Converting a Minimal Advantage (7.5h Running Time) 

Converting a Minimal Advantage

The camp of GM Bojkov, Converting a Minimal Advantage is already a digital product. 

This product includes all the videos from the workshop as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of 7.5 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 121 files! 

You will find the following lectures:

✅ Three Simple Steps to Improve Your Endgame

✅ Material Advantage - Convert an Extra Pawn

✅ Material Advantage - Convert an Exchange and an Extra Piece

✅ Convert a Superior Pawn Structure - Part 1

✅ Convert a Superior Pawn Structure - Part 2

Now, we shall take a look at the different lectures.

Three Simple Steps to Improve Your Endgame

In this lecture, GM Dejan Bojkov shares three important general principles that will improve your endgame technique:

1) Activity of the Pieces

2) King's Activity

3) Pawn Structure

When evaluating endgame positions, you should use exactly this order of priority. Besides providing many technical examples, in this lecture, GM Bojkov gives a lot of interactive exercises that you can solve while watching the video. The idea of these tests is to help you better identify the critical moment.

SAMPLE EXAMPLE

Material Advantage - Convert an Extra Pawn

In this lecture, GM Bojkov examines different strategies for converting an extra pawn. Such positions arise quite often in practice. You should know very well when you need to covert by technical means and when concrete action is needed. Additionally, in this lecture, GM Bojkov shows how good knowledge of theoretical endgames can often help you liquidate into a winning endgame.

SAMPLE EXAMPLE

Material Advantage - Convert an Exchange and an Extra Piece

After studying this lecture, you will see that converting an exchange or extra piece might be more tricky than you would imagine. One of the reasons is that your opponent can often build a fortress. Therefore, once again, we need to underline the importance of knowing many theoretical positions.  Throughout his presentation, GM Bojkov provides you with many tips that you can use when playing this type of positions.

SAMPLE EXAMPLE

Convert a Superior Pawn Structure - Part 1 and Part 2

At the beginning, GM Dejan Bojkov was planning to dedicate the last two lecture to the positions with a superior pawn structure. During the process, however, he decided to examine more highly instructive material imbalances in Lecture 4. In this lecture, you will see many typical fortresses and also positions with an extra queen.

The last lecture focuses on positions with a better pawn structure. This lecture will improve your understanding of handling dynamic and static advantages. Also, you will get a very deep understanding of the endgames with an isolated queen's pawn. 

EXAMPLE FROM LECTURE 4

EXAMPLE FROM LECTURE 5