EP 435- IM Alex Ostrovskiy on Opening Prep, Norm Tournaments, and His Core Chess Improvement Advice & cover art

EP 435- IM Alex Ostrovskiy on Opening Prep, Norm Tournaments, and His Core Chess Improvement Advice &

EP 435- IM Alex Ostrovskiy on Opening Prep, Norm Tournaments, and His Core Chess Improvement Advice &

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 IM Alex Ostrovskiy is a former Scholastic National Champion, New York State Champion, and accomplished coach who has earned one GM norm, and reached a peak USCF rating of 2560. In addition to his coaching work, Alex is a regular commentator on GM Hikaru Nakamura's Twitch channel, and a tournament organizer who runs frequent invitational tournaments in New York City (where he has lived since the age of 5.) Alex and I discussed the following: Alex’s three main tenets of chess improvement- tactics, opening prep, and playing consistently Lessons from a couple recent tournaments, and why Alex has scaled back his GM-title ambitions The origins of Alex’s longtime friendship with Gotham Chess, and whether he is surprised by Levy's success. This was a fun conversation with a lot of good advice. Timestamps of topics discussed are below. 00:00- ChessDojo special offer! If you try out Chessdojo 4.0 you can get a 40% discount by using the code “Ben40” at checkout. https://www.chessdojo.club/signup 0:01- Thanks to our sponsor, Chessable.com! If you sign up for Chessable Pro in order to unlock discounts and additional features, be sure to use the following link: https://www.chessable.com/pro/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=benjohnson&utm_campaign=pro And you can check out their new offerings here: https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/ 02:00- Alex joins the show! Mentioned: Alex’s Interview with Dylan Quercia- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIK2jjnpwcM&list=PLXZjuvMCiLW0Ae7nNr5dvJk80neTe4Jvz&index=1&t=1975s&pp=iAQB Also mentioned: GM Arjun Kalyan, Elizabeth Spiegel, Brooklyn Castle 0:08- Alex’s students are known for deep opening prep- what is his approach as a coach? Mentioned: NM Matan Prilleltensky 13:00- How important are openings below the 2000 level? 16:00- Alex’s report on two recent tournaments in Spain. Mentioned: GM Andy Woodward 21:00- How do the logistics work of going to youth championships to coach students? 22:00- What is the origin of the Norm invitational tournaments that Alex helps run in NYC? Mentioned: Keith Espinosa More info at: https://nycchessnorms.com/ 24:00- Will Alex be able to convince the famous Chess YouTuber FM Donny Ariel to play in a norm invitational? Mentioned: EP 421 with FM Donny Ariel and GM Jan Gustasaffson Donny Ariel: The Road to Chess Grandmaster: https://www.youtube.com/@DonnyArielChess 30:00- Alex is longtime friends with IM Levy Rozman- what is his first memory of him? 36:00- What was it like to do training sessions with Kasparov as a kid? 37:00- Who were Alex’s main rivals as one of the top US players for his age? Mentioned: GM Darwin Yang, GM Daniel Naroditsky 40:30 -Did Alex study chess a lot as a kid or primarily learn by playing? 45:00- Has Alex worked with adult students? 48:00- Alex’s training advice 54:00- How did Alex get started commentating on Hikaru’s channel? 56:00- Alex’s closing advice Thanks to Alex for joining me, you can reach him via his website. https://www.alexchess.com/ If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess via Patreon,(and unlock benefits like ad-free listening and joining Zoom hangouts), you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/c/perpetualchess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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