Buying all 9 as a bundle (when on sale) costs around – not cheap, but far less than a personal GM coach ($100+/hour).
| Your Goal | Best Free Resource (Legal) | |-----------|----------------------------| | Tactics | Chess.com’s “Puzzle” (5 free/day) + Lichess infinite puzzles | | Positional play | “Building Habits” series by GM Aman Hambleton (YouTube) | | Calculation | “Chess Steps” method (free PDF workbooks) | | Openings | Lichess opening explorer + “Hanging Pawns” YouTube | | Endgames | “Endgame Sensei” (free web app) |
To make the most of Igor Smirnov's free chess resources:
. By age 11, he was already highly knowledgeable, yet his results remained inconsistent. The Breakthrough
While there are over 22 courses in his library, these are consistently ranked as his most "interesting" and impactful for rapid improvement :