Stonewall Short-Circuited | Standard Chess  

Twin Ports Open final standings: www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201908187092.1-12718516

I love hearing high level thought, and then in my game I think "horsey goes smash smash!"

I've been following your channel for a month or so now, working my way through some of your older videos, and I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for the great content you've put up here. Not only are you a great player, but you also have a gift for teaching--your excellent explanations make complex ideas a lot easier to digest for low-level players like myself (I've learned a lot from your chess fundamentals videos and your game analyses). And I guess it doesn't hurt that your soothing voice and calm demeanor make your videos very easy to watch, too! Oh, and congratulations on winning the tournament!

Can't believe it's been 13 months - congrats on the tournament victory! And great to see you back on youtube!

Today marks a year since I started watching John! Currently 1800 on lichess, started out 800. I just want to thank him and all the other streamers I’ve watched, they have inspired me to even start producing my own videos!

great to see you back, and on lichess!

thanks for putting a link to review the game on lichess. most channels don't do this. I love how you're so good/in tune with ur audience. it's the little things like this that make me love ur channel so much.keep it up John!

Very happy to see lichess back on the playlist!

Great to have you back , John. Would love to see a Video again, where you analyse typical mistakes of one of your students, like you did with Zac a few years ago. That would be awesome.

So happy you're back John, since your absence I've been watching a lot of your earlier videos where you talk about the basic e4 e5 games (rating was at 900) definitely climbed up the rating ladder since watching them (now 1300) hope to see more in the future

@HanginPawns nice to get a shoutout by John :) You two should play a training game and both record it if your schedules allow it :D That would be amazing.

Always a pleasure to watch, John. Thanks.

Welcome back John! I thought you were busy with the summer camp but the tournament was cool too. About the new PC, as a PC enthusiast I would of course recommend you build your own. There really is not much difficulty - people describe it as 'adult Lego'. But I understand if you don't have the time, so in that case I will recommend a reputable system integrator as your second best option. Compared to prebuilts from manufacturers like Dell and Lenovo, you pay less for more performance. They offer extended warranty too, just in case you want that. The three brands I can recommend are CyberPower, iBuyPower, and Maingear. I have referred several friends to them all in the past and all had good experiences. If you want a recommendation for a configuration, give me a budget and I can put one together for you. As of the face cam location issue, I can write a simple browser script that moves the right-hand panel up a bit so you have a blank space there. You might want to reduce overall font size though (or go to 1080p), as otherwise the move list may look very squeezed and uncomfortable. Tell me if you want such a thing or if you have other ideas.

Great to see you back on lichess. Nice explanation of strategy against the stonewall. I always end up in huge pressure when playing against it, often with the opponent lodging a knight on e4. Also thanks for the analysis of the pawn square situation! Good tip!!

Thank you John the chess community is becoming better and bigger and your contribution is precious.

I would like to warmly congratulate your opponent on not being a cheat

John, it is hard to believe that there are subscribers of your channel that don't love you and don't appreciate what you did for us all in terms of our chess education. I am in the Patreon group of Stjepan as well, and also I am in love with Chessable, which I use on a daily basis. But this time I will allow myself to completely disagree with you on your comment regarding the fact that you must limit your online game analysis because your opponents watch your channel. Please, believe me, they all have Chessbase and all your games played since you were a small kid until the last weekend tournament are there. Nobody will waste time looking at your videos, as this is really time consuming, if he/she can simply go trough your games with a professional chess software. And since your future opponents will be in their majority grandmasters, they are used to prepare for an opponent analyzing games in a chess database instead of looking through videos. Please, don't deprive us from your excellent educational videos because you fear your opponents will know what you will play against them. Cheers, Yavor

I'm just amazed at your tactical skills here john. As a 1500ish player it just looks like magic when you see these lines.

passing by to say thank you John for all the instructive videos you post . Just crossed 2000 on chess.com , and I haven’t put much effort apart from watching your videos .

So happy to see your video before going to sleep

I see it's another late night John haha. Love the late night uploads!

The man is back, the vids are back. Congrats on the tournament victory! Glad to hear that your Clock as a Weapon is not only helping us but helping pave your way to victory!

so happy to see a new video from me. I've missed them. I really loved this video with your analysis. please keep coming out with more videos 🥰

A BIG congrats on winning the Twin Ports Open Minnesota Fins. Thanks for another instructive video, you made my day.

😈 Gooooooooooooooood John, the black lichess background goooooooooooooooooood 😈

John, thanks for the advice on time management. Very true for someone, like myself, who is back to tournament play after a 5 year hiatus.By the way - CONGRATS on your article in the September 2019 issue of Chess Life.

Love the videos! Would definatley pick up a john Bartholomew t shirt of they were available!

Congratulations John, happy for you. Love your content.

Congrats John and great to see you back. 🙌🙌🙌

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us

Happy to see you back! 100k soon!!! Congrats

Funny that you posted this right after (literally within 20 min) I was finished studying the same Ba3 plan in the same type of stonewall structure transposed from a Catalan. The chess gods are watching over lol. Nice tactic!!

