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Re: Yusupov’s 9 Book Series
Reply #60 - 11/28/17 at 03:21:57
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Are there any recommendations in the books for an opening repertoire, or advice on how to pick openings?
  
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Reply #59 - 11/28/17 at 00:58:47
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Yes, the German publishing order is correct (all oranges, then all blues, then all greens). Aagaard has publicly regretted the order in which Quality Chess ended up publishing them. I think they weren't sure they were going to be successful enough to publish all nine so they started with a sample from each difficulty level.

I'm 2009 USCF (though I was lower when I started) and I'm glad I started at the beginning, and not just because I'm a completist in general. A lot of the chapters were pretty easy but some of them (particularly on strategy) weren't, and I learned plenty.
  
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Reply #58 - 11/27/17 at 23:39:03
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Thanks for the replies about the B+N mate. Anyway, the Yusupov set has me intrigued. I might ask for it for Christmas. Wink

My USCF rating is 2136 and I'm curious how much better I can get by reading the books. IM Andrew Greet said he was working through the Fundamentals books and a lot of the exercises were challenging for him, so it's probably a good idea to go through them all in order.

What was the publishing order of the German editions? I believe all the Fundamentals are supposed to be read first, followed by Beyond the Basics, and then Mastery. But the English language editions weren't published in that order, and I was curious if the German publishing order was correct.
  
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Re: Yusupov’s 9 Book Series
Reply #57 - 11/27/17 at 15:06:55
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I taught the B+N mate using Deletang's Triangles not too long ago on my YouTube channel: Mating With B+N 

Not sure if Williams/Yusupov use the more common "W" method, but I have always preferred the Triangles. No explanation why - perhaps it's just easier for me to remember the necessary info for the once a year it comes up for fun or in blitz.
  
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Reply #56 - 11/27/17 at 12:40:54
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BobbyDigital80 wrote on 11/27/17 at 03:25:05:

Which of the books does Yusupov teach how to mate with bishop and knight?


It's chapter 12 of the orange "Boost Your Chess" book.   

GM Simon Williams has a couple of YouTube videos where he goes over the technique, which can be useful for reinforcing the ideas once one has gone over that chapter in Yusupov.


  
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Re: Yusupov’s 9 Book Series
Reply #55 - 11/27/17 at 03:25:05
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JonathanB wrote on 03/01/17 at 15:22:00:
ReneDescartes wrote on 02/28/17 at 13:00:55:
Why did QC not go all the way to the "super Yusupov challenge": not to read his books in the time recommended (1-2 hours per chapter and 1-2 more per test), nor even to punt each in 10-20 minutes, but--wait for it--simply to buy all 10 books in a year!

Admittedly it's a challenge making challenges less challenging. And evidently to maintain your professed standards while selling what was designed to be a long program of hard work to a public not patient enough to do it.

In this case I think the nervous-businessman Aagard got the better of the tough-talking-teacher-with-integrity Aagard. Maybe he justified it by telling himself that reading the books as blitz chess is better than not reading them at all, but it goes against his whole persona and I find it disappointing. But to err is human, and he does a lot of good things for the chess world.




I think this is a little harsh - but I do know what you mean. It surprised me more than a little to see the suggested rate of progress.

Mind you the context of the blog post makes clear that JA is also planning to read 100 books this year. I’m surprised at that rate of progress too.

It’s not quite the same thing, I grant you, but I don’t think this is just about flogging books.

It’s a blog post, after all. That’s a pretty crappy method for flogging off books, I’d guess.


Which of the books does Yusupov teach how to mate with bishop and knight?
  
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Re: Yusupov’s 9 Book Series
Reply #54 - 03/29/17 at 13:16:51
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dfan: The version I have is from 2013 with a lot of current examples. Therefore, I find it fair to compare the two books. I'm sure that the 76-version was fantastic at that time, but chess books are far better now I find.
  
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Reply #53 - 03/29/17 at 12:54:09
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Paul Brondal wrote on 03/29/17 at 10:43:38:
I'm not crazy about Soltis' book on pawn structures; to me it seems fair to compare it with Flores' book which goes much deeper without being all that tough. Furthermore, the latter has a lot of exercises which I believe is the way to go to become a stronger chess player...

