Shankland was able to hold Caruana, So, and Nakamura to draws, while he defeated, (who won his matchup with Caruana) and Robson among his six victories. Real Fun against a Chess Program! Double Olympiad gold medallist Sam Shankland has gone the other way – breaking down the principles of Pawn Play to basic, easily understandable guidelines every chess player should know.
Shankland made International Master in 2008 at the age of 17 with his performance in the Under-18 division of the World Youth Championship, a +7 -2 =2. Enjoy adrenalin rush with tactic fights! Passed pawns – whether connected, lone or protected – are common occurrences in middlegames and endgames, and your effectiveness in playing with or against them will make the difference between victory and defeat. To help us determine how visitors interact with our website to improve the user experience. This irreversibility makes Pawn Play among the most difficult aspects of chess strategy, which is one reason few books have been written about this topic – and some that have are almost incomprehensible. In this, his second book on pawn play, Super-GM Sam Shankland sheds light on the vital topic of Passed Pawns. In the first round itself, three out of five possible decisive results meant that a lot of blood was spilled. Build and maintain your repertoire. Each 3-disk set features 16 hours of video instruction. No part of this site may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any way or by any means (including photocopying, recording or storing it in any medium by electronic means), without the written permission of FIDE International Chess Federation. “Game Changer” wins the Averbakh-Boleslavsky Award 2019, Prague Masters: Firouzja and Shankland score, Vidit dismantles Firouzja, enters World Top 20, Technical issues stifle imagination in Prague, The Czech Wimbledon begins with wins for Duda, Vidit and Vitiugov, Biel: Vidit's zeal and Shankland's escape artistry, Biel: Vidit's imaginative pawn sacrifice stuns Bogner, Valourous Vidit wins Biel Blitz with 11.0/14, Biel: A missed 'Game of the Year' candidate, The English Opening - Tactic and Strategy Toolbox, Sicilian Dragon: The Real Deal! 30 with a live rating of 2717.


That 2018 championship was not his only tournament win of the year, either, as Shankland also cleared a six-man field at the Capablanca Memorial by 1 ½ points with a +5 -0 =5 score in the double round-robin. Small Steps 2 Success by Sam Shankland He quickly surpassed the level of chess at Glorietta, and began playing in tournaments by the age of 11. | Photo: Vladimir Jagr, 2/15/2020 – After three hard-fought rounds of chess in Prague we finally have a sole leader! All the players must stream and commentate while they play. Annotate, analyze and share. In September, 2016, Shankland played as fourth board for the United States at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, where the team earned gold for the first time since 1976. Play, analyze and train online against Fritz. It was a momentous occasion for the American squad, who, for the first time since 1976. He also was part of the team at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, where the United States won team gold for the first time in forty years. This stunning 16 hour course breaks down the deadliest tactics from top-level play, uniquely splitting them into 6 categories, ranging from Attacking the King to Endgame Tactics. Sam Shankland is available for private and group lessons, lectures, simultaneous exhibitions, appearances, and of course tournaments. There have been added another 12500 games from Mega and from correspondence chess. Sicilian Dragon Powerbase 2020 is a database and contains 4997 top class games from Mega 2021 and the Correspondence Database 2020, of which 730 are annotated. Assisted play and calculation training. In April, Shankland took clear first in the US Chess Championship with a score of 8½/11 (+6–0=5). Shankland was lost for the majority of an exchange-up endgame against Leko, but somehow survived to take second and relegate Leko to third. Shankland was undefeated in the tournament, scoring +6 -0 =5, and needed every one of those results to hold off Caruana by a half-point (and to make 2700, as he ended up at 2701). 37 x 2. And in the tournament’s final round, Shankland was able to defeat Kramnik to salvage an even score, as the Russian star knew he was playing his, English Opening: Anglo-Indian, King's Knight Variation, English Opening: King's English Variation, 2.g3, Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Rauzer Variation, Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation, Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation, Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Stoltz Variation, Queen's Pawn Opening: Zukertort Variation. He is a mainstay on the US Olympic Team, a two-time Olympiad Gold Medallist (2014 and 2016), a former World u-18 co-champion (2008), and the winner of several international events. His attacking masterclass over Bogner sees Vidit just 3 points away from his 1st Biel title! That year he also made his debut in the U.S. Championship, but only scored +2 -6 =1. This item: Small Steps to Giant Improvements- Master Pawn Play in Chess by Sam Shankland Hardcover $41.64. ISBN: 978-1-78483-051-9 – 336 pages – Provisional Release (hardcover) End of March 2018.

