8:45 look how John succinctly summarizes a key takeaway from the game, honest without being mean, clear and concise, not hamming up for the camera, no music… It’s clear he’s putting forth effort to be educational.
@@jeremyarcus-goldberg9543I think white can, but then black will move up the rooks to the c2 and f2 and eventually overload the white bishop. Mate seems inevitable
Fantastic 14 games in a row win. With so little time still relaxed explaining ur thoughts and your time management has no complaining, excellent. Thanks for sharing this tournament with us John. Keep up your great work & games. Cheers!
John, that was a lot of fun. And an enjoyable change of pace from your usual in-depth focus on only one game per video. I don't know how many games you played in this tournament, but it felt like 20 or so. So you sacrifice the depth of commentary, but instead give us a ton of games, with examples of many different openings, positions and opponent playing styles. And of course there's the excitement of 3 + 0 games, sometimes even with a beserk to really spice things up! So I think that the occasional video in this style would definitely be worthwhile and refreshing.
It's very interesting at 13:55 that John sees NE1! In the line he's analyzing - but then misses it immediately on the next move! Lucky that your opponent missed it too! (I'm quite sure I only caught it as the idea was just mentioned) Thanks for the content short John
Looking at it again, I should have probably played 36.Kh2!, which solves the ...Rh1 issue and steps out of a potential knight check. Then, Bc4-d3 is truly on the way.
And there was the Anti Alapin Sicilian (ok, was more a Smith-Morra) that I wished for in the last video's comment section. Thanks John. Very instructive video in general.
This feels like John speaking directly to me, saying: "You think I can't produce educational content without increment? Think again!" I stand corrected.
IMO, your youtube-only videos are my favorites; I find them to be more focused and to provide more educational than the twitch streams; although its always fun to say hi
hey john, great games! Also would be keen to see you play the leningrad dutch soon, as I like dabbling with it but sometimes have issues with king safety, so would be interesting to see how you handle it
hey John, Could you please make some videos based on otb chess training routine, tips, and how to win in the tournament? It would be really helpful thx.
16:18 castling looks suspicious to me after Ne5. isn't black in trouble after g4? you can't escape to Be4 so g4 Bg6 h4 looks like a threat. usually my gut instinct is to play Nd7 as soon as Ne5 comes on the board so i don't have problems with the LSB. do you have a rule of thumb when we have to worry about g4/h4 and when we don't have to worry about it?
I’m assuming John missed it because g4/h4 looks (at least to me) very strong but how does Nd7 prevent g4? Is the idea to play Bg6 and after h4 take Nxe5 ? To me that looks scary for Black
@@leo-um6yt sort of, but a move earlier. Nbd7 is a common idea with this Bf5/e6 structure like in the scandinavian. white isn't really threatening to win a piece, but rather to ruin the f pawn structure. for example Ne5 O-O g4 Bg6 h4 h6 Nxg6 fxg6. So to defend against it, you just need to trade off the knight on e5. after Ne5 Nbd7 g4 we immediately capture Nxe5 and the bishop is safe. Usually in these kinds of positions black has a knight on f6 so after Nxe5 dxe5 white is threatening black's knight, but there's no knight here either. And white has an undefended bishop on c4. so after Nxe5 white must recapture back, and cannot try gxf5 since Nxc4 will come next. i've never had a white pawn on f4 in this kind of position, so i'm actually not sure how that changes the position. i didn't run this through an engine so there are probably subtlties i'm missing.
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8:45 look how John succinctly summarizes a key takeaway from the game, honest without being mean, clear and concise, not hamming up for the camera, no music… It’s clear he’s putting forth effort to be educational.
Why can’t white move queen next to king and prevent mate from black?
@@jeremyarcus-goldberg9543I think white can, but then black will move up the rooks to the c2 and f2 and eventually overload the white bishop. Mate seems inevitable
John apologizing for a longer video is not unlike a masseuse apologizing for adding free extra time to your massage.
😂
Full hour of Micro John playing blitz? I think I'll do a Bob Ross style painting and enjoy these things.
The best advice! Play solid, win games, feel good! Smile on my face! Thanks for the set, John!!
This video was great. It's so nice to have these videos every other day for now. Very much appreciated and looked forward to.
Fantastic 14 games in a row win. With so little time still relaxed explaining ur thoughts and your time management has no complaining, excellent. Thanks for sharing this tournament with us John. Keep up your great work & games. Cheers!
18:36 "less prospects". The first mistake in english I've ever heard from john and he caught it immediately lol.
😂 Climbing the Grammar Ladder
I liked your sharing your thought process...the #1 spot was merely icing!
Love this instructive content! Thanks John!
Very fun video John. Thanks as always!
John, that was a lot of fun. And an enjoyable change of pace from your usual in-depth focus on only one game per video. I don't know how many games you played in this tournament, but it felt like 20 or so. So you sacrifice the depth of commentary, but instead give us a ton of games, with examples of many different openings, positions and opponent playing styles. And of course there's the excitement of 3 + 0 games, sometimes even with a beserk to really spice things up! So I think that the occasional video in this style would definitely be worthwhile and refreshing.
