Master of One

Whats up fellas?! In this episode I recap EACC10! With Summer over tournaments are back. On top of that I go through my chess training as I get ready for an upcoming tournament in Tennessee. Then I go through my students and lastly the big lesson.... Consistency and Discipline. Def something I need A LOT of work on. Enjoy the episode and HOPE you guys are entertained!

Episode 52 - EACC 10(take 2)

0:00 - EACC10 Recap
Performance Bonuses(Free entry 1 tournament)
Kabilesh Yuvaraj
David Ellington
Improvements
Set clocks before tournament
Blitz
Things that went well
“Hanging out”
Sticking to the plan

17:18 - Chess Training
Taking time off
Staying motivated
Life after openings
Hella Puzzles
Tennessee Tournament
Rules/Discipline

27:00 - Chess Students
Seniors back on top
Staying locked in/blunders
Lessons after openings are done
Group lessons/schools

32:50 - Life
Discipline/Consistency
Small decisions make a big difference

What's up guys?! It's been a minute. In this episode I recap my summer tournaments as well as EACC Tournaments. I know it's been a long period of non posting, but expect a lot more activity for the rest of 2024!!

Episode 51 - Summer 2024 RECAP
Colombia
AMC1
Castle Chess
World Open
1924 Chess
EACC 10 Take 2
Starting early/Taking a step back
Drew Charter

23:10 - Chess Training
Openings good
Decision Making
Pumping the breaks
Burnt Out/Life knows when you need it
Balanced Training vs. Over training
Working out
Balance
Streaming/Youtube/Reading/ANALYSIS

30:00 - Chess Students
CRUSHING IT
Summer Boost
To-Do List
-Opening/Middlegame/Endgame

34:22 - Life
Traveling every weekend
Outta shape → in shape
UFC cold streak

What's up guys?! Coming off winning the GA State Championship I recap all my games, the training that went into it, and the age old should you draw in the last round discussion. With some updates on EACC10 as well as some chess night ideas, I also go through how my chess students have been doing. To close out the podcast I go through some NBA results, Haney vs. Garcia and the conclusion of the show Shogun. Strap in, and enjoy this episode. THE SUMMER HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN!!!

0:00 Episode 50 - GA STATE CHAMPION 4X
Won State
Round1:Eric Wang
Round2:Erik Tkachenko
Round3: NM Carter Peatman
Round4:NM Andrew Jiang
Round5:FM Ethan Sheehan
Happy Coach Happy Life
Last Round Draw Discussion
Two Students Crossed 1100
Celebration Weekend/Week
EACC10
Chess Nights

23:13 Chess Training
3 Week Training Camp
Opening Review/God Files
Ramesh/Calculation
Endgame
Focusing During Training
Colombia/Vegas
Training Matches

35:34 Chess Students
Honestly super impressed
New student wave
Middle game exercises 
-Categories
-Conversion/TKO
-CCT
-Endgame Exercises

45:07 Life
Shogun
Lifting/Sauna/Boxing/DIETING
Ryan Garcia/Devin Haney
NBA Playoffs
-Anthony Edwards
-Heat Game 2
-Big boys being big babies
-Heat game 2
UFC 301
Cleaning everything

What's up guys, in this episode I go through EACC9. A super succesful event, I also go through some big changes in my chess training, my chess students training, and I close the podcast with sports analysis and the big concept... Circles. Enjoy!

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0:00 Episode 49 - EACC9
Championship - 1st - Eric Wang/Ethan Sheehan/Andrew Jiang/Vishruth Yellisetti/Damian Krotov
U1800 - William Remick/Adrian King
U1400 - Christian Ward/Benjamin Xia/Lucas Quieroz
Senior Prize - William Remick

63 Players
Notable Performances
Erica Wang - 2004-2048(Drew 2396/2161)
Vishruth Yellisetti - 1762-1872(Beat 3 players rated 200+)
Saahas Swaroop - 1114-1297(Beat 3 players rated 200+)
Miles Wang - 1391-1486
Lucas Queiroz - 1018-1082
Srivibhav Mangipudi - 913-1025(Beat 2 players rated 200+)
Greg Cook - 794-986(Beat 2 players rated 200+)
Raphael Funk - 843 - 1031(Beat 2 players rated 400+)
Alex Coleman - 294 - 595 (Beat 2 players rated 600+)
Phoenix Harris - 0-686 Played his first tournament!

