Build up your Chess with Artur Yusupov: The Fundamentals Volume I

A book for chess players who want to build their skills on solid foundations. Yusupov guides the reader towards a higher level of chess understanding using carefully selected positions and advice. This new understanding is then tested by a series of puzzles. Artur Yusupov was ranked No. 3 in the world from 1986 to 1992, just behind the legendary Karpov and Kasparov. He has won everything there is to win in chess except for the World Championship. In recent years he has mainly worked as a chess trainer with players ranging from current World Champion Anand to local amateurs in Germany, where he resides. BUILD UP YOUR CHESS 1 The Fundamentals......Page 1 Copyright......Page 2 Title Page......Page 3 Contents......Page 4 Key to symbols used......Page 5 Preface......Page 6 Introduction......Page 7 1 Mating motifs......Page 9 2 Mating motifs 2......Page 19 3 Basic opening principles......Page 31 4 Simple pawn endings......Page 45 5 Double check......Page 55 6 The value of the pieces......Page 65 7 The discovered attack......Page 75 8 Centralizing the pieces......Page 83 9 Mate in two moves......Page 93 10 The opposition......Page 101 11 The pin......Page 111 12 The double attack......Page 121 13 Realizing a material advantage......Page 129 14 Open files and Outposts......Page 139 15 Combinations......Page 149 16 Queen against pawn......Page 157 17 Stalemate motifs......Page 165 18 Forced variations......Page 173 19 Combinations involving promotion......Page 183 20 Weak points......Page 193 21 Pawn combinations......Page 203 22 The wrong bishop......Page 213 23 Smothered mate......Page 223 24 Gambits......Page 233 Final test......Page 245 Index of composers and analysts......Page 253 Index of games......Page 255 Recommended books......Page 263 Back Cover......Page 266