Hey John! This was one of the very instructive videos of this series. The games where the the opponents are 1600-1900 rated are the most useful for some of us. Such games where there is no outright blunder of pieces but instead passive play or developmental or coordination issues costs the game. Love these!
Also, this time increment (15|10) is the prime set-up for these instructional videos. I definitely like the 5' vids as well, but I feel like a lot goes unsaid in those, especially in the openings
"Climbing the Rating Ladder" are my favorite videos to watch. They can be very instructive, but , they are just fun to watch. The teacher part of John comes out very naturally as you listen and watch these videos. you can tell that his true goal is,in fact,that he wants all of us to play better chess.
Been watching your videos recently. Don't know if I'm learning something or just got lucky but won against a 1420 rating for first time ever. My rating has never been over 1300. He pawn stormed my king side after I castled and I broke open the center, traded queens then stuck a knight in the middle of his king side. I simplified my 2 point advantage to a sole remaining bishop and started taking his remaining pawns. Yea baby!
Congratulation John! for your 75k Subscriber. You deserve it. I remember when i found your channel you had around 6k Subscriber. I regularly watch your amazing content for several years. Best chess channel on TH-cam 💖💖💖
Hi John, been watching your videos on YT for almost a year. Want to say thanks for sharing your passion. Your channel is a nice combination of entertaining and informative. It's cool to find a move then see you play it, or more frequently watch you find a move and try to follow the calculation and reasoning. The reason I'm commenting now is to say thanks for making the comparison to poker, and pointing to some mental health issues that sometimes accompany gaming. Your reminders to play longer games and not too many per day really resonate, and I'm sure because of this you'll help some folks keep mentally healthy. Cheers and keep up the good work!
Big fan of the Climbing the Rating Ladder and I thought this one had an extremely telling sequence - right around the 22:00 mark before John plays Bd5. I've noticed how he plays with candidate moves until he finds one that he really likes and this was a good example where he was looking at Knight moves but not really finding one and then seemed to just come across the Bd5 move which turned out to really be a great move. I have a tendency to find an intuitive move (and my intuition is no where near as good as JB's) and then play it - while here's a guy with great intuition who plays around with more moves until he finds one that really is better. Very educational sequence. Thanks for doing these John - they really have helped me change how I think about a chess move.
Heey JB!! Nice to see you again here! in this amazing "Climbing the rating" I was missing this! I finished to see the video 1:00am here and I love it. I really love this seccion. Thank you Jhon!!
Great video as always, John. You are helping me become a better player everyday. Thanks for all that you do. Climbing the rating ladder and the fundamentals videos are my favorite. #teamScandi
Thanx for all you do, John! I had kind of gotten stuck with boring play and not progressing in my game. But, seeing the clearness of your thinking and how powerful threatening moves are, you helped reignite my interest in chess! I just wish I could calculate moves like you can. Probably my weakest skill....
Damn it I think I'm turning into a chess nerd, only took it up 3 months ago, found your channel and I'm hooked! Your style is very Clint Eastwood; very cool, never look in any danger and always in full control - keep up the videos, they are invaluable.
Another fantastic game and analysis Juan, I thought for sure on move 2 you would have played Nc6, the Black KnightsTango ( also known as the Mexican Defense). Congrats on reaching 75K subscribers, it is an indication of your excellent teaching abilities and your likable persona. Thank the heavens you decided not to become a lawyer, the chess world would have been denied it's number one U-tuber. Like I said before you are the Grandmaster of chess instruction. Thanks for all you do.
HA! Playing chess in the swimmingpool ... DAT'S living life, Fins! (And yes: I followed you and listened carefully to your VERY basic and easy to understand instructions, since you/we celebrated 10K sub's on YT! As late as TODAY (6th of March, 2019) I applied some principles from your great videos in the endgame. Earlier I was a bit "afraid of" or reluctant to exchanging too many pieces, since endgame-theory is ... eeeeh ... comprehensive! But two connected passed pawns carefully escorted up the board did the "trick" and the hardest part of all: Winning a winning position! Danx, John!
