Move First, Talk Second | Using the Clock as a Weapon #31

A dialed-in session! 💪 My goals in this series are to 1) stay even or ahead of my opponents on the clock, and 2) trust my decision-making. Follow along as I try to avoid perfectionist tendencies and apply pressure with the ultimate equalizer in competitive chess: the clock! #Chess #BlitzChess #ClockAsAWeapon
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[@JohnBartholomewChess]

Hitting CAPS like this regularly at 3+0 is the goal: pasteboard.co/JzmoPde.jpg LET'S GOOO!! 💪

[@tsally2video]

John you are on fire!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@naoufalhar8570]

I'd love to see this on Titled Tuesday, you can do it John, just focus on the clock. Nice games!

[@bobbybeyer2127]

Hey John, this is guys!

[@pabl048]

I opened the video and before it could start I said "Hey guys, this is John." Then it happened and my wife looked at me like I was a wizard.

[@danielmcgrath3291]

Thanks for the increase in video uploads recently!! Much appreciated!

[@nikoskonstantinidis7749]

As Elli Wallace once said "When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

Legendary line and movie

[@7inrain]

During the last game your opponent fired off his last moves so quickly that I was nearly sure you would lose on time. Was really surprised when the ending dialog popped up with the message that it was him who ran out of time. Very well done how you kept your cool under pressure.

[@leonardsmith9870]

Soooo when you getting that GM title? You play extremely well for an IM and even beat GMs!!!

[@pmchess]

"Bring this over and game over" (Bartholomew, 2020)

[@frankiegee6135]

Glad I found you John. You have the best quality Chess videos!

[@Tanguy31130]

Follow you for more than 5 years and still love a lot your content !

[@shadowrider7428]

John, just gotta say, I've been watching you for years now, and i have finally made it over 1700 rating on chess.com. i struggled in the 1400s for the longest time, and in the last couple weeks have breezed through 14,15, and 16, and am now hitting another teetering point between 1670 and 1720 range. But i know I'll break through here also eventually. I LOVE learning new things from you. Thank you for all you do for the chess community.

[@earthwormsim8068]

Well done! I've just start playing this past couple of months and would like to hit 1000 by the years end. Currently stuck at 650-700 for 10min games. But I reckon I cam get there 😆

[@abhigyandatta2008]

JB (James Bond): Using the Glock as a weapon. JB( John Bartholomew): Using the Clock as a weapon.

[@travelmoneychess]

Amazing set of games John! I love seeing you smash it like that. Continue your mindset of trusting your instinct and keeping a time edge. In a lot of your games where you overthink, you often end up playing your first instinctual move anyway. I hope to continue seeing videos like this. We all know you're capable

[@RobbiePfunder]

these are the kinds of videos i live for. well done!

[@tarekbaziz]

That first game was a beauty man ! Especially against a GM ! Learning a lot from your vids john thank you

[@angoor101]

John, you’re the coolest chess player under fire. My own sound of heartbeat is enough to distract me while playing chess, much less speaking to an audience in front of a camera. Very entertaining and educational videos. Thanks for your posts.

[@Gustavo-so7zk]

12:49 late night John trying to pronounce Italian names is hilarious

[@cfgauss71]

1. Great job 5/5 !!! 2. That last game - nailbiter! 3. Proof: your face at 32:35

[@Mcveezy]

I have to admit, I was doubting you for a while in the last game. Bc5+ was such a nice find both saving the bishop and defending the checking square for his rook. Well played sir always entertaining.

[@colethomson7267]

Love these videos as i tend to overthink minute details in the position that are unimportant in blitz

[@earthwormsim8068]

Congrats on the 5/5 John. Your content has inspired me to play chess once again. I'm going through the journey of chess with a good friend and we play and teach each other lines and openings we have learned to help us on our journey. We will sit there for hours one of us playing the same opening to help teach the other how to play against it. It's been fantastic!

[@MarkDavidBuckles]

Awesome session! I admire how you're continuing to push yourself with time management - trying to do that too!

[@DuffmanChess]

You love to see a perfect session.

[@jniemec]

I’ve been watching you for a while and you are playing stronger than ever! Impressive! and thanks for sharing. Beating GM’s with the often maligned Scandi!

