Recovering from Shaky Calculation | Standard Chess

[@JFchess]

Who else is happy with the return of this legendary series?

[@hthought]

By far my personal favorite. Best way to go a bit deeper into ideas and understand chess.

[@vivekbhat6155]

+1

[@tarski3939]

Here here! 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@aadarsharai3015]

My my my ...

[@Joe-zu7lx]

I’m year late but… wooo

[@yorickstrangefield2976]

I love that he's doing this just for KZbin. Thanks John! Nothing against Twitch, but the Chat is so distracting and really makes it harder for the player to concentrate.

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

Thanks, Yorick! Though I really enjoy Twitch and interacting with viewers there, I really want to continue recording KZbin-specific videos, as it's more suited for educational content. Cheers!

[@dionel1388]

Idk why but I like these kind of videos so I keep on finding myself in this channel almost everyday since last week. Recent subscriber here. Keep up the good work! :)

[@extrakuhar]

Cool game John. And yep, the coffee water is downright disturbing.

[@jayballauer8353]

Yep. Pretty yucky. Glad he has about a million other things going for him to offset that indiscretion.

[@tiagovale42]

I love these longer videos. Bonus for being on lichess. Thanks!

[@dasdawfda9913]

And bonus for dark mode!

[@ourtube1128]

Hey there John! Nice to see some more long games on lichess! I've always loved these videos :-) PS, I got the '100 endgames you must know' course on chessable, I'm glad I did! So far it has been very instructive and helpful :-D

[@KF1]

How are you coming along with it? I'm considering the courses by Yasser Seirawan, the strategy one in particular. John is an excellent presenter, though I feel Yaz's courses would be the most valuable to me. (1300 bullet / 1800 classical) I so nearly bought it, but received my mastercard statement today. It was not good.

[@7inrain]

Thanks very much for talking us through the Rat Defense. I'm confronted with it quite often when playing with White and I struggle with it every time. The strategical and tactical ideas showed by you are really helpful, as well as the tip how to avoid it at all (2. Nf3). You are my favourite chess streamer/KZbinr and I try to watch every live stream of yours (which is a bit difficult when living in Europe). Thx again for your work.

[@KeithMascarenhas]

This is my favorite series! Thanks for the new episode John!

[@TheKrazyLobster]

I absolutely LOVE longer games. I know you don't have the time to do it every time, but I love it. Thank you so much for this, John!

[@max5183]

It has been such a long time that we get a second game #289 :D But I'm glad, I love these standard longer games!

[@redfoxvoice]

Haha! Well spotted!

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

Ahh very good spot, thanks! Will fix soon!

[@dabulls1g]

Been going through one video from this playlist every night for months! Glad to see it’s still alive and well

[@KW-vm5fc]

Good to have a return to playing these games. I find them educational and instructive because we get to hear and see some of your thought processes as the play develops. All good work from you (as usual, I might add :-) )......thank you!

[@dadidhabhar1284]

Hi John. Thanks for adding this standard game video. These are the best and everyone loves them. Please keep on doing more of them. Again thanks.

[@nomvanhoutte1998]

Very glad to see another proper standard game on your channel. Most instructive and really entertaining'

[@ToddsDiscGolf]

I love the standard chess videos! So many lessons drawn out of each game 👍👍👍

[@zyffe]

The proper 'rat' position that John gets here is one of my all-time favorites! I mainly struggle if they decline the rat with 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 which likely will lead to a pirc defense, which i find incredibly hard to play as black. Sometimes I also have had huge struggles in the actual rat if they play early pressure along the diagonal with an early f4.

[@stag6161]

5:32 That was some sweet poetry there

[@ddmannion]

I'm so happy to see you back to recording regularly on Twitch and KZbin John.

[@dineshsatyavolu4315]

Yay! More John Videos, always glad to see these. :)

[@zacharystansell1043]

I really needed something to get my mind off the world-- thanks for posting this, John.

[@jayballauer8353]

Being that your favorite band is Rush (like mine), you can drink your coffee and water however you like, good sir! Thanks for the content, as always!

