Artur Yusupov’s complete course of chess training stretches to nine volumes, guiding the reader towards a higher chess understanding using carefully selected positions and advice. To make sure that this new knowledge sticks, it is then tested by a selection of puzzles.The course is structured in three series with three levels. The Fundamentals level is the easiest one, Beyond the Basics is more challenging, and Mastery is quite difficult, even for stronger players.The various topics – Tactics, Strategy, Positional Play, Endgames, Calculating Variations, and Openings – are spread evenly across the nine volumes, giving readers the chance to improve every area as they work through the books.This book is the first volume at the Beyond the Basics level. The Build Up Your Chess series won the prestigious Boleslavsky Medal from FIDE (the World Chess Federation) as the best instructional chess books in the world.
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ContentsKey to Symbols usedPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1 - Mating
combinationsChapter 2 - General endgame principlesChapter 3 -
Combinations involving the back rankChapter 4 - General opening
principlesChapter 5 - The double attackChapter 6 - Good and bad
bishopsChapter 7 - Candidate movesChapter 8 - The centreChapter 9 -
The pin and the discovered attackChapter 10 - ZugzwangChapter 11 -
DeflectionChapter 12 - The Greek gift sacrificeChapter 13 -
Evaluating the positionChapter 14 - Planning in ChessChapter 15 -
An opening repertoire for White after 1.e4 e5Chapter 16 -
Destroying the castled positionChapter 17 - An opening repertoire
against 1.e4Chapter 18 - ExchangingChapter 19 - Priorities when
calculating variationsChapter 20 - Pawn endings 1Chapter 21 -
DecoyingChapter 22 - Time in the openingChapter 23 - Improving the
position of your piecesChapter 24 - Pawn endings 2Final testIndex
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