John Bartholomew

Opponents include GM Denis Kadric, IM Ambrou Sobh, GM Alejandro Hoffman, Ohanessian, ChessBrain2014, ChicagoChessTim, CharmCityChess, and Ditto. Final score: 6 wins, 3 losses, 1 disconnection win. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fins0905 Check out my Scandinavian Repertoire (1.e4 d5) on Chessable: … [Read more...] about Blitz Chess #483: Must. Play. Faster!

Opponents include IM abatron, GM Boban Bogosavljevic, GM Hichem Hamdouchi, valparaiso79, GM Emanuel Berg, and TrendFriend. Final score: 3 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fins0905 Check out my Scandinavian Repertoire (1.e4 d5) on Chessable: https://www.chessable.com/book/im-john-bartholomews-scandinavian/79/?ref=jbrl Support the channel: … [Read more...] about Blitz Chess #482: 6 games in the ICC 3-minute pool

100 players, including NM blitzbullet, KasKaskia, and BardurOrn. Final standings: https://lichess.org/tournament/bD4WH2nm Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fins0905 Check out my Scandinavian Repertoire (1.e4 d5) on Chessable: https://www.chessable.com/book/im-john-bartholomews-scandinavian/79/?ref=jbrl Support the channel: … [Read more...] about Bullet Chess #279: lichess Bullet Arena

Shaun "Hutch" Hutchinson is a popular streamer with 900,000+ YouTube subscribers and a keen interest in chess. Here I shadowed Hutch and provided my commentary as he played four games of 10+0 blitz on Chess.com. Hutch was not able to hear my comments during the game, but we analyzed briefly afterwards. Unfortunately I had audio issues throughout the roughly two-hour video, but … [Read more...] about Shadowing Hutch: Queen’s Gambit Accepted

NOTE: My opponent was found to have used computer assistance in this game and was subsequently banned (http://imgur.com/7l2Ifuu). Although I was likely playing against Stockfish, I decided to post the video anyway because it was an instructive game. Please note that it is never acceptable to cheat in chess (online or otherwise), and the chess community unanimously abhors such … [Read more...] about Standard Chess #262: IM Bartholomew vs. cheater (Pirc Defense)