Strategy Wednesday - Converting an Advantage
The Strategy Wednesday camp on Converting an Advantage is now available as a digital product, offering a comprehensive and practical guide to improving your ability to capitalize on better positions. This product includes all the video lectures from the camp, along with a PGN file that complements the training sessions. In total, you’ll receive 6 hours of instructional video and a PGN database featuring 56 carefully selected files.
Throughout these four in-depth lectures, GM Ioannis Papaioannou provides a structured and insightful education on the art of converting an advantage. By exploring key techniques, you'll enhance both your endgame prowess and practical decision-making, ensuring you make the most of superior positions.
In his introduction to the PGN version of the camp, GM Papaioannou offers some valuable perspective:
"There has never been a player who won 100% of his winning positions—it's never going to happen. What we will try to do is acquire some vital knowledge on how to convert an advantage by studying various examples. This will increase our chances of scoring a win from a much better position. At the same time, we will also learn how to fight in worse positions! Among the examples are several of my own games, featuring interesting analysis, strong moves, and, of course, mistakes."
One notable feature of the course is that the lectures are not divided by specific subtopics. The reasoning behind this approach is simple: as GM Papaioannou emphasizes, in each game covered in the course, you’ll find multiple techniques for converting an advantage. This flexibility allows the material to flow naturally, reflecting the dynamic nature of chess, where more than one method can be applied depending on the position.
This course is ideal for players who want to sharpen their ability to convert winning positions and improve their practical play in challenging endgames. Whether you're learning to press an advantage or resist when you're on the defensive, Converting an Advantage delivers essential tools and insights to elevate your game.
Below, you will find a sample example from each one of the lectures.