Dersler
Improve your Chess

Improve your Chess

Shankland
GM Sam Shankland
Başla

Improve your chess with a US Champion!

Want to learn from a national champion? Grandmaster and 2018 US Champion, Sam Shankland, will guide you through tricky scenarios from his own games. In some of the positions, he found the right path and in others, he tripped up. Can you do better? Analyzing his own play helped Sam win the national title ahead of Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, and Fabiano Caruana! Imagine what these lessons can do for you. Start improving with a national champion today!

Here is what you will learn:

  • Practice tricky positions from GM Shankland’s own games!
  • Learn tactical, positional, and prophylactic ideas!
  • Test yourself against the games of a Super-GM!

Centralized king with rooks onboard

The goal in this position, as in the rest of this course, is to find the most accurate move. I won't be telling you if that means checkmate in 2 moves or somehow force a barely drawn endgame.
3 Meydan Okuma

A dream Catalan

This position is every Catalan player's dream. How should White continue?
4 Meydan Okuma

A Multi-Purpose Plan

Both sides have their obvious trumps. How should Black continue?
1 Meydan Okuma

Outposts

In a Ruy Lopez, both sides have ended up with symmetrical pawn structures, save the fact that black has a weak d5 square. How should he proceed?
1 Meydan Okuma

Holding on

18 moves into the game I had White in a tough position. Can you survive?
6 Meydan Okuma

To draw or not to draw?

Black faces a difficult decision.
2 Meydan Okuma

Active defense

Try to find White's best defense.
1 Meydan Okuma

An unexpected tactic

Find the best way for White to continue.
2 Meydan Okuma

Prophylaxis and attack

White enjoys the bishop pair and a better pawn structure, but it is not so obvious how to continue.
3 Meydan Okuma

White king in the center on move 25?!

Black looks to have a big advantage, but how can you convert it?
3 Meydan Okuma

A tough rook ending

White has only one winning plan, what is it?
7 Meydan Okuma

A Grunfeld theme

Try to find Black's most accurate move.
1 Meydan Okuma

Breaking the barrier

White is up a pawn but Black has good piece play.
4 Meydan Okuma

The finale

None other than the greatest player or all time, Garry Kasparov, misjudged the position, claiming it was a dead draw.
6 Meydan Okuma

A nasty shock

Find White's best play.
1 Meydan Okuma

An unbalanced ending

Black just refused a draw offer and played Be4. How should White continue?
2 Meydan Okuma

A sharp Sicilian

I played poorly this game on the black side of a Keres attack in the Sicilian defense.
3 Meydan Okuma

Technical play

White is up an exchange, but Black has annoying pressure. How should White consolidate?
2 Meydan Okuma

Defend the king

White is up a piece, but the king is in dire straits. Try to defend.
3 Meydan Okuma

Improve your Chess

Strateji
19 Ders
0 Dakika
55 Meydan Okuma
July 9, 2009 tarihinde gösterime girdi

İlgili