Chess Evolution 1

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.

"Yusupov series of books (Build up your chess, Boost your chess, Chess Evolution) for players in 1000-2200 level approx. is good recommendation." -- GM Ramesh, probably the best trainer in the world. Trainer of Praggnanandhaa, Aravind and many other promising young Indians

• Prologue; General Introduction; The Foundation; Compassion & Mercy; Universality; The Door of Hope; The Audition; Four Poles, Four Elements; Ethics; The Mind & the Heart; Faith; Courtesy; Political Secularism; Knowledge/Science, Art; Closing the Two Doors; The Base Self; The Divine Law; Charity; Destiny; Death, Afterlife, the Apocalypse; The Beginning; The Essence of Man; The Paths (Orders); Worship; The Secret & the Sublime III; The Prophet; The Caliphs; The Scholars; The Saints; Chain. Epilogue; Appendix: Some Important Formulas; Index.