So, this video became unexpectedly popular (thanks, KZread algorithms!) and currently has 4x the views of my next highest-viewed video. If you've stumbled on this video, I'm an International Master (IM) who makes educational chess videos. Chances are you're a new/casual player, and if you're looking to get better I'd recommend playing longer games (at least 30 minute per side) and watching my Chess Fundamentals series: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c6Nty7Gee8LQprg.html Chess is a great game - I hope you consider pursuing it further. Cheers!

@minhanhhoang9838

6 жыл бұрын

John Bartholomew I

@goldenflower5035

6 жыл бұрын

John Bartholomew ah typical haters in the comments. Its a great video! Greetings from The Netherlands

@Joseph-lc9cs

6 жыл бұрын

John Bartholomew my rank is only 785, I am 14 though

@amphibian87

6 жыл бұрын

cool retro video! I'd love to see you play it at level 72, why level 10???? That's like watching Lebron James play a middle school basketball player one on one. Not impressive, just kind of feel bad for the poor thing.

@sansu7473

6 жыл бұрын

John black king should be at black and white king at white

I was hoping it would move the pieces on its own with something like moving magnets...

@pedrodanielrebolledoramire6558

5 жыл бұрын

me too :c

@sablouie7955

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@itssavelene8255

5 жыл бұрын

The computer could track a magnet and move it under the board

@paperwork682

5 жыл бұрын

same

@flaxensaxon6052

5 жыл бұрын

How would the knights jump over other pieces?

Shhhh, don't tell to computer what you are planning!

@neuroticcaffeinated9486

4 жыл бұрын

• No one: • 90s Chess computer: “Excalibur Explorer would like to know your location.” • NSA: 👁👄👁

@zackarysemancik5491

4 жыл бұрын

@@neuroticcaffeinated9486 Damn bro. You've got the whole gang laughing.

@fireballdude7368

4 жыл бұрын

neuroticcaffeinated everyone:* use your common sense

@fireballdude7368

4 жыл бұрын

Zackary Semancik no. Everyone:*

@fireballdude7368

4 жыл бұрын

Zackary Semancik use your common sense

8:40 "Oh now it wants to play white..." *Detroit: Become Human*

@thatguyinthecockpit7379

4 жыл бұрын

Markimoop Chess:become grandmaster

@thatguyinthecockpit7379

4 жыл бұрын

Btw PS4? Mine is swiss001avaition

@Boss_Tanaka

4 жыл бұрын

Markimoop That s how Skynet started his shit.

@ManicQuinn

3 жыл бұрын

IT'S AWARE AND ARGUING

@Andy_77799

3 жыл бұрын

*DEVIANT*

My first opponent was my grandfather. He taught me chess and one day I defeated him. We always had so much fun playing chess. Unfortunately he passed away last year :(

@ahmad5640

4 жыл бұрын

Well played...

@osmosisv9502

4 жыл бұрын

Rip:(

@jthb

4 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was also my first match and he also taught me to play when i was 5. Unfortunately he died last year and i was never able to beat him

@kubijackson7679

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah he taught me chess too when I was 6 and we even play today sometimes

@azuresky26

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

My first chess opponent was my grandad. May he rest in peace ❤️.

@shaswatdash6090

3 жыл бұрын

F

@eybro4989

3 жыл бұрын

F in the chat to pay respect

@plut4580

3 жыл бұрын

me too

@Enzo-hu9gs

3 жыл бұрын

F

@meshback1760

3 жыл бұрын

F he was probably a great grand dad

First chess opponent was my dad... he schooled me. Still can't beat that bastard. UPDATE: After years of trying, let it be known, lest we forget I BEAT THE BASTARD today on 2/10/17

@mouryachandra7175

7 жыл бұрын

Kisses For daddy lol what

@venomousalex8383

7 жыл бұрын

Kisses For daddy I used to play with him all the time a few years back, and I would get so excited when I actually checkmated him the first time, but now when im 14 I beat him all the time

@jamesrobinson949

7 жыл бұрын

TheCoolChiller haha nice! I absolutely love the game.. unfortunately I've maxed out my ability and I'm afraid I'm not that good... still love it regardless.

