Kostya Kavutskiy

This video covers Round 4 of the 2019 Minnesota GM Norm Tournament, where I played against GM Nikola Mitkov (2501). Full standings of the event (caution: spoilers!) can be seen here: http://chess-results.com/tnr452430.aspx For more chess content, check out my Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/hellokostya Social Media: Website: https://www.hellokostya.com Facebook: … [Read more...] about Rock Solid – GM Mitkov vs. IM Kavutskiy | 2019 Minnesota GM Norm Tournament: Round 4

This video covers Round 3 of the 2019 Minnesota GM Norm Tournament, where I played against IM Andrew Hong (2414). Full standings of the event (caution: spoilers!) can be seen here: http://chess-results.com/tnr452430.aspx For more chess content, check out my Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/hellokostya Social Media: Website: https://www.hellokostya.com Facebook: … [Read more...] about Smooth Conversion – IM Kavutskiy vs. IM Hong | 2019 Minnesota GM Norm Tournament: Round 3

This video covers Round 2 of the 2019 Minnesota GM Norm Tournament, where I played against IM Denys Shmelov (2453). Full standings of the event (caution: spoilers!) can be seen here: http://chess-results.com/tnr452430.aspx For more chess content, check out my Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/hellokostya Social Media: Website: https://www.hellokostya.com Facebook: … [Read more...] about Losing the Thread – IM Shmelov vs. IM Kavutskiy | 2019 Minnesota GM Norm Tournament: Round 2

Hi folks, starting a new series of post-mortems today. This video covers Round 1 of the 2019 Minnesota GM Norm Tournament, where I played against GM Andrew Tang (2496). Full standings of the event (caution: spoilers!) can be seen here: http://chess-results.com/tnr452430.aspx For more chess content, check out my Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/hellokostya Social Media: … [Read more...] about Drifting into Trouble – IM Kavutskiy vs. GM Tang | 2019 Minnesota GM Norm Tournament: Round 1

Hey folks, check out a four-game rapid training match I played against IM DoctorChess24. Each game featured the Sicilian Taimanov Be3 + Qf3 variation. The time control was G/15 + 10. For more chess content, check out my Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/hellokostya Social Media: Website: https://www.hellokostya.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kostyakavutskiy … [Read more...] about Rapid Training Match vs. IM DoctorChess24