The Pros:
The Potential Drawbacks:
This course functions as a meta-guide. It isn't about specific chess moves, but about how to study. gm igor smirnov all 9 chess courses new
This is the engine room. Smirnov famously hates "brute force" calculation (looking 10 moves ahead mindlessly). Instead, he teaches Candidate Moves filtering. The Pros:
Key novelty in the new version:
Without this course, the tactical motifs in later courses will kill your clock. The Potential Drawbacks: This course functions as a