@Gauxd1

7 жыл бұрын

Me too

@pavelthefabulous5675

7 жыл бұрын

I won against my dad once, but he soundly beat me in the rematch! He can lose more than half of his pieces and still fight harder than ever.

"I think I want to harass the queen" Elizabeth: *Sweats nervously*

@poikoi1530

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.atulkumar6861 shat up

@poikoi1530

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.atulkumar6861 stop spam advertising

@Mr.Dr.Doctor

3 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth: *sweats excitedly*

@mchlwllsnd

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Dr.Doctor nooooo 😂😂

@xxcattoxx544

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Dr.Doctor wait oh OHHHH

“I wanna harass this Queen here” -John Bartholomew

@Rikomer

4 жыл бұрын

-American colonies 1776, making fun of the King of England

@Rikomer

3 жыл бұрын

@Master Yoda why can't you just accept the joke? Is your life so meaningless that you are telling a stranger to get schooled just so you can pretend like you are special and better than everyone else? Nobody cares that you know that during the United States Revolution there was a king and not a queen, you are on a chess video, not a history buff video, so stop trying to correct everything anyone else says

@Rikomer

3 жыл бұрын

@Master Yoda Charity work??? How is telling someone that Great Britain is different that England charity work? Those two words are interchangeable in day-to-day talk, and everyone would know what you are talking about. If you were to go up to someone and say England, they are going to think of the United Kingdom, England is used to refer to the U.K., and England is a part of the U.K., so how the hell are you teaching me if I know this stuff? and how is this charity work? Again, this is a chess video, not a history buff video, and I would appreciate it if you could just take the joke and not be so serious about one small mistake another person makes over the internet.

@Rikomer

3 жыл бұрын

@Master Yoda I know that they are not the same, but they are mostly interchangeable, normal people will understand what I am saying, and that is all that matters, if you want to keep arguing, be my guest, but I'm not going to continue to respond to you given that you didn't carefully read my argument. For the last time, this is a chess video, most of us came here to just chill out and watch chess, not learn about the United States Revolutionary War

@JohnPaulBuce

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rikomer the guy is gone lol

My first opponent was my english teacher, he beat me in 4 moves.

@troubadourperegrinus

7 жыл бұрын

English teachers FTW! :)

@vroshabhisam5582

7 жыл бұрын

definetly that F file move with Queen backing with Bishop mate :)

@rickqui6296

7 жыл бұрын

I love that 4 move checkmate.

@Oclb

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for clarifying it for them I don't know what he was thinking

@takaflaka6798

7 жыл бұрын

mine was my classmate and I got him in foolsmate which means he opened his kings diagonal space and I got my queen there so I captured his king with my queen look it up

My first opponent was a GM that came to my school! He mated me in 9 :(

@joelw5654

4 жыл бұрын

That's not too bad considering

@xander.mp5

4 жыл бұрын

Chaos Knight checkmated him in 9 moves

@josephcaguimbal8169

4 жыл бұрын

Chaos Knight hahahahha

@kieranashley119

4 жыл бұрын

@@xander.mp5 What do you mean by chaos Knight?

@isamiwind438

4 жыл бұрын

@@kieranashley119 chaos knight is a nick of user they were responding to

_"This is the lock picking lawyer, and today we're going to play chess"_

@zachnado69

3 жыл бұрын

i dont get it

@orionstarhunter6548

3 жыл бұрын

Oh thats who he reminded me of!

@spiraldj

3 жыл бұрын

@@zachnado69 Another KZreadr with the same voice

@zachnado69

3 жыл бұрын

@@spiraldj lol i know who he is, their voices are similar but not quite the same.

@spiraldj

3 жыл бұрын

@@zachnado69 well then you clearly understood the point of the comment though

"1600 is a decent amature rating" wow i feel bad, 1200 here D:!

@tomsproducer9892

4 жыл бұрын

My rating is 427 currently. I'm learning though :)

@lordx4641

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomsproducer9892 good keep it up

@robmorr23

4 жыл бұрын

1200 is a strong player.

