US Chess League Analysis: IM Bartholomew vs. IM Priyadharshan Kannappan
The United State Chess League is an online-based team competition featuring squads from all around the US: http://uschessleague.com My analysis of this game on YouTube:
Chess Cognition #9: NM Jason Drake vs. IM Bartholomew
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Chess Cognition #8: IM Bartholomew vs. GM Nick De Firmian
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Chess Cognition #7: IM Bartholomew vs. FM Konstantin Kavutskiy
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Chess Cognition #6: IM Bartholomew vs. Samarth Chakrasali
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Chess Cognition #5: GM Alejandro Ramirez vs. IM Bartholomew
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Chess Cognition #4: IM John Bartholomew vs. GM Alex Lenderman
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Chess.com Streamers Challenge - John Bartholomew
On Wednesday, Sep. 16 Chess.com hosted the first Streamers Challenge. This was a 7-round tournament where participants live-streamed their games and discussed their thoughts as they played. It was won by GM Jon Ludvig Hammer and GM Georg Meier, wh...
Chess Cognition #3: NM Wilson Gibbins vs. IM Bartholomew
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Chess Cognition #2: GM Irina Krush vs. IM Bartholomew
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Chess Cognition #1: Joerg Wilke vs. IM Bartholomew
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US Chess League Analysis: IM Bartholomew vs. IM Guillermo Vazquez
The United States Chess League is an online-based team competition featuring squads from all around the US: http://uschessleague.com My analysis of this game on YouTube:
Student Spotlight: Grant versus Double Queens
Recently a student of mine, Grant Oen (USCF 2073) played a crazy game against David Mbonu (USCF 1981). Analysis of this game on my YouTube channel:
US Chess League Analysis: IM Bartholomew vs. FM Steven Breckenridge
The United States Chess League is an online-based team competition featuring squads from all around the US: http://uschessleague.com My analysis of this game on YouTube:
US Chess League Analysis: IM Bartholomew vs. IM Georgi Orlov
The United States Chess League is an online-based team competition featuring squads from all around the US: http://uschessleague.com/ My analysis of this game on YouTube:
Endgame Exploration #1: A tricky pawn endgame
Recently I played a blitz game that featured an usually tricky and instructive K+P vs. K+P endgame. Can you solve it? ***SPOILER ALERT**** ***SPOILER ALERT**** ***SPOILER ALERT**** ***SPOILER ALERT**** ***SPOILER ALERT**** ***SPOILER ALERT**...
Bartholomew - Shabalov, Foxwoods 2003
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Open Trifecta: Twin Ports, Noel Skelton, Bloomington
Greetings, faithful blog readers! It is I, Fins0905. Several months have elapsed since my last blog post, so I figured I'd better get back on the horse (because I just KNOW you're suffering severe withdrawals from the absence of my blogs! ). I p...
Growing Your Chess Coaching Business with Chess.com
The following is an article I wrote for the September 2013 edition of The Master's Bulletin, Chess.com's monthy PDF magazine for titled players. Growing Your Chess Coaching Business with Chess.com by John Bartholomew In the early months of 2011 ...
North by Southwest
Time for another month-end blog round-up! July was non-stop work for me, as I crisscrossed the country teaching chess. It was awesome! In the span of 2.5 weeks I taught the following: US Chess School - New York, NY (July 11) Western Invitational ...
MN Blitz Championship
On Sunday, June 23, I competed in the Minnesota Blitz Championship in St. Paul, MN. This was the second year I played this 18 game (9 double rounds) event, having won it last year with a score of 16.5/18. This year's tournament was somewhat weake...
Recurring Themes
Recently I have been fascinated by the concept of patterns in chess. At his core, a good chess player is essentially a super-efficient pattern recognition machine. He can cast his gaze upon an unknown position, identify the salient features, recal...
Okoboji Open
Greetings! Spring is now upon is, and woodpushers everywhere are gearing up for the slew of summer tournaments that make the warmest months the best time to get back to the board. Due to work commitments I probably won't be playing as actively as ...
Blunder!
"The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made." - Savielly Tartakower I recently played a rather captivating game. It was an engaging theoretical battle that featured unusual tactics, a fine king hunt, measured attacks, and inspire...
Reykjavik Open
Greetings from Iceland! I'm back in this lovely country as a participant in the Reykjavik Open, which has just concluded. I'm staying on a few more days as well to participate in the Icelandic Team Championship (for Godinn-Matar). The ...
