Kostya Kavutskiy

Hey folks, this is a clip taken from a class I did on-stream for the U.S. Chess School a couple weeks back, where I went over an instructive loss and what I learned from it. In this clip, I show an important win that helped me earn my final IM norm. If you want to check out the whole video, catch it here: … [Read more...] about A Key Win That Helped Me Reach IM

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 3 features Andrew Post a dedicated online player … [Read more...] about Diagnosing A 1500 | Diagnose Your Chess: Ep. 3 – Andrew Post (1500)

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 2 features Scott Harkema, a 28-year-old chess … [Read more...] about Diagnosing A 1670 | Diagnose Your Chess: Ep. 2 – Scott Harkema (1670)

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 1 features Braden Laughlin, a 21-year-old chess … [Read more...] about Diagnosing A 1750 | Diagnose Your Chess: Ep. 1 – Braden Laughlin

Hey folks here's a brief segment of a recent episode of 'Dojo Talks', a weekly chess talk show where GM Jesse Kraai, IM David Pruess, and myself discuss the latest news and happenings around the chess world. In this clip the three of us discuss the often-heated topic of online piracy, and specifically how it relates to people stealing chess books. If you want to check out … [Read more...] about Is it Ever OK to Steal Chess Books Online?