@jessybarkley4515

4 жыл бұрын

@@robmorr23 You must have smoked something Rob, I want some please

@jackdaniels1749

4 жыл бұрын

How do you know your rating? Played in a tourney?

I though little magnets would move the pieces for you i forgot how far technology has come in the past few decades....

@sevryzen6180

7 жыл бұрын

Anun Kash I thought of Harry Potter :P

@icehot900

6 жыл бұрын

OMG same

@otakuquartz1024

6 жыл бұрын

Lol

@tommydoez

6 жыл бұрын

Can someone actually show me a chess board like that?

@ToddsDiscGolf

6 жыл бұрын

Bro this ain’t jumanji 😂

I learned how the pieces moved from Chess Titans on the Windows OS. It was a teacher, then an opponent, then a victim.

@josephotto3176

6 жыл бұрын

ScienceOfInduction same!

@LoserSnoozer

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@Mr.Coconut007

6 жыл бұрын

'Victim'😂

@naverilllang

6 жыл бұрын

I used to play it, but i knew nothing of strategy so i always lost.

@thefrozenbahamas-hurricane5818

6 жыл бұрын

YES! THIS IS HOW I LEARNED! I use to play not knowing how anything worked then over time I saw patterns and eventually learned how to check and checkmate.

"My first opponent... thats actually a lie, my first oppon- *clicks away from video for lying*"

@rajchopra3868

3 жыл бұрын

Why

@ryancade3829

3 жыл бұрын

@@rajchopra3868 its uh... joke.

@rajchopra3868

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryancade3829 ik, I just didn't get it

@matthewchacon2625

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was funny, everyone has a different sense of humor.

@sameash3153

3 жыл бұрын

@@BombLobster hilarious

John: haha checkmate. Computer: 10

@concernedcommenter8258

3 жыл бұрын

White - 1 Black - 0 Or 1-0 Or as the computer put it: 10

@skiactive1830

3 жыл бұрын

9

@Mr.Dr.Doctor

3 жыл бұрын

8

@JohnPaulBuce

3 жыл бұрын

7

@maitamitsuhide

3 жыл бұрын

6

It would be so sad if someone was playing this by themselves and then cheated against the computer... I can't even imagine how sad that would be...

@Handhandme

7 жыл бұрын

Syrtech yeah, poor computer what if it would notice and restart the game lmao

@raayney

7 жыл бұрын

Syrtech lmao

@jessicafischerqueen

7 жыл бұрын

You can't cheat against this computer- if you move the wrong piece than what it orders you to move, the game pieces won't match the computer game score any more. I get what you mean though. lol

@syrtech121

7 жыл бұрын

Jessica Fischer uh are you related to bobby Fischer? Lol

@benjaminroberts4075

5 жыл бұрын

I cheat against the computer regularly, lol. After I have made a horrible move and played it out I will go back (a number of moves) to see where I went wrong and what line would have been better. I don't see it as cheating, more learning from my mistakes.

that's kind of cool, man. not sure how or why the algorithm recommended this, but I'm not mad

@JohnBartholomewChess

7 жыл бұрын

Haha, this video somehow become popular. At any rate, thanks for checking out my channel :)

@battleritegods5191

7 жыл бұрын

thank unbox therapy for those views :p

@JohnBartholomewChess

7 жыл бұрын

Battlerite Gods Did he plug it in a recent video?

@jdmcconkey

7 жыл бұрын

He reviewed a chessboard that's just like this. But the opponent pieces move on their own, and you could play with someone across the world.

@henrytsang9785

7 жыл бұрын

McMonkeyFTW Jin

The computer telling me to put myself in checkmate: Me: No, I don't think I will

Such a good video. Thanks for all your other videos and your chess fundamentals series, they really helped me improve.

My first chess opponent was actually my father on a regular chess board.

@amarillorica

7 жыл бұрын

oooooooo you have a dad.. showoff

@tjahjobagaaa

7 жыл бұрын

Ker Plunk Wtf?

