Kostya Kavutskiy

Hello all! I've started to journal about my lifetime pursuit of the GM title✍️ I'll be logging my training, travel, and tournaments, hoping to stay focused on the ultimate goal 🏅 If you'd like to follow 💙 check out the first post here: hellokostya.substack.com/p/day-1

It took GM Axel Smith more than 29 hours to complete a 49-board blindfold simul this weekend. The Swedish grandmaster scored a dominant 41-8—but said afterward that raising awareness for a climate cause mattered more than the result or any record. chess.com/news/view/axel…

@Kaldas90 @kamrynheidi Recently the TSA agent asked if I "had a bunch of magnets in my bag" 😳 I said no, then they showed me the scan and I realized it was the DGT pieces I was carrying

2016, together with my colleague we flew to a tournament abroad. At the airport, two security guys approached me and told me that they have some questions regarding my baggage. We went to some room and they told me to open the bag. They told me to take away some things, and it turned out the problem thing was a digital dgt chess clock. They suspected it might be a bomb. So I had to switch it on and explain them how it works and that I go to chess tournament. They told me everything is ok and they let me go. The thing is that the first thought I had was to switch on the clock, set the timer at 10 seconds and watch the security guards see 10 9 8 7 etc. I luckily didnt do it.

One of my funniest travel experiences was when my chess set triggered the baggage metal detector thing in airport security and a big buff tsa guy had to very seriously examine each little pawn with a hand scanner while I stood there trying to look innocent

Happy Faustino Oro day🏅

@BishopPair Of course it's possible but defeats the whole purpose of looking at the game from a human POV

Surely it’s possible to have a setup where the commentator operates a board without the bar visible to them, but the bar is shown only to the audience?

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"I see the bar which is killing me all the time, irritates me. But if we just want to have fun we should erase that bar"- @GMJuditPolgar The queen has spoken!! 👑 #noengines

Made it to Orosei to play the Sardinia Open ♟️ Wish me luck! Coverage around 3:30 CEST on twitch.tv/chessdojo

New course is out! 100 Tactical Patterns YMK Workbook! Thank you to @chessable for trusting me with this project ☺️

@pobletedev @Ryanair On most airlines you can check in on your phone, it takes 2 minutes. They don't even open check-in until 24 hours before. Ryanair pushes you to check-in via the app

@hellokostya @Ryanair How come you forget to check in at least a day before or so? Also, couldn't you use the web browser to access Ryan air and do the check in online?

Feeling good as today was my last time ever flying @Ryanair, absolute scam airline

@Ryanair 120 euros to check in at the airport while their app is broken, insanity!

@GMAlexColovic That's terrifying!

@hellokostya Already there are cousins of this guy with machine guns instead of arms. That should answer your question.

Not to be that guy but are we going to one day lose control of these robots and have to fight them?

@IndieChess @Riostradamus The puzzles 😄

@hellokostya @Riostradamus Who’s they?

Are you smarter than an engine 😈 White to play & mate in 2

"I'll play the things that I want to play and I will make those decisions largely independent of what people may or may not expect of me. I think I've achieved what I've wanted to achieve in chess, and the classical world championship is not something I'm interested in at all."

Q: Will Magnus ever compete for the World Championship? Magnus: In several formats, certainly. In classical chess, absolutely not #chessparty

Just 2 guys and we're having a good time

@Riostradamus That's how they get ya!

@hellokostya The whole time I was stuck on the king and rook needing to keep him trapped in a box. The solution feels so counterintuitive, like you have to let him out.

@NimzoIndianGuy That was actually best

@hellokostya I'll just go Kf5 and start another game even faster

Chess players when they don't win a game