Yusupov's Chess School
Chess Evolution 3: Mastery
The capstone volume of the course, presenting advanced strategy and calculation chapters that bring together the full training program.
Curriculum
Chapters 1–12
- Desperadoes
- Static advantages
- The comparison method
- Rook against two minor pieces
- Open games
- The minority attack
- Complicated combinations
- Fortresses
- Complex positions
- The transition to the middlegame
- The bishop pair
- Shutting out a piece
Chapters 13–24
- Playing against pieces
- Principles of rook endings
- Playing for traps
- Castling on opposite sides
- Pawn chains
- Transition from the opening to the ending
- Exchanging queens – the transition to the ending
- Outposts for knights
- Having a plan
- Pirc and Modern Defences
- Complex positions 2
- Queen endings
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