@ADVxxxxx

7 жыл бұрын

+Ker Plunk how the fuck is that showing off?

@ChessdumyTV

7 жыл бұрын

Chaz Vangelov You know that it's sarcastic?

@dragongames2897

6 жыл бұрын

oreo8118

my first opponent was me and I won

@anonymousstout4759

6 жыл бұрын

Kidu Jhingamma congratulations you played yourself

@martymartinez8849

6 жыл бұрын

Awww you lost

@SirAyush

5 жыл бұрын

Single lol

@shiejie8766

5 жыл бұрын

In your dream U beat yourself but In Reality U lost cause Your other self die so U came into a situation of Life and Death

@midknightmiddleman5887

5 жыл бұрын

One of our first enemies are ourselves sooooo I congratulate you 👍

Thanks for the nostalgia - I really enjoyed watching this. I had a Fidelity Chess Challenger 7 when I was younger.

Thanx for making this video! I always wanted to have this device many many years ago and i always wondering how to use it. Now i know, thanx to your video!

This was extremely helpful. Listening to your thought process while playing a lower level player was super insightful. I wish more of these existed.

I love this sort of thought process video! Subbed.

@JohnBartholomewChess

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing! :D

@whatsinaname7289

7 жыл бұрын

JackWithPants Ikr. Many KZread chess channels would just maybe play the moves on a computer graphic board and comment on them only. I loved that John actually ran us through his brain in a real-time game! I subbed, too! Loved it! ❤

everytime he tilts the board so we can look at the screen i mentally scream

and here i thought pieces will move by itself 😂

@DaviniaHill

3 жыл бұрын

You can buy a board that does that.

@rea280

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaviniaHill id rather not mess with those devil boards thank you very much.

@noobgamerdroid1

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaviniaHill i forgot why i commented 1 year ago :D

It's a shame you've lost touch with your old friend Aaron. You should look him up! I bet he'd love to hear from you.

@Hello-jh1rq

5 жыл бұрын

Ya done messed up A-A-RON!

@fajel172

5 жыл бұрын

Plot twist you are aron

@tejushegdetg8995

5 жыл бұрын

I think u are aaron

@reidpattis9478

5 жыл бұрын

Aaron? Is that you?

@fajel172

5 жыл бұрын

Reid Pattis Aron isnt that you ?

I don't even know how to play chess, what am I doing here?

@JohnBartholomewChess

7 жыл бұрын

No better time than now to learn!

@JulianSloman

7 жыл бұрын

how about 1996? :D

@gytisjuo6300

7 жыл бұрын

+John Bartholomew i searched for drumming tutorials but ended up here

@VinnyG_Music

7 жыл бұрын

Watch my drumming videos instead lol.

@gytisjuo6300

7 жыл бұрын

+Drumming411 ^^

Dude I love this video. Such a cool old school piece of history. (I've also been watching your other videos, so this isn't the first one of yours I've seen. Love your videos where you're climbing the ranking ladder. They're fascinating, and it's helped me a lot.)

"Would you like to play global thermonuclear war?"

@chubbypapaya

5 жыл бұрын

greetings, professor falken

@enlightenedwarrior7119

4 жыл бұрын

I'll take the Russian s

@yoboichill0842

4 жыл бұрын

Ill move systemic oppression to Iran

@cookingwithlukasj.8817

4 жыл бұрын

That is from war games. Right?

@davidf2244

3 жыл бұрын

@@cookingwithlukasj.8817 yup

So this is made for those who dont have any friends, like me.

@johnpayawal2916

5 жыл бұрын

Me, too. Having no friends is much better than having negative friends. I know this for a fact, as I live in a 4th world country lol

@ophiolatreia93

4 жыл бұрын

John Payawal you mean Scotland?

@dianecasimiro8854

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Darkness My Old Friend...

@rob_olmstead

3 жыл бұрын

Shut up and take my money

@jusianke

3 жыл бұрын

284 likes? i didnt even remember watching this video

With the '10' in the end, the computer says white wins (1-0). Got this computer from my grandfather when I was young :).

