Boost Your Chess 1 The Fundamentals

Renowned chess teacher and grandmaster Artur Yusupov continues his complete course of chess improvement. Yusupov's previous books have proven popular with chess coaches all over the world, who use the tests on their pupils cut out the middleman and read Yusupov direct. Boost Your Chess 1 is part of a nine-book course of three series each of three books. The series are Build up your Chess, Boost your Chess and Chess Evolution. Each series starts with the Fundamentals, then the chess level increases in Beyond the Basics, and culminates in Mastery. Yusupov guides the reader towards a higher level of chess understanding using carefully selected positions and advice. This new understanding is then tested by a series of puzzles.

Artur Yusupov was ranked No. 3 in the world from 1986 to 1992, just behind the legendary Karpov and Kasparov. He has won everything there is to win in chess except for the World Championship. In recent years he has mainly worked as a chess trainer with players ranging from current World Champion Anand to local amateurs in Germany, where he resides.