riazantsev Dominates!
GM Sam Shankland brings his series on the Caro Kann to a close today. He reviews the game Inarkiev-Riazantsev from last...
The Complete Caro - Part 8: What Not To Do!
The next example game comes to us in the Advanced Variation, as GM Shankland moves one step closer to bringing his series...
Brotherly Love: Shanky's Philly Battles - Game 3!
GM Shankland brings his series on the most "lovely games" he's ever played to a close today with a review of his interesting...
The Complete Caro - Part 7: Laznicka beats Hou!
Surprise, surprise! Just when you thought you had seen all you would from GM Shankland for the Complete Caro video series,...
Brotherly Love: Shanky's Philly Battles - Game 2
In what Sam claims as his best game of the tournament, he finds himself holding on for a draw in a much worse position....
Brotherly Love: Shanky's Philly Battles - Game 1
The City of Brotherly Love played host to one of America's strongest open events so far in the year 2012, and our own Sam...
The Complete Caro - Part 6: Advanced Variation 2!
To bring this video series to a close today, GM Shanky completes his coverage of the Advanced Variation. Reviewing the more...
The Complete Caro - Part 5: Advanced Variation 1!
In the first installment meant to cover arguably the most complicated, and certainly the most theoretically topical variation...
The Complete Caro - Part 4: "Old" Main Lines!
GM Shankland continues to guide his new video series on the Caro Kann from sidelines back to the "classical/main line" variations....