He sounds like the nicest person on earth

I feel like I could watch a whole series of just you playing this machine lol.

My first opponent was my father. I was 7. Never took to a serious level. About couple years ago I started playing on the internet. Last monday I went to my girlfriend school to teach some children the basics of chess. I am not a good player, rating around 1200 online only. But it was very satisfying to be able to teach them the basic rules like control the center, develop minor pieces to good squares, castle, dont move the same piece twice during the opening. Your chessable website helped me with the basic lines for e4 and d4. Regards.

@troubadourperegrinus

7 жыл бұрын

I do the same at my school. About the same rating too. Haha. Still trying to get them not to play the 'cup of death' with 1.a4... 2.h4... 3. g3... 4. b3... I cannot fathom why they do this.

@vitalydmtrysvidler8023

7 жыл бұрын

Nice job Pinky Brain , teaching is a great skill.

@angaraagborkakoti4440

6 жыл бұрын

Pinky Brain

@Cleric775

6 жыл бұрын

That's better than nothing, with a FIDE ELO of 1,200. You can try download Chess Free made by AI Factory from Google Play. You can get a FIDE ELO rating from this app and improve upon it. Better play it on a tablet.

@jasonchen542

6 жыл бұрын

Pinky Brain 🧠

My first opponent was my father who taught me how to move pieces when I was I think 7 or so. My big dream was to beat him one day, but he kept crushing me everytime we played. But when I turned 14, something has changed, I finally felt like an equal opponent, even though I was still losing all the games, I felt like I´m getting better. Then, a few days after my 15th birthday, I challenged him to a game, that lasted for 3 days (we didn´t have clock). I played Italian opening, got a nice position and launched an attack that resulted in my father´s resignation before forced mate in 4. I almost bursted into tears after that. My father never played me again, he says that it makes no sense cause I´ve already proved that I am better. Now I am 22, rated 1614 FIDE, hoping to break my father´s record of around 1750. Thank you for this video, John. :)

@randomrandom316

3 жыл бұрын

Did you break past 1750?

@Multiscrime

3 жыл бұрын

@@randomrandom316 Hey man, thanks for asking. Not yet, I am currently 1664, the last two years completely stopped my progress, but I am still working on it! :) Circumstances changed a bit, but I'd still like to do it, although for different reason than I used to!

@randomrandom316

3 жыл бұрын

Wish you the best, you are anyways close so its almost certain you will go past 1750.

@Multiscrime

3 жыл бұрын

@@randomrandom316 Thanks, that's very kind of you, wish you the best as well. I'll make sure to report it here when I have achieved my goal!

@addiart577

2 жыл бұрын

@@Multiscrime what time control are you rated in? Standard, rapid, blitz or maybe all of them?

*KZread Algorithm:* 2016: nah 2017: nah 2018: nah 2019: *PUT IT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS!*

@shoaibshaikh7592

5 жыл бұрын

Damn bro this video wasnt even released in 2016

@peopleeatuswearechip6109

5 жыл бұрын

@@shoaibshaikh7592 Yes it does August 2016

@semi5227

5 жыл бұрын

@@shoaibshaikh7592 aug 30 2016

@JohnBartholomewChess

5 жыл бұрын

Made this video spur-of-the-moment; it's not even representative of my content, but of course it's the one that works its way into the KZread algos :D

@LaroTayoGaming

5 жыл бұрын

@@JohnBartholomewChess because chess, for some point 😂

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought you were gonna play on top of a CRT tv screen.

Your commentary for this is perfect, could you please do more videos with this chess set?

God bless Aaron & all he has done for the chess community :)

I just realized that I have never seen your hands all these years… so it’s definitely a nice video for me!

What is wrong with the 2.5k people that disliked this video? This is top-tier content. He isn't whoring himself out for subscribers and sponsorships, he's just presenting the content in a polite and informative way. This is genuinely everything I've been looking for in a chess youtuber.

