They aren't designed as repertoirs, just positions to discuss some concepts from, and a couple of model games. They simply aren't long enough to be any sort of repertoire, and he covers a number of different ones so you can pick up some ideas from each.
Yusupov's Chess School books - what openings?
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I am curious what rating are the kids you are teacking?
Gerry
My kids are beginners who already got introduction from other books. This series would continue their education. I'm aware of the course's high starting rating (something like U1500). This is rather irrelevant when the material can be properly explained.
praktika wrote:
My kids are beginners who already got introduction from other books. This series would continue their education. I'm aware of the course's high starting rating (something like U1500). This is rather irrelevant when the material can be properly explained.
I guess they don't need to figure out everything, as getting it wrong will locate your weaknesses, but I don't think beginners (U1200 for example), will get anywhere close to his pass ratings, and wont get more than a couple right for a lot of the chapters.
True, but that's why I'm teaching them at their comfortable pace to reach at least U1500. It might take some years to achieve this but the right material is the minimum requirement. Yusupov's school isn't some hype. Just his incomplete opening repertoires are like "a spoon of tar in a barrel of honey" as the Russian saying goes. :) No worry - the repertoire building will be a separate project.
Hello! I went through the excerpts of http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/docs/14/artur_yusupovs_awardwinning_training_course/ and have impression that his opening repertoires are incomplete. I see there are no suggestions against the Sicilian and Caro-Kann defenses, for instance. Also his 1. d4 repertoire seems incomplete as well. Probably, his Black repertoires (generally, the Black side is much easier to cover) are more complete. Can anybody who has copies of these books comment?
Note: I do appreciate the instructional value of the whole series (I'm a candidate master). But why would Yusupov offer incomplete repertoires with such gaps? That would be rather a waste of time as readers would do the patchwork elsewhere or even choose different repertoires. I'm considering this series for my kids to teach chess.