[@sheeman9149]

I love this series as I run out of time a lot and this show me how I overcome it

[@awesomeradicalbro]

Love all the recent uploads! Great games, learning a lot

[@TheKrazyLobster]

THIS MAN IS ON FIREEEEEE

[@KF1]

Well done, especially turning that last game around.

[@tanujb]

Great job on 5/5 and thanks for explaining your thoughts along the way.

[@coopsquared4097]

John you didn't have to go X-Games mode on those poor guys lol. Congrats on the 5/5 score. Glad to see you're being more active on KZbin again. Enjoyed your end-game course on chessable. Keep up the good work and great content.

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

Thanks for picking up the 100 Endgames course - cheers, Tilden!

[@shamrackle3712]

Bravo! Excellent! Thanks, John. 👍🏼

[@nyleguitar4415]

Great games, John!! Nice job finishing 5/5. Love seeing the 'using the clock as a weapon' series! :D Hope all is well!

[@Parsdeclined]

Impressive session John and as instructive as always, thanks!

[@michaelford455]

Great stuff John

[@torrubirubi]

Hi John, torrubirubi here, great video, I am always amazed how well do you play blitz games!

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

The legendary torrubirubi from Chessable! Thanks man - appreciate you commenting here 😁

[@khmerartist6581]

Nice to see your streams again...I learn a lot!

[@itsinfactagift]

What a series !! Insane 👌👌👌

[@homosociologicus2000]

Omg, your defense under so much pressure in the last game - wow

[@srchernik4030]

I was just looking for something to watch... And boom! John's new video notification!

[@JFchess]

_8:36_ - *You are not alone John!! We, content creators, know that feeling when you record a complete video and come back to OBS to finish your recording just to realize you never started recording!*

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

Haha, nightmare situation! To my knowledge, OBS does not make it obvious that you're recording, e.g. no red light displaying like XSplit. Do you think if there's a setting enable this?

[@JFchess]

@@JohnBartholomewChess To my knowledge, I do not think there is any but I know OBS is recording when I see the timer at the bottom start!

[@JFchess]

@@JohnBartholomewChess And a fun story in case you are interested! The first video I had to record was a disaster. The video was perfect but I had not unmuted my speaker. So when I replayed my video, I realised there was no sound and thought I had messed up. And so I deleted the video and only then realized my speakers were muted! 😂😂 Now, it feels very funny but on that day, it was not digestable at all!!!

[@guillaumecornu9919]

Thank you so much John ! Congratulations for that vidéo

[@TheN00bPolice]

Another great video John

[@oliviac6627]

Great session. Really enjoyed these games.

[@isabella16939]

John, I was getting a little bit worried about your endgame plays in the last few Titled Tuesday, but you seem to be back on form. Good to know 😊

[@TheKrazyLobster]

Holy shit that first game was amazing!

[@shri7105]

I have test in 10mins , and I am watching John lets go! Oops link comes😄

[@81chimi]

Thank you for the recent uploads. I was starting to get a lot of Eric Rosen recommendations on my feed and it’s just not the same. Out of principle, I was refuting KZbin’s moves.

[@lynxerax7011]

Eric rosen might not be John, but he's very chill nonetheless!

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

Good stuff John.

[@diggitus]

Wow you were in great form!

[@vaibhavarora3389]

See notification for John's video ... press like first watch video later. God bless!

[@Diffusion8]

Nice win in the first game! 👍🏻

[@lyingcat9022]

Damn my man John is getting Fing good at this Chess thing! So funny I was literally thinking how good he is getting and thought “He doesn’t quite play like Naka or Naroditsky yet, but damn close.” Then 5 seconds later he started talking about Naka! Haha weird...

[@naoufalhar8570]

Great games GM Bartholomew!

[@Ceasium_137]

Great content!

[@talisb7883]

Well done!!!

[@omertabach9794]

Very nice!

[@arthurrtang9670]

24:30 Bishop on e5 was free, but you still won it so ggs :)

[@24Cristiandiaz]

Amazing first game!

[@flfun2no]

Great first game win!

[@larryboy5182]

At 24:28, (game 4), why not simply 33. Nxe5? Was it a calculation around tying black's rook to the back rank so it can't cause problems, or simply overlooked due to the clock?

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

I purely missed it.

