Renowned chess teacher and grandmaster Artur Yusupov continues his complete course of chess improvement. Yusupov's previous books have proven popular with chess coaches all over the world, who use the tests on their pupils -- cut out the middleman and read Yusupov direct. Boost Your Chess 1 is part of a nine-book course of three series each of three books. The series are Build up your Chess, Boost your Chess and Chess Evolution. Each series starts with The Fundamentals, then the chess level increases in Beyond the Basics, and culminates in Mastery. Yusupov guides the reader towards a higher level of chess understanding using carefully selected positions and advice. This new understanding is then tested by a series of puzzles.