Greatest Chess Minds: Wilhelm Steinitz - Part 5
Once upon a time, there was a chess land with no crowned champion... but that ended in the match that takes place here....
Greatest Chess Minds: Wilhelm Steinitz - Part 4
Don't ever let your guard down! That might be the critical lesson from today's video lecture by GM Dejan Bojkov. After outplaying...
Greatest Chess Minds: Wilhelm Steinitz - Part 3
In this exciting video lecture, a legend is born! Soon after securing the World Championship title, Wilhelm Steinitz unveiled...
Greatest Chess Minds: Wilhelm Steinitz - Part 2
The "un-crowned" king of the chess world before an official World Championship title was awarded was, in many people's view,...
Greatest Chess Minds: Wilhelm Steinitz - Part 1
And so came the first... World Chess Champion that is! GM Dejan Bojkov brings us the "prequel" series to his Lasker videos,...
Greatest Chess Minds: Emanuel Lasker - Part 5
Today GM Bojkov brings us the next chapter of his video series that takes an in depth look at the chess champion who was...
Greatest Chess Minds: Emanuel Lasker - Part 4
Today GM Bojkov reviews two of the most critical wins of Lasker's career, both coming in World Championship Matches with...
Greatest Chess Minds: Emanuel Lasker - Part 3
Heading into the legendary tournament of St Petersburg in 1896, Lasker was considered by many (including most of his rivals)...
Greatest Chess Minds: Emanuel Lasker - Part 2
Though his infamous "Double Bishop Sacrifice" will live on forever, enough of the funny business pretending that Lasker...
Greatest Chess Minds: Emanuel Lasker - Part 1
If you've enjoyed GM Dzindzichashvili's series on the subject of our great predecessors, then you'll be excited to know...
Put That Piece in Jail! A Trapped Rook's Sad Story
Alert: We have a prison break! Today GM Bojkov highlights the brilliant, and then not-so-brilliant, play by GMs Sergey Erenburg...
Positional Compensation: Super Active Pieces!
In today's video, Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov reviews a game by one Nana Dzagnidze. After sacrificing an exchange, her pieces...
The Active King: When Spirit Overcomes...
The concrete version of this story was that white was ahead a piece and winning with best play... but today the "spirit"...
The Active King: Complex Endgames
Another day on Chess.com, another great video by GM Dejan Bojkov discussing the specific powers of a piece! We continue...
The Active King: Special Cases!
Today the active King dominates a queen using highly interesting piece geometry and pawn cover! If the first exercise isn't...
The Active King: Rook Endgames
Nobody leads an army like the King! GM Bojkov continues his series on the study of the active King in action, and today...
The Active King: Bishop Endgames
In the open board, Bishops are much too fast for a King to catch, but throw some pawns in their way... and the King will...
The Active King: Knight Endgames!
Learn to make every piece count, as GM Dejan Bojkov continues his series on the active King. After reviewing a few amazing...
Opposite Colored Bishop Domination
GM Dejan Bojkov lectures today on a subject that might be a little sore for at least one of the "opposite colored"...
The Rooks Dream of... a Breakthrough!
Today Dejan concludes his study of the Rooks, what they dream about, and everything that makes them great! Here we see several...
The Rooks Are Dreaming... Advanced Ideas!
Now that we know our Rook's can dream (or at least you should after watching GM Dejan Bojkov's first video on the subject)...
The Heavy Pieces: Do Work!
Learn how powerful the Queen and Rook can be when conducting an attack, especially when their "counterparts" aren't firing...
The Rook's Dream
Do you ever wonder what your rooks dream about? Well, you're about to find out! We have an excellent presentation prepared...
The Crushing Rook Lift
Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov provides two thrilling examples of the power of using a "rook lift" when attacking the enemy king....
Semi-Open Files... On Fire!
Learn how to turn the small advantage of a semi-open file and isolated pawn target into a crushing victory! How? GM Dejan...