Grandmaster: Self-taught

The course is ideal for who feel stuck and don't know what to study next. It is particularly valuable for "lone wolf" players who prefer a structured curriculum they can follow independently.

Some users find the older video format and Smirnov’s accent a bit dated compared to modern Chessable or Chess.com courses. Self-Taught Grandmaster

This is not a "passive" course. To see results, you must commit to the rigorous practical exercises and repetitive training tasks. The course is ideal for who feel stuck

The course covers the "Main Problem" of self-taught players (lack of a clear system) and moves into advanced concepts like planning, style development, and the "High School" of chess. This is not a "passive" course

Highly praised for providing a clear, step-by-step roadmap for study, which is often what self-taught players lack most.

Includes a set of 20 special training tasks and 200 commented games and puzzles designed to automate the thinking algorithms Smirnov teaches.

The course is built on the philosophy that modern players often "know" too much but "do" too little, leading to inconsistent results. It focuses on transforming passive knowledge into "unconscious competence"—skills that trigger automatically during a game.