Performance Bonuses
Saahas Swaroop
Srivibhav Mangipudi
Raphael Funk
Alex Coleman

Next Tournament - June 1st
2 day over the summer
Pros
Smooth,#s,New People,New Room,Back Room,Skittles,Trophies
Improvement
Timing,Bathroom,Lunch, Sponsors, Booking venues

19:27 Chess Training
3min inc 2
Ramesh Calculation, Lichess = ez
Sparring w/ sensei
If you’re older, you need to review
Prepping for field
Waking up early

28:28 Chess Students
Openings are MONEY
Middlegame Improvement
-Drills
-CCT
-Winning Positions
-Pawn Weaknesses
Endgame Improvement
-Essential Endgames
-Rook+Pawn Endgames
Organizing Lessons

37:24 Life
NBA Regular Season
UFC 300/Dana White
Spartacus
Invincible
Shogun
Strengths can become weaknesses
Reading people/NPCs/Patterns

Episode 48 - Life after Openings

What’s up guys?! Openings are great! What comes next? That’s what me, sensei, and the EAC crew are working on. How do we improve the middle game and endgame? How do we go from a good start to an epic finish? The details, the execution, and the daily grind. Hope you guys enjoy this episode, and look forward to the upcoming episodes where middle game and endgame start skyrocketing. Also if you’re trying to improve your openings, I went through everything you’ll ever need to know from 0-1400! Openings, Review sheets and tests are available at https://www.wolfchess.org/whitebelt 
 
0:00 - Intro
0:05 - EACC9
Preparation
1st Payment deadline - 55 players
Boost in middle deadlines - Chess affiliates
EACC10 plans
Scholastics
Weekly tournaments
Weekly chess night

14:20 - Chess Training
Openings are GOOD
Puzzle benefits growing
Ramesh Calculation book
Tournament season approaching
Stopping and reviewing 
Teaching other people help you learn

23:30 - Chess Students
Openings are GOOD
Treating Middlegame and Endgame like Endgames

31:50 - Other
Chess boxing
Cooking/Working Out/Running/Sauna/Ab Work out
Basketball 5-8 parlays/Live betting
Funny videos
Shogun/Invincible
Grayson Allen

What’s up guys?! In this episode I recap the super succesful EACC8. We broke our previous record with 70 participants in the last tournament!! I recap the tournament, pros/cons/future improvements.

On top of that I go over my recent tournament in Tennessee, my chess training/working out. Then I go over my chess students and how to get better U1400 and 1400+. Lastly I go over some NBA and the super HOT UFC Miami card, enjoy!!

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0:00 EACC8
70 Players!
Championship -1st-Ethan Sheehan/Andrew Jiang - 3.5/4
U1800 - 1st-Arturo Mesa - 4/4
U1400 - Saahas Swaroop - 4/4
Performance Bonus
Michael O’brien - 3/4
Hunter Payne - Comeback of the century
If you win a section you can play up

Pros
Event ran smooth
Marketing was good
Blitz tournament was huge
More to manage but no mistakes
Computer was better
Pool!
Early deadline is Sunday/Price Change

Cons
Skittles area
Could be more people
Playing Up

18:18 - Music City Midtown 2
Prep was AMAZING
Playing up vs. Playing down mindset
Closing the tournament
Playing the greasy grinders

32:15 - Chess/Physical Training
Sitting Posture/FIFA
Sitting
Studying w/ sensei - Going God mode
Sauna/Working Out
Hitting the bag
Spreadsheets

36:41 - Chess Students
Grinding Up
How do you improve 0-1400(Mastered)
How do you get better 1400+
The vacation drop off

41:40NBA/UFC
CELTICS
Suga show
Diamond Dustin
Balance/Energy

What's up guys!? In this video I go through EACC7 and Charlotte Open 2024. The tournament was a huge success, we had 60 players participate a new record! I go through the prep, what happened during and the results/bonuses. I also go through my Charlotte Open 2024 and the highs and lows of that tournament. Then I wrap up with my own physical/chess training, the success of my students, and close with some sports talk! Enjoy, we starting off 2024 hella entertaining!!

Episode 46 - EACC7

0:00 EACC7
60 Players!
1st-Kagan Uz
1st-Rengenath Sadayappan
1st-Krithik Kalaivannan
Performance Bonus
Christian Darby
Arjun Garg

Pros
Dressed Well
Smooth tournament
Skittles
Georgia Tech
Chess Register/Schedule Send(oops)/Facebook/Insta
Talking warning
Writing down process(Formula)
Setup
William Remick
Online pairings?