Welcome back! Love these! Always good info! At move 12, I thought white missed their best chance to play a4. Keeping the black q-side pawns torn up makes for targets and practical play. Still a pawn down, but at least have something to play against.
34:50 instead of Be7 white can take a pawn on c7, then take b8 knight and then Bxc4 and material should be equal although i didnt look at the engine, so might be wrong
Thank you, John. Very instructive. You're right about the perfectionism suffering. Perhaps, it is because of Lasker's saying... "When you see a good move, look for a better one" 😁... Ok now, I will just relax and content with not too bad moves.
John you are a amazing chess player and a great guy, thanks for posting videos on internet i like them very much. I even take your d4 repetoire and i too play the slav defence because of you(i like the positions that u get , they are interesting). Hope you will get GM title soon :)
29:38 my move instead of loosing rook and bishop would be bishop h7 check king takes, rook D1 threatening bd5 bishop. not sure if this is a good response but i do believe it effective.
"4 games a day" - here I played 400 games in the first week of online chess haha. Quality matters but 4 is grandpa pace. Fatigue and tilt are factors but any serious poker player easily multitables 24 cash game tables and 50+ sng's. On the topic of chess - thanks to JB and Eric I'm learning a lot - started at low 800 in 10min blitz on chess.com and currently nearing 1100. Still blundering left and right, falling for traps, butchering the openings, etc., so constantly returning to these videos which are an infinite fountain of knowledge, the more you know, the more new things you learn.
(@43:33) - watch out for ... Rd2, Ra2 ... . While this - at first glance - appears to just protect the bishop on c2, there’s a discovered check with Bh7+ winning the exchange, as the rook on d2 is not defended!
Hey john I love your videos I have watched all the climbing the rating ladder videos. I am wondering if you have any videos where you play opponents of your same rank and record them?
Could white have made any trouble for you or bought a breath or two by moving B(h4) to g3 with the intention of moving on to e5 (which would cover the rook on a1) and then bringing the knight up to f4 or g3? Asking because I'm an older noob and find Droidfish a mystery to use. I'll search the Tube and see if I can find a tutorial.
Hi John, great video as always. Can you (or other veteran waters) share some thoughts on how a newbie like myself can determine that the C5 push is good? Your gameplan starting around move 10-12 surrounded completely on that strategy. Is it purely because black is more developed and white's king is not castled? if the white is castled (and knight is developed) would it still be appropriate to play C5? Just want some insights for what else to look for and how to take advantage of a slow opening by opponents. (also other considerations such as why C5 and not E5?)
Hey John this is Joe - hope you’re well. Just felt like using your catchphrase lol. Keep up the great work. Still hoping for a ctrl game with you on chess.com one day...one day...
Question as regard to setting a cap on the number of games played per day: should you set a cap for the number of losses you get? If you're on a bad roll, should you stop playing for a while?
Yes, it's not a bad idea to have a stop-loss for losses, too - e.g. 3 in a row. Especially if it affects your mood and decision-making, as it will for many.
I've noticed actually that that little tally after the game of mistakes and blunders means overall in the game, and not necessarily your own. So I imagine the only blunder in this game was your opponent's.
After looking at your game with the engine, I can only speculate that the "blunder" it says you played was not playing Nd5, perhaps? I couldn't see any other move that would be a "blunder".
Maybe I'll do a poker stream on Twitch some time :) I was a mass multi-tabler at low-limit NLHE, $.25/.50 and $.5/1. Haven't played seriously since Black Friday.
I didn't know you were a poker player. I find there's a lot of people interested in both poker and chess. I started learning poker and gave it up when I realized how bad I was and much work it would be to become a winning player. I figured -- I'd rather learn chess!
@@andrewj1216 I'm not saying poker is easy. But at least it has random factor in it. In poker at least you can have glimpses of small success against master players if you are skilled a bit. In chess master players will just shred you.
Converting an Advantage Series. You take winning positions from the CTRL series and play them out against Stockfish. Isn't there even a feature on chess.com to play the current position against the engine?
John! how do I get in touch with you! I'm wondering if we can set something up to teach my son? We watched many of your videos since last year Summer...Huge inspiration!
