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Dr Michael Tam
@vitualis.bsky.social
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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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I’m still play-testing the ChessUp 2 and today, I played a game with Little Chess Noob at The Erko. I only have a week-and-a-half left of leave before starting work again, so I’ve been trying to make the most out of the remaining days! #chess
📺 youtu.be/OdVFicwFNgs
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ChessUp 2 | Chess & Lunch at The Erskineville Hotel! 😊🍔♟️
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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January 8, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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I think that it's going to be a good year of #chess for me! My first three games of 2026 were all Vienna Gambits! 🤩👍 #chesspunks
📺 youtu.be/sdMbKRaB8RM
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
Year of the Vienna Gambit! My first three games for 2026! 🤩♟️
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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January 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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This is my LAST game of 2025! It was a very lovely Romantic style win in thirteen moves, that made use of the Fishing Pole Attack!

I hope you had a great 2025 and best wishes for 2026. Happy New Year!

📺 youtu.be/Et4x6-hxHFA
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
Fishing Pole Attack 🎣♟️ My Last Game of 2025! ⚡ Quick Wins #110
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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December 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎄🎁🥳

This was an after Christmas dinner game of #chess! And I played one of my favourite lines where I sacrifice my queen in the Englund Complex! 🤪 #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/-g9VVOPIA4U
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Christmas Chess 2025! Englund Gambit Queen Sacrifice Line! 🎄♟️
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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December 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The Kilobyte's Gambit is an amazing TINY chess engine that’s written in Javascript and only 1024 bytes (yes, BYTES! 😲) in size! And it's not half bad! #chess

📺 youtu.be/fb05P9AB1cg
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
Can you beat this tiny chess engine? | The Kilobyte's Gambit Chess | Chats #15 🤖♟️
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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December 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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I've tried out Dice Chess, a rather cool #chess variant, with a free online service, dicechess.com. I've had contact with its Founder, Latvian IM Vladimir Sveshnikov about his endeavour and the potential opportunity for a collab. Give it a go!

📺 youtu.be/FaU7Pnq7cUA
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
🎲 DICE CHESS! | Fun variant to play! | Chess Chats #14
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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This lovely quick game of the Queen Sacrifice Line in the Englund Gambit/Complex was just the nice pick-me-up I needed in the morning, leaving me with the glow of smug satisfaction. 😏 #chess #chesspunks #englund #queensac

📺 youtu.be/xve_YCIOPac
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
Englund Gambit | Delicious Queen Sacrifice gives SMUG SATISFACTION! 😏
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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This morning, I played my most enjoyable game of chess of 2025! 🤩👍

Play Romantic style chess for FUN! 🤪 #chesspunks #chess

📺 youtu.be/XbWby0I-rcA
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
🤩 My Most EXCITING CHESS game of 2025!
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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December 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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I’m going to show two games that follow the same theme: aggressive, unsound, Romantic attacks in the early stages of the game, factoring in a psychological approach, to coax our opponent into blundering into our trap! #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/MD3PI7N9kdQ
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
2 x TRAPS for FUN CHESS! ⚡ Quick Wins #109
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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December 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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As this was a game of the Vienna Gambit, it seemed only appropriate that I used my Austrian Coffee House reproduction pieces fitted with the Chessnut sensors. 😊 #chesspunks #viennagambit

📺 youtu.be/E30hpl50c0Y
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
❤️‍🔥 Chessnut PRO | Queen PIN in the Vienna Gambit ⚡ Quick Wins #108
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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December 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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It’s been hectic and I haven't played a rated game for a month! So this morning, feeling rusty, I played a game of 5|5 blitz, and happily, it went my way with an accuracy rating of 91.9 (💪😏) and a deliciously royal fork ending! 😙🤌 #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/wwJqqBI8Vm8
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Get FORK-ed! | First game in a month! Beating the Giuoco Pianissimo 😏👍
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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December 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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What does it mean when you play against an AI-bot trained to play like you, and lose... repeatedly?! 😳🤣 #chess #chessbots #chessai #chesspunks

📺 youtu.be/I4vpNjjDPTE
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
CHESSIVERSE turned me into an AI-bot!... which crushed me! | Chessnut Go | Travel Chess!
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Last week, I attended GP25, the fantastic conference of the @racgp.bsky.social (RACGP)! I usually play a few games of #chess while away on travel, and for this, the ultraportable Chessnut Go electronic chess board is just brilliant.#chesspunks
📺 youtu.be/SziItbFwqfA
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
♟️ Chessnut Go + Chessiverse | Brisbane Trip | Four Knights Italian!
YouTube video by Adventures of a Chess Noob
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November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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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.

📺 youtu.be/6jMrLjjBkLk
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
🔥 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
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
♟️ 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
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
🔥 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

📺 youtu.be/rVxegk_nHA0
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
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
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
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 🎵♟️😊

📺 youtu.be/HmaxHEmfH9M
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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
📝 www.chess.com/blog/vituali...
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
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🔥 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