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# Build Up Your Chess 1: The Fundamentals (Yusupov's Chess School)

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Review: High quality book, high quality instruction - I ordered this book after playing a few hundred online games and felt that I was hitting a wall in terms of strategy at the ~1000 mark. This book covers a nice range of topics that are each illustrated by diagrams and the line played for half a dozen examples, with the instruction then to turn your attention to a dozen exercises to pull off the chapter's strategy. You will need to sit down, set out the position in the exercise, and then stare at the board trying to find the best sequence. If this sounds intimidating -- this book might not be for you! But if you are at the position where you are playing online or club games where you can evaluate 3, 4 or 5 move lines in your head, this book will be perfect, as most of the exercises require only that many moves for a solution. Yusupov doesn't add much in evaluation or explanation of the tactical themes -- this book is presented plainly as a "Get on with it!" style of instruction after a quick summary of the topic. However, the example games and exercises are all taken from high-level games from chess throughout the 20th century -- no tired retreading of 19th century classics here. Even better, the exercises often have multiple solutions, some better than others. I'd highly recommend this book if you're serious enough about chess to want to invest the time and effort to work through the exercises with a board.
Review: Excellent Course - Arthur Yusupov took his knowledge from the Moscow school of chess. Wrote it down and created the best chess education materal I have ever seen. 9 books in total + test&excem. Each book has 12 chapters. Focusing on one thing at the time. Build as course material shall be. Examples, excercises and test. Like any University course 3 hours minimum per chapter => 72 hours. 75-100 hours per book is what I estimate as "normal" effort. If you manage one book. You will improve. If you do all 9. Wow !!!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 156,114 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 163 in Chess (Books) 382 in Indoor Games |
| Customer reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (214) |
| Dimensions  | 15.24 x 1.27 x 22.86 cm |
| Edition  | Illustrated |
| ISBN-10  | 1906552010 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1906552015 |
| Item weight  | 445 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 264 pages |
| Publication date  | 15 April 2008 |
| Publisher  | Quality Chess |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ High quality book, high quality instruction
*by J***R on 24 September 2018*

I ordered this book after playing a few hundred online games and felt that I was hitting a wall in terms of strategy at the ~1000 mark. This book covers a nice range of topics that are each illustrated by diagrams and the line played for half a dozen examples, with the instruction then to turn your attention to a dozen exercises to pull off the chapter's strategy. You will need to sit down, set out the position in the exercise, and then stare at the board trying to find the best sequence. If this sounds intimidating -- this book might not be for you! But if you are at the position where you are playing online or club games where you can evaluate 3, 4 or 5 move lines in your head, this book will be perfect, as most of the exercises require only that many moves for a solution. Yusupov doesn't add much in evaluation or explanation of the tactical themes -- this book is presented plainly as a "Get on with it!" style of instruction after a quick summary of the topic. However, the example games and exercises are all taken from high-level games from chess throughout the 20th century -- no tired retreading of 19th century classics here. Even better, the exercises often have multiple solutions, some better than others. I'd highly recommend this book if you're serious enough about chess to want to invest the time and effort to work through the exercises with a board.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Course
*by E***K on 17 April 2021*

Arthur Yusupov took his knowledge from the Moscow school of chess. Wrote it down and created the best chess education materal I have ever seen. 9 books in total + test&excem. Each book has 12 chapters. Focusing on one thing at the time. Build as course material shall be. Examples, excercises and test. Like any University course 3 hours minimum per chapter => 72 hours. 75-100 hours per book is what I estimate as "normal" effort. If you manage one book. You will improve. If you do all 9. Wow !!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars
*by G***K on 24 May 2018*

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