EP.04 - International Master-elect Kostya Kavutskiy

Perpetual Chess Podcast

Perpetual Chess LLC

Sports, Leisure, Hobbies

4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2016

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Fresh from earning his 3rd and final IM norm, Kostya joins the podcast to tell us about his initial introduction to chess as a young kid in Los Angeles, and then about the event that rekindled his interest in chess as a teenager. We then discuss his ascendant career which encompasses playing, teaching and writing about chess. You can read Kostya's writing on chess.com and in Chess Life and follow him here on twitter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.8	On perpetual chess, I have weekly conversations with the chess world's best players,
0:43.9	promoters, and educators about their lives, careers, current projects, and best practices.
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0:57.4	I'm here with Kosia Kavutki, recently crowned International Master.
1:01.2	Thanks a lot for coming on.
1:02.6	Oh, thanks for having me, Ben.
1:03.9	I've been reading your work for a while now, so I was happy to see that you just earned
1:08.4	the International Master title.
1:10.1	I know you've been working hard for it.
1:12.5	We will get to that.
1:14.2	But first I wanted, as I often do, now I can say often now that I've had three interviews.
1:19.5	Talk about where you came from, how you got into chess and everything like that.
1:26.7	Sure, yeah. First off, I do want to say thanks for having me on. I mean, I did listen to your
1:32.6	first three podcasts, and I have to say, compared to your other guests like Greg, Jan and
1:38.6	Nazi, I mean, they've accomplished a lot more in chess than I have, so I do feel a bit humble to be doing this already.
1:46.8	I started playing when I was pretty young, around four and a half.
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