Master of One

What's up guys?! Episode 9 I had my good friend Eugene Yanayt on the podcast! Eugene is a avid chess player, Fide master, and a very strong chess player with wins over strong GMs. He also is a huge poker star and has played some big tournaments. We go through his chess career, ask him some poker questions, and sprinkle some interesting questions throughout, enjoy!! Hope you guys are entertained! 

Episode 9 - Eugene Yanayt

0:25 Eugene Yanayt
1:05 LA Open
2:35 Catalan vs. King’s Indian
5:25 Opening journey 
8:25 Are there wrong openings?
9:30 Prepping before the round
10:35 The Angel in Philly 
11:25 Win tilt
11:50 How does age affect chess? 
14:10 Training/Playing blitz/Monroi-Databases 
17:30 How did Eugene start playing/go from 0-1400
20:25 First good tournaments
21:35 Magnus Carlsen
21:57 Karpov vs. Kasparov match
24:15 Boston Chess/GM Alex Ivanov
26:40 1400-1800/Patriots  
28:55 State Championship/Denker 
30:00 Danny Wrench/Sitting at the board 
35:40 Playing against lower rateds/After 1800/Playing wild
39:00 Position over submission/The best move isn’t always the best move
40:40 Favorite opening/Easiest opening to learn/Favorite Country
44:40 GM Timur Gareyev/Physical condition effects chess/Daily tactics
48:45 Playing Online blitz/During the tournament/Putting a run together
53:30 Experience in chess/Post win or loss/Kovalyov 
57:03 What has chess taught you about life?
58:40 Pokerrrr/Playing Balanced/Bluffing
1:02:00 Eugene’s best tournament/GM Sam Sevian
1:09:10 Favorite Chess Tournament/Thanksgiving Tournament
1:12:50 Nepo vs. Carlsen/Favorite Poker-Chess story
1:16:35 Lightning round 

Episode 8

Wassup guys, Episode 8 me and Olu recap the last two weeks of UFC and life. Lot of mistakes which means a lot of lessons were learned. Lotta new stuff happening, which means lotta fun! 

0:45 Cheating on your barber
1:30 No Shave November
2:15 No Stache life
3:25 Staying away from Vegas
4:30 Wrestling at Waffle House
5:30 Texas is too safe
6:45 New BJJ Sensei/Kimuras
8:10 4th Open mic
8:45 More bits or less
11:20 Chess Mixtape 
12:10 Too many coincidences 
13:50 Bringing girls to an open mic..RIP
14:40 Is most comedy not classy?
16:30 Times going by fast
18:55 Recaping fights, Texeira, Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, Chimaev 
23:40 The worst betting strategy of all time
24:30 Mayweather vs. Canelo/boxing 
26:00 Chimaev/Masvidal 
33:25 Starting early
34:45 Travis Scott

Happy almost Halloween Homies!! I finally had my first good open mic!! Unfortunately for each great thing I did this past week I immediately followed it by doing something moronic...

Nevertheless we live, learn, and keep moving forward. DEFINITELY check out the end about the mind blowing lesson I learned from reading about Job in the bible!! It's a super important life lesson that everyone should know. Also been seeing my birthday numbers a lot recently, seems like everything is starting to come together? :O

For specific clips check out our youtube Channel MasterofNonePodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFZM...


0:30 Brilliant Idiot
1:15 Halloween/Horror Movies
3:52 First Good Open Mic
7:55 I’m an idiot…
10:35 Haircut/Rat Experiment
15:10 Week recap
18:30 UFC 267
22:13 Deepak week recap/day breakdown
23:30 BJJ going well
26:30 Chael Sonnen “You can’t get close”
27:55 Running is a body/mind workout
30:28 Everyone likes Hookers
32:30 Card predictions
37:00 Seeing your birthday numbers a bunch
40:18 Job from the bible...MINDBLOWING!

What's up guys! Enjoy episode 6 of MasterOfNone.  In this episode we talk about Jon Jones,  upcoming UFC events, and a little bit about the psychology of the athletes. For specific clips check out our youtube Channel MasterofNonePodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFZM...