I think it is fair to give Pawn Structure Chess some credit for having been published in 1976, 14 years before Flores was born.
  
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Reply #52 - 03/29/17 at 10:43:38
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I really enjoy the above Soltis book which contains a lot of excellent exercises. On page 9 the following is stated: This book will not make you a grandmaster Smiley

I'm not crazy about Soltis' book on pawn structures; to me it seems fair to compare it with Flores' book which goes much deeper without being all that tough. Furthermore, the latter has a lot of exercises which I believe is the way to go to become a stronger chess player...
  
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Reply #51 - 03/28/17 at 22:54:26
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Soltis has written a number of books for Batsford.  Among others, his What it Takes to Become a MasterPaul Brondal wrote on 03/27/17 at 09:59:48:
I don't know if this one is off-topic but in the weekend I bought Soltis' How to become a Grandmaster. Naturally, only really stupid people buy a book with this title  Wink


Earlier, Soltis wrote What it Takes to Become a Chess Master.  It's also a good book, and the goal is more attainable.  Wink 

  
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Reply #50 - 03/28/17 at 21:56:27
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I don't believe that the Yusupov books (the orange ones, anyway) are aimed at a higher end of club player than Soltis'. I'm sure Yusupov honestly intended them to be suitable for the rating bands originally identified. But, as he admits in the interview, he didn't entirely succeed.
  
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Reply #49 - 03/27/17 at 19:42:31
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Paul Brondal wrote on 03/27/17 at 09:59:48:
I don't know if this one is off-topic but in the weekend I bought Soltis' How to become a Grandmaster. Naturally, only really stupid people buy a book with this title  Wink

Anyway, in the above it is clear that Yusupov may find it difficult to understand club players. I'm not, in general, a big fan of Soltis' books but I like what I've read so far in the above. To me it seems clear that Soltis understands club players as the above book has "50 attributes of grandmaster thinking" as he puts it. The topics explain the difference between amateurs and grandmasters. For example, the first topic Uber Luft shows how GM's may play h4 instead of h3 to avoid back-rank mates where many players would choose h3. It is very interesting!


I like Soltis' work. It's usually his older opening books that attract criticism for being rushed, or less than thorough. His historical books tend to be well thought of, and his more explanatory books (his book on pawn structures and the one you had mentioned for example). However, i think he is writing for a different audience to that of Yusupov, whose books are probably aimed at a higher end of club player than Soltis.
  
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Reply #48 - 03/27/17 at 09:59:48
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I don't know if this one is off-topic but in the weekend I bought Soltis' How to become a Grandmaster. Naturally, only really stupid people buy a book with this title  Wink

Anyway, in the above it is clear that Yusupov may find it difficult to understand club players. I'm not, in general, a big fan of Soltis' books but I like what I've read so far in the above. To me it seems clear that Soltis understands club players as the above book has "50 attributes of grandmaster thinking" as he puts it. The topics explain the difference between amateurs and grandmasters. For example, the first topic Uber Luft shows how GM's may play h4 instead of h3 to avoid back-rank mates where many players would choose h3. It is very interesting!
  
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Reply #47 - 03/24/17 at 12:08:19
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I find the interview extremely entertaining. It is also great to hear him say, as Straggler wrote, that the rating ranges are approximate. It may be an excellent idea to make books like  Gulko's Lessons with a Grandmaster where a non-elite player is the co-author of the book.
  
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Reply #46 - 03/24/17 at 11:48:50
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Incidentally, I've noticed an annoying aspect of the Steps books, which are discussed earlier in this thread: the publishers seem to let the updates get out of kilter, so that the answers in the current edition of a manual don't always match the exercises in the current edition of the corresponding workbook. It's not a major problem because you can check for yourself whether your answer is right, and indeed that is (or should be) part of the exercise. But it's inconvenient, and I haven't seen it pointed out elsewhere.

Edit: Ah, but I now see that the answers for the latest edition can be downloaded from their website. So not a problem at all. (I also see that I got one wrong which I was sure I had got right, so it's worth checking the answers.)
  
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