John Bartholomew

I play the super-strong Lichess Titled Arena #5! 307 titled players participated in this 2-hour long 1+0 bullet event. The World Champion, GM Magnus Carlsen (aka DrDrunkenstein) participated again, and thanks to his generosity the first prize was $3,000 USD! Final standings: https://lichess.org/tournament/dyhuymXb Follow me on Twitch: … [Read more...] about lichess Titled Arena [May 4, 2018]

Playing the May 2018 Titled Tuesday Chess.com! 275 titled players (including GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Anish Giri) competed in this 10 round, 3+2 blitz event. Follow along for the good, the bad, and the ugly in this always-tense event! Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/johnbartholomew Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fins0905 Check out my Scandinavian … [Read more...] about Titled Tuesday [May 2018]

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 18 problems in a 45 minute session and focus on solving for accuracy. 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: 2341 to 2402

This is a fun interview we did with Denis, an 8 year-old English player who attended the Battersea/Chessable meetup in London, England on Nov. 29, 2017. Denis gave me and IM Christof Sielecki a very tough game in our simul (if I remember correctly, he played us to a draw!), and he performed well in the blitz tournament, too. It was a pleasure to talk with Denis and his father, … [Read more...] about Interview with 8 year-old English chess player, Denis! [London Chessable Meetup]

This is a dual commentary match I played on Twitch against GM Simon Williams on Apr. 26, 2018. We played two games at each of the following time controls: 15+10, 5+0, 3+0, and 1+0. We both streamed our commentary for ~500 Twitch viewers. Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/johnbartholomew Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fins0905 Check out my Scandinavian … [Read more...] about Chess Rivals #16: Rapid/Blitz/Bullet vs. GM Simon Williams