Kostya Kavutskiy

Hey folks, check out a four-game rapid training match I played against IM Mat Bobula. The time control was G/15 + 10. To hear Mat's thoughts on the match, check out his perspective here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWNDLfQCSKM To see my annotations in PGN on the games, check out my Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/hellokostya Social Media: Website: … [Read more...] about Streamers Battle: Rapid Training Match vs. IM Mat Bobula

Hi folks, this is one of the videos included in my course for Chess University, Positional Sacrifices Volume II: Pieces I am putting up this video now because the two volumes of my course on Positional Sacrifices are currently on sale as a bundle. The courses include over 11 hours of instructive videos, plus additionally annotated games and training exercises, covering the … [Read more...] about Preview: Positional Sacrifices Volume II – Chapter 1: Exchange Sacrifices – Thematic Motifs

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