Yusupov's Chess School
Build Up Your Chess 1: The Fundamentals
The opening volume of Yusupov's training course, covering essential tactics, elementary checkmates, basic endgames, and opening principles for players building a solid foundation.
Curriculum
Chapters 1–12
- Mating motifs
- Mating motifs 2
- Basic opening principles
- Simple pawn endings
- Double check
- The value of the pieces
- The discovered attack
- Centralizing the pieces
- Mate in two moves
- The opposition
- The pin
- The double attack
Chapters 13–24
- Realizing a material advantage
- Open files and outposts
- Combinations
- Queen against pawn
- Stalemate motifs
- Forced variations
- Combinations involving promotion
- Weak points
- Pawn combinations
- The wrong bishop
- Smothered mate
- Gambits
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