GM Sam Shankland represents the new generations of American chess powerhouses and was part of the gold medal winning USA team at the 2016 Olympiad.
So when he agreed to share his chess improvement formula in a comprehensive step-by-step course, we made that our mission – the result is the Shankland Method!
March 10-19: Saint Louis Winter Classic (Saint Louis, Missouri)
March 27-April 11: US Championship (Saint Louis, Missouri)
June 16-28: World Team Championship (Khanty-Mansisysk, Russia)
| Dec 6, 2008 | Interview with an American Medalist – IM Sam Shankland | (#3 Best of CLO, 2008) |
| July 31, 2010 | US Junior Champ! | |
| Jan 22, 2011 | My Final Final Norm? | |
| May 7, 2011 | An inside story of the US Championship | |
| Sept 6, 2011 | Shankland on the World Cup: Making the Most of Luck | (#5 Best of CLO, 2011) |
| Mar 19, 2013 | Shankland selected as 2013 Samford Fellow | |
| Nov 11, 2014 | Shankland on Brazil: Focused on the Knockout | (#2 Best of CLO, 2014) |
| Feb 3, 2015 | Shankland on his Rise from GM to Top Hundred, Part I | |
| Feb 12, 2015 | Shankland on his Rise from GM to Top Hundred, Part II |
My career highlights range from 1991-2017 and include when our Team USA won the Olympiad for the first time in 79 years in Baku!
In eleven short years, Sam Shankland took himself from a smiling 11 year old yet to play his first tournament to the highest rated US-born player in the country since Bobby Fischer. He uses the same training regimen with all of his students to assist them in reaching their maximum potential. Shankland is highly sought after and has worked for the reigning World Champion, Magnus Carlsen.
Sam Shankland is available for private and group lessons, lectures, simultaneous exhibitions, appearances, and of course tournaments.
Contact Sam Shankland directly here for tournament invitations, sponsorship offers, and lesson/appearance inquiries.