[@sooooooooDark]

john's standard videos r just so cosy 😊

[@walterlotte4215]

"I dont drink tea and coffee. It's actually watered down coffee." xD

[@Uerdue]

"Let's act like we saw that" - No! *Pause* when you've made a mistake! You always teach us that (and rightly so!)! :p

[@itsinfactagift]

I am enjoying all your videos John! What a discovery :)

[@vivekbhat6155]

29:04 is it a mouse slip by Abc1230 c1 instead of d1. If not this game as usual inspires me bcz i always used to think after playing a long match and losing by a blunder in the end that my entire time and effort is wasted. But this game goes to show that it happens at much higher levels as well and they take it as part of the game and continue

[@adamstone5865]

John you’re the man: thanks for the video! You’re supposed to say you’re welcome not thanks for the feedback lol you’re such a gentleman. Best regards

[@vivekbhat6155]

And finally John is back with a standard game with a fairly unusual opening

[@sinan4833]

Thank you for the video John, good win!

[@Mrmilly911]

Love the standard videos John, thanks!

[@Chocoholic1337]

Hey John - as someone who only recently got into Chess, I really appreciate the content. I'm hovering at about 800 rating on Chess.com and I still blunder pretty much every single game... But your content has definitely helped. I just have to figure out how to stop blundering so much.

[@DeathEaterLink]

Have you checked out his "undefended pieces" chess fundamentals video? It's the single most educational chess video I've ever seen at the

[@mf1110]

Nice tip on the efficient maximal caffeine extraction.

[@square444]

Love these standard vids!

[@boredash4020]

@12:28 what's wrong with c5? you didn't even consider this move . is there some tactical refutation i'm not seeing?

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

It did cross my mind, but it weakens d5 and b5 and therefore seems to give too many options to the knight on c3.

[@MrLuridan]

Love this channel John!

[@dr.nykterstein1259]

i love the standard games , thanks John

[@nklristic]

Yes, standard video. I Already thought I will go through entire playlist without any new one coming out.

[@acraftman2823]

Thanks for posting , and the follow up.

[@SpudNug69]

Move 14, on the reply to Rd8 why couldn't we just not take the Knight and play Ke8 instead?

[@DarkSideChess]

Thats what I was wondering. I guess the threat of exposing the King to the rooks is pretty big , but you're up material and the queens are off the board. I would have taken the opponent's sac.

[@hthought]

Hi John, I am kinda curious, why were you contemplating the move Bf7 ? I thought Be7 looked more natural if I were to move a bishop(although its bad after the knight jumps with check). Did something scare you in the position ? What made you want to push that bishop back ? Also why Kb8 ? Why move the king far from the important squares in the center ? :/

[@KF1]

Check it again and follow what can happen after the knight check, pawns opening their rook check

[@hthought]

@@KF1 I don't see it, why not Kc8 instead of Kb8 ? No pawn breaks seem menacing to me.

[@KF1]

@@hthought regarding the bishop retreat..if knight check, takes, takes, the rook has revealed check and white's pawn is on the bishop. Not sure about the rest.

[@hthought]

@@KF1 You don't have to take the knight. And you shouldn't. What's wrong with just moving the king out of check. I just dont see what the bishop retreat achieves.

[@KF1]

@@hthought I don't know.

[@Leo1stPlay]

on move 28, could the king take the pawn on B5? better to take the rook but just wondering on the rule if the king can capture the pawn? its protected by the bishop but the bishop is pinned

[@BTBSteve]

YES JOHN! So happy to find a fellow coffee water drinker

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

My man! We're in the minority 😂

[@TheSlowPianist]

John: "Often when there's just a little bit of coffee left, I'll just dump the water in and try to extract every last bit of caffeine..." Me: "That's disgusting." John: "Many of you consider that to be disgusting, but..."

[@TheMonkeyGrape]

When you say "I might have to go back and study these positions, these queenless middle games", what format does your study take? Like what do you do?

[@cjsummers]

Hi John--noobie question here, but since d5 was protected by the pawn on c6 and the bishop on e6, why not take the knight on move 17 with one of those defenders?

[@anujkratos]

Im thinking if the black pawn takes the knight on d5, then white pawn takes that pawn leading to discovered attack on the king. The king moves and the pawn takes the bishop on e6 with an attack on knight on f7.

[@cjsummers]

​@@anujkratos Yeah, he loses a bishop either way, but if he takes with his light square bishop, and white takes back with the pawn, isn't that better for black? Doesn't black get another pawn in compensation within a couple more moves?

[@bradenstewart6270]

I’m just gonna put John’s soothing calculating voice on in the background while I grind out this master’s degree work don’t mind me ✌️

[@firstamendmentlawyer8535]

John do you ever play the Vienna gambit?

[@connormonday]

Shoutout to Erichansensukdmeoff spectating

[@stevenodonoghue6856]

Thank heavens for the Dark mode!!!