Thanks JB. Been watching you for years now . Remember the Scandy days boss? Good times. Nice congrats 👍 👌 on winning the OTB tourney

Great to see you again John! Kudos for the tournament.

Congrats on the tournament and nice to have you back!

Many thanks John! Keep it up.

Congratulations on winning the tournament John

CONGRATS on winning the tournament John! Hope you get your GM title (officially) soon!

Congratulations John!

Sir, a note about your video screen design: As most of us read from left to right and scan pictures the same way our vision most naturally comes to rest on the right side of the page. Putting your main image on the left side of the page is awkward for the viewer as one has to continually drag their vision back across the page to watch you. If possible it would be easier for the viewer to have the board in the center, you on the right and whatever other information you want to post on the left of the screen. Regards, Ric

I just recently started watching the "hanging pawns" channel. Prior to that, I never would've thought that posting your matches online could be so disadvantageous

Ive been playg the stoe wall for years now it's the only book I've ever read on chess. It wasn't surprising how fast you ran through him. Im currently around a 1550 player and the higher i go i see the stone wall is not to effective. I have been watching your channel for around 2 months now and your such a good teacher. Just picked up 2 books yesterday on chess I must learn some other styles of play besides the stone wall. Thanks for your content!!!!

HE'S BACK! I MISSED YOU, JOHN!

Another great video, thank you!

Congrats John!

Interesting, just like marathoners need to do some speed training, tournament players should play some blitz to improve time management

you are my favorite youtube notification, john!

Bartholomewwwww! He's back!

Hi John What surprises are waiting for us at one hundred thousand subscribers ?

can any1 tell me why Qf6 would be a bad move at 8:46?the idea is Bb2,Rxc1. Now either Bxf6 or Rxc1 doesn't seem that great to me,as black wins back a piece

Tal, Kasparov and John are my favorite players in the whole history of Chess ☺

I love these longer time control games! Hey, John, please consider doing a mini match series against Kassa Korley, he is an IM with a small YT channel.

Have you tried to replace the thermal paste in your CPU heatsink? It's quite normal for a PC with a few years that the paste is already crystallised and therefore not transferring the heat efficiently. I would try that first and see if performance improves. Love your videos and congrats for the tournament win :)

Hi John. You mentioned that you don't want to give too much away by showing your OTB games on here. Fair enough, but aren't the moves going to be available online anyway?

Don’t fall for Johns ploy. My mans got a torso up shot in the US chess magazine, he’s looking pretty juiced up.

hit me back just to chat truly yours your biggest fan this is stan

I love Hanging Pawns

Great to see you back..

Nice to see u again ,and congrats

Whats the deal with the telephone symbol next to "Notes". Never saw that in my games.

Congratulations on the tournament John. I would keep the games private. I want you to get your GM norms!

Dont opponents just prepare against you using chess base and chessABC?

11:13 With c6 you wouldn't be hitting the bishop on d7, you'd be hitting b7 with unstoppable bxa8.

Jhon why dont u ever analysis Lco games? I would love to hear your point of view about those games and im sure it will b very constructive.

Congratulations on your write up in Chess Life this month.

What's your price range for desktop? I do like lenovo for laptop battery life and milspec build and keyboard

I like this layout but i think it would be a good idea to make the chessboard larger and the timer layout smaller.

yay another video!

Use a third screen capture to get just the clock and reposition it

What’s average centi-pawn loss? Is it lesser the number the better?

😃👍👏👌💯 Love Your Channel!

In the first game on move 10 why Ba3 instead of c5?

Hope you do great in the next tournament as well

For what are you going to NY?

Blonde roast has the highest caffeine content! 475mg in a venti compared to 415mg with Pike Place (Google search lol)

Very exciting to be early lol

Just read the names in the spectators' list and you know why paying on lichess is way cooler :D

You do love your Starbucks John. Did you happen to be near any game of thrones sets during the filming of season 8?

Looking forward to see you record again. I can see you hit GM if you spend some time on it. Have you given it any consideration?

I was disappointed last night; Looking for a JB vid on the Dutch to beat the TURBOSTAR 432. I open my eyes... Whaddya know?

JOOOOOOOHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSS BAAAAAACCCCCCCCK! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I can build a computer for you if you need help ^.^

*Sips Coffee Wins in 13 moves lol

And that ladies and gentlemen.... is how a GM destroy the Dutch. WOW!!!

Computer fan!? I thought your maid was running a vacuum in the next room.

Are you still accepting students right now ?

Just a thought.. Are you opposed to reviewing games played by other competitors from the tournament?

Lichess? Is chess.com not paying you enough, John? 😂 Great to see you back.

Can you play a game against me john

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF MY SCREEN?

Jooooohhhhhnnn, i miss you and your.chess so much, please try to.post more oftenly 😪😪, please make a video on philodor if possible

how was that player rated 2221?

Just tell me your budget on the new computer and I will tell you the best one you can get.

I beat stjpan

Point of personal privilege (watch democratic socialist convention by Andy Ngo if you haven't yet) if John doesn't post a video a day I think he should be sent to the gulag. Grats on your tournament John, also curious what your thoughts are on the grand solar minimum.

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