Boost Your Chess 3, Mastery – Artur Yusupov

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Preface
Introduction
1	Attacking the king in the centre
2	Realizing an advantage
3	Counterplay
4	Knight endings
5	The English Opening
6	Hanging pawns on c3 – d4
7	Counter-attack
8	Rook against pawn
9	The technique of calculating variations
10	The Reti Opening
11	The passed pawn in the middlegame
12	Prophylactic thinking
13	Bishop against knight
14	Defence
15	Candidate moves
16	Combinational vision
17	The King's Indian Defence
18	Queenside pawn majority
19	Central pawn majority
20	Pawn storms
21	The initiative
22	The Grünfeld Defence
23	The elimination method
24	Knight against bishop
	Final test
	Index of composers
	Index of games

Boost Your Chess 2, Beyond the Basics – Artur Yusupov

Key to symbols used
Preface
Introduction
1	Attacking the king
2	The open file
3	'Minor' tactics
4	Opening repertoire for White – the French Defence
5	Simple rook endings
6	Fighting against the pawn centre
7	Trapping pieces
8	Calculating short variations
9	Weak points
10	Line blocking
11	Opening repertoire for Black against 1.d4
12	Simple rook endings 2
13	Blocking combinations
14	The bishop pair
15	Typical mistakes in calculating variations
16	Removing the defence
17	Good and bad bishops
18	Closed openings
19	Line clearing
20	Endgame technique
21	Blockade
22	Dragging the king out
23	Reti/English Opening
24	Typical mistakes in the endgame
	Final test
	Index of composers
	Index of games

Boost Your Chess 1, The Fundamentals – Artur Yusupov

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Preface
Introduction
1	The windmill
2	Pawn weaknesses
3	Back rank combinations
4	Exploiting weaknesses
5	The 7th rank
6	Fortresses
7	The pawn wedge
8	Opening traps
9	The use of traps
10	Stalemate combinations
11	The semi–open file
12	Mate with bishop and knight
13	Combinations involving files
14	Outposts
15	Combinations involving diagonals
16	Elementary endgames
17	Combinations with knights
18	The principles behind mobilization
19	Perpetual check
20	Mate in two moves
21	Combinations with the major pieces
22	Coordination of the pieces
23	Combinations with knights 2
24	Zugzwang
	Final test
Appendices
	Index of composers
	Index of games
	Recommended books

Build Up Your Chess 3, Mastery – Artur Yusupov

	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
1	Combinations involving promotion
2	Evaluation of the position
3	Pawn endings
4	Rook against bishop
5	Opening repertoire for White after 1.d4
6	The isolated pawn
7	Playing against the isolated pawn
8	Simple tactics
9	The backward pawn
10	Bishop e endings
11	French Defence
12	Training with studies
13	Blockade
14	Drawing combinations
15	Opposite-coloured bishops
16	Opening repertoire for White after 1.d4 (Part 2)
17	The elimination method
18	Hanging pawns
19	Playing against hanging pawns
20	Simple tactics 2
21	Doubled pawns
22	Opening repertoire for Black 1.d4
23	The comparison method
24	Rook against knight
	Final test
Appendices
	Index of composers
	Index of games
	Recommended books

Build Up Your Chess 2, Beyond the Basics – Artur Yusupov

	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
1	Mating combinations
2	General endgame principles
3	Combinations involving the back rank
4	General opening principles
5	The double attack
6	Good and bad bishop
7	Candidate moves
8	The centre
9	The pin and discovered attack
10	Zugzwang
11	Deflection
12	The Greek gift sacrifice
13	Evaluating the position
14	Planning in chess
15	An opening repertoire for White after 1.e4 e5
16	Destroying the castled position
17	An opening repertoire against 1.e4
18	Exchanging
19	Priorities when calculating variations
20	Pawn endings 1
21	Decoying
22	Time in the opening
23	Improving the position of your pieces
24	Pawn endings 2
	Final test
Appendices
	Index of composers
	Index of games
	Recommended books

Build Up Your Chess 1, The Fundamentals – Artur Yusupov

	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
1	Mating motifs
2	Mating motifs 2
3	Basic opening principles
4	Simple pawn endings
5	Double check
6	The Value of the pieces
7	The discovered attack
8	Centralizing the pieces
9	Mate in two moves
10	The opposition
11	The pin
12	The double attack
13	Realizing a material advantage
14	Open files and Outposts
15	Combinations
16	Queen against pawn
17	Stalemate motifs
18	Forced variations
19	Combinations involving promotion
20	Weak points
21	Pawn combinations
22	The Wrong bishop
23	Smothered mate
24	Gambits
	Final test
Appendices
	Index of composers and analysts
	Index of games
	Recommended books