@albertopinto8813

3 жыл бұрын

In my experience most people who dislike these types of videos aren't doing it willingly. I can't even count the amount of times I've accidentally disliked a video on my phone, I always take the time to un-dislike, but I'm sure most people just don't give a damn.

@notpresobama1553

3 жыл бұрын

@@albertopinto8813 still the like to dislike ratio is higher than normal

@josemanuelromeroperez5112

3 жыл бұрын

They're robots

@Felskroner

3 жыл бұрын

@@josemanuelromeroperez5112 just bitter people that couldnt get past level 10

@aluminiumknight4038

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe people who got bored watching the video, stop gatekeeping dislikes

My father was my first opponent, he taught me almost everything he knew about chess. Edit: Never imagined getting this amount of likes.

@xaivius9791

7 жыл бұрын

Shyanism Films Me too.

@LChsn-vp5zx

7 жыл бұрын

Shyanism Films you sayed almost everything ? LOL nothing compared to the immensity of the game...

@thered28

7 жыл бұрын

everything he knows*

@LChsn-vp5zx

7 жыл бұрын

Mfgcasa even Carlsen don't know all about chess :)

@paulpatricio2427

7 жыл бұрын

almost everything that might be some sort of saying his father might been into chess for so much.

My first chess opponent was also a computer, ChessMaster on my phone back in 2004

@ClarenceThompkins

7 жыл бұрын

me too besides my father he taught me, I played against ChessMaster 7000 i think, and I beat him everytime, I thought I was good, but I know now I still need work.

@peristiloperis7789

7 жыл бұрын

Me too. Chessmater taught me a lot.

@Tymon0000

7 жыл бұрын

ChessMaster is my favourite mobile game of all time! :D

@Gadzinisko

7 жыл бұрын

Oh, yeah. That satisfaction you got from beating higher levels. For a long time I made sure ChessMaster was on my every phone.

@gofer123guy

7 жыл бұрын

I preferred the PC version chessmaster 9000 namely because the mobile version was tremendously weak I actually tested it's strength by only using variants of the scholars mate every match and it worked up until 2500 every single time which is rather pathetic

Subscribed way before I ever saw this video lol. People really like this kind of thing

why am i watching this? thanks so much for your lessons john.

7:38 "There is now a level zero." Name that movie quote.

@wetard1565

7 жыл бұрын

Jason Blooey Kung fu panda?

@thelevhart7980

5 жыл бұрын

Kung fu panda

@tubegerm6732

4 жыл бұрын

No

@artguy2133

4 жыл бұрын

WarGames

My grandad got me into chess, ever since I played him with him as a young child I was hooked. 13 years later and I was chess champion every year in school apart from one year. Those were for you grandad

@ur_mom...

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure your grandad's proud of you.

@sanoginger3662

Жыл бұрын

@@ur_mom... yes

Great video mate!

@JohnBartholomewChess

Жыл бұрын

Cheers - thank you!

Amazing! I remember playing one of these computerised versions when I was in my teens!

Pretty sure I missed Re5! a few times, haha.

@arjunab1

7 жыл бұрын

Phew, I'm not crazy. Thought the same thing! Entertaining stuff.

@flooblet

7 жыл бұрын

JMANNN I WAS STUMPED, STARIN AT THE SCREEN FOR 10+ MINUTES BROTHER THINKIN WHY YA DIDN'T PLAY THAT

@sandhill05

7 жыл бұрын

John Bartholomew B

@valar4823

7 жыл бұрын

John Bartholomew qqqqqqazqwE 👹👹👹👺😺😺😺🤖🎩💂

@rayleigh281

7 жыл бұрын

play knight c3 a4

Even though it might take some time, I would love to see a game against lvl 72!

Intially, I thought the pieces will move on their own. 🤣🤣

@doloresocampo2864

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@meghajagde1134

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@kunal1957

4 жыл бұрын

Same lol

@settingtea6653

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@Pokarface7

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

I played in a tournament with you way back in the day in Minnesota. The Scholastic chess championships I believe. I squandered my talent that I didn't really know I had at the time, but was similar in rating to you back when we were 11/12 years old. I was 1633 in 1999, I think you were about the same

@JohnBartholomewChess

6 жыл бұрын

Euph Blast from the pasr. What's your name, if you don't mind me asking?

