Chess coach advice: STOP DOING THIS! IM Kavutskiy

In this podcast episode with the famous coach, founding sensei of @ChessDojo IM Kostya Kavutskiy, we discuss chess improvement. How to go from CM to FM (in my case), how to go from IM to GM (in Kostya's case), how to improve if you are rated 500, 1000, 1500, and so on. Lots of great insights! At the end, we've played an instructive blitz game.My X: https://x.com/mustreader My Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gregmustreaderKostya's X: https://x.com/hellokostya ChessDojo: https://chessdojo.club/ My podcast with Kramnik: https://youtu.be/dgVuleGYnk4?si=9ebxspZVndiythENMy podcast with Naroditsky: https://youtu.be/-PqUZ2h9uGg?si=_QLlcQsePQiICO4iMy podcast with Fabi: https://youtu.be/1LMPYFf1iLo?si=5gQ3g5ehZLfBaYABMy podcast with Nepo: https://youtu.be/sW-i4CPCa_w?si=fj1W-GE94d5QdW7KMy podcast with Aronian: https://youtu.be/THyL4D2Clbw?si=1IOZdLfLsgSiUcXp00:00 — Kostya’s journey to GM 03:16 — What makes a GM a GM 05:42 — 3 directions to improve your game 08:07 — Balancing business and training 15:38 — The importance of analyzing games 19:43 — Kostya's training system 23:16 — A couple of important books 25:51 — Endgames and books on the topic 29:00 — Openings: how to improve 34:47 — How Kostya improves his play 38:54 — Tips for players under 2000 48:13 — Advice for 1900+ 55:54 — Chess psychology 01:04:35 — Blitz game against Kostya 01:14:44 — Game analysis 01:15:51 — Farewell My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts. In this podcast, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Kramnik, Aronian, Naroditsky and many others), play against chess AIs, analyze the most interesting chess games and combinations of today and of the past, as well as show you my path in chess and the way I work on my chess improvement (including recaps from the tournaments I play). I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan and travel the world extensively (been to 50 countries). I'm 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, two dogs and three cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese. Don't forget to subscribe!