@@JohnBartholomewChess can I get a game too for you next CTL series ? 🙏Plz or else I will suicide and put your name in the suicide note 😂😂 ( hoping this will work)
This game looked super uncomfortable for white. Definitely didn't look like Senthil1706 had done their nimzo homework, which should be a priority for D4 players, right?
yes but only for people rated above 2000 elo etc... you can do it before but you gain little in the improvement department. totally not needed for players in this rating range, there is better things to focus on (like the rooks movement in this game for example, white failed to devellop them several times. i would have done it the sooner possible, even if i lose another pawn in the process. white failed to have any attack going whatsoever). you only need to work on your lines past the basics after reaching a high level.
@@vertsang5424 I play D4 a lot and i'm not rated above 2000 elo and I can pretty much get comfortably out of the opening against any basic reply to D4, especially the nimzo, so I definitely don't agree with this.
John can you play some 10 minute games since this is the default control and I believe the majority of people play it. These longer games are good, but it takes too much time to play 15+10
hello john i am your biiiiggggg fan from INDIA, i love your content, please come to india and participate in the delhi open , and meet your fans from india, john i just love your content and i love you, please reply jb
Hey John! This was one of the very instructive videos of this series. The games where the the opponents are 1600-1900 rated are the most useful for some of us. Such games where there is no outright blunder of pieces but instead passive play or developmental or coordination issues costs the game. Love these!
Agreed!!
Also, this time increment (15|10) is the prime set-up for these instructional videos. I definitely like the 5' vids as well, but I feel like a lot goes unsaid in those, especially in the openings
"Climbing the Rating Ladder" are my favorite videos to watch. They can be very instructive, but , they are just fun to watch. The teacher part of John comes out very naturally as you listen and watch these videos. you can tell that his true goal is,in fact,that he wants all of us to play better chess.
John you're one of the best chess players to watch to learn how to think. Thank you for your videos.
I agree!
Been watching your videos recently. Don't know if I'm learning something or just got lucky but won against a 1420 rating for first time ever. My rating has never been over 1300. He pawn stormed my king side after I castled and I broke open the center, traded queens then stuck a knight in the middle of his king side. I simplified my 2 point advantage to a sole remaining bishop and started taking his remaining pawns. Yea baby!
Congratulation John! for your 75k Subscriber.
You deserve it. I remember when i found your channel you had around 6k Subscriber.
I regularly watch your amazing content for several years.
Best chess channel on TH-cam 💖💖💖
And now is 185k! 😮
Congrats on 75k. Your videos have helped me improve my chess skills and positional skills. The endgames have been useful as well
This is my favorite chess series on youtube. Both instructive and fun. Thanks John
Hi John, been watching your videos on YT for almost a year. Want to say thanks for sharing your passion. Your channel is a nice combination of entertaining and informative. It's cool to find a move then see you play it, or more frequently watch you find a move and try to follow the calculation and reasoning. The reason I'm commenting now is to say thanks for making the comparison to poker, and pointing to some mental health issues that sometimes accompany gaming. Your reminders to play longer games and not too many per day really resonate, and I'm sure because of this you'll help some folks keep mentally healthy. Cheers and keep up the good work!
Love your videos! I learn a lot from these, especially at the longer time controls. Thanks for uploading.
Big fan of the Climbing the Rating Ladder and I thought this one had an extremely telling sequence - right around the 22:00 mark before John plays Bd5. I've noticed how he plays with candidate moves until he finds one that he really likes and this was a good example where he was looking at Knight moves but not really finding one and then seemed to just come across the Bd5 move which turned out to really be a great move. I have a tendency to find an intuitive move (and my intuition is no where near as good as JB's) and then play it - while here's a guy with great intuition who plays around with more moves until he finds one that really is better. Very educational sequence. Thanks for doing these John - they really have helped me change how I think about a chess move.
Heey JB!! Nice to see you again here! in this amazing "Climbing the rating" I was missing this! I finished to see the video 1:00am here and I love it. I really love this seccion. Thank you Jhon!!
JOHN
@@beyondlimits8159 Gesundheit.
