Can you survive the Shank Attack?

Which of the following is the most difficult to achieve?

a) Winning a world championship match against Carlsen
b) Defeating both Hikaru and Alireza in 3-hour online blitz matches
c) Surviving the first 20 moves against Shankland's opening preparation

For those who are familiar with my first article, you will know that c) is the correct answer.

We'll cover two recent games of Shankland, where he prepared a dangerous novelty in the Queen's Gambit against Awonder, and introduced a new setup in the Caro-Kann against Donchenko.

If you have been following Shankland's games closely (like me), you will know that he started playing the Caro-Kann as Black, such as in the 2025 US Championship. Let's see what happened a couple months ago when Shankland faced the Caro-Kann as White.

Have you tried the Shank Attack in your own games?