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Dr Michael Tam
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🇦🇺 Academic GP | vitualis.com/?page_id=36
♟️ Chess YouTuber | youtube.com/AdventuresofaChessNoob
⚕️ Director & Staff Specialist, Primary and Integrated Care Unit, South Western Sydney Local Health District
🎓 Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of NSW
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Dr Michael Tam @vitualis.bsky.social · Nov 13
Woo hoo! My new chess book, "Become a Chess Assassin!" just made #1 Best Seller in the category of "Chess" on Amazon Australia! 🥳🎊🎉
www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0DM9L14XM
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Yesterday, I met up with my mentee, who had recently finished his specialist general practice training. After dinner in Marrickville, we played some #chess and had some coffee at the fantastic pastry store Kürtösh.

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🔥 Chessnut Go | Vienna Game Main Line over Evening Coffee! ☕😊👍♟️
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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I've just published my review of the #Chessiverse online platform of hundreds of quirky AI-bots that play in a human-ish fashion. Double thumbs up! #chess #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/Ndt5uA1RTbE
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♟️ Chessiverse Review | AMAZING 600+ human-like chess AI-bots! 🤖👍
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Earlier in the week, I gave the ChessUp 2 a test for over-the-board chess, out and about, with a game at The Boatshed Pyrmont at the Sydney Fish Markets! #chess #chessup2 #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/DzSlBO6dSLU
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🔥 ChessUp 2 | Over-The-Board Chess & Travel Test @ Sydney Fish Markets! 🥂☺️♟️🐟
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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October 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Bryght Labs have sent me the #ChessUp 2 Smart Chess Board for review! As a first look, I thought that I'll stress test it with a game of 5|5 blitz chess on Chess.com! 🤩👍 It did well! #chess #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/gKgJsMTgFLQ
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🔥 ChessUp 2 | First Look and Blitz 5 | 5 Demo on Chess.com! ♟️🤩👍
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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October 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Chessnut Go (e-chess board) + Chessiverse (human-like AI chess bot platform) = FUN! 🤩👍 (especially with a beer!)
#chesspunks #chess #chessbots

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Chessnut Go + Chessiverse | Beer and Scotch (Game) at Rising Sun Workshop! ☺️♟️🍺
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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The hardware of the Chessnut Move robot, with the human-like playing AI-brains of Chessiverse? AMAZING! 🤩 #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/X3wI-93uiSY
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OMG! Chessnut Move + Chessiverse | A BRILLIANT Combo! 😲🤖♟️
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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October 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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This morning, I woke early so decided to play some casual chess with some coffee. Surprisingly, I played two consecutive games against the Pirc Defense, something that I don’t usually face very often. #chesspunks Noob vs Noob UNPLUGGED #13 🎵♟️😊

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Noob vs Noob UNPLUGGED #13 | PUNISHING Pirc Defense x 2! 🎵♟️😊
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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October 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Exciting news & beautiful chess!

Collabs with:
Chessiverse | chessiverse.com
- Use CHESSNOOB64 for 20% discount!
- they're turning me into a bot! 🤪🤖

ChessUp 2 | playchessup.com
- I've agreed to review this smart chess board! 🤩

... AND 🦒♟️
📺 youtu.be/YeKWOib7ExE
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Exciting NEWS! | And a BRILLIANT Vienna Game Giraffe Attack 🦒♟️🤪
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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October 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Today, we visited the lovely town of Bilpin, on the Bells Line of Road in the Blue Mountains, stopped at the Bilpin Cider Company, had lunch, cider, and a game of chess! 🍎🍺♟️😊 #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/WvUrN0tb5CA
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
🔥 Chessnut Go | Relaxing Game at Bilpin Cider Co. 🍎🍺♟️😊
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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October 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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SenseRobot Chess 🤖♟️ Tactic: Greek Gift in the Vienna Gambit! #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/rUsTGn7n6Ps
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SenseRobot Chess 🤖♟️ Tactic: Greek Gift in the Vienna Gambit!
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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September 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Reposted by Dr Michael Tam
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OPENING TITLE VIDEO - TRAILS of COLD STEEL II 🤩
I've finished The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II as well on original hardware (PS Vita)! Great core game, though the post-finale chapters (Divertissement and Epilogue), though appreciated, were a bit tedious. #JRPGs
youtu.be/V55mx7N-e7g
Opening Title Video | Trails of Cold Steel II | PS Vita
YouTube video by Noob Plays JRPGs
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September 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Blitz Chess Chats #3
I spoke with Dr Marguerite Tracy, specialist GP & addiction medicine physician, senior lecturer at @sydney.edu.au re: providing whole-person care to people living with opioid use disorder.

Fun game, great interview!

