The Shankland Method

This incredible 16 hour course from Super GM Sam Shankland (2674 Elo) reveals his approach to becoming a master calculator and finding the most forcing, powerful moves at the board.

In each of the 55 chapters, GM Shankland examines an instructive, dynamic game, revealing why and how the winner was able to create chances and convert them into victory.

Sam asks us to consider one question: if we have a strategic or tactical aim but our opponent seems to be preventing it, what happens if we play it anyway?

It’s this consideration that allows us to put maximum pressure on our opponents and opens up a new world of creative possibilities at the board.

Sam has carefully selected the games so that most of them should be new to you, even though they feature some of the biggest names in the game, including Carlsen, Anand, Topalov, Kasparov and Aronian. Of course, Sam includes plenty of his own games too – losses as well as wins – revealing the secrets he has found in his analysis.

Sam teaches at a fast pace and demands the interaction necessary for you to make real improvement. For any ambitious player looking to take their calculation, attacking play and dynamism to a very high level, there is simply no other course like this.

Includes a 1 hour bonus of GM Shankland playing online blitz, voicing his thoughts and analysis in real time plus a fascinating insight into his personal philosophy and best advice for improving players in a Q&A session!

MEET THE AUTHOR:

GM Sam Shankland (FIDE 2679)

is an American Chess Grandmaster on the United States National Team, the reigning Olympic Champions. He is a two time Olympiad Gold Medallist (2014 and 2016), a former World u-18 co-champion (2008), winner of several international events, and the third highest rated homegrown American player of all time. He has worked as an analyst for the reigning World Champion, Magnus Carlsen, training with him to prepare for the 2014 and 2016 World Championship matches.

Course Curriculum

Video Lesson
	1. Topalov – Anand	00:13:00
	2. Shankland – Barbosa	00:13:00
	3. Shankland – Nyzhnyk	00:30:00
	4. Carlsen – Wang Yue	00:08:00
	5. Charbonneau – Yedidia	00:11:00
	6. Shankland – Safarli	00:14:00
	7. Wang Hao – Shankland	00:10:00
	8. Kamsky – Gelfand	00:11:00
	9. Kramnik – Carlsen	00:18:00
	10. Morozevich – Giri	00:08:00
	11. Kramnik – Aronian	00:14:00
	12. Kaufman – Shankland	00:10:00
	13. Kasparov – Kramnik	00:13:00
	14. Gashimov – Bacrot	00:11:00
	15. Shankland – Kraemer	00:25:00
	16. Morozevich – Leko	00:08:00
	17. Shankland – Kacheishvili	00:14:00
	18. Shankland – Ganguly	00:21:00
	19. Short – Kramnik	00:14:00
	20. Kasparov – J.Polgar	00:16:00
	21. Shankland – Gozzoli	00:21:00
	22. Molner – Shankland	00:17:00
	23. Shankland – Romanenko	00:14:00
	24. Shankland – Sanikidze	00:21:00
	25. Nakamura – Gelfand	00:19:00
	26. Shankland – L’Ami	00:19:00
	27. Shankland – Martinez	00:19:00
	28. Dominguez – Svidler	00:18:00
	29. Ivanisevic – Caruana	00:24:00
	30. Kramnik – Anand	00:14:00
	31. Shankland – Dominguez	00:22:00
	32. Shankland – Getz	00:18:00
	33. Kamsky – Seirawan	00:12:00
	34. Ali Marandi – Moiseenko	00:16:00
	35. Shankland – Turov	00:19:00
	36. Shankland – Gopal	00:15:00
	37. Van Wely – Topalov	00:15:00
	38. Carlsen – Gelfand	00:15:00
	39. Shankland – Saric	00:21:00
	40. Carlsen – Karjakin	00:17:00
	41. Nakamura – Shankland	00:20:00
	42. Shankland – Gareev	00:22:00
	43. Ivanchuk – So	00:09:00
	44. Topalov – Kasimdzhanov	00:14:00
	45. Carlsen – Aronian	00:21:00
	46. Shankland – Ortiz	00:22:00
	47. Shankland – Li	00:24:00
	48. Javakhishvili – Shankland	00:18:00
	49. Karjakin – Anand	00:17:00
	50. Erdogdu – Morozevich	00:19:00
	51. Ponomariov – Shankland	00:11:00
	52. Aronian – Anand	00:21:00
	53. Krasenkow – Nakamura	00:11:00
	54. Shankland – Hernandez	00:20:00
Bonus Lesson
	Blitz Session	00:59:00
	Q&A Session	00:04:00
Practical Part
	Puzzles	00:00:00
	PGN files	00:00:00