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  • 20 months ago

    Black__Knight

    I'm enjoying this endgame series! Keep up the good work.

  • 2 years ago

    FabioR

    Great video, I got a lot from it, Thanks

  • 2 years ago

    HADI_GAM76

    thanks

  • 2 years ago

    SM_Chess

    Thanks for the lesson!

  • 2 years ago

    Chessyellow

    i like the active king series.

  • 2 years ago

    VLMJ

    Thank you again, GM Dejan, for another excellent video on the "Active King"!  I'm getting more and more confident in using my King actively rather than just leaving him safely ensconced somewhere on the board and wasting his powerful potential.  It's kind of scary at first, but I'm getting over it.

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  • The Active King: Complex Endgames

    by GM Dejan Bojkov

    Another day on Chess.com, another great video by GM Dejan Bojkov discussing the specific powers of a piece! We continue our series on the power of the King, this time reviewing several practical games in which the sometimes trapped, and always awkward, position of the opponent's pieces allowed for some incredible King play. Karpov "bats first" against Ribli, and then we rock n' roll until the King comes home...

    • Apr 27, 2011
    • | 21 min
    • | 4129 views
    • | 6 comments

    Category: Endgames
    Level: Intermediate | Advanced
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  • GM Dejan Bojkov

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    Dejan Bojkov is a Grandmaster, originally from Bulgaria. As a youngster, Dejan was the winner of numerous Youth Championships -- including Boys Under 14 and Boys Under 18 Bulgarian Champion. This translated to success on the international stage, with his most recent victory coming at the Sydney International Open in Australia (2010). As a trainer his work has known little failure, and some of his students include Antoaneta Stefanova-former World Womens Champion.