Artur Yusupov, from Germany, 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 Vishy Anand and many other top grandmasters, to talented juniors and local amateurs in Germany.
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Combinations involving promotion | |
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| Evaluation of the position | |
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| Pawn endings | |
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| Rook against bishop | |
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| Opening repertoire for White with l.d4 | |
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| The isolated pawn | |
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| Playing against the isolated pawn | |
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| Simple tactics | |
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| The backward pawn | |
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| Bishop endings | |
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| French Defence | |
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| Training with studies | |
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| Blockade | |
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| Drawing combinations | |
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| Opposite-coloured bishops | |
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Opening repertoire for White with
1. .d4 (Part 2) | |
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| The elimination method | |
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| Hanging pawns | |
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| Playing against hanging pawns | |
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| Simple tactics 2 | |
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| Doubled pawns | |
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| Opening repertoire for Black against l.d4 | |
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| The comparison method | |
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| Rook against knight | |
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| Final test | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Index of composers | |
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| Index of games | |
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| Recommended books | |
Artur Yusupov was ranked No. 3 in the world of chess 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.
