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Sam Shankland
Bay Area, CA, United States

Member Since: Apr 9, 2009
Last Login: Feb 9, 2012
Profile Views: 34319
Points: 93

Homepage: samshankland.com

Birthday: Oct 1, 1991

Occupation: College Student/Chess Professional

FIDE Rating: 2580

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Hello Everyone!

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I am Grandmaster Sam Shankland, and I do videos here at chess.com . If there is a topic you would like me to cover please feel free to message me and I will do my best to record one for you. I also give private lessons, if you are interested check out my website. Also please note that I do not accept friend requests from people who I have not met in person.

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Defensive chances

Submitted by Shankland on Jul 30, 2011 8:32am.

I have a problem- I just completed the Biel International and my only loss came when I played black against the Israeli GM Maxim Rodshtein (2637 FIDE). I came into the early middlegame with a slightly worse position, but I don't think it was anywhere...Read more »

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