Kostya Kavutskiy

Joined by IM Eric Rosen, check out our in-depth game analysis from the 2018 Benasque Open, a 10-round open tournament which takes place July 5-14 in Benasque, Spain. Live Games: https://goo.gl/cx8y7k Tournament Standings: https://goo.gl/A4jgDx Our videos from the 2018 FISCA Open in Romania: https://goo.gl/i4ppQd Make sure to check out Eric's Channel: … [Read more...] about Getting Lucky Against Lower Rated Players I 2018 Benasque Open Round 1

A quick game analysis from the final round of the 2018 Reykjavik Open! I defeated an expert to finish with 6/9 while Eugene drew with GM Alejandro Ramirez to finish on 6.5/9. After recording, we went to the closing ceremony, where I was awarded the 1st U2400 prize (on tiebreaks) while Eugene finished in 4th place overall! If you want to see my full comments of this game … [Read more...] about 2018 Reykjavik Open – Round 9 Post-Mortem Analysis w/ GM Eugene Perelshteyn

We scored two nice wins in Round 8, featuring some fantastic dynamic chess, check it out! If you want to see my full comments of this game (in PGN format), including my opening prep (!) - check out my new Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/hellokostya And make sure to check out Eugene's website here: https://chessopeningsexplained.com Website … [Read more...] about 2018 Reykjavik Open – Round 8 Post-Mortem Analysis w/ GM Eugene Perelshteyn

Check out our in-depth game analysis from Round 7 of the Reykjavik Open--Eugene won a nice endgame, while Kostya got outplayed in a Sicilian against GM Benjamin Gledura. If you want to see my full comments of this game (in PGN format), including my opening prep (!) - check out my new Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/hellokostya And make sure to check out Eugene's … [Read more...] about 2018 Reykjavik Open – Round 7 Post-Mortem Analysis w/ GM Eugene Perelshteyn

Check out our in-depth game analysis from Round 6 of the Reykjavik Open, Kostya had a fascinating draw with GM Elshan Moradiabadi, while Eugene loses a tough game to GM Maxime Lagarde of France. If you want to see my full comments of this game (in PGN format), including my opening prep (!) - check out my new Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/hellokostya And make sure … [Read more...] about 2018 Reykjavik Open – Round 6 Post-Mortem Analysis w/ GM Eugene Perelshteyn