Master of One

A couple months ago me and one of my favorite homies Gunnar did a great podcast. I even thought I tested the audio. After the podcast, I realized there was no audio.... This is the remix of the lost episode!

 My big takeaway from this podcast is don't worry about the future, don't worry about the past, and don't worry about a loss. Do it for the love of the game and you'll get to where you're trying to go. Worry about where you're trying to go next once you get to where you were trying to go first.

Show Notes

0:00 Intro 
0:10 Breaking 1000/First Tournament/Coaching
3:15 Playing Levy Rozman/Does time trouble get harder as you get older? 
9:15 1000-1400/Getting a coach/Playing a lot 
12:45 How does chess get you tired?
17:50 Advice for playing high rated players/1400-1800
26:20 Someone always has to lose/The Fear of failure 
30:30 Breaking 2000
36:30 Making 2200/Moms and chess/Becoming a software developer 
41:35 Does going to the gym help your chess?
47:40 The next steps after 2200
50:15 Creating a chess player, what openings should they play 
57:30 Little kid syndrome 
1:06:30 Motivation as you get older 
1:07:40 Gunnar’s trail of tears/traveling up to NY 
1:11:30 Thinking about life like a TV show/Do you want to be famous 
1:14:35 Would you live forever?
1:18:00 How do you stay motivated? 
1:22:35 Lightning Round 

What's up guys?? In this episode me and Olu recap the UFC. Adesanya delivered, and Adesanya was there to watch, talk about perfect! We go over a bunch of UFC topics as well as some interesting topics on top. We hitting the next few months hard, Stand up, UFC, and everything. Good stuff as always, hope you're entertained!! 

0:00 Intro
0:10 Adesanya + Open Mics
3:15 Joe Rogan and Zoolander
4:30 Kevin James/Everyone should do Martial Arts
5:45 Adesanya live, straight from Adesanya
10:30 Kyler Phillips/ Why are the lower divisions so much deeper?
14:10 Can we curse on here?/Dude in the audience heckling/Going for the finish
16:50 If you’re up 3 rounds should you go for the KO?
20:50 Cannonier vs. Adesanya
23:20 How much preparation is mental vs. physical
26:15 Federrer vs. Rodick/Covington vs. Usman
27:50 Does Adesanya move up again?
35:05 Adesanya hype/ Did your girl like UFC 
39:35 Is hometown advantage a bad thing in fighting?
43:25 Superbowl recap
44:40 Jealous of people with my name/ Get in a street fight with an indian person 
50:10 is it hard to make comedians laugh? 
54:10 Having a bad set 
58:40 Freestylin vs. Reciting a verse 
1:02:30 Hate messing up 
1:04:35 Roxanne Modafferi 
1:08:00 How much should you hide who you are? 
1:11:30 who does Connor fight next?/To get the belt do you have to take the belt 
1:16:05 Masvidal vs. Covington 
1:18:35 Jamahal Sweet Dreams Hill/South paws  

What's up guys?! In this episode I sit down with my homie National Master Mark Biernacki! National Master, he's won the North Carolina State Championship, and he started the super successful podcast Hornets and Heartbreak(https://hornetsandheartbreak.buzzsprout.com/ ) For me it was awesome being able to talk basketball, sports, the Charlotte Chess Center and fun with another chess player. Since the queens gambit there's really been a huge wave of chess and we're getting rid of the stereo typical chess player image. Make sure to check out the always fun, lightning round at the end too! Hope you guys enjoy a super entertaining episode!! 

