COMPLETE CHESS TRAINING COURSE (9 BOOKS) BY ARTUR YUSUPOV'S

Artur Yusupov's Complete Chess Training Course
About The Course and Author
Course Structure
● Build Up Your Chess Series
1. Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals
	Title
	Copyright©
	Contents
	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
	Chapter 01 – Mating motifs
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 02 – Mating motifs
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 03 – Basic opening principles
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 04 – Simple pawn endings
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 05 – Double check
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 06 – The value of the pieces
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 07 – The discovered attack
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 08 – Centralizing the pieces
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 09 – Mate in two moves
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 10 – The opposition
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 11 – The pin
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 12 – The double attack
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 13 – Realizing a material advantage
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 14 – Open files and Outposts
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 15 – Combinations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 16 – Queen against pawn
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 17 – Stalemate motifs
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 18 – Forced variations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 19 – Combinations involving promotion
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 20 – Weak points
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 21 – Pawn combinations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 22 – The wrong bishop
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 24 – Gambits
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Final Test
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Appendices
		• Index of composers and analysts
		• Index of games
		• Recommended books
	Back Cover
2. Build Up Your Chess: Beyond The Basics
	Title
	Copyright©
	Contents
	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
	Chapter 01 – Mating combinations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 02 – General endgame principles
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 03 – Combinations involving the back rank
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 04 – General opening principles
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 05 – The double attack
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 06 – Good and bad bishops
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 07 – Candidate moves
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 08 – The centre
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 09 – The pin and the discovered attack
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 10 – Zugzwang
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 11 – Deflection
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 12 – The Greek gift sacrifice
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 13 – Evaluating the position
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 14 – Planning in chess
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 15 – An opening repertoire for White after 1.e4 e5
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 16 – Destroying the castled position
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 17 – An opening repertoire against 1.e4
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 18 – Exchanging
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 19 – Priorities when calculating variations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 20 – Pawn endings 1
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 21 – Decoying
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 22 – Time in the opening
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 23 – Improving the position of your pieces
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 24 – Pawn endings 2
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Final test
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Appendices
		• Index of composers
		• Index of games
		• Recommended books
	Back Cover
3. Build Up Your Chess: Mastery
	Title
	Copyright©
	Contents
	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
	Chapter 01 – Combinations involving promotion
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 02 – Evaluation of the position
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 03 – Pawn endings
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 04 – Rook against bishop
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 05 – Opening repertoire for White with 1.d4
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 06 – The isolated pawn
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 07 – Playing against the isolated pawn
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 08 – Simple tactics
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 09 – The backward pawn
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 10 – Bishop endings
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 11 – French Defense
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 12 – Training with studies
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 13 – Blockade
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 14 – Drawing combinations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 15 – Opposite-coloured bishops
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 16 – Opening repertoire for White with 1.d4 (Part 2)
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 17 – The elimination method
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 18 – Hanging pawns
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 19 – Playing against hanging pawns
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 20 – Simple tactics 2
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 21 – Doubled pawns
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 22 – Opening repertoire for Black against 1.d4
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 23 – The comparison method
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 24 – Rook against knight
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Final test
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Appendices
		• Index of composers
		• Index of games
		• Recommended books
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● Boost Your Chess Series
4. Boost Your Chess: The Fundamentals
	Title
	Copyright©
	Contents
	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
	Chapter 01 – The windmill
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 02 – Pawn weaknesses
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 03 – Back rank combinations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 04 – Exploiting weaknesses
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 05 – The 7th rank
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 06 – Fortresses
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 07 – The pawn wedge
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 08 – Opening traps
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 09 – The use of traps
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 10 – Stalemate combinations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 11 – The semi-open file
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 12 – Mate with bishop and knight
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 13 – Combinations involving files
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 14 – Outposts
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 15 – Combinations involving diagonals
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 16 – Elementary endgames
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 17 – Combinations with knights
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 18 – The principles behind mobilization
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 19 – Perpetual check
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 20 – Mate in two moves
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 21 – Combinations with the major pieces
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 22 – Coordination of the pieces
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 23 – Combinations with knights 2
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 24 – Zugzwang
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Final test
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Appendices
		• Index of composers
		• Index of games
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5. Boost Your Chess: Beyond The Basics
	Title
	Copyright©
	Contents
	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
	Chapter 01 – Attacking the king
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 02 – The open file
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 03 – "Minor" tactics
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 04 – Opening repertoire for White – the French Defence
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 05 – Simple rook endings
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 06 – Fighting against the pawn centre
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 07 – Trapping pieces
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 08 – Calculating short variations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 09 – Weak points
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 10 – Line blocking
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 11 – Opening repertoire for Black against 1.d4
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 12 – Simple rook endings 2