Episode 6 - Jon Jones + Upcoming fights
0:00 Intro
0:30 Michael Myers/Hannibal
2:40 You
5:15 UFC Domestic Abuse/Jon Jones
8:30 Connor McGregor/special privileges
15:00 Therapy
17:45 Wilder vs. Fury
21:08 Leon Edwards vs. Masvidal
27:35 Upcoming UFCs
33:30 Winning mindsets
35:00 Michael Jordan
35:40 Child Superstars
37:10 Justin Beiber
38:30 Being Famous
44:40 Gaetje vs. Chandler
47:24 Kyrie


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What's up guys enjoy episode 5 of master of none!  A big recap of UFC and Chessboxing from the past few weeks.  Then we also decided to hold each other accountable for getting what we need to do done for everyday! For specific clips check out our youtube Channel MasterofNonePodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFZMBRZzG7g5PCagVBkb_7Q/videos

If anyone wants advice or their story told, DM Daaron.3 on Instagram and we'll do our best to give you advice or tell your story in our next podcast episode! Below are the topics and timestamps for each one! 

Topics
0:20 intro
2:20 Bartending/Miami
3:20 Jon Jones
7:10 Jon Jones vs. Francis as a punishment
8:10 Are wild people better UFC fighters
11:40 Chessboxing/Weight Classes
18:10 Haircuts are like Gambling
20:45 Jump in or gradually improve
21:45 Being accountable/morning runs
28:10 Now that I'm older
31:12 Volkanovski vs. Ortega
33:09 Lawler vs. Diaz
45:37 Aljamain...
48:55 Kyrie Irving Vaccine
55:45 Amanda vs. Valentina
1:04:15 Not making excuses

What's up guys enjoy episode 4 of master of none!! Not gonna lie we get pretty philosophical in this episode. For specific clips check out our youtube Channel MasterofNonePodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFZMBRZzG7g5PCagVBkb_7Q/videos

If anyone wants advice or their story told, DM Daaron.3 on Instagram and we'll do our best to give you advice or tell your story in our next podcast episode! Below are the topics and timestamps for each one! 

Topics
0:20 Intro
1:00 Dr.Phil part 1
3:00 Olu and medicine 
6:00 Being Nocturnal
7:35 Being an introvert 
9:11 Moving sucks
17:30 Chess Life Lessons
20:05 BJJ Life lessons
23:59 Caleb Plant vs. Canelo  
26:51 Mike Tyson MMA
29:00 Relative height
39:00 News, Joe Biden, Conspiracies
49:30 Chessboxing
56:00 Respecting fighting 
57:30 UFC Ortega vs. Volkanovski
1:15:00 Be Myself Olu podcast

What's up guys enjoy episode 3 of master of none!! We recap a bunch of UFC as well as some other stuff. For specific clips check out our youtube Channel MasterofNonePodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFZMBRZzG7g5PCagVBkb_7Q/videos

If anyone wants advice or their story told, DM Daaron.3 on Instagram and we'll do our best to give you advice or tell your story in our next podcast episode! Below are the topics and timestamps for each one! 

What's up guys! Enjoy a waaaaay better episode 2! Better Open Mic, better podcast, and better week of training. This episode we're also joined by surprising special guest Zoey! Below are the topics and time stamps for each topic, enjoy! 

3:00 Zoey joins the podcast + "Second Open Mic"
18:00 Formula for comedy
20:00 UFC Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw
24:37 Last second injuries
26:16 Bucks vs. Suns
28:48 Top 3 players who haven't won a ring
29:40 Are super teams done?
32:30 Chess World Cup
33:53 Francis Ngannou
35:50 Training this week
36:22 Running Metaphor

Grandmaster chess is now Master of None! In our first episode we talk about our first open mic, the McGregor vs. Dustin fight, as well as Chess/BJJ/Random stuff! Just like our first open mics we clearly have a lot to learn, but you gotta start somewhere! 

As me and my homie Olu try to master different fields we talk about about the obstacles as well as the things we learn in our pursuits. For me its Chess, Stand up, Youtube/Streaming, and BJJ/Martial Arts. For Olu its Stand up and BJJ/Martial Arts.  We plan to have guests who are in either similar situations, or have already mastered one field, let me know if you ever want to hop on the podcast! 

In this episode I sit down and talk to National Master Isaac Martinez. Isaac recently graduated from Princeton and is working with a non profit. In this episode I talk to him about:
a. How he started chess
b. How he improved from 0-1400
c.How he improved 0-2000
d. How he got National Master and where he goes from there
e. What does Isaac do before/during/after tournaments
f. How chess at Princeton was
g. The impact chess has had on his life
h. Some fun questions 
I. The always fun lightning round!!

Hope you guys enjoy this episode, and hope you were entertained!
If you want to contact/reach out to Isaac his instagram is https://www.instagram.com/hollywood_chess/