Artur Yusupov

This article describes the chess player. For the soccer player, see Artur Rimowitsch Jussupow .

Artur Yusupov, 2013
Surname	Artur Mayakovich Yusupov
Association	Soviet Union (until 1992) Russia (1992) Germany (since 1992)
Born	February 13, 1960 Moscow
title	International Master (1977) Grand Master (1980)
Current  Elo rating	2559 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2680 (July 1995)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Artur Jussupow (previously Russian : Артур Маякович Юсупов / Artur Majakowitsch Jussupow , scientific transliteration: Artur Majakovič Jusupov ; born February 13, 1960 in Moscow ) is a German chess player of Russian origin.

Tournament player

Artur Yusupov, 1986

Artur Jussupow, a student of the elite trainer Mark Dworezki , went through the Soviet chess school and was Junior World Champion U20 in 1977 . In his first participation in the national championship of the Soviet Union in 1979 in Minsk , he sensationally took second place. He has been a grandmaster since 1980 .

Artur Jussupow and Viswanathan Anand during the analysis , Dortmunder Schachtage 1997

He participated several times in qualifying competitions for the world chess championship and reached the semi-finals three times, where he failed in 1986 to Andreï Sokolov , 1989 to Anatoli Karpov and 1992 to Jan Timman . He won competitions against Jan Timman (1985) and Wassyl Iwantschuk (1991) , among others . He succeeded in the fast game Ivanchuk - Yusupov, Brussels 1991 a combination that has become famous.

After he was critically injured in a robbery in Moscow in May 1990, he moved to Germany and received German citizenship in 1996 . Between 1994 and 2000 he played at four Chess Olympiads for the German national team. After the World Chess Federation FIDE banned the consumption of caffeine as illegal doping and announced corresponding tests in competitions, it announced its withdrawal from the national team. After loosening these regulations, he agreed to play again at the 2006 Turin Chess Olympiad.

He plays in the German Federal Chess League for the Solingen chess society . In January 2005 he was European rapid champion in Basel , in February he won the German individual championship in Altenkirchen .

His best Elo rating was 2680 in July 1995; so he was in 11th place in the world rankings. His best world ranking was the third place he finished in 1986 and 1987 behind Garri Kasparow and Anatoli Karpow , in January 1986 tied with Jan Timman and Rafael Vaganian , in July 1986 alone and both in January 1987 and in July 1987 together with Andreï Sokolov.

National team

With the Soviet national team Yusupov took part in the Chess Olympiads in 1982 , 1984 , 1986 , 1988 and 1990 and won them. In 1986 he also achieved the best individual result on the fourth board. With the German team he took part in the Chess Olympiad in 1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 and 2006 and achieved second place in 2000 in Istanbul as the greatest success . In the team world championship he took part in 1985 with the winner Soviet Union and in 2001 with Germany. Yusupov also won the European team championships in 1980 and 1983 with the Soviet Union , with the German team he reached fifth place at the 1997 European team championships and third place at the 1999 European team championships.

societies

In the 1980s, Yusupov first played at Burevestnik Moscow , later at CSKA Moscow , with whom he won the European Club Cup in 1986 and 1988 . After moving to Germany, he played in the Bundesliga chess league from 1991 to 1995 for FC Bayern Munich , with whom he became German team champion in 1992 , 1993 and 1995 , and since 1996 he has played for the Solingen chess company , with which he became champions in 1997 and 2016 . In the Swiss National League A he played for the Lucerne chess club until 2002 , since 2005 he has played with the SG Winterthur in the National League A and became Swiss team champion with them in 2017 . In the Swiss Bundesliga he played for ASK Winterthur from 2011 to 2015 , with whom he became champions in 2012 and 2015 , and since 2015 he has been registered for SG Winterthur, which merged with ASK Winterthur. In the Dutch Meester class he has played occasionally with Apeldoorn since 2000 , in France he played with Évry Grand Roque between 2004 and 2010 and became French team champion with this in 2009 . In the Austrian State League A , Jussupow played in the 1998/99 season at SK Loosdorf .

Game example

Yusupov – Kasparov

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 41st Ng4

Yusupov won the following game at the 1989 World Chess Cup in Barcelona with the white pieces against world champion Kasparov.

