219 pages, paperback
The world's top trainer, Mark Dvoretsky, and one of his best known pupils, Artur Yusupov, present a five volume series based on courses given to talented young players throughout the world. The books contain contributions by other leading trainers and grandmasters, as well as games by pupils who have attended the courses.
In this first volume the reader is shown how to assess his strengths and weaknesses, analyse his own games, and learn from the rich heritage of the past by a study of chess classics. Over a hundred graded positions provide ample material for self-improvement.
PART 1
A Chess Player's Virtues and Deficiencies, and their Influence on the Course of a Game (Mark Dvoretksy) ... 9
The Way to the Top (Mark Dvoretsky) ... 31
American Observations (Mark Dvoretsky) ... 34
PART 2
The Analysis of one's own Games (Artur Yusupov) ... 38
A Commentator's Doubts (Mark Dvoretsky) ... 56
How to play with Black (Artur Yusupov) ... 62
PART 3
The Technique of working on your own and other Players' Games (Artur Yusupov, Mark Dvoretsky) ... 65
Admit your Mistakes! (Mark Dvoretsky) ... 85
The 'superfluous' Piece (Mark Dvoretsky) ... 87
PART 4
Studying the Chess Classics (Mikhail Shereshevsky) ... 92
Finding New Ideas (Mark Dvoretsky) ... 100
PART 5
Positional Evaluation and the Choice of Plan in the Middlegame (Alexey Kosikov) ... 110
Regarding a certain Article (Mark Dvoretsky) ... 132
PART 6
A Feeling for the King (Grigory Kaidanov) ... 139
Supplement to Grigory Kaidanov's Lecture (Artur Yusupov, Mark Dvoretsky) ... 143
PART 7
Ideas and Advice of great Players ... 149
PART 8
Tests 12x8 (Mark Dvoretsky) ... 153
Solutions to Exercises ... 170
Thematic Index of Tests ... 205
PART 9
Games by Pupils of the School (Artur Yusupov) ... 206
Postscript - School of Future Champions (Viktor Glatman) ... 214
Index of Players ... 216
