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Hey everyone,
It's been awhile since my last blog post, so today I would like to start a new topic- one about controlling your emotions during the game. Like many chessplayers, I am very emotionally attached to the results I post, and since tou... | Read More
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Hello Everybody!
Today, I have a confession to make. I have not abided by my own suggestions that I made in my last post, "Staying Strong", available here: http://blog.chess.com/Shankland/staying-strong I do maintain that physical strength is... | Read More
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For this month's blog, I'd like to talk about staying physically strong and how it helps improve your chess. Chess is a really grueling game, and the amount of energy I put into each individual game is enormous, not even counting the time I spend ... | Read More
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In January, chess.com introduced a whole new level of extreme chess. Dubbed a "deathmatch", 2 players will play 3 consecutive hours of blitz and/or bullet games and whoever wins the most total games walks away the winner, and takes a big stake of ... | Read More
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I would like to be the first one to publicly congratulate GM-elect Conrad Holt on his astounding chess achievements. Today he made draws with Ray Robson and Alex Lenderman to clinch his final GM norm at the UTD invitational, capping off an incredi... | Read More
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Well, when I got up this morning, I was in for quite a shock! In my inbox was an email from the St. Louis Chess Center informing me that Hikaru Nakamura had changed his mind about declining his invitation to the U.S. Championship, and would in fac... | Read More