017 Today’s episode has been in high demand for 2 reasons: the guest and the topic! First, many have asked for an episode that covers how to study annotated game books. Second, after many requests to feature IM Kostya Kavutskiy...he’s here today! Kostya is one of the founders of the incredible Chess Dojo. It's a channel and business designed to help chess improvers (most of whom are adults.)You could hardly ask for a better guest on this podcast than Kostya, right? :)Haven’t heard of him yet?Well, in addition to being an IM and running Chess Dojo…He's co-authored the book Modernized: The Open Sicilian. And he's created the Chessable course, Endgame Studies 101.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.>> Join my official FREE club for The Chess Experience on Chess.com<< (PROMOTION)Where To Find More of Kostya/Chess Dojo’s Content: Chess Dojo - TwitchChess Dojo - YouTubeChess Dojo - TwitterChess Dojo - WebsiteTraining Programs by Chess DojoKostya on TwitterKostya’s Endgames courseKostya’s Book