2:20 JOHN! Don't you know, what happens in Mexico stays in Mexico 🤣🤣
🙈🙉🙊
😂
Excellent Video. Informative and Entertaining. Bartholomew is a talented coach.
I always look forward to your “Climbing the Rating Ladder” videos! Welcome back and congratulations on 75,000 subscribers!
Well done JB. Your fluid precision makes chess seem like a simple game!
Great video as always, John. You are helping me become a better player everyday. Thanks for all that you do. Climbing the rating ladder and the fundamentals videos are my favorite. #teamScandi
Love seeing your videos John, especially these longer games, Congrats on 75k and keep up the great content!
I would love to see John and his buddies "going at it in the middle of the pool"! lol
Carter Squirrels “It went pretty well.”
Love this series! Thanks for the upload!
Hi John, thank you for your generosity with your chess insight.
Thanx for all you do, John! I had kind of gotten stuck with boring play and not progressing in my game. But, seeing the clearness of your thinking and how powerful threatening moves are, you helped reignite my interest in chess! I just wish I could calculate moves like you can. Probably my weakest skill....
Wow John, is truly amazing how simple you make chess look! You are an amazing teacher.
Thank you, Guillermo :)
Damn it I think I'm turning into a chess nerd, only took it up 3 months ago, found your channel and I'm hooked! Your style is very Clint Eastwood; very cool, never look in any danger and always in full control - keep up the videos, they are invaluable.
Nice lesson! Thank you for sharing. I really enjoy Climbing the Rating Ladder.
Thank you for these videos. It is perfect for beginners like me. Please don`t stop uploading them!!
It's been a while since I last saw a video of yours, and I think I'm completely stunned!
Professor of 39 years here and I must say you are a gifted, natural teacher.
We are so lucky to have you and your commentaries John.
Thank you..my chess improves every month
Regards
DrDave South Africa
Thank you John for all your wonderful videos
Best series ever
Is that a giant king or a regular king super close to the camera?
Panda Panda or a regular king and john is just really small 🤔
Giant king :) A trophy for winning the 2015 Minnesota Open.
John Bartholomew thank you and congrats
@@NotElusivePanda Thanks for watching!
John! How do I get in touch with you :(
Another fantastic game and analysis Juan, I thought for sure on move 2 you would have played Nc6, the Black KnightsTango ( also known as the Mexican Defense). Congrats on reaching 75K subscribers, it is an indication of your excellent teaching abilities and your likable persona. Thank the heavens you decided not to become a lawyer, the chess world would have been denied it's number one U-tuber. Like I said before you are the Grandmaster of chess instruction. Thanks for all you do.
Very instructive video as always John!
The advise about making a 'good enough' decision was almost philosophical - life imitates chess!
HA! Playing chess in the swimmingpool ... DAT'S living life, Fins!
(And yes: I followed you and listened carefully to your VERY basic and easy to understand instructions, since you/we celebrated 10K sub's on YT! As late as TODAY (6th of March, 2019) I applied some principles from your great videos in the endgame.
Earlier I was a bit "afraid of" or reluctant to exchanging too many pieces, since endgame-theory is ... eeeeh ... comprehensive!
But two connected passed pawns carefully escorted up the board did the "trick" and the hardest part of all: Winning a winning position!
Danx, John!
Thanks for the great video, And congrats on your 75k subs.
Good to see you back John!
Welcome back! Love these! Always good info! At move 12, I thought white missed their best chance to play a4. Keeping the black q-side pawns torn up makes for targets and practical play. Still a pawn down, but at least have something to play against.
climbing the rating ladder is my favorite series. I learn so much
Someone please name me a more iconic introduction than “Hey guys, this is John.” * sips coffee *
I’ll wait.
Welcome back John I really missed you! Cheers from Denmark!
Congrats on 75k. Love your vids.
34:50 instead of Be7 white can take a pawn on c7, then take b8 knight and then Bxc4 and material should be equal
although i didnt look at the engine, so might be wrong
Thank you, John. Very instructive. You're right about the perfectionism suffering. Perhaps, it is because of Lasker's saying... "When you see a good move, look for a better one" 😁... Ok now, I will just relax and content with not too bad moves.
