MoveTrainer® Strategy/Tactics course by GM K. Sakaev, GM K. Landa & presented by GM Peter Svidler
From the Russian Chess School 2.0:
The Positional Manual That Helps
You Reach The Master Ranks
Raising your rating this high proves you have the drive. Now this manual gives that drive a target. It’s a proven training program for breaking into the expert level and beyond — used at national-level sports schools, then made compact and drillable by 3 super-GMs from the peak human era of chess.
Become a master at coordinating your forces on a single point until it breaks…
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol 1., piece coordination
When you master piece coordination, you won’t
need a sacrifice to attack — even when the
defenders have superior numbers
Winning with your extra space, even after trading off most of the pieces…
And patiently improving the scope of your pieces, when there are no tactics.
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol 1.,
You too can find patient moves like
15…Bd8! relocating the bishop
to an uncontested diagonal
You’ll learn these skills and more in The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Volume 1.
First released in 2017 in print, the Chessable edition brings you 25 hours of video, over 500 drills, and spaced review. So you get the closest thing to being in the room — with structured lessons and real skill-building practice!
You’ll learn from 3 super-GMs who can actually teach.
Joining you on the screen is Peter Svidler (peak 2769 FIDE, world #4).
He set a national record with 8 Russian Chess Championships… topped with 5 Olympiad gold medals and the 2011 FIDE World Cup. He also fought for the crown in 3 FIDE World Championships and 3 Candidates Tournaments.
But what fans love most is what Svidler does in the commentary booth.
He spots details fast. Then he explains them in human words. So we can keep up with the best and enjoy their brilliance.
Inside, he brings to life the lessons of:
🏆 Konstantin Landa (peak 2678 FIDE, world #32) — Winner of over 12 hard-fought tournaments across Europe. Coached Arkadij Naiditsch from a budding IM into Germany’s #1. His best student — Alexandra Kosteniuk, who went on to become the 12th Women’s World Chess Champion.
🏆 Konstantin Sakaev (peak 2677 FIDE, world #26) — 5-time Russian Team Champion and 2-time Olympiad gold medalist. Led the Russian Chess School in St. Petersburg… where he helped train Andrey Esipenko and Kirill Alekseenko into top-100 grandmasters.
Svidler, Landa, and Sakaev — they became pros in the 90s, the peak human era of chess. They relied only on their brains, notebooks, and nerves.
Even when the engine era arrived, they didn’t get left behind.
They threw out what no longer worked and sharpened what still did. They found modern examples of the classic ideas — with better timing and execution.
The result:
The Russian Chess School 2.0 and its…
Timeless Positional Lessons That Help You
Break Out of The “Almost-Master” Limbo
You can study The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol. 1 like a normal course.
You start from the very beginning. Then you get 30 chapters flowing from the opening into the middlegame, plugging holes and fixing dents in your game.
It’s like a full chess tune-up!
You’ll punish tempo loss and unsafe kings at the GM level…
Train both sides of attack and defense…
Squeeze wins out of open files, squares, and other long-term board features…
And keep your pieces simply more useful than the opponent’s.
This full tune-up is one way to use the manual.
But you can also use it like…
An On-Demand Chess Clinic with a Former World #4
— Targeting The Skills Where You Can
Make The Biggest Gains
If you’re already an advanced player, you probably review your games. And you can usually spot where things went wrong.
The hard part is knowing what to study. So the same errors don’t come back.
This manual makes it easy.
Find the chapter that matches what just happened in your game. Then let Peter Svidler give you an on-demand chess clinic. One where he shows you how to better handle the scenario where you tripped.
For example:
Maybe you fold against early all-in aggression. The kind your gut says “shouldn’t work.”
Then jump to Chapter 7 to learn how to keep things together in face of threats… before turning unprepared attacks on their heads.
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol 1., unprepared attack
Sudden lunges like 5…e5 make most
players pause and think: Is this a
novelty… or am I cooked?
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol 1., unprepared attack parried
But you? You stay calm as you exploit
every weakened square and wasted
tempi of their unprepared attack
Do you often get a position you know is clearly better — only for enemy pieces to grow active and muddle your “easy win”?
Head over to Chapter 13.
It trains your self-control to pause the winning plan, and limit counterplay first. So when you go for your original idea, it lands clean because the opponent ran out of tricks.
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol 1.,
The e5-knight screams “kingside attack,”
but 5.c5! first kills queenside counterplay
before you hit the gas
The bishop pair.
Everybody knows it’s “good.” But actually winning with the bishops? This remains one of the biggest gaps between amateur and master.
You bridge that gap in Chapter 20.
Here, 4 world champions show you how to nurse the bishops into tight square control, wall-piercing pressure on the king, or a won endgame.
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol 1.,
You too can build the patience and timing to
find brilliant moves like 42.Bb1 and 45.Bxb7!!
Let’s quickly recap what you’re getting:
🏆 A complete guide to the positional skills you need to ace the opening and middlegame. All 30 chapters built from a proven DYSS Sports Schools program for advance players aiming for mastery.
🏆 Nearly 25 hours of Chessable-exclusive video. Peter Svidler explains the moves in his clear “it just clicks” style. So positional ideas which used to fly past you become obvious.
🏆 Plus 578 MoveTrainer puzzles to drill the lessons into your memory, until you can play them by hand.
If you’re ready to break into the expert ranks...
If you’re ready to shed the “almost-master” status and fix the positional leaks in your game…
Then sign up today for The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol. 1. You’ll love it. Or you take every penny of your purchase back through our 30-day, 100% satisfaction guarantee.