It was around this time that he could be regarded as playing his strongest chess, as was reflected by his peak Elo rating of 2680, recorded in July 1995. There were further successes in tournaments first at Hamburg 1991, first at Amsterdam 1994 and second at Horgen 1994 (a category 18 tournament). Soon after, he decided to move to Germany, which has remained his home. During the struggle that broke out, he was shot and considers himself lucky to have survived.
In the early 1990s, he returned to his Moscow apartment one day and came upon burglars. He also won the 1986 Canadian Open Chess Championship.īy this time Yusupov was also chasing World Championship qualification, reaching the semi-final of the Candidates Tournament on three occasions: in 1986 (defeated by Andrei Sokolov), 1989 (defeated by Anatoly Karpov) and 1992 (defeated by Jan Timman). International tournament results in the next decade included first place at Esbjerg 1980, first at Yerevan 1982, equal fourth at Linares 1983, first at the Tunis Interzonal 1985, equal first at Montpellier Candidates 1985, and third at Linares 1988. Yusupov finished in second place at his first USSR Championship in 1979 (behind Efim Geller). He won the World Junior Championship in 1977, which then automatically qualified for the International Master title, qualification as a grandmaster following in 1980. Yusupov learned to play chess at the age of six and trained at the Young Pioneers' Palace in Moscow.
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