John you are a amazing chess player and a great guy, thanks for posting videos on internet i like them very much. I even take your d4 repetoire and i too play the slav defence because of you(i like the positions that u get , they are interesting). Hope you will get GM title soon :)
Seeing that title is music to my ears. Love this series
29:38 my move instead of loosing rook and bishop would be bishop h7 check king takes, rook D1 threatening bd5 bishop. not sure if this is a good response but i do believe it effective.
Very instructive...thanks for the video.
"4 games a day" - here I played 400 games in the first week of online chess haha. Quality matters but 4 is grandpa pace.
Fatigue and tilt are factors but any serious poker player easily multitables 24 cash game tables and 50+ sng's.
On the topic of chess - thanks to JB and Eric I'm learning a lot - started at low 800 in 10min blitz on chess.com and currently nearing 1100. Still blundering left and right, falling for traps, butchering the openings, etc., so constantly returning to these videos which are an infinite fountain of knowledge, the more you know, the more new things you learn.
Congrats on 75k!
(@43:33) - watch out for ... Rd2, Ra2 ... . While this - at first glance - appears to just protect the bishop on c2, there’s a discovered check with Bh7+ winning the exchange, as the rook on d2 is not defended!
Ra2 would run in to ...Nd3+, though.
Man, the between-moves talk suddenly got so real around 6:00 lol
Nice informative video. I was hoping to see where that "blunder" was.
Maybe a video on how to play chess in the pool? Sounds like fun
34:53 What about Bxc7? Doesn't that get the pawn back?
Woooooo ctrl vid!
Hey john I love your videos I have watched all the climbing the rating ladder videos. I am wondering if you have any videos where you play opponents of your same rank and record them?
i have been watching you religiously you have helped my game. i would like to see you vs IM Anna Rudolf
Glad my videos have helped you! Thanks for watching.
@@JohnBartholomewChess
What are Ur thoughts about Anna rudolf
really enjoy these long games
Could white have made any trouble for you or bought a breath or two by moving B(h4) to g3 with the intention of moving on to e5 (which would cover the rook on a1) and then bringing the knight up to f4 or g3? Asking because I'm an older noob and find Droidfish a mystery to use. I'll search the Tube and see if I can find a tutorial.
thanks for the upload!
i slowed down the part at 12:20 to half speed so i could pay closer attention to the opening moves - i highly recommend it - he sounds drunk as hell
no offense, love the video!
Hi John, great video as always. Can you (or other veteran waters) share some thoughts on how a newbie like myself can determine that the C5 push is good? Your gameplan starting around move 10-12 surrounded completely on that strategy. Is it purely because black is more developed and white's king is not castled? if the white is castled (and knight is developed) would it still be appropriate to play C5? Just want some insights for what else to look for and how to take advantage of a slow opening by opponents. (also other considerations such as why C5 and not E5?)
We missed youuu, John!
Yeah! A new climbing the rating ladder! Love it. You ever play Grunfeld, John?
John, would you recommend playing an engine couple of times a day?
Hey John this is Joe - hope you’re well. Just felt like using your catchphrase lol. Keep up the great work. Still hoping for a ctrl game with you on chess.com one day...one day...
13:39 Be4 you gotta go Ra7 so that Bc6 by black will be met by Bb7
Question as regard to setting a cap on the number of games played per day: should you set a cap for the number of losses you get? If you're on a bad roll, should you stop playing for a while?
Yes, it's not a bad idea to have a stop-loss for losses, too - e.g. 3 in a row. Especially if it affects your mood and decision-making, as it will for many.
I've noticed actually that that little tally after the game of mistakes and blunders means overall in the game, and not necessarily your own. So I imagine the only blunder in this game was your opponent's.
@piggypigpig I agree it's bizarre, but I have definitely seen games with only 1 blunder and when I looked it was my opponent and not me.
Welcome back!
After looking at your game with the engine, I can only speculate that the "blunder" it says you played was not playing Nd5, perhaps? I couldn't see any other move that would be a "blunder".
I think that's right!
Welcome back
Sir u r superb highly inspiring .
