EP.89 - International Master Kostya Kavutskiy Returns
b"This week on Perpetual Chess, one of my earliest guests returns for an update on his life and travels. Twenty-five year old IM Kostya Kavutskiy is an active chess player, teacher, writer and content creator.\\xa0We catch up with him after his busy summer of traversing 3 continents while playing and coaching chess.\\xa0\\xa0Kostya discusses the highlights of his trip, and the primary chess lessons he derived from his summer of high level competitive chess. (This includes a discussion of a position where he agreed to a draw in what was actually a winning position.) Check out the game\\xa0here.\\xa0We also cover: Chess improvement advice focused on methods of analysis of one's own games, plus some fresh chess book recommendations.\\xa0A breakdown of some of his favorite chess announcers, both in the English and the Russian languages.\\xa0A discussion of how he uses chess engines, and what it means when two different engines give starkly different evaluations.\\xa0Thanks to Kostya for joining me.\\xa0\\xa0He has a Patreon page on which he shares great chess educational content. Check it out\\xa0here. You can also follow/contact him\\xa0via twitter\\xa0or his\\xa0webpage.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"