It's very interesting at 13:55 that John sees NE1! In the line he's analyzing - but then misses it immediately on the next move!
Lucky that your opponent missed it too! (I'm quite sure I only caught it as the idea was just mentioned)
Thanks for the content short John
This was a really interesting and instructive watch, thanks John! Looking forward to picking up the Scandi when you release your course
It's very nice to see you on Lichess!
14:05 Black missed Ne1+ there!
Lucky me! 😁
Looking at it again, I should have probably played 36.Kh2!, which solves the ...Rh1 issue and steps out of a potential knight check. Then, Bc4-d3 is truly on the way.
@@JohnBartholomewChess What's funny is that at 13:57 you actually mention Ne1 and say "let's hope they don't find that", well, they didn't!
This was so funny to watch, he goes “Black has Ne1, lets hope they dont find it”, then allows it anyway, I thought it was intentional
@leo-um6yt I was so confused lol
"I'm going to take the knight because we hate knights." 😆
8:26 Isn't Qg1 stopping the mate?
I also want to know
What a treat! Superb as always JB
Great video John, congratulations on the first place!
Much appreciated!
Congrats John! You have improved a lot on time management and strategy!
Love to see like this. Great content as always.
What was Tenistas problem, dude was really ticking me off and I wasn’t even playing.
And there was the Anti Alapin Sicilian (ok, was more a Smith-Morra) that I wished for in the last video's comment section. Thanks John.
Very instructive video in general.
Well played John!
This feels like John speaking directly to me, saying: "You think I can't produce educational content without increment? Think again!"
I stand corrected.
I've missed these - you seem even smarter at 2x speed :)
8:48 why can’t White move the queen next to their king and prevent the mate from black?
Nice video @John Bartholomew, thanks for sharing your thoughts while playing
Wow! That game against low key titled was a lesson in clamping down on a position and then board geometry. The checkmate came out of nowhere.
Vinod0922 casually mating himself at 32:49
Oof, and White missed it 😀
IMO, your youtube-only videos are my favorites; I find them to be more focused and to provide more educational than the twitch streams; although its always fun to say hi
Thank you John for this video, it was a great watch. Hope your voice is back to 100%.
super nice blitz display
"Hey guys its Baller John" Love the watch!
Any chance you can make a vid on the danish gambit?
I was second place :)
Congrats!
hey john, great games! Also would be keen to see you play the leningrad dutch soon, as I like dabbling with it but sometimes have issues with king safety, so would be interesting to see how you handle it
Thank you John ❤❤❤
Thank you for watching!
Long games a deep analysis is nice, but it's great to see some good old blitz action. 27:12 - free pawn missed.
hey John, Could you please make some videos based on otb chess training routine, tips, and how to win in the tournament? It would be really helpful thx.
Great surprise
Hey John any plans to continue with Lichess plays in the future? I’m sure others have asked you this already so apologies for that.
Definitely learned a new tactic! Can't always say that.
16:18 castling looks suspicious to me after Ne5. isn't black in trouble after g4? you can't escape to Be4 so g4 Bg6 h4 looks like a threat. usually my gut instinct is to play Nd7 as soon as Ne5 comes on the board so i don't have problems with the LSB. do you have a rule of thumb when we have to worry about g4/h4 and when we don't have to worry about it?
I’m assuming John missed it because g4/h4 looks (at least to me) very strong but how does Nd7 prevent g4? Is the idea to play Bg6 and after h4 take Nxe5 ? To me that looks scary for Black
@@leo-um6yt sort of, but a move earlier. Nbd7 is a common idea with this Bf5/e6 structure like in the scandinavian. white isn't really threatening to win a piece, but rather to ruin the f pawn structure. for example Ne5 O-O g4 Bg6 h4 h6 Nxg6 fxg6. So to defend against it, you just need to trade off the knight on e5. after Ne5 Nbd7 g4 we immediately capture Nxe5 and the bishop is safe. Usually in these kinds of positions black has a knight on f6 so after Nxe5 dxe5 white is threatening black's knight, but there's no knight here either. And white has an undefended bishop on c4. so after Nxe5 white must recapture back, and cannot try gxf5 since Nxc4 will come next. i've never had a white pawn on f4 in this kind of position, so i'm actually not sure how that changes the position. i didn't run this through an engine so there are probably subtlties i'm missing.
Awesome treat!
The longer videos the better I would say!
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7:53 g3 was hanging with Bxg3 and white can't play fxg3 because the Queen pins it.
Haha nevermind, you played it immediately after :)
hi John, this is guys. Thanks for the instructional chess :)
Great video!
Thank you!
you play fine they play??
45:35 Spanish course 101 😎
Nice shirt.
Not sure why, but I misread the title as your thought process against a 440 rated opponent 😆
thanks for a cool video
Love watching these thank you
Great!
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Just for you yube! I feel so privileged