The Fundamentals 2: Boost Your Chess - GM Artur Yusupov

Tactics course by GM Artur Yusupov
Includes book, video and PGN

Language: English
Lectures: 26
Total Running Time: 16 hours 29 minutes

From the course:

No chess coach? No problem!

Here’s Yusupov’s “Complete Trainer Substitute” For Reaching Master Strength Faster And With Fewer Mistakes

Build Up Your Chess is the 9-part training program that has helped self-learners:

🎯 Skyrocket their rating by 100 to 250 points in a year
🎯 Set up combinations instead of hoping for mistakes
🎯 And turn endgame nightmares into confident wins

Now it’s your turn for a breakthrough.


This program was crafted by Grandmaster Artur Yusupov. He’s the ultimate guide for self-taught players climbing the rating ladder.

He’s a 3-time World Championship candidate. He holds a career-high 2680 Elo and a world #3 ranking. He’s also beaten World Champions at their peak.

But what truly sets him apart?

He’s one of the rare few who studied under and coached alongside the late Mark Dvoretsky — the “world’s best chess trainer.”

Straight from the source, Yusupov learned the Soviet school’s training methods. The same methods that raised top GMs like Peter Svidler (7-time Russian Champion) and Sergei Movsesian (2002 European Blitz Champion).

Yusupov distilled all this knowledge into a 3-year training program for his academy… then a 9-part book series which won the 2009 Boleslavsky Award for Best Chess Author.

Today, part 2 of this program gets the Video Sync and MoveTrainer power-up. So you can…

Lock In The Lessons And Turn Them Into Skills!

Countless chess players have credited Yusupov’s program with triple-digit rating gains. Others have noticed sharper calculation and clearer visualization.

And many have grown to enjoy parts of chess they used to dread!

That’s because Yusupov steers you clear of the Elo-sucking mistakes self-learners make. So even without a coach, your training stays focused and productive.

🎯 All 6 key areas covered… from tactics, strategy, positional play, calculation, to openings and endgames. So you don’t over-focus on one, misapply its ideas, and throw away good positions.

🎯 Interleaving chapters build your real-game readiness. The mixed-up order of topics trains you to adapt on the fly. Just like in a rated game, where positions shift in an instant.

🎯 24 lessons for daily habit building. Spending 1 to 2 days per lesson, you’ll complete the course in 4 to 7 weeks. Plenty of time for solid training habits to take hold!

🎯 Built-in scoring system shows your biggest areas for improvement. So you can move past the ones you’ve mastered and iron out the sticking points.

🎯 Plus a final test without hints to challenge every part of your game.

With Chessable bringing this training to digital life, it becomes even more powerful!

The 482 MoveTrainer exercises lock every concept into your long-term memory. Then Yusupov’s 16+ hours of video make it feel like he’s there — personally guiding your improvement at home or on the go.

Along the way, you won’t just learn the 6 principles of mobilization in the opening. You’ll understand how to apply them to ace other phases of the game.

You’ll punish wavering attention with opening and middlegame traps. Then you’ll sharpen your cunning even more with stalemating combos in the endgame.

You’ll send the enemy king into panic as you seize their 7th rank, or drive a pawn wedge next to them.

You’ll learn to assess who holds the edge by counting these pawns. Then Yusupov also shows you the 3 rules for turning weaknesses into winning targets.

Of course, you’ll keep your tactics sharp with backrank mates, knight combinations, and other patterns.

Then in the final study chapter, you’ll put the opponent on zugzwang, leaving them with no choice but to self-destruct!

With The Fundamentals 2: Boost Your Chess, you finally have the structure for studying on your own and building up your playing strength.