Kostya Kavutskiy

Diagnose Your Chess is a brand new show where IM Kostya Kavutskiy will work with a different student every week, assessing their strengths and weaknesses while breaking down their recent games. At the end of the lesson Kostya and his student will form a training plan, with the goal of checking back in after a few months. Episode 5 features Henry Hughes, a 19-year-old from … [Read more...] about Diagnosing An 1800 | Diagnose Your Chess: Ep. 5 – Henry Hughes

Diagnose Your Chess is a brand new show where IM Kostya Kavutskiy will work with a different student every week, assessing their strengths and weaknesses while breaking down their recent games. At the end of the lesson Kostya and his student will form a training plan, with the goal of checking back in after a few months. Episode 4 features Danny Cao, a 50-year-old rated about … [Read more...] about Diagnosing A 1200 | Diagnose Your Chess: Ep. 4 – Danny Cao

This video comes from a recent stream I did with ChessDojo, where we made recommendations for White against all the major openings after 1.d4. Enjoy! Featuring GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, and special guest GM Eugene Perelshteyn Check out the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdok6c04WwQ … [Read more...] about Kostya’s 1.d4 Recommendations For White

Hey folks, in this video I provide my recommendations for what 1.e4 players should do against all of the major openings. These are clips taken from a longer stream I did with GM Jesse Kraai, GM Eugene Perelshteyn, & IM David Pruess. Check out the full discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE7iY-ilRXM 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - 1.e4 e5 2:41 - Why is the 6.Bg5 Najdorf … [Read more...] about Kostya’s 1.e4 Recommendations for White

So I recently participated in a panel discussion stream all about openings, ranking my top 5 choices for Black against 1.e4/1.d4, for both professional and club players. Enjoy! (0:00) - Intro/opening philosophy (1:30) - Openings for Professional Players against 1.e4 (3:43) - Openings for Club Players against 1.e4 (9:21) - Openings for Professional Players against 1.d4 (11:17) … [Read more...] about What Openings Should You Play As Black?