Yusupov's Chess School
Yusupov's Chess School, developed by Grandmaster Artur Yusupov with Mark Dvoretsky, distills their renowned Russian training methodology into nine books arranged across three progressive levels — The Fundamentals, Beyond the Basics, and Mastery. Each level contains three books (Build Up Your Chess, Boost Your Chess, and Chess Evolution), built from 24 thematic chapters that pair instructional material with test positions.
Book 1
Build Up Your Chess 1: The Fundamentals
The opening volume of Yusupov's training course, covering essential tactics, elementary checkmates,...
Book 2
Boost Your Chess 1: The Fundamentals
Continues the Fundamentals level with expanded tactical themes, additional elementary endgames, and...
Book 3
Chess Evolution 1: The Fundamentals
Completes the Fundamentals level with combinations, positional themes, and mating patterns that...
Book 4
Build Up Your Chess 2: Beyond the Basics
Opens the intermediate level with opening repertoire ideas, deeper pawn endgame technique, and...
Book 5
Boost Your Chess 2: Beyond the Basics
Builds strategic understanding with chapters on weak points, the bishop pair, open files, and rook...
Book 6
Chess Evolution 2: Beyond the Basics
Completes the intermediate level, addressing dynamic play, exploiting weaknesses, and space...
Book 7
Build Up Your Chess 3: Mastery
Opens the advanced level with opening repertoire work against 1.d4 and the French Defense, alongside...
Book 8
Boost Your Chess 3: Mastery
Covers advanced opening repertoire chapters (Reti, English, King's Indian, Grünfeld) together with...
Book 9
Chess Evolution 3: Mastery
The capstone volume of the course, presenting advanced strategy and calculation chapters that bring...