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GM Shankland

Jun 8, 2018

10 min

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Sam Shankland was the surprise winner of the 2018 U.S. chess championship, and now he is here to explain how he did it. Take a lesson on how Shankland avoided his opponent "tearing his head off" in a sharp and tactical game.

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