📺 youtu.be/LisGpLvRYSc
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Blitz Chess Chats #3 | Dr Marguerite Tracy | Whole-person care in Addiction Medicine 🩺
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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August 4, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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The handmade reproduction 1849 Original Staunton Chess Set (4.5” king) from Royal Chess Mall is classic, beautiful, and luxurious. It is an easy recommendation for chess set aficionados and collectors who are experienced with large pieces.
📺 youtu.be/PG0gLXtX0Sg
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Unboxing & Review | Royal Chess Mall | 1849 Original Staunton Chess Set (4.5" king) ☺️♟️
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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July 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Reposted by Dr Michael Tam
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I just finished the original 2011 Japanese PSP version of The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure (Eiyuu Densetsu: Ao no Kiseki), with the English fan-translation patch! #JRPG

I recorded the final scenes of the game, starting from the end of the boss battle. ☺️

youtu.be/l2ipJ7xYWJs
Trails to Azure | Final Scenes and Ending | Japanese PSP (2011) with English fan-translation
YouTube video by Noob Plays JRPGs
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July 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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If you love sacrificing pieces to get a quick win in the opening in #chess, then the Romantic style might be your thing! Check out some ideas on brilliant bishop sacs (Bxf7+!!) against the Scandinavian Defense! #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/DEIkG4fO4bM
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Brilliant Bishop Sacs | Bxf7+!! vs the Scandinavian! ⚡ Quick Wins #107
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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July 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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The Chessnut Move is without a doubt, the best robotic chess board that is available for sale. If you are looking for an electronic chess board, is it right for you? Check out my review and grin and the self moving pieces!
📺 youtu.be/6hW405NWPm8
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
🔥 Chessnut Move | Review | Are you ready for robot chess? 🤖♟️🤔
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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July 8, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Dr Bonning, AMA Chair of Public Health, has championed policy to better price the health impacts of sugar sweetened drinks. We conversed recently, starting with a game of blitz #chess! Post-game interview starts at [10:44].

📺 youtu.be/hbxBaLQqEp8
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Blitz Chess Chats #2 | Dr Michael Bonning | Should we tax sugar sweetened drinks? 🤔
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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July 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I’m very proud to announce that my channel has hit a big milestone. Today my channel Adventures of a Chess Noob gained it’s ten-thousandth subscriber! Thank you to all the #chess fans and enthusiasts for coming along the journey with me. 🥳🎉
📺 youtu.be/67Hwv7yweDE
♟️ www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
10,000 subscribers! 🥳🎉 What's come up soon! | Chess Chats #13
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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June 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I managed to rank #1 🥇 in my division in the @chess.com players league and so have finally ascended from the Crystal League (stuck here for 2 years 😅) to the ELITE LEAGUE! 🤩👍 #chess #chesspunks

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Advancing to the Elite League on Chess.com! | GAMES of the WEEK! 🤩👍
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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June 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Reposted by Dr Michael Tam
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This is the exciting conclusion to chapter 2 in Trails in the Sky! Our heroes confront Dalmore, who flees by yacht in a dramatic chase! #JRPGs

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​📺 youtu.be/PYV4kU4GO2k

[08:13] Confrontation with Dalmore
[17:33] Bronco and Fango (boss fight)
[27:04] Boat chase
Trails in the Sky (PSP) Playthrough [#15] 🎮 CHAPTER 2 End | Mayor Dalmore DRAMATIC Arrest!
YouTube video by Noob Plays JRPGs
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June 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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In chess, BEAUTY can emerge even from the most egregious of blunders! 🌹😅👌 #chesspunks #kingsgambit #chess #doublecheck

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Beauty from Blunder 🌹 Double Check attack ⚡ Quick Wins #106
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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June 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Reposted by Dr Michael Tam
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Estelle and Joshua participate in the play (with Joshua dressed as the princess!) at the Jenis Royal Academy, and the team discover the true villain behind the the orphanage arson! #JRPG

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📺 youtu.be/GBUUVplCIB4

[0:34:00] The Play
[1:35:40] Black-clad Soldiers (boss fight)
Trails in the Sky (PSP) Playthrough [#14] 🎮 CHAPTER 2 | School Play & the Villian Revealed!
YouTube video by Noob Plays JRPGs
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June 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Today, we have a double brilliancy ‼️‼️ in one of my favourite lines in the Vienna Game, the Giraffe Attack!! 🦒🤪👍

It had been some time since I last played down this line, and I was great reminding myself of its giraffe-y goodness. #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/LFVwAfUmiVY
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Giraffe Attack | Double Brilliant Vienna Game Tactics! ⚡ Quick Wins #105
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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June 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Reposted by Dr Michael Tam
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Estelle and Joshua complete requests around Ruan and then at the Jenis Royal Academy, Joshua is gang-pressed into being the princess in the school play... 🤣 #trailsinthesky #jrpgs

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📺 youtu.be/j4kTj1BYS4Q

[2:53:43] Costume check with Joshua in a dress!
Trails in the Sky (PSP) Playthrough [#13] 🎮 CHAPTER 2 | Arrival at the Jenis Royal Academy
YouTube video by Noob Plays JRPGs
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June 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Reposted by Dr Michael Tam
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Estelle and Joshua start the day in Chapter 2 of Trails in the Sky with the shocking news that the Mercia Orphanage burned to the ground overnight! Who is the arsonist? #JRPGs

🎮 www.twitch.tv/vitualis
​📺 youtu.be/K8O-hdM71kY

[0:30:43] Aurion Road Monster
[1:43:21] Warehouse fight vs the Ravens
Trails in the Sky (PSP) Playthrough [#12] 🎮 CHAPTER 2 | Mercia Orphanage Arson Investigation
YouTube video by Noob Plays JRPGs
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June 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM