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Episode 58 - Hibernation 0:00 5 months off - Why? Thursday Tournaments Tournament Order Car/Business/Lease Scholastic/Fide cancelled WCC7/Future Plans 8:53 5 Months of Training - How? Streaming No Puzzles Master Spreadsheet/Books Magnus/Tata Steel Conversion PLAYING TOURNAMENTS 19:51 Chess Students Crushing Actual Chess knowledge Theory + Training Openings 26:00 - Life Pickleball Poker Basketball Movies “Is the sacrifice worth the reward” 34:43  Streaming  Teaching At Schools Dropping Weight

Episode 57 - Work Hard, Don't try hard 0:00 - WCC5 Recap 20:49 - Wolf Chess Schedule/Plan 27:09 - Chess Training 43:11 - Life 0:00 - WCC5 Recap Pros/Cons Pros New Venue Someone couldn’t believe I wasn’t 26 or younger Blitz + Entry  College Park Chess Association Cons Printer Tournament Hall Pairings Withdrawals The Ideal schedule Players sitting at the wrong seat Find the Location 20:49 - Wolf Chess Schedule/Plan WCS3 WCC6 Thursdays Winter Schedule 27:09 - Chess Training Streaming Sensei Puzzles Hungary  43:11 - Life Out of Country for a week NFL!! UFC/Tennis Poker

What's up guys!? In this podcast episode I go over, WCC4, the schedule/logic, A pretty good Chicago Open, and then how amazing my students are playing right now! To wrap it up, we talk about the NBA Finals, Magnus vs. Gukesh, and what really scares us? Why are we afraid, because we don't know. Horror movies, chess, it's the not knowing that scares us the most. Generally, it's never really as bad as we thought.  0:00 WCC4 Recap 35:04 Wolf Chess Schedule 53:53 Chess Training 1:20:29 Chess Students 1:28:43 Life  WCC4 Championship 1st - Ethan Sheehan - 4/4 - $500 2nd - Andrew Jiang - 3.5/4 - $100 U1800 1st- Saahas Swaroop - $300 2nd - William Remick/ Hrushikesan Barani/Nirvan Sivakumar - $33.33 U1400 1st/2nd - Arjun Kollipara/Damien Natchus - $150 Blitz 1st - Saharsh Santosh - $150 2nd - Matt Dalthorp/William Remick/Sasha Creighton/Sanjay Kumar/ Dhruva Movva - $20/Person U1400 Vadym Orlov - 4.5/8 - $50 Performance Bonuses Ayman Basha (1010-1191) - Free Entry 1 WCC Srivibhav Mangipudi(1363-1480) - Free Entry 1 WCC Senior Bonus William Remick - 3/4 - $50   Pros/Cons Setup/Planning Advanced Entries Assistants Withdrawals Interviews Cons Clocks/GCA Pairings/Withdrawals Blitz Clean Up 35:04:27 - Wolf Chess Schedule Seasonal Runs -West Mintster -Damian -Wesleyan -Major Event 53:53 - Chess Training Chicago Open Openings Practicality  Speed Two Result Positions 1:20:29 - Chess Students Ayman Vibhu Saahas Hrushi Playing for your ability to play Chess  Forcing them to work hard, good openings Practicality  1:28:43 - Life Technicolors/Beach Weather/George Barnett  NBA Finals What really scares us? Magnus vs. Gukesh

GUYS!! It's been a MONTH! Let's see, I almost got hit by a car, finished school, lost the State Championship Title, solved all the hardest chess openings with sensei(this repertoire is too too good), Chess boxed in NYC, I'm running my first major scholastic, WCC4 and planning a major FIDE event in Georgia. Not to mention  summer schedule is set, Chicago, Vegas, Philly, NYC(at least). Europe + India? Hmm The movie begins now.  0:00 I Almost DIED/Georgia State Championship 16:10 - Chess Boxing in NYC 27:01 - Wolf Chess Tournament Schedule 33:03 - Chess Training/Streaming/Youtube 55:53 - Chess Students 1:12:13 - Life Insta:Daaron.3

Episode 54 - What are we doing here? 0:00 - WCC3 1st - Andrew Jiang($500) 2nd - Kagan Uz/Damian Krotov($50/person) U1800 1st - Carlos Bellamy($300) 2nd - William Remick/Nitya Daram/Siddharth Sriram Basa($33/person) U1400 1st - Owen Giguere($200) 2nd - Advik Aravid/Corey Bryan/William Espinoza/Sutirth Mellachervu($20/person) Senior Prize - William Remick  Performance Bonus - Free Entry Carlos Bellamy Srivibhav Mangipudi  Pros - Smooth/Biryani/Poker Cons - Withdrawals/Forfeit/Cleaning+Blitz/Set Announcements/Refunds May Schedule WCC4/WCC5/WCS1/WCS2 20:50 - Chess Streaming/Clipping/Scheduling  Opening Review Prep my students/Prep myself  I need time+Break/Working Full days Chess Boxing  42:50 - Chess Students Move orders/Winning Positions Weak kings(Literally/Physically)  To-Do Lists/Spreadsheets Remembering Openings  Teaching non chess players openings  Wolf Chess Opening/Middlegame/Endgame 58:28 - Life The Human Brain - defense mechanism What are we doing here? Martial arts  What are we doing here? Girls  What are we doing here? People in America  Gradually improving workouts  Gradually improving martial arts  People who just want to talk and eat  When you need it too bad(Mathew McConaughey) Books Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill

0:00 - Episode 53 - Made Men WCC3/Tournament Sched City + Suburbs locations Marketing/Scholastics  9:10 - TEXAS Tournament LITTT!! Rd 1 Murder Rd 2 GM cant beat Sveshy Rd 3 Indian kid shadow realm  Rd4 Draw GM top 100 Rd5 Draw vs. Sharizard Rd6 Not Indian Enough…  Rd7 Draw the homie IM  How to draw GMs  BAD BEAT -Saharsh/Jennifer Yu/Indian kid/Sharvesh THE BYE STRAT!!! Chesscations  My training/Studying “Richard I don’t want to die” The Final frontier  32:50 - Chess Students Problem Sets Opening Problem Sets  Schools SOLVED Ignition The worst moves I’ve ever seen/Scolding students smh 47:33 - Life Daredevil/Invincible/Becoming Cold No more Wasting Time/Money/Effort if its not worth  Betting - Discerning who’s good or bad  Youtube/Streaming Books Read/Reading The 5 second Rule  Outwitting the Devil Extreme Ownership 

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! Insta:Daaron.3 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!! If you have any questions/comments/things you want me to talk about Insta:Daaron.3 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.  Youtube/Twitch:DaaronChess Insta:Daaron.3 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