Seal the Deal How to Gain and Convert Middlegame Advantages by FM Dalton Rel 13 Jan 2025 Chessable

Grab an Advantage, Then Ruthlessly Convert It to a Win

We’ve all been there – we play our favorite opening, we get a great middlegame position, we even win some material… and then we take our foot off the gas. We let our advantage slip a little, and then a lot, and before we realize what’s happening, we’ve somehow lost the game.

If you’ve ever been in this situation, then Seal the Deal is for you. FM Dalton Perrine and GM Sam Shankland will provide you with the blueprints for converting different types of advantages, so that you never have to squander an advantage again.

Inside the course, you’ll learn about the different types of advantages and how to exploit them. This course focuses on converting static, long-term advantages into the full point:

🏆 King Safety – you’ll learn how to provoke a weakness around your opponent’s king and ruthlessly exploit it
🏆 Material – it’s easy to get over-confident with extra material but you’ll learn which trades you need to make and which to avoid
🏆 The Bishop Pair – 2 bishops are better than 1, but only if you know how to use them!
🏆 Space – you’ll learn how to cramp your opponent’s position and squeeze them further
🏆 Pawn Weaknesses – how to identify which pawns are actually weak and how to target them

The authors focus on fresh, up-to-date examples in every chapter. Most of the games are from recent play and it’s instructive to see how modern players convert their advantages against the very toughest defence.

White has arranged their pieces to target the weak d5 pawn, before striking with b4

After studying the course in detail, your new knowledge will be put to the test – twice!
The authors have created two tough 75-question tests to help reinforce your learning. The first asks you to demonstrate your ability to gain the advantage and the second test gets you to show off your conversion skills.

GM Sam Shankland is the 2018 US Champion and a key member of the Olympiad winning USA team in 2016. He has established himself as one of the top educators in chess, with hundreds of students benefiting greatly from his no-nonsense approach to serious chess improvement.

FM Dalton Perrine is an experienced chess coach with over 10 years of experience and a peak rating of 2374. His Survive & Thrive course was officially endorsed by GM Shankland and provides a blueprint for how to defend better.