
How to Study Annotated Game Books w/ IM Kostya Kavutskiy
About this episode
017 Kostya is one of the co-founders of the incredible Chess Dojo. It's a channel and business designed to help chess improvers (most of whom are adults.)
In this episode:
- Why you should bother reading annotated game books.
- An answer to the age-old question: how many of the endless variations should you go over?
- Should you read an annotated game book more than once?
- A rarely talked about benefit to playing classical games that can make a huge impact on your improvement.
Where To Find More of Kostya/Chess Dojo’s Content:
- Chess Dojo - Twitch
- Chess Dojo - YouTube
- Chess Dojo - Twitter
- Chess Dojo - Website
- Training Programs by Chess Dojo
- Kostya on Twitter
- Kostya’s Endgames course
- Kostya’s Book
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