Shankland's Super Tournament: vs Jan Timman -- Part 1
GM Sam Shankland faces off with the legendary Dutch grandmaster Jan Tinman on his home turf in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. After...
Federico Perez Ponsa vs Shankland: How to Win a Gold Medal
How did GM Sam Shankland win a gold medal at the 2014 Chess Olympiad? By winning crucial games like this one! In the conclusion...
Shankland vs Judit Polgar: How to Win a Gold Medal
In the recently concluded 2014 Chess Olympiad, GM Sam Shankland had the honor of playing against the legendary GM Judit...
Shankland vs Martin Martinez Romero: How to Win a Gold Medal
GM Sam Shankland starts out a new video series for Chess.com demonstrating his gold-medal-winning performance at the recently...
The Insider: Shankland's US Championship vs Josh Friedel
Playing one more move - well, it beats resigning! GM Sam Shankland finds himself in a miserable position against his former...
The Insider: Shankland's US Championship vs Varuzhan Akobian
You've heard GM Finegold's take on this game, now get the analysis straight from the source. GM Shankland walks you through...
The Insider: Shankland's US Championship vs Alex Lenderman
GM Shankland is back after a long break to show how he stopped a runaway train at the U.S. Championship earlier this month....
My Pan-American Experience: vs GM Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez - Game 2
Sam brings his review of the games from the Pan-American Team Championships to a close today by providing in-depth analysis...
My Pan-American Experience: vs IM Diego Rafael Di Berardino
GM Shankland continues to review his games from the recent Pan-American Team Championship! Here he reviews an extremely...
My Pan-American Experience: vs GM Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez
Today GM Shankland kicks off a new series, reviewing his recent games from the Pan-American Team Championship! Shanky does...
My Memorable Games: 2008 World Youth Part 2
In the exciting conclusion of this monumentally important game for the young Sam Shankland's career, we get to see white...
My Memorable Games: 2008 World Youth Part 1
In perhaps the defining moment of his career (or at least one of them) a young Sam Shankland took down one of the world's...
Shanky vs. Hammer!
It's on! Apparently what happens in Vegas, doesn't always stay there! In this exciting battle between two good friends and...
My Memorable Games: GM Ivanov - Part 2
To conclude this interesting game between Shankland and Ivanov, 2007 - Sam dives deeply into the complications of the ensuing...
My Memorable Games: GM Ivanov - Part 1
As Sam explains, a common approach by Grandmasters against their young, usually well prepared opponents, is to take them...
My Memorable Games: First GM Scalp!
With his next contribution, GM Shankland reviews one of the biggest wins of his career, and a game that catapulted him towards...
My Memorable Games: 2007 World Youth
With his next installment, Shanky reviews a sharp struggle full of potential pitfalls for both he and his opponent throughout....
My Memorable Games: Trusting Fritz!
Here Sam provides instructive analysis on a previous battle (2007) with GM Ray Robson. He reflects on his younger "more...
Battle With Zenyuk - Part 2
In part 2 we witness the instructive conclusion of GM Shankland's recent battle against fellow Chess.com Contributor WIM...
Analysis From London: Kramnik vs. Polgar
The exciting London Chess Classic reached its end no more than a few days ago, and here to review one of his favorite games...
Battle With Zenyuk - Part 1
GM Shankland reviews a game from recent tournament play against a fellow Chess.com Contributor. The game highlights many...
Semi-Slav 5: The Meran - Main Lines!
GM Sam Shankland brings his coverage of the sharp Semi-Slav, Queen's Gambit Declined to a close today by providing an overview...
Semi-Slav 4: The Meran - 6.Qc2
Today GM Sam Shankland gives his recommendations for black in the main line Meran Variation (6.Qc2) of the Semi Slav. He...
Semi-Slav 3: The Botvinnik Variation
GM Shankland's latest video series continues on today with more sharp theory, and more revealing and interesting analysis...
Semi-Slav 2: The Anti-Moscow Gambit
In today's video GM Shankland manages to mix the right amount of theory, with just the right amount of positional and general...