John Bartholomew

Crosstable: https://lichess.org/tournament/0Ka7AHkE Support the channel: https://streamlabs.com/johnbartholomew or via PayPal: https://t.co/VBFOLJHt2m Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/johnbartholomew Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fins0905 Add me as a friend on Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/member/fins0905?ref_id=1761842 My 100 Endgames You Must … [Read more...] about A Filthy Bullet Arena

Greetings, YouTube! This is a long 3+0 blitz session from a recent Twitch stream featuring battles with several titled players and a fortunate mouseslip. I hope everyone has been well! 👍 Support the channel: https://streamlabs.com/johnbartholomew or via PayPal: https://t.co/VBFOLJHt2m Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/johnbartholomew Follow me on Twitter: … [Read more...] about Mouseslipping a Top Engine Move! | Long Blitz Session

GM Dmitrij Kollars is a 22 year-old German Grandmaster rated 2622 FIDE (161st in the world) who also regularly puts in strong Titled Tuesday performances. I was playing an hour of focused blitz on my Twitch stream (twitch.tv/johnbartholomew), and I happened to get in a mini match of 9 games against him. It turned out to be quite competitive - enjoy! Support the channel: … [Read more...] about Close Match vs. GM Dmitrij Kollars (FIDE: 2622)

In this continuation of the "Climbing the Rating Ladder" series I take on players of various ratings levels while pointing out typical mistakes and spots for improvement along the way (possibly my own!? :)). Here I commentate a 10+0 game against a player rated 1349 on Chess.com. Early in the Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6), my opponent makes a common and tempting pawn push, … [Read more...] about Reacting to the …c7-c5 Push | Climbing the Rating Ladder vs. Carlos7a0b (1349)

I've been playing some focused, timed Chess.com blitz sessions on stream lately (twitch.tv/johnbartholomew), and today my play was hitting on all cyclinders. Let's keep climbing! Support the channel: https://streamlabs.com/johnbartholomew or via PayPal: https://t.co/VBFOLJHt2m Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/johnbartholomew Follow me on Twitter: … [Read more...] about Achieving My Highest Blitz Rating (2849)!