Friday is the tournament's rest day, so play resumes on Saturday with blitz! [6], In January 2011, Shankland earned the title of Grandmaster at the Berkeley International.[7]. He made his international debut at the World Youth Chess Championship under-18 section, where he tied for first place with Ivan Saric and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, taking home the bronze medal on tiebreak score and earning the title of International Master. Depending on their intended use, analysis cookies and marketing cookies may be used in addition to technically required cookies. unsurprisingly playing the top three boards. Shankland began his rise to prominence in 2008, winning the Pacific Coast Open and the California State Championship. Pawns on the other hand can never move backwards, making pawn moves truly permanent decisions. On a day when all games ended in draws, some point splits can be more interesting than wins, especially if two players of equal strength engage in a fist-fight to death!

With Live Book and Let’s Check! Just like in his previous book, Shankland breaks down each topic into a series of crystal-clear guidelines to aid the reader. The remaining three games featured rather tame draws, with high-class opening preparation. Chess Championship, simultaneously breaching the 2700 barrier for the first time in his career. 7/25/2019 – Vidit Gujrathi didn't play perfect chess, but his slow and steady build-up was too much for Peter Leko to take, and the Indian GM now takes over sole lead in the tournament. Each 3-disk set features 16 hours of video instruction. Vidit survived by the scruff of his neck, and is now joined at the top by Sam Shankland, who produced a Sicilian miniature consisting of temporary piece and exchange sacrifices to down Maghsoodloo in only 26 moves.

Having an extra piece vs a bunch of pawns is a classic chess conundrum. 7/9/2020 – “Game Changer” by Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan, published by New in Chess, won the Averbakh-Boleslavsky Award to the best book of 2019. [25], "Americans Break Through at World Youth Tournament", "Sam Shankland US Junior Champion in bidding war", "Interview with an American Medallist: IM Sam Shankland", "A Perfect Storm Leads IM Sam Shankland to US Junior title", "Shankland Pulls Off Upset; Zatonskih's Comeback Continues", "Shankland on the World Cup: Making the Most of Luck", "Shankland Wins Northern California International", Panamerican Team Chess Championship: Samuel Shankland, "2013 Samford Fellowship Awarded to GM Sam Shankland", "Judit Polgar to retire from professional chess", "Shankland on his Rise From GM to Top Hundred: Part I", "Carlsen wins 2015 Tata Steel Wei Yi promotes from Challengers 9036", "Edmonton: Ganguly Does A Caruana, Shankland Wins", "Biel Main Open: resounding victory for Shankland", "BREAKING: U.S. wins first gold in four decades at chess Olympiad", Chess: Sam Shankland surprise US champion ahead of Fabiano Caruana, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Shankland&oldid=976067342, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 September 2020, at 00:54. Indian GM, Shankland played the fourth board for the United States in the 2016 Chess Olympiad, with. He drew Anand in the third round. Anybody who has ever participated in a competitive event knows that the emotional value attached to each contest is vastly more relevant than the pure sportive achievement. In 2015 and 2017 he played Board 1 for the US team at the World Team Championship. [5], After losing his first two games in the 2010 US Junior Championship, Shankland won six out of the last seven rounds to tie for first place, and went on to clinch sole first with two back to back Armageddon victories over Ray Robson and Parker Zhao. Shankland is not a participant in the 2019 Grand Prix, but will have a chance to qualify for the next Candidates Tournament via the World Cup, scheduled for September. Shankland played the fourth board for the United States in the 2016 Chess Olympiad, with Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Wesley So unsurprisingly playing the top three boards. Only 2 left in stock - order soon. The major part of the material on which the Scandinavian Defence Powerbook 2020 is based comes from the engine room of playchess.com: 79 000 games. Ray Robsonplayed the fifth and final board. The chess24 Banter Series Final is a 16-player knockout that sees World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and 7 more of the world Top 10 compete for a $36,000 prize fund and two places on the next Chess Tour. Shankland’s rating peaked at 2731 in February 2019, just after his Tata Steel performance, placing him 24th in the world rankings. Sam's record as an American Chess Grandmaster and two-time Olympic Gold Medallist is in a class of its own.