Dr Michael Tam

Hello! I am Dr CW Michael Tam, an academic family physician and medical researcher.

During my non-working hours, I am "vitualis the chess noob" (aka chessnoob64), and I run the popular "Adventures of a Chess Noob" YouTube channel and blog. I'm learning and having fun with chess!

I restarted playing chess recently after my interest was rekindled by the release of "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix. I mostly play 1 or 2 games a day, and am trying to improve. I document some of my games and learning experiences on my blog and YouTube channel.