Hi Kostya, really resonated with your struggle choosing between chess and content, also as an IM in my 30s creating content. Just watched some of your ChessBase interview where you talked about it in more detail.
I feel like the playing level has increased now compared to pre-2020, and you see many GMs sub-2500 and many IMs sub-2400. Our egos have to adapt in this climate, and you just have to be relentless in your training and knowing what you need to work on.
It's incredibly tough aiming for GM (and in your case, very publicly) but I for one am inspired by you doing so while creating content, and wish you the very best with it.
Kostya, you have been such an inspiration to me in the dojo! Thank you for all the content you have created. Focus on yourself GM journey and these upcoming tournaments. Best of luck! All my support, Brian (skierbrian2)
Sending you love and care my friend - the grief is certainly hard but we must keep doing the living for Danya. Keep up the writing. I think this is a great article!
Hi Kostya, really resonated with your struggle choosing between chess and content, also as an IM in my 30s creating content. Just watched some of your ChessBase interview where you talked about it in more detail.
I feel like the playing level has increased now compared to pre-2020, and you see many GMs sub-2500 and many IMs sub-2400. Our egos have to adapt in this climate, and you just have to be relentless in your training and knowing what you need to work on.
It's incredibly tough aiming for GM (and in your case, very publicly) but I for one am inspired by you doing so while creating content, and wish you the very best with it.
Kostya, you have been such an inspiration to me in the dojo! Thank you for all the content you have created. Focus on yourself GM journey and these upcoming tournaments. Best of luck! All my support, Brian (skierbrian2)
Really nice write up here Kostya. Best wishes in the upcoming tournaments.
you can be chess player at day, content creator at night :))
Sending you love and care my friend - the grief is certainly hard but we must keep doing the living for Danya. Keep up the writing. I think this is a great article!
Go take some souls as David Goggins would say.