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Sam Shankland

Sam Shankland

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Oct 21, 2026

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The Opening, Oct 21: Wesley So a draw from a fourth title

Oct 21 · 1 Mention

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The round had two decisive games.
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Number 12 on the U.S. chess overall list, Sam Shankland, beat Sevian in a game that swung both ways.
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Shankland said, Certainly not a glorious win for me.
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Number 4 on the overall list, Levon Aronian, beat Ray Robson in a Queen endgame.

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The Opening, Oct 20: Rachael Li beats Nazi Paikidze to lead

Oct 20 · 1 Mention

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Alongside him is the number 15 on the overall list, Grigori Operin.
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Oparin beat Sam Shankland in the round's only decisive game.
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Two rounds remain, so still has to get past Hans Nieman and Sam Sevian.
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Caruana and Oparin need wins, as well as a so-loss.

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The Opening, Oct 18: Wesley So beats Andy Woodward to lead alone

Oct 18 · 1 Mention

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Chess.com notes every one of them was an endgame.
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Number 12 on the overall list, Sam Shankland, beat Hans Nieman in the round's only other decisive game.
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Round 9 is Monday at 1 p.m.
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ET.

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The Opening, Oct 17: Wesley So leads alone after beating Ray Robson

Oct 17 · 1 Mention

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The number 15 on the U.S. chess overall list, Grigori Oparin, beat Awander Lee in 27 moves.
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Levon Aronian scored his first win of the event over Sam Shankland.
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Round 8 is today at 1 p.m.
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The Opening, Oct 16: Caruana and Liang join the leaders

Oct 16 · 1 Mention

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The number one on the U.S.
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Chess overall list, Fabiano Caruana, beat Sam Shankland with black.
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The number eight on that list, Awander Leong, beat Levon Aronian.
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They share first with Wesley So and the 16-year-old Andy Woodward on four from six.
ChessBell - chess news

ChessBell - chess news

US-Meisterschaft: Caruana schlägt zurück, Alice Lee unter Druck, Shogdzhiev jagt den GM-Weltrekord

Oct 16 · 1 Mention

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Caruana ließ sich davon allerdings kaum beeindrucken.
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Schon am nächsten Tag schlug er Sam Shankland mit den schwarzen Steinen und kehrte an die Tabellenspitze zurück.
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Ausgerechnet in einem Endspiel, nachdem Shankland seinem Gegner mit einem unglücklichen Königszug entscheidende Chancen eröffnet hatte.
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Auch Awander Liang durfte feiern.
The Chess Cognition Podcast

The Chess Cognition Podcast

Prof. Christopher Chabris - Cognitive Science Insights into Chess Thinking

Oct 12 · 2 Mentions

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So like the 2600s and the 2700s, they basically think their rating is correct.
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I remember hearing an interview with Sam Shankland.
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I think it was maybe on Ben Johnson's podcast or something where he basically said, yeah, he was like 2710.
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And he said, yeah, maybe like maybe I should be 2730, but no higher than that.

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Well, they're probably not going to work on getting better.
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That's right.
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And we can make up, we can tell like Sam Shankland or someone else.
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He was not, by the way, I don't think he was the player in our survey.
The Chess Cognition Podcast

The Chess Cognition Podcast

GM Jacob Aagaard - A Deep Dive into Strategic Decision-Making

Oct 12 · 1 Mention

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Jacob is a custodian in Nubian Chess Group They right now own three major chess publishing companies.
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Jacob is also a long-time coach of Grandmaster Sam Shankland.
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Jacob has also recently coached Uzbek Supergrandmaster Nodirbek Abduslatorov and he helped them reach new heights in his chess.
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This episode contains so many nuggets of chess wisdom that I need to create several short videos to illustrate each and every one of them.

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The Opening, Oct 12: Shankland and Woodward win in round three

Oct 12 · 2 Mentions

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This is the opening from First Look Chess for Monday, October 12, 2026.
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At the U.S. Championship, Sam Shankland and Andy Woodward won the two decisive games of Round 3.
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Shankland beat Jeffrey Zhang.
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Woodward beat Ray Robson.
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The co-leaders, Awander Liang and Wesley So, drew in 30 moves.

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The Opening, Oct 10: So, Liang and Xiong lead in Saint Louis

Oct 10 · 1 Mention

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The three winners share the lead.
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The three-time champion, Wesley So, beat Sam Shankland in 80 moves.
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It was his 33rd birthday.
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Liang, rated 26.85, beat Hans Nieman, rated 27.17. Zhang beat Sam Savian in a pawn ending.

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