Whats up guys? In this episode I talk to International Master Keaton Kiewra about his chess journey. Keaton is strong IM who even has wins against GM Hikaru and GM Ray Robson :O We had a great time talking about his chess journey, how he got his norms and a lot of interesting chess topics. Check it out, hope you're entertained!! Also if you free on Mondays, Checkmate Mondays at the Anguished Barber!
0:00 Intro
0:10 I haven’t really met you, yeah we met in Vegas
0:40 Gunnar Anderson/Best friends are from chess
2:25 In chess you try your hardest and do bad, you don’t try and you do good
4:20 Keaton’s Training/Do Chess players work hard?
6:50 I coulda worked harder
8:15 5 hours of chess/day
9:15 Michael Brown/John Bartholomew a lawyer??
11:35 Fide USCF Rating Gap
12:55 We terrible bet/Avoid lower rateds
13:35 Is Europe cheating?/Is playing in Europe good??
14:40 How did Keaton start chess?/Is Tic Tac Toe Broken
15:25 West Coast vs. East Coast
16:50 Keaton’s Coaching Dr. Connor/GM Miran Shir
17:40 How Keaton broke 1000/Being Strong Young/First Chess Tournament
19:00 Openings Beginners should learn
21:25 Tactics are key//1000-1400//Once you hit 1000 you start playing adults
22:55 1000-1400// Gifted Program + Chess
25:20 1400-1800// Bad Tournaments are gonna happen
27:10 Coaching back in the day
28:20 Do we start with endgames?/Playing for Mate vs. Playing for Endgames
29:35 Chess imbalances
32:55 Breaking 2000// Playing for other people
34:55 How did it feel becoming IM/Norms/Titles for your Ego/Playing out of state
37:45 Result Driven vs, Chess driven
39:00 Keaton Beat Nakamura and Ray Robson!!!!
44:35 Breaking 2200 to getting Norms// Chess schools/ UTD
47:30 Keaton’s Norms//Playing in Europe/Do Chess player party?
51:35 Keaton’s first GM norm/Prepping Psychologically
57:05 Keaton’s Second norm/Playing FM Eugene Yanayt
59:50 Switching to D4
1:02:15 Keaton’s third norm
1:07:20 GM Shabalov the legend
1:10:50 3 norms but not 2400 FIDE
1:12:50 Norms or the rating
1:13:30 Where to play chess in Europe/Going to Japan
1:14:40 What to do after making IM/How does getting older affect your chess
1:16:55 Why California?
1:18:25 Ben Moon/Perks of playing chess in Atlanta/Castle/Chess Camp
1:20:00 What do you do during chess tournaments?
1:21:05 What is Keaton’s play style
1:22:05 Understand chess more can make you lazy
1:23:40 What has chess taught you about life
1:26:25 Doing this for external or internal reasons/ Playing vs. Competing
1:28:20 Does chess make you better at mastering other things/Carlsen or Bobby Fischer
1:30:00 Who is the future of chess?
1:34:20 Lightning round
1:38:40 Jay Bonin or Robby Adamson/Pro Chess League/San Diego Surfers
1:45:20 My goal in chess is to beat Magnus/Atlanta Kings