Cons
Losing stuff
Conflicting tournaments
Professionalism(Board numbers/sets)

31:00 - Charlotte Open 2024
Round by Round breakdown
Lessons
-Doubled Pawns
-Bishop pair balance
-Playing fast 
-Stick to the plan
-Preparation was great 

45:00 - Chess/Physical Training
Sensei/Sauna
Opening Review sheets 
Improvement:Getting good at playing 
Lifting 
Chess boxing
Future Tournaments

Chess Students
Good but could be better
Having a plan vs. On the fly 
TACTICS
Getting good at playing/Discipline 
Blitz+Analysis

NBA/NFL/UFC
BEN SIMMONS
Players not playing/All NBA teams
Blazers/Toronto/Heat
Bills on the road 
Belichek/Playoff picks
Jordan vs. Lebron
DETROIT PISTONS/Wemby?
UFC 297

Episode 45 - US Masters Recap

What's up guys, in this episode I go through my last tournament, US Masters. Tournament was kinda mid, drew two IMs beat a GM, lost to two IMs and won when I played down. Apart from chess been really really busy boxing, betting, and teaching. Lot of good stuff in this podcast, hope ya'll are entertained!!!

Intro
US Masters Recap
Round by round recap

Pros
Whipped out Sicilian
Stuck to my plan
Good fighting
No blunders
Outplaying good players in equal or slightly worse positions
Working Out/Sleeping

Cons
Time pressure
Bogo/Dry positions
Doing too much in new positions
Being unfamiliar in new positions
Playing theory against higher rated
Playing systems against lower rated
Not finishing winning games

Chess/Student Training
New Puzzles high
Reading books
Really mastering openings 
Kind of prepared isn’t fully prepared 
Getting the itch to play…
Students crushing it, winning tournaments
Testing is great/Tests taking too long
Growing out of starter openings/Teaching complicated openings 

Physical Training
Chess Boxing/Boxing/Joe Frazier/Gazelle hook 
Taking punches/giving punches 
Feeling heavy/jumping rope
Working out/Doing legs 
Eating carbs 

Sports Betting/Stand Up
Great first week
Hitting $100-$200 parlays 
Clippers 
UFC is too hard/Slam KOs/Jared Gooden
Kansas City debacle/Bengals Live 
Wrote stand up with solid base
Ignoring your inner doubt/laziness

Episode 44 - EAC Halloween Championship 6

Whats up guys!? In this episode I go through EAC Halloween Champion 6. Who won, what happened during, improvements and small side stories during the tournament. I also go through this past week with Hurricane Timur, my chess training, what I'm working on with my students, and wrap up with what I learned. 

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Intro

EAC Halloween Championship 6
41 Players
Championship - 1st - GM Timur Gareyev/Nicholas Karas
U1800 - 1st - Hunter Payne 
U1400 - Srihaasa Karyampudi
Performance Bonus
Hunter Payne
Saharsh Santosh
Srihaasa Karyampudi

Upcoming Tournaments
Laptop dying 
Hunter Withdrawal
Carter Holding 
Talking during rounds 
Canceled Simul 
New venue 
Wednesday evenings 
No sponsor challenge 
Threefold repetition 
Costume competition 
Atlanta Speed Chess Championship

Chess Training
Training with sensei 
Going deeper in variations
Playing with an unclear mind 

Chess Students
Chess principles with examples
Opening specific puzzles
Chess Course

Life
What getting older means

Episode 43 - Thad Rogers Tournament

What’s up guys in this video I recap my Thad Rogers 2023 tournament, which was okay but coulda had soooo much more rizz. I talk about future improvements to chess training, what I’ve been improving with my chess students. I also go through our upcoming EAC tournaments and events, highlighted by super strong Grandmaster Timur Gareyev participating and doing a simul. I round out the podcast with Stand Up comedy from the past week and getting back to working out. Put out A LOT of youtube content and started streaming!

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Intro
Thad Rogers Tournament
3.5/5,Tied for 2nd
Round1 Draw vs. Damian
Round2 Win Against Sasha Creighton
Round3 Draw vs. Damir
Round4 Draw vs. Ethan
Round 5 Win vs. Aaron DeCord
Takeaways
Do puzzles properly 
Keep Pieces Coordinated
Creativity/Openings
Weaponize the Clock
Definitely some rust 
Good tournament/Good Community Vibe/Reuniony 
Victory Meal

EAC Halloween Championship 6
30 Entries/Strongest Tournament Ever
Building the list is great
Passing Out Flyers
GA State Blitz/Rapid
Timur Simul

Chess Training
Amendments - No Double Dipping 
Streaming 
Training Matches
Sensei Richard 
Studying Books/Making Material
Read Books

Chess Students
Test went great
Youtube videos/Editing/Recaps
Review Sheets/Upper Level Quizzes
Chess at schools/Time Outs
New School Program

Life
Back working out 
Stand Up - Good/Bad
Kengan Ashura
Youtube Addiction
You never really know people