If you want to reach out to Mark, insta - mark_biernacki

0:10 Mark Biernacki/Playing football in highschool
2:00 How did Mark start playing chess?/Mike Klein/Having a brother that plays chess 
3:15 Crying in chess is a good thing/Chess as part of school?
5:00 How Mark made 1000 USCF 
9:00 Queen city chess organization/Reverse Angle tournament/Charlotte Chess Center 
10:30 Entry fee for tournaments/Weekly tournaments 
15:00 Chess in highschool/New wave of chess players
16:30 Chess in college
18:05 Breaking 2000/Beating time pressure with confidence
20:00 Making National Master
22:15 Benefits of having a chess coach/Openings
27:55 Chess players who play too fast/Sitting on your hands
30:45 Tournament Mark broke 2200/What happens next?
33:20 State Champion swag , Fide master doesn’t mean anything/Is regression inevitable? 37:25 Puzzles/Openings /GM Kachesvilli Advice 
40:05 Thoughts on draws /Carter Peatman 
44:15 Switching openings 
45:30 Who’s gonna beat Magnus? The Belief you can win vs The Fear of losing 
48:15 Tournament rituals / Eating, Sleeping and working out 
52:05 Playijg friends at tournaments 
55:30 What is your style?/Training Endgames
59:00 What has chess taught you about life?
1:01:40 Charlotte Hornets/Hornets and Heartbreak podcast
1:05:25 How to grow your podcast/What is Patreon?
1:08:45 Why am I a Heat fan/State of the Hornets
1:12:05 Do you need a star to win
1:13:20 Who is gonna be MVP this year? 
1:14:25 How Wiggins became an all-star starter/The all star voting process
1:15:30 NBA finals predictions
1:17:05 Ja Morant, Trae Young, or Luka Doncic/Is Ja Morant a young Derrick Rose
1:18:35 How the Charlotte Chess Center grew
1:22:00 Fitness/David Goggins/Who’s gonna carry the boats??
1:24:15 Hooping/Mark’s goal to dunk/Ballapalooza
1:26:20 What is push and pull/Monkey feet
1:30:55 Lightning Round 

What's up guys?! In this episode me and Olu go over the two upcoming UFC card, highlighted by our boy Adesanya!! Not to mention Olu's actually gonna be there at the UFC event in houston :O We talk about a lot of other UFC news too, and so cool topics like Fighter Pay, Champ Champs and Which Martial Art would win in a street fight? Hope you guys are entertained!! 


0:00 Intro
0:10 Weekly Recap/FOOD
1:45 Best way to eat Biryani
3:50 Taco Tuesday!!
5:30 Olu can’t eat Bacon
7:20 Olu’s going UFC Houston!!/Who is Adesanya?
9:10 RIP Paulo Costa/Usman/Chimaev
15:05 Future Middle weight contenders/Strickland vs. Hermansson
17:05 Tuivasa vs. Lewis/Would you offer your shoe for a shoey
19:55 Orlovski and Modafferi, UFC legends/UFC Houston Undercard
23:55 Shavkat’s Eagle
25:05 Masvidal vs. Covington, Masvidal’s advantage
26:55 Dariush vs. Makachaev/ Gaetje vs. Oliviera
31:30 Will Khabib come back for King Oliviera?
32:45 Fighter pay?/Should Francis make more than other champions?
37:10 Is Jon Jones coming back?/ Henry Cejudo making a comeback!!
40:00 Is double champ more common at lower weights?
41:00 Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva?
42:00 The downfall of Tony Ferguson and Tyron Woodley/Ferguson vs. Khabib :’(
44:00 Which Martial Art would be the best for a streetfight? 
48:40 Open Mics/Training

What's up guys, in this episode I sit down with young peaty in the cut!! Carter Peatman grew up in Atlanta, graduated from Georgia Tech and recently made national master. We talk about chess in Atlanta, how he steadily improved, Moons baboons, and a lightning round Atlanta edition, hope you're entertained! 

0:10 Group Lessons
1:30 Hi Jarrod/How did Carter start chess
4:35 The OG Atlanta Chess center
6:10 Supernationals
7:25 Do you have to be crazy to be great?
9:40 Carter’s first coach//The most important thing you have to teach a student
10:35 Carter’s first tournament/Getting 1000/How important are openings 
12:50 Kids and bughouse
13:25 Chess homies
14:30 Playing out of state
17:50 Carter’s Oh my God tournament/Ron Sanders the GOAT
19:15 Plateau’s in chess/Carter hitting 2000/IM Carlos Perdomo
21:30 Playing a lot is key for getting better
27:30 Swaby, Sanjay, Meruga, and Denker
31:20 The highs in chess are the best
32:40 Carter making National Master/Georgia tournament drought
34:00 Georgia Tech, Math major, IE, Civil Engineering
35:00 Jonathan Hrach/Positional Chess
36:55 Chicago Open/Driving to Chicago
37:50 John Bartholomew and Positional chess
38:40 Carter crushes NY International
40:15 Mind set, vibes, do they go into your prep
41:35 Why do we get into time pressure
45:10 Playing in the US Open
48:10 Regression after hitting a goal
49:00 Moon’s Baboons
49:55 Thoughts on draws
53:00 Favorite openings/The future of chess/Magnus or Fischer
56:50 How does Magnus retire/Top 4 Magnus challengers
1:00:30 If I lose I don’t play with the same pen/tournament rituals
1:02:30 What has chess taught you about life
1:03:55 Lightning Round

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

What's up guys?? In this episode me and Olu go over the upcoming card, the kickoff card of the year as well upcoming fights and our 2022 goals. Below are the time stamps, hope you're entertained!

