The world's top trainer Mark Dvoretsky and one of his best-known pupils grandmaster Artur
Yusupov present a five-volume series based on courses given to talented young players
throughout the world. The books contain contributions by other leading trainers and
grandmasters as well as games by pupils who have attended the courses. The main theme of
volume 4 is prophylaxis a concept first expounded by Nimzowitsch and one which has brilliantly
developed by Mark Dvoretsky and his pupils. The art of positional play is explained in terms of
planning manoeuvring the study of typical positions and deep strategy in grandmaster games.