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 13 – Blocking combinations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 14 – The bishop pair
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 15 – Typical mistakes in calculating variations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 16 – Removing the defence
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 17 – Good and bad bishops
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 18 – Closed openings
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 19 – Line clearing
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 20 – Endgame technique
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 21 – Blockade
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 22 – Dragging the king out
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 23 – Reti/English Opening
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 24 – Typical mistakes in the endgame
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Final test
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Index of composers
		• Index of games
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6. Boost Your Chess: Mastery
	Title
	Copyright©
	Contents
	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
	Chapter 01 – Attacking the king in the centre
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 02 – Realizing an advantage
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 03 – Counterplay
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 04 – Knight endings
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 05 – The English Opening
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 06 – Hanging pawns on c3-d4
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 07 – Counter-attack
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 08 – Rook against pawn
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 09 – The technique of calculating variations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 10 – The Reti Opening
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 11 – The passed pawn in the middlegame
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 12 – Prophylactic thinking
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 13 – Bishop against knight
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 14 – Defence
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 15 – Candidate moves
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 16 – Combinational vision
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 17 – The King's Indian Defence
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 18 – Queenside pawn majority
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 19 – Central pawn majority
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 20 – Pawn storms
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 21 – The initiative
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 22 – The Grünfeld Defence
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 23 – The elimination method
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 24 – Knight against bishop
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Final test
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Index of composers
		• Index of games
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● Chess Evolution Series
7. Chess Evolution: The Fundamentals
	Title
	Copyright©
	Contents
	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
	Chapter 01 – Combinations involving bishops
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 02 – Diagonals
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 03 – Queen sacrifices
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 04 – Realizing a material advantage in a pawn ending
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 05 – Realizing a material advantage
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 06 – Attacking with queen and knight
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 07 – The open games
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 08 – Attacking with queen and rook
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 09 – Forced Variations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 10 – Attacking with queen and bishop
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 11 – Positional advantages
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 12 – Bishop against pawns
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 13 – Attacking with queen and pawn
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 14 – Attacking
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 15 – Attacking with rook and bishop
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 16 – Knight against pawn
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 17 – Attacking with rook and knight
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 18 – Semi-open games
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 19 – Combinations involving promotion
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 20 – Mate in three moves
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Photos
	Chapter 21 – Mating nets in the endgame
		• Photos
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 22 – The passed pawn
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 23 – Combinations involving files
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 24 – Queen against rook
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Final test
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Index of composers
		• Index of games
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8. Chess Evolution: Beyond The Basics
	Title
	Copyright©
	Contents
	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
	Chapter 01 – Combined attack on the seventh and eighth ranks
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 02 – Exchanging
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 03 – Attacking the king
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 04 – Opening repertoire against 1.c4
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 05 – Don't allow counterplay!
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 06 – A lead in development
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 07 – Exploiting weaknesses
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 08 – Calculating short variations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 09 – Better pawn structures
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 10 – The pawn phalanx
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 11 – Opening repertoire (Black vs. the Reti/White vs. the King's Indian)
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 12 – Don't be too hasty!
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 13 – The double bishop sacrifice
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 14 – Pawn play
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 15 – Active moves
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 16 – Intermediate checks
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 17 – Improving the position of your pieces
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 18 – Pawn sacrifices in the opening
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 19 – Intermediate moves
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 20 – The principle of two weaknesses
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 21 – An advantage in space
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 22 – Counter-blows
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 23 – The centre in the opening
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 24 – The correct exchanges
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Final test
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Index of games & studies
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9. Chess Evolution: Mastery
	Title
	Copyright©
	Contents
	Key to symbols used
	Preface
	Introduction
	Chapter 01 – Desperadoes
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 02 – Static advantages
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 03 – The comparison method
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 04 – Rook against two minor pieces
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 05 – Open games
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 06 – The minority attack
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 07 – Complicated Combinations
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 08 – Fortresses
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 09 – Complex positions
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 10 – The transition to the middlegame
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 11 – The bishop pair
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 12 – Shutting out a piece
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 13 – Playing against pieces
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 14 – Principles of rook endings
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 15 – Playing for traps
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 16 – Castling on opposite sides
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 17 – Pawn chains
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 18 – Transition from the opening to the ending
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 19 – Exchanging queens – the transition to the ending
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 20 – Outposts for knights
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 21 – Having a plan
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 22 – Pirc and Modern Defences
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 23 – Complex positions 2
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
	Chapter 24 – Queen endings
		• Exercises
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Final test
		• Solutions
		• Scoring
		• Index of composers
		• Index of games
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