0:10 Intro
0:55 Open Mics
1:50 Vegas
3:30 Kicked outta Lil Jon
8:20 UFC Kattar vs. Chikadze
9:15 Kelleher vs. Kevin Croom
10:25 Charles Rosa vs. TJ Brown
13:20 Pickett vs. Joseph Holmes
14:45 Bill Algeo vs. Joanderson Brito//Accepting short notice fights
16:25 Islam Makachev
19:45 Dakota Bush vs. Borschev// A wild Robert appears
20:55 How to spell Peter
22:03 Chookagain vs. Maia//My theory on girl fights
25:05 Royval vs. Bontorin
31:20 Chikadze vs. Kattar
34:20 Who’s the best boxer in the UFC
35:50 Upcoming Fights, Masvidal vs. Covington
38:25 Chimaev vs. Burns 
41:30 Francis Ngannou vs. Cyril Gane//Fighter pay
46:40 Dana White deserves to be rich
48:15 Buys vs. Vilmas, UFC couple drama
54:29 2022 Goals

Whats up guys, in this episode I sit down with my good friend National Master and streamer Aakaash Meduri! 2.5 hours?! We went through a LOT of really cool topics. Chess, Politics, Chicago, Tournaments, Crypto, NFTs and a lightning round. A very diverse conversation fosho. Enjoy! If you have any questions you would want to get asked lemme know!

Twitter @AakashMeduri
Twitch Aakash

Upcoming Guests are
NM Mark Biernacki
IM Keaton Kiewra

0:10 Aakash intro 
0:37 Chicago Denker/Eric Rosen
1:20 Theodore Roosevelt quote
3:00 Politics, where the good candidates at?/The silent majority 
4:10 Dave Chappelle special/Bad Review theory 
6:00 Sean O’Malley and Donald Trump
6:45 Andrew Yang vs. Joe Biden
7:40 Are Indian people more into politics?
9:00 Super Christian mom is a huge Trump fan
10:20 Aakash Origin story
 13:25 How Aakash started chess
14:20 If Chess wasn’t in my family
15:40 Friends vs. Chess Tournaments/Nicky Sasha, and Vegas
17:50 Winning Majors/Isaac Martinez
18:50 Rapid tournaments?
22:05 $50 entry fee?/Running Tournaments
23:30 Chess in Chicago
26:10 Chicago Grandmasters/Chicago Future
27:30 How to get good at chess
28:15 How Firouzja got good at chess/Firouzja the future
30:00 Chess Players are lazy, UFC fighters are not
31:55 Moms vs. Chess
32:40 Full time chess vs. Full time life
33:50 Kids and chess
36:30 Chess as you get older/Can you be good at multiple things?
38:10 Hikaru vs. Botez Sisters
39:05 Valentina Savchenko and Samurais
40:00 Deepak Aaron Stand Up Origin Story
41:10 Boxing helps talk to girls
42:10 How chess helps with other things
43:05 GM Josh Waitzkin BJJ and Tai Chi
44:55 Openings when you start
46:30 Rolling with Black belts sucks/ Base + Incremental steps 
48:10 Is IM worth the time?
49:10 Living forever sounds amazing
51:05 Living forever or dying any day
52:40 Being a Sheeple blessing or a curse?
54:25 Will I quit after Grandmaster
55:45 Talent vs. Hard work
58:05 The Future of chess
1:00:40 Being good is relative
1:01:30 Self Deprecating your chess 
1:05:50 How do beginners improve? How Aakash started chess
1:10:30 Having a sibling that plays chess/Younger sibling advantage
1:13:00 1400 - 1800
1:15:00 Young Chicago Squad/Aakash vs. Eric Rosen
1:18:10 Indian Parent mentality/Trying too hard to win
1:19:03 Draws, Higher rated, Lower Rated, Time pressure 
1:22:40 Huge Mentality shift
1:29:05 1800-2200/Aakash’s Chess coach/My game against GM Mesgen Amanov(Sea Turtles)
1:31:20 Chessbase/Openings
1:34:20 Google Spreadsheet pros and cons
1:35:45 KISS Keep it simple stupid
1:37:15 Is Chess like girls?/Avoiding bad positions
1:38:35 Post national master
1:40:05 Does streaming help your chess?/Chess betting/Indian chess future
1:42:00 Males prime
1:44:05 Experience can be bad?
1:45:45 Our group of chess friends
1:46:50 Do strangers respect strangers?
1:48:50 Joe Rogan and supporting others
1:49:45 Liberals are less tolerant than conservatives?
1:51:55 The Pro Lazy mindset/Staying in your lane
1:52:40 Elon Musk and Aliens 
1:54:10 The shift in thinking that led to improvement/Hustlers vs. Pros
1:55:55 Tournaments habits/rituals
1:58:40 Aakash Chess style
2:00:10 IM Emory Tate/ Openings and style
2:01:40 Switching to d4/c4  and streaming
2:05:10 What has Chess taught you about life
2:08:55 Fide vs. USCF rating gap
2:14:30 How to get better at streaming
2:17:15 NFTs and Crypto
2:25:05 Future for tournaments CCA/Charlotte/Fide
2:29:00 Chess in other countries/Chess in India
2:32:30 Lightning Round
2:35:05 Aakash contact info/wrap up 

