John Bartholomew

On Thursday, Nov. 3 at 1:30 pm US Central time (2:30 pm EST/7:30 pm CET) I'll be taking on GM Simon Williams in a dual commentary blitz match! The match will take place on Chess.com. It will be a race to 5 points at a time control of 3 minutes with a 2 second increment (3+2). I'll be firing up my stream 15 minutes before the match begins. My stream: Right here! Simon's … [Read more...] about Match vs. GM Simon Williams [Dual Commentary]

Practice these positions and other important rook endings on Chessable! https://www.chessable.com/endgame-book/essential-rp-vs-r-endings/90/ 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 Chess Endgame Fundamentals: Vancura Position

74 players, including LM Atrophied, GMFabiano_Caruana (get at me, Fabi!), and FederactionInjusta. Final standings: https://en.lichess.org/tournament/sp5hnozj 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 #272: [Tournament] lichess Bullet Arena

I recently reset my "Tactics Training" stats on Chess.com to try and climb the rating ladder from the lowest rung: 1200! Follow along as I tackle 9 problems while focusing on examining forcing moves and solving for accuracy. Part 1 - 1200 to 1466: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwogy... Part 2 - 1466 to 1563: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_JWQ... Part 3 - 1563 to 1677: … [Read more...] about Climbing the Tactics Training Ladder: 2329 to 2341

Resuming the Road to 2800 bullet on Chess.com! Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-8TkVMqLXg Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQaDsKpGwPo Part III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chayMvX8VjA Part IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqPHkpm2XCg Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fins0905 Check out my Scandinavian Repertoire (1.e4 d5) on Chessable: … [Read more...] about Road to 2800: Part V