[@chizzelfingers]

can u recommend a book or study idea that helped u most in middle game. btw thank you also. all ur content is very good and appreciated. you are sacrificing ur time and we do appreciate it

[@ricksick81]

@24:30 why not Nxe5 ? it's a free piece

[@Socrates...]

Thank you for this amazing content. Please keep it up. Take care and god bless.

[@jaydub2971]

"Sorry Ben Finegold" 🤣

[@samuelbruyneel]

Hi John, this is guys. But it's 6 a.m. in Belgium, so I'm gonna watch this after some sweet dreams...

[@strikingbolt2691]

Net wakker en de video ook gezien. België aan de top! ^^

[@ThomasEWalker]

WOW! GGs!!! Man man man!

[@Abc-tx4zr]

Missed mate and bishop at 24:29 right? He wanted to avoid the check on his king but that check is just a bluff

[@805atnorafertsera6]

Most impressive

[@joseph1845]

This was epic!

[@sepehrjafari5223]

John bartholmew aka GM killer

[@jackrichison8712]

24:30 - you didn’t take his bishop and I wanted to tell you so badly!

[@AsianNinjaGod]

24:28 After ke8 what's wrong with the knight taking on e5?

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

Nothing - I didn't see it.

[@AsianNinjaGod]

@@JohnBartholomewChess Sorry to be that viewer, I legitimately thought I might be missing some tactic lol

[@xepliusthephilosopher5757]

Love it johnny boy, go big johnny BHAI

[@deceptionsYT]

I'm still a low level player so maybe you guys see something different. At 3:56 I was looking at Bb3, I think black's response is Bc4 and it ends up being even trades, so what if we played Rxe3, fxe3, Bb3. I think black still plays Bc4 and in the end its a rook for a bishop and knight and alleviates the pressure on f5. Thoughts?

[@Parsdeclined]

At 3.56 on my screen Bb3 isn’t playable so not sure what you are referring to Chris.

[@j.6230]

​@@Parsdeclined It is on my screen, his point is to take the knight first on e3 so that he can't escape the pin with bb3 by playing queen takes f5.... don't know if you gain much of an advantage though but well spotted

[@deceptionsYT]

@@Parsdeclined at 3:56 black has just moved the knight away from c4 allowing white to play Bb3 with a skewer on the queen and rook.

[@stefanmirkovic1840]

Was kxg2 possible at 3:50?

[@AdamBittner]

Nice wins! Do you have any tips for beginners with regard to time management? I struggle with blunders even with a 10 minute time control.

[@JeffLaRochelle]

At 3:48 I believe Nxg2 works? I know you were in time trouble but of course the King can't take and then Bxg2 will lose the knight on c4!

[@avranabraham889]

What's the best move when opposition plays pawn d5 in response to kings gambit?

[@chucknola484]

2 wins over the same GM 1 win over an IM 1 win over an NM 1 win over 2400 rated player Only 30 rating points achieved.

[@jimmychoo1205]

And if he lost against a sub 2000, he woulda probably lost like 150 points

[@אברהםבןזימרא]

At 24:29 why not take the bishop in e5? he was free

[@nomvanhoutte1998]

5/5 well played.

[@michael2244]

John why do you like the Scandinavian so much?

[@michael2244]

John have you seen The Queens Gambit on Netflix yet?

[@johanncuervo4566]

How do I get the chance to play you?

[@abac1060]

Perfeckt

[@mizu-sekai]

Hello, I've realized that I have been friends with you on chess.com for 3 years, haha! btw I am Elijah2625

[@readysetgear]

So you're a cuber huh? Me too!

[@kevinfromelizabethtowncoll4006]

In game 2 John, you could have brought the king over and mated the opponent instead of taking the passed pawn. Good Game though!

[@danielkinsella9603]

Heyyy let’s go John!!! 5-0!!!!

[@fireball890]

He is GM class

[@stevenodonoghue6856]

Sesame Chicken and ALOT of rice!

[@greggrey6352]

you should do a blitz match with gothamchess

[@Youtubed912]

5/5 ya like to see it

[@arh7897]

I always need a bored in front of me some reason 2D I'm just not seeing things right

[@jharris8000]

😎

[@angryangelant9519]

Hey John is this guys?

[@statma4274]

Keep eating chinese food before you play ;)