Whats up guys?! In this episode we go over the results from UFC 2-69! RIP Cody Garbrandt ;'(, RIP Dustin Pourier title aspirations and RIP Amanda the GOAT?! It was a rough weekend for a lot of people, and a great weekend for others. Sadly I missed watching all the fights from UFC 269 except for watching my boy Dustin get so close to the sun... so close until he got burned. I had a very similar experience in my chess tournament, luckily for me I was able to turn it around the next day. Anyways enjoy the episode, hope you guys are super duper entertained!! 

Episode 11

0:00 Intro
0:10 Why I missed all the UFC fights :’(
1:15 Recapping UFC 269
             -Gillian Robertson
              -Randy Costa cardio RIP
              -Ryan Hall vs. Miner 
              -Blanchfield won?!
2:45 Jordan “The Glass Cannon” Wright
4:55 Tuivasa the shoey master!! 
5:25 Would you offer your shoe for a shoey?
6:30 Who should Tuivasa fight next?
8:14 Dominick Cruz
            -Cruz vs. Cejudo
            -Is DC’s commentary that bad?
13:20 Has Cormier been in shape? How much do heavy weights eat?
14:50 Homeless Cigarette dude from Philly
15:30 Emmett vs. Ige
17:30 Main carddd!!!
19:35 Ranked69/Drug tests
21:19 Cody Garbrandt :’(
23:20 Why people get cut from the UFC 
24:30 Getting jumped in
26:51 Nunes vs. Pena?!?!?
30:00 Juliana Nate Diaz Pena
31:05 Dustin vs. Olivera
38:40 fixed Olu’s audio!!/Post title fight blues
39:55 Would I still play chess if I was bad?/Vegas???
42:40 Olu’s tooth infection
43:20 Anguished Barber Tournament/Free Haircuts!!
47:15 Francis vs. Gane

What's up guys?! We made it, double digits!! Feels good to hit the good ol 10 mark for podcast episodes. In this episode we go through UFC 2-69! One of the most stacked UFCs ever, and such a great card. Check out Episode 11 to see how our predictions did! 

Episode 10 Time Stamps

0:30 Madagascar 2, Moto Moto, so nice you gotta say it twice
1:45 Repeating rap lyrics
2:10 Drake the GOAT
3:40 UFC 2-69!!
5:00 Olivera vs. Dustin
10:20 Olivera fight doesn’t go the distance
11:55 Gotta respect Volkanovski
13:35 Dustin vs. Connor
15:00 If I missed UFC 269 I’d be so sad
15:10 Pena vs. Nunes
18:00 Soft vs. Hard people
20:18 Geoff Neal, DUI, Keith Peterson
27:45 Kai vs. Cody Garbrandt
29:25 Sean O’Malley
32:25 Dan Ige vs.Josh Emmett
33:45 Cruz on the prelim?
35:45 Tai the Shoeey Tuivasa!!
36:10 Jordan “The Glass Cannon” Wright
37:00 Rest of prelims
40:20 How’s Olu’s life
42:30 Jarrod forgot to record…
44:00 Tyron vs. Jake Paul
44:30 Technical difficulties RIP