My best channel on youtube :)
Love you from Egypt
So when are we getting a coffee making tutorial? :)
I was looking forward to the fashion tutorial he promised last April.
just letting you know that 15+15 is the default on lichess, not 15+10 :)
Hi JB, welcome back...of all places to vacation...Mexico..assume it went well since you are still alive...eh?
I don't understand. Mexico is awesome for vacation
What part of Mexico ? I'm thinking of going to Cabo.
Cancun!
@@JohnBartholomewChess cool! Welcome back.
Nice I'm going on March 17.
YES
Definitely would love watching you play poker!! Were you really good at it?
Maybe I'll do a poker stream on Twitch some time :) I was a mass multi-tabler at low-limit NLHE, $.25/.50 and $.5/1. Haven't played seriously since Black Friday.
I dont' see "Business inquiries" button under "About" on your TH-cam channel...
It's under Details
th-cam.com/channels/6hOVYvNn79Sl1Fc1vx2mYA.htmlabout?disable_polymer=1 this is what I see on his "About" tab....I DO NOT see his email..
I vow to not eat until you upload another video
Yikes
I didn't know you were a poker player. I find there's a lot of people interested in both poker and chess. I started learning poker and gave it up when I realized how bad I was and much work it would be to become a winning player. I figured -- I'd rather learn chess!
It's easier to win some good games in Poker than in Chess ;) Chess is even harder and harsher game. Poker has at least some swing.
Ehhh they’re different. Both mental games, but I wouldn’t say chess is definitively harder. I am better at chess than poker though
@@andrewj1216 I'm not saying poker is easy. But at least it has random factor in it. In poker at least you can have glimpses of small success against master players if you are skilled a bit. In chess master players will just shred you.
Where was the blunder?
Thanks again for the great video! After move 22 you say that White is lost. Would you win this position against an engine, is it that lost?
I believe I could, yes.
Possibly a new series idea, John? How to win won positions would be extremely instructive.
@@JohnBartholomewChess wow
Converting an Advantage Series. You take winning positions from the CTRL series and play them out against Stockfish. Isn't there even a feature on chess.com to play the current position against the engine?
Plz continue this channel
9:55 I like d5 there
You always bring the coffee issue
John! how do I get in touch with you! I'm wondering if we can set something up to teach my son? We watched many of your videos since last year Summer...Huge inspiration!
Hey Kevin! Click on my "About" page, and then "For business inquiries."
sir pleease play some matches with the fide computer 2700chess.com computer with diffrenct rating level start fro m 2000 level thansk
John I missed you!
wish we could turn back time ... to the good old days... when my mamma sang us to sleep
Seriously? 21 pilots? - listen to good music like britney spears or rebecca black.
How do you choose your opponents for this CTL series ?
At random, usually by looking at the open challenges.
@@JohnBartholomewChess can I get a game too for you next CTL series ? 🙏Plz or else I will suicide and put your name in the suicide note 😂😂 ( hoping this will work)
You and your buddy were going at it right in the middle of the pool huh? Kappa
2:17
"Don't be that person." -John "Beard" Bartholomew 2019
I'm at 1200 could anyone give me some tips, thanks
This game looked super uncomfortable for white. Definitely didn't look like Senthil1706 had done their nimzo homework, which should be a priority for D4 players, right?
yes but only for people rated above 2000 elo etc... you can do it before but you gain little in the improvement department.
totally not needed for players in this rating range, there is better things to focus on (like the rooks movement in this game for example, white failed to devellop them several times. i would have done it the sooner possible, even if i lose another pawn in the process. white failed to have any attack going whatsoever).
you only need to work on your lines past the basics after reaching a high level.
@@vertsang5424 I play D4 a lot and i'm not rated above 2000 elo and I can pretty much get comfortably out of the opening against any basic reply to D4, especially the nimzo, so I definitely don't agree with this.
John can you play some 10 minute games since this is the default control and I believe the majority of people play it. These longer games are good, but it takes too much time to play 15+10
hello john i am your biiiiggggg fan from INDIA, i love your content, please come to india and participate in the delhi open , and meet your fans from india, john i just love your content and i love you, please reply jb