FM Kamil Plichta is a renowned opening theoretician, Chessable author, trainer, and blitz/bullet specialist. In our conversation, Kamil highlights several important chess improvement-related topics:

The value of learning by emulating those slightly higher rated than you
Knowing when to withdraw from a brutal tournament
Advice for choosing openings

We also chat about Kamil’s pursuit of the IM title, the London System, the English Defence, and much more. Its always fun to talk chess with Kamil, and it had been too long since our previous interview! Timestamps for topics discussed are below.