Artur Yusupov

Jussupow – Vaganian · 1979 · 1–0

USSR Championship 47 (Minsk 1979). An early scalp for the 19-year-old: doubled rooks on the g/h-files crash through Rafael Vaganian's king (47.Rxg7).

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Jussupow – Tal · 1979 · 1–0

USSR Championship 47 (Minsk 1979). A win over former World Champion Mikhail Tal, Yusupov's passed a-pawn deciding the rook ending (58.Rh8).

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Jussupow – Portisch · 1985 · 1–0

1985 Interzonal. A Queen's Gambit Accepted win over Lajos Portisch from the Interzonal that launched Yusupov's Candidates run — the queenside break (b4–b5) and 31.Rd7+ deciding.

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Jussupow – Spassky · 1985 · 1–0

Montpellier Candidates Tournament 1985. A Queen's Gambit Declined win over former World Champion Boris Spassky.

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Jussupow – Timman · 1986 · 1–0

Candidates quarter-final, Tilburg 1986. A win over Jan Timman — then among the world's top three — from the match Yusupov won to reach the Candidates semifinals, the a-pawn queening in a long rook ending.

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Jussupow – Short · 1986 · 1–0

Dubai Olympiad 1986. A Queen's Indian win over Nigel Short — a future World Championship challenger — a kingside attack ending 35.Qh6.

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Jussupow – Sokolov · 1987 · 1–0

Tilburg (Interpolis) 1987. A Queen's Indian win over Andrei Sokolov — the man who had eliminated Yusupov in the 1986 Candidates semifinal — squeezing home a bishop-and-rook endgame.

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Jussupow – Smyslov · 1988 · 1–0

USSR Championship 55 (Moscow 1988). A Bogo-Indian win over former World Champion Vasily Smyslov, 37.Ng5+.

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Jussupow – Kasparov · 1989 · 1–0

World Cup, Barcelona 1989. Yusupov's greatest scalp — a classical win over reigning World Champion Garry Kasparov, grinding down a King's Indian to 41.Ng4.

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Jussupow – Karpov · 1989 · 1–0

Candidates semifinal, London 1989. A Torre Attack win over Anatoly Karpov, the queen raid 36.Qg6+ and 37.Rf3+ crashing through.

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Jussupow – Speelman · 1989 · 1–0

Hastings 1989/90. A Torre Attack win over Jonathan Speelman, Yusupov converting the rook ending (46.Rdxd4).

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Jussupow – Ljubojevic · 1990 · 1–0

Linares 1990. A Queen's Indian win over Ljubomir Ljubojevic — then world top-ten — the knight raid 30.Nxf6+/31.Nxh7+ netting material.

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Jussupow – Gelfand · 1990 · 1–0

Linares 1990. A King's Indian win over Boris Gelfand, a passed e-pawn decisive in a 66-move rook ending (66.e5).

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Jussupow – Anand · 1994 · 1–0

Candidates match, Wijk aan Zee 1994. A Grünfeld win over future World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Yusupov's queen dominating the endgame (58.Qd5+).

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Jussupow – Beliavsky · 1999 · 1–0

Austrian League 1999. A 21-move Queen's Indian miniature over Alexander Beliavsky — the Greek-gift 18.Bxh6! and 19.Qxh6 forcing resignation, 21.Qh4+.

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