Artur Yusupov was ranked third in the world from 1986 to 1992, just behind the legendary World Champions 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 World Champion Anand to local amateurs in Germany, where he resides.

"The whole series is very accessible to club players, who will enjoy studying a wide range of important topics." Sean Marsh, Marsh Towers

• Preface; Introduction; Attacking the king in the centre; Realizing an advantage; Counterplay; Knight endings; The English Opening; Hanging pawns on c3-d4; Counter-attack; Rook against pawn; The technique of calculating variations; The Reti Opening; The passed pawn in the middlegame; Prophylactic thinking; Bishop against knight; Defence; Candidate moves; Combinational vision; The Kings Indian Defence; Queenside pawn majority; Central pawn majority; Pawn storms; The initiative; The Grunfeld Defence; The elimination method; Knight against bishop; Final test; Index of composers; Index of games.