[@ThaylorHarmor]

14:02 this is where having an active chat is good...fill in the dead space

[@mahmoudmokhtar2883]

24:30 why not rd7 try to trade rooks?

[@Guy_With_A_Laser]

Nice game John. I'm not sure that the Nd5 move was really so bad for you, was it? Your dark square bishop did not have great prospects.

[@lynxerax7011]

lol it's been6 months!! I almost lead out a gasp of joy when i saw this thumbnail color lol

[@pmchess]

it's so nostalgic seeing the old thumbnail, Love everything you do John

[@anslicht3516]

Continued thanks for the 15-min games. At my maybe 1000 rating I can't pick up much from speed chess. Also FYI, at my level having no row and column numbers makes it noticeably harder to follow. Since it would be simple for the Lichess board to have them, I'm sure that's been beat into the ground. Just my 2 cents.

[@SaurabhXDD]

Hey John good stuff 😄

[@DavidUKesb]

Very helpful for a 1800-1900 player like myself John. Are you a full-time chess player/tutor or do you have a conventional job? Many thanks

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

Good to hear! I've been a full-time chess teacher and content creator since 2011.

[@DavidUKesb]

@@JohnBartholomewChess Cheers John. And best of luck to you.

[@nickburggraaf3977]

If the opening is named after an animal, it's usually not so good. Tip from a climbing the rating ladder video. Love your videos btw!!

[@Socrates...]

Thank you

[@tarekbaziz]

Now that's what I'm talking about !

[@AdamBittner]

I approve this message.

[@thekristianbuddyshow2917]

Hi John - much prefer this format. (Classical) The popups on the twitch stream become annoying and detract from enjoying the game.

[@timblizzard4226]

John that coffee water is gross! 😂

[@shariefmills9903]

Love your moves

[@kgee2111]

Queens Gambit on Netflix is really good John. You will like it.

[@lyingcat9022]

Hey John 👋 this is Guys!

[@rbr4784]

John, have you seen the queens gambit series? Did you enjoy it if yes?

[@rbr4784]

Edit: im 18mins in and you adressed it already 😊

[@brabhamfreaman166]

We still like these videos 👍👍👍😁

[@anton5646]

Finally dark mode

[@aadarsharai3015]

Thanks alot For this video. I am becoming a chess maniac. But not good though.

[@seanlee7054]

Lol the spectator surnames

[@Sauerpower76]

only thanks!!!

[@Jayshnay]

if you weren't an IM i would not believe this was a good opening haha. If you played this against me I would think you're just making fun of me lol

[@killereagle666]

Damn at 7:10 you sound just like me and my friends finishing a drink with a game of chess : "Mmmm, didn't appreciated Nb5 enough Hmmmm" "Oh didn't you? Mmmmm" "I should probably enjoy Nb5 some more" "Indeed! Enjoy this trash uh!"

[@DuffmanChess]

You just had to talk about the coffee water. 🤢

[@DivyeshVartha]

I seriously can't tell if he was joking or not. I cannot stomach water that has some diluted flavour

[@DuffmanChess]

@@DivyeshVartha I have seen his coffee water on stream. He is 100% serious.

[@fouronetwo813]

@@DivyeshVartha I'm with you. I hate* any sort of flavored water.

[@MohammadAbuHammad]

Now we need a “a GM reacts to the queen’s gambit” video.

[@KF1]

Caught that on Gata's stream the other day. Seemed to think it was an insult to RJF.

[@MohammadAbuHammad]

@@KF1 I am not following sorry

[@KF1]

@@MohammadAbuHammad yeah that was about the *jist of my response, too. Took it too seriously, I guess.

[@MohammadAbuHammad]

@@KF1 no I mean I didn’t understand your reply 😅 , I don’t watch Antonio a lot so I didn’t get the second half of your comment .

[@KF1]

@@MohammadAbuHammad oh this was on Gata Kampsky's stream. I tuned in to find him having a good rant about how the show is analogous to the career of Fischer, and as such quite insulting to his legacy.

[@angryangelant9519]

John, is this guys?

[@angryangelant9519]

Hey john is this guys?

[@vivekbhat6155]

@john:what is that green logo beside your name IM fins

[@DivyeshVartha]

You get it when you donate to lichess

[@dadidhabhar1284]

I am.

[@richie4902]

hehe Rat

[@E10m00]

So early

[@E10m00]

Sup I’m so early omfg

[@Bergarita]

I love chess. But vote for Biden tomorrow. More important than anything right now.

[@angryangelant9519]

Hey John is this guys?

[@angryangelant9519]

Hey john is this guys?