Kostya Kavutskiy

Analysis of my games from the 2019 Mechanics' Institute Rapid Championship, which took place Thursday, May 2nd. My final score was 3/5, which included an encounter with World No. 2 GM Fabiano Caruana! Full Standings: https://www.milibrary.org/chess-tournaments/2019-mechanics-institute-rapid-championship-presented-pro-chess-league Tournament Report: … [Read more...] about 2019 Mechanics’ Institute Rapid Chapionship

Hey folks, check out my full stream from last night, where I started going through the Woodpecker Method via Chessable and completed the Easy Exercises 1-223. I'm planning on working through the entire book live on Twitch, so make sure to follow at twitch.tv/hellokostya for future streams! For PGNs and more chess content, support me on Patreon! - … [Read more...] about GM Training: The Woodpecker Method – Day 1

Here's a recap and analysis of my 2019 debut for the San Jose Hackers in the PRO Chess League, taking part in Battle Royale #8. Full results/standings can be found here: https://www.prochessleague.com/standings.html Opponents: Round 1 - W vs. IM Vincent Keymer Round 2 - B vs. IM Joshua Sheng Round 3 - W vs. IM Deimante Cornette Round 4 - B vs. IM Thomas Beerdsen Round 5 - W … [Read more...] about 2019 PRO Chess League – Battle Royale Recap

Here's the post-mortem analysis of my Round 6 game against FM Ezra Chambers, from the 2019 U.S. Amateur Team West. For PGNs and more chess content, support me on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/hellokostya Social Media: Website: https://www.hellokostya.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kostyakavutskiy Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/hellokostya Twitch: … [Read more...] about Crushing the Benoni | 2019 U.S. Amateur Team West – Round 6

Here's the post-mortem analysis of my Round 5 game against NM Rochelle Wu (2162), from the 2019 U.S. Amateur Team West. For PGNs and more chess content, support me on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/hellokostya Social Media: Website: https://www.hellokostya.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kostyakavutskiy Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/hellokostya Twitch: … [Read more...] about Playing the King’s Indian Against 1.e4 | 2019 U.S. Amateur Team West – Round 5