Yusupov – Kasparov 1-0

Barcelona, ​​April 1st 1989

King's Indian Defense , E92

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0–0 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Sa6 10. Nd2 De8 11. 0–0 Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bh5 Qc8 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 18. Bh4 e4 19. Qc2 Qh5 20. Bg3 Rf8 21. Bf4 Qg4 22. g3 Ng5 23. Kh1 Nf3 24.Rac1 Nc5 25.Nxf3 Qxf3 + 26.Kg1 Nd3 27.Qd2 Bd4 28. Rc2 Kh7 29. h3 Rg8 30. Kh2 Dh5 31. Nd1 Ne5 32. f3 Nd3 33. Ne3 Nxf4 34. gxf4 Bb6 35. Qf2 Qg6 36. Re2 Bc5 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. f5 Qh5 39. Rd2 Rg5 40. Qf4 De8 41. Ng4 1: 0

Trainer

Yusupov works as a chess trainer and has worked with Viswanathan Anand and Vincent Keymer , among others . He is considered one of the world's best experts on Russian defense . In 2005 Yusupov received the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

Under the title Tigersprung auf DWZ 1500/1800/2100 he self-published a multi-volume textbook based on his distance learning courses for club players.

Private

Yusupov has been married to Nadja (* 1970), who has the title of FIDE Women's Champion (WFM), since 1991 . They have a daughter Ekaterina (* 1991), who is also a WFM, and a son Alexander (* 1993). His daughter won the Bavarian women's championships in Bad Wörishofen in September 2006. She is also a multiple German youth champion. Son Alexander is a multiple Bavarian youth champion and participant in the youth world championship. Nadja, Ekaterina and Alexander play for SK Krumbach.

Works

• Artur Jussupow, Mark Dworezki: Positional chess: How to train your sense of position. Olms, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-283-00322-X .
• Artur Yusupov: The Russian Defense. Successful opening theory for practice. Olms, Hombrechtikon / Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-283-00273-8 .
• Artur Yusupov, Mark Dvoretski: Attack and Defense: Lessons and Materials from the Dvoretsky Yusupov Chess School. Olms, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-283-00356-4 .
• Artur Jussupow, Harald Fietz, Hartmut Metz: Frankfurt Chess Classic 2000 - premiere of the top ten! Edition FCC, Bad Soden 2000, ISBN 3-931192-18-0 , ISBN 3-931192-17-2 .
• Artur Yusupov: Chess lessons. Self-published 2006, ISBN 3-933365-10-4 (summary of 10 previously separately published booklets for chess lessons, English edition under the title Chess lessons 2004, ISBN 3-935748-07-8 ).
• Artur Jussupow, Mark Dworezki : The independent path to becoming a chess professional: secrets and tips from a new chess school. Joachim Beyer Verlag , Eltmann 2006, ISBN 978-3-88805-481-5 .
• Artur Jussupow, Mark Dworezki: Effective opening training: secrets and tips from a new chess school. Joachim Beyer Verlag, Eltmann 2015, ISBN 978-3-95920-011-0 .
• Artur Jussupow, Mark Dworezki: Effective endgame training: secrets and tips from a new chess school. Joachim Beyer Verlag, Eltmann 2016, ISBN 978-3-95920-027-1 .

Web links

Commons : Artur Jussupow  - collection of pictures

• Literature by and about Artur Jussupow in the catalog of the German National Library
• Yusupov's website
• Playable chess games by Artur Jussupow on chessgames.com (English)
• Interview with Artur Jussupow in the chess whisper podcast from June 18, 2020 on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dagobert Kohlmeyer : 50 years of Artur Jussupow: "I want to give something back to Germany" In: de.chessbase.com. February 14, 2010, accessed November 16, 2019.
2. ↑ Dagobert Kohlmeyer: "Chess shapes people" - 60 years of Artur Jussupow , Chessbase.com, February 13, 2020.
3. ↑ Rating list January 1986 at olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Rating list July 1986 at olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Rating list January 1987 at olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ Rating list July 1987 at olimpbase.org (English)
7. ↑ Artur Jussupow's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
8. ↑ Artur Jussupow's results at team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
9. ↑ Artur Jussupow's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
10. ↑ Artur Jussupow's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)