John Bartholomew

I compete in the monthly Royal Arena Kings blitz tournament on Chess.com! This event featured 727 players playing 2 hours of 3+0 blitz chess, with the top 8 streamers advancing to a knockout stage for prizes and glory. Final standings (main tournament; non-knockout stage): … [Read more...] about Royal Arena Kings BLITZ Tournament – Going deep again! [August 2018]

I compete in the monthly Royal Arena Kings bullet tournament on Chess.com! This event featured 443 players playing 2 hours of 1+0 bullet chess, with the top 8 streamers advancing to a knockout stage for prizes and glory. Final standings (main tournament; non-knockout stage): … [Read more...] about Royal Arena Kings BULLET Tournament – Deep Run! [July 2018]

Opponents: SimenSorensen (2x), cbenique, Jovencitos33 (8x), NM canonjamaicaella (6x), and uncodrew. Final score: 15 wins, 3 losses Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/johnbartholomew Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fins0905 Check out my Scandinavian Repertoire (1.e4 d5) on Chessable: … [Read more...] about Bullet Chess #288: 18 games in the 1+0 pool on Chess.com

Game 1 vs. Thormento007: https://www.chess.com/live/game/2965902327 Game 2 vs. FM Nazar-Nazar: https://www.chess.com/live/game/2965907771 Game 3 vs. pinichess: https://www.chess.com/live/game/2965916097 Game 4 vs. Garbancivoro: https://www.chess.com/live/game/2965926143 Game 5 vs. uncodrew: https://www.chess.com/live/game/2965935164 Game 6 vs. GM Nikola Mitkov: … [Read more...] about Blitz Chess #498: 6 games in the 3+0 pool on Chess.com

In February 2016 I reset my Tactics Trainer rating on Chess.com with the goal of climbing the rating ladder from the lowest rung (1200) and explaining my calculation and thought process along the way. Here I tackle 16 problems in a 42 minute session. Part 1 - 1200 to 1466: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwogyV6FT6U Part 2 - 1466 to 1563: … [Read more...] about Climbing the Tactics Training Ladder: 2402 to 2467