Master of One

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

What's up guys in this episode I go through my succesful/unsuccesful bullet addiction and the way its helped productivity and also hurt productivity. Bullet for those who are uninitiated is 1 minute chess, the most intense and dopamine inducing form of chess known to man. On top of that I go through the tournament schedule for the rest of the year as well as my improvements in chess training and chess teaching. To round out the episode I talk about my shoulder injury and my uptick in producing youtube content. Hope ya'll are entertained!

Episode 42 - Bullet Addiction vs. Harvest Moon

Intro

Bullet Addiction
Breaking 2800
Pros
-Bullet and Biking
-Tactics
-Positional Understanding
-Resourcefulness
Cons
-Turning off your brain
-Losing a lot of time
-Not Practicing properly 
Harvest Moon
-Officially Fall
-Ending of an era, beginning of a new one 
-Kengan Ashura
-Mathew 13 

Events Schedule 
October 28th - EAC Halloween Championship 6
GA State Blitz Championship Nov 14th
GA State Rapid Championship Nov 14th
Scholastic Championship
EAV Chess Club - New Format 
EAC Winter Championship 6 - December 9/10

Chess Training 
Spreadsheet 
Watching Chess SCC/AI Cup
2 Weekly videos/Highlight real 
- Endgames and Heartbreak + Game Review
Getting Inspiration from other Youtubers
Testing layouts
Youtube vs. Streaming
THE BOOKS

Chess Students
Tests/Quizzes
Training positions
Game Review
Group Kid Classes

Life
Shoulder Injury - Pinched Nerve 
Productive Weekends
Sober October
Stand Up - Practice

Whats up guys, in this episode of the MasterOfOnePodcast I break down the recent tournament that I ran, EAC Fall Championship 5 as well as what I'm doing for Chess training/Chess students/Boxing/BJJ/Stand Up.

Hope you are entertained, and if you have any suggestions or anything you want me to cover in the podcast message me on instagram at Daaron.3

Intro:0:00
EAC Fall Championship 5 - 0:10

• 45 Players
• Winners
• Bonuses? Best Game of the tournament 
• Drew Charter/Bodea/Argosy
• 2023 Schedule
• Improvements
  • Location
  • 2 day
  • Time Control
  • Trophies
  • Neighboring states
  • Entry Fee/Marketing
  • Interviews

- Future Improvements
- Format 
-Entry Fees
-Stronger players
-Seasonal scheduling 
-Map
-Wednesdays

Chess Training 22:05
-Getting Started/Ramping Up
-Boxing
-Jiu Jitsu
-Stand Up

Chess Students
-No Cutting slack
-Being on top of things 
-Swing thoughts
-Chess Courses

Hating on the top 

What's up guys, I'm back!!! If you listened to the past video to you, kudos to you idk how you heard anyone. New mic new problems.  Call it a miracle if you will, it was a huge learning experience this summer, and God bless America haha. In this podcast I go through all my European tournaments and how it is being back in America. Check it out, and hope you're entertained!

Episode 40 - Europe Adventures

Intro - 0:00
European Recap - 0:10
-Donors
-Jet Lag bonus
-Serbia
-Greece
-Croatia
-Italy 
Tournament formula
Being okay with draws
EAC Fall Championship 5
-Preparation
-Better marketing 
-Strongest section
-During Europe preparation

Chess Training - 53:00
Vacation/Post Vacation
Improvements for future tournaments

Chess Students - 57:00 
Oh man…
Tests/Quizzes
More discussion/Idea based
Chess Understanding

Life - 1:00:25
Boxing/Cooking/Running/Working Out
Songs from Europe

Songs from Europe 1:04:50
Vindicated - Dashboard Confessional
Hold on - Jet
Grim - Blue Stones
Take me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Short Change Hero - The Heavy 
Life is Beautiful - 30 Seconds to Mars
Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio
Feeling Good - Michael Bubble

What's up guys, I'm back!!! Call it a miracle if you will, it was a huge learning experience this summer, and God bless America haha. In this podcast I go through all my European tournaments and how it is being back in America. Check it out, and hope you're entertained!

Episode 40 - Europe Adventures

Intro - 0:00
European Recap - 0:10
-Donors
-Jet Lag bonus
-Serbia
-Greece
-Croatia
-Italy 
Tournament formula
Being okay with draws
EAC Fall Championship 5
-Preparation
-Better marketing 
-Strongest section
-During Europe preparation

Chess Training - 53:00
Vacation/Post Vacation
Improvements for future tournaments

Chess Students - 57:00 
Oh man…
Tests/Quizzes
More discussion/Idea based
Chess Understanding

Life - 1:00:25
Boxing/Cooking/Running/Working Out
Songs from Europe

Songs from Europe 1:04:50
Vindicated - Dashboard Confessional
Hold on - Jet
Grim - Blue Stones
Take me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Short Change Hero - The Heavy 
Life is Beautiful - 30 Seconds to Mars
Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio
Feeling Good - Michael Bubble