John Bartholomew

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117 players. Final standings: https://lichess.org/tournament/1A6wOnAP 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: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=FURS92M5WXVCG … [Read more...] about Bullet Chess #282: lichess Bullet Arena

A blitz game from the meetup on Oct. 8, 2017 at Stjernen Sjakklubb (http://skstjernen.no/) in Oslo, Norway. We played a 7-round tournament at a time control of 3 minutes with a 2 second increment. This is from Round 7. Thanks to Oddbjørn Sjøgren for the footage! White: Juan Carlos Rueda-Kjeldsen (FIDE: 1988) Black: IM John Bartholomew (FIDE: 2444) Review this game on … [Read more...] about Stjernen Blitz: Rueda-Kjedlsen vs. IM Bartholomew

A blitz game from the meetup on Oct. 8, 2017 at Stjernen Sjakklubb (http://skstjernen.no/) in Oslo, Norway. We played a 7-round tournament at a time control of 3 minutes with a 2 second increment. This is from Round 6. Thanks to Oddbjørn Sjøgren for the footage! White: IM John Bartholomew (FIDE: 2444) Black: FM Anders Hobber (FIDE: 2297) Review this game on lichess.org: … [Read more...] about Stjernen Blitz: IM Bartholomew vs. FM Hobber

This is a live, 1.5 hour lecture I gave on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 at the Oslo Chess Festival. The topic of the lecture was "Common Themes Below 2200." Most of the examples are from videos I've posted on this very channel (see below), so feel free to check those out if you'd like additional explanations. Thank you to Pål Nordquelle (Oslo Chess Festival organizer), Kimiya Sajjadi … [Read more...] about Oslo Chess Festival: IM John Bartholomew Masterclass