Yusupovs Chess School

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Quality Chess was founded on April 1st 2004 an inappropriate
date, we hope. Our ambition was to provide the chess public with
books of the highest possible quality. Tis has been fulflled as many
of our books have won prestigious prizes around the world.
Te chess people at Quality Chess are GM Jacob Aagaard,
GM John Shaw, GM Colin McNab, IM Andrew Greet and Danny
McGowan. In our next decade we hope to reach even greater heights.

Quality Chess
Spring and Summer 2014
Of course I
have them all!
I have every book by Quality
Chess. It is the best publisher.
Boris Gelfand
10 Years of Quality Chess
Award Winners
GM Artur Yusupovs groundbreaking series was recognised by the
World Chess Federation as the best instructional chess books with the
frst ever Boleslavsky Medal.
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Grandmaster Preparation
Te Grandmaster Preparation series
Scottish/Danish Grandmaster and trainer of Champions, Jacob Aagaard
ofers a comprehensive training program towards the highest title in chess.
9
hardbacks for
the price of
7
6
hardbacks for
the price of
5
Since our frst titles were published in October 2004, Quality
Chess has done well with the public and critics alike, winning
the following Book of the Year awards: English Chess Federation:
San Luis 2005 (2007), Attacking Manual 1&2 (2010), How I
Beat Fischers Record (2013). ChessCafe: Learn from the Legends
(2005), Pump Up Your Rating (2013). Association of Chess
Professionals: GM Preparation: Calculation (2013). FIDEs
Boleslavsky Medal: Build Up Your Chess 1-3 (2008), Attacking
Manual 1&2 (2011). ChessPublishing: GM Repertoire Vol. 3
(2009), Vol. 2 (2010), Vol. 9 (2011), Te Kings Gambit (2013).
I used four books from Quality Chess in my preparation for the World
Championship match last year: Practical Chess Defence, Te Berlin
Wall, Advanced Chess Tactics and Rook vs Two Minor Pieces. I am
not sure that these books are especially suited for the match preparation; they
are simply useful for anyone who wants to raise the level of their game.
Hou Yifan, Womens World Champion
Grandmaster Repertoire Opening Books Middlegame Books
Te leading series of opening books continues in 2014 with 8-10 new
volumes. Among others:
Tiger Hillarp Persson
Te Modern Tiger
Judit Polgar
A Game of Queens
Te Worlds No. 1 ranked
female player for the last
25 years fnishes her trilogy
on a career that took her
from studying with her
sisters to playing the World
Championship in San Luis.
John Shaw
Playing 1.e4 Volumes 1&2
Kotronias on the Kings Indian
Fianchetto Systems, Mar del Plata I&II
Vassilios Kotronias is one of the biggest experts
on the Kings Indian. In this series he gives
the most ambitious opening repertoire ever
published. In 2014 we publish two volumes on
the main Mar del Plata variation. More volumes
will follow in 2015.
We will continue our tradition of thought-provoking middlegame
books. Tis year we are working on Te Grandmaster Program,
Chess Structures A Grandmaster Guide, Te Secret Life of Bad
Bishops and Mating the Castled King (out April).
Tibor Karolyi
Mikhail Tals Best Games 1-3
Te Magic of Youth (1949-1959)
Te World Champion (1960-1971)
Te Invincible (1972-1992)
Mayzelis
Chess From Scratch
For generations Russians have
learned to play chess by reading this
book, including Garry Kasparov.
With a foreword by Mark Dvoretsky.
Parimarjan Negi
1.e4
Top Indian GM and strong theoretician
Parimarjan Negi gives a super-ambitious
repertoire for White starting with 1.e4. Te
frst volume deals with the French, Caro-Kann
and Philidor defences (out May). Te series is
expected to span fve volumes.
Boris Avrukh
Te Classical Slav
Te Classical Slav provides a sound and active
repertoire based on 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
4.Nc3 dxc4. Whites early deviations from move
3 onwards are also covered. GM Boris Avrukh
has had the Slav in his repertoire throughout his
career and has never lost a serious game with it.
Victor Mikhalevski
Beating Minor Openings
Beating Minor Openings ofers a world-class
repertoire for Black against every sensible frst
move apart from 1.d4 and 1.e4. Te most critical
moves covered are 1.c4 and 1.Nf3, and against
the latter Mikhalevski supplies a range of replies
to suit most styles and existing repertoires.
Te French Defence III, Te Sicilian Najdorf, Te Sveshnikov Sicilian,
Te Semi-Slav & Beating the Anti-Sicilians also expected out in 2014
I of course have all the Grandmaster Repertoire books, what kind of Grandmaster
doesnt? British Champion GM Gawain Jones