Yusupov's Chess School
Boost Your Chess 1: The Fundamentals
Continues the Fundamentals level with expanded tactical themes, additional elementary endgames, and further practice consolidating first-level skills.
Curriculum
Chapters 1–12
- The windmill
- Pawn weaknesses
- Back rank combinations
- Exploiting weaknesses
- The 7th rank
- Fortresses
- The pawn wedge
- Opening traps
- The use of traps
- Stalemate combinations
- The semi-open file
- Mate with bishop and knight
Chapters 13–24
- Combinations involving files
- Outposts
- Combinations involving diagonals
- Elementary endgames
- Combinations with knights
- The principles behind mobilization
- Perpetual check
- Mate in two moves
- Combinations with the major pieces
- Coordination of the pieces
- Combinations with knights 2
- Zugzwang
In this series
Book 1
Build Up Your Chess 1: The Fundamentals
Book 2
Boost Your Chess 1: The Fundamentals
Book 3
Chess Evolution 1: The Fundamentals
Book 4
Build Up Your Chess 2: Beyond the Basics
Book 5
Boost Your Chess 2: Beyond the Basics
Book 6
Chess Evolution 2: Beyond the Basics
Book 7
Build Up Your Chess 3: Mastery
Book 8
Boost Your Chess 3: Mastery
Book 9
Chess Evolution 3: Mastery