@vitualis
🇦🇺 Academic GP | vitualis.com/?page_id=36 ♟️ Chess YouTuber | youtube.com/AdventuresofaChessNoob ⚕️ Senior Staff Specialist, Collaborative Centre for Cardiometabolic Health in Psychosis, SLHD 🎓 Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of NSW
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
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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
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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!
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Yes, it's surprisingly good, insofar as playable. The line is unofficially named the Hambleton Variation as he's played it a lot in competition in short time controls. He, and IM Eric Rosen have made a bunch of content winning using the line while streaming. 🤩👍
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
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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
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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!
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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
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This morning, I played my most enjoyable game of chess of 2025! 🤩👍
Play Romantic style chess for FUN! 🤪 #chesspunks #chess
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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Brilliant 👏
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
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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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The hardware of the Chessnut Move robot, with the human-like playing AI-brains of Chessiverse? AMAZING! 🤩 #chesspunks
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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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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 🦒♟️
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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
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SenseRobot Chess 🤖♟️ Tactic: Greek Gift in the Vienna Gambit! #chesspunks
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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
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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!
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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.
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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. ☺️
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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
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