@avidwatcher5901

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnBartholomewChess and a reply never came

@austinnunez2031

4 жыл бұрын

Avid Watcher so sad

@themax2848

4 жыл бұрын

This is so sad can we SMASH THE LIKE BUTTON

@chappo8100

4 жыл бұрын

John Bartholomew his name is Euph Blast

I just realized I just watched a 20 minute video watching a guy playing chess with himself

@pedrorl42

5 жыл бұрын

Wrong, he played against the computer.

@cookies5274

5 жыл бұрын

He’s playing against the computer...what video did you watch 😂

@rahulsharma-cn6sq

4 жыл бұрын

Then u must be on drugs

I remember my grandfather had one of these, I loved playing around on it.

I used to play with a very similar chess computer in the late 80s. Its name was Mephisto and I really enjoyed it a lot. Thanks for reminding me of those old good times.

@Darenz-cg9zg

2 жыл бұрын

If you're talking about the mephisto academy, that was actually rated around 2000, it was very impressive for its time and way ahead of this.

beep, beep beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep, beep, beeeeeeep

@JohnBartholomewChess

7 жыл бұрын

:D

@sevryzen6180

7 жыл бұрын

boop

@AnotherGlitch

6 жыл бұрын

Your mom

@nerkou2016

5 жыл бұрын

Terorists win

@unutentediyoutube3282

5 жыл бұрын

@X_X Me too 😢

The 10 doesn't mean you defeated level 10. It means 1-0. If you lose it says 01.

@xkyatto8095

5 жыл бұрын

@Reasonable Man you are. *facepalm*

@vincenzocirillo7380

5 жыл бұрын

@A long time ago we made it to paradise. What a disappointment...

@wintersummers3085

5 жыл бұрын

@A long time ago we made it to paradise. ignore them. i think you could be right.

@BadKD

5 жыл бұрын

Fake Mustache No one made a joke..

@user-kx8pu6ys5i

4 жыл бұрын

@@zeroej also he hasn't said he's pranking

DGT Centaur would be the modern version of this board. It's sleek, beautiful and modern looking. If you're into playing over the board vs computer then you might find that worth a try... Especially with the interface this used, it might be familiar to you. I applaud your younger self for playing chess and damn I wish I had something like that when I was little. I hope that you preserve this childhood memory and when you're an old guy you do another video or hologram or whatever is used in the future... And show us this again because I think that it's amazing that such a simple yet profoundly advanced device (for it's time) inspired a child and elevated a simple game to a passion that lasted a lifetime. Thank you for sharing this with us. Liked* Followed*

I just subscribed. so thanks for all the information

This should be a "Climbing the Rating Ladder" series! Start at level 1!

My grandfather taught me how to play. During one game he told me where to move....and then scholar's mated me!

@JohnBartholomewChess

7 жыл бұрын

Gotta defeat 'em while they're young, right? :)

@stefan4159

7 жыл бұрын

"How creative, hehe, oh more bad jokes, OH NO I'M MATED! Anton squared me, oh man I just fell for a scholars mate, I just got scholared!" Did it happen like this? :)

@steelyspielbergo

7 жыл бұрын

There is a connection. I remembered this quick mate but didn't know the moves or name. After some googling I stumbled onto Jerry's video. That was the beginning of me watching tons of chess videos and putting (a little) effort into getting better. Before that I'd just screw around on Yahoo from time to time.

I don't know why but this videos is so fun to watch

I remember seeing this so many years ago and here it is again

if i remember correctly, i found this exact type game in iraq in our "downtime" chest. I was always interested in chess since a kid and had little people to play with. Being black from country South Carolina, weren't too many people that knew anything about it. I played a few times in school with a couple of people. Won once without even understanding. Fast forward to 2006 and i found this in the chess box and played it everyday for the year i was there. This and sudoku kept my mind off the stress of actual war. Im pretty good now, and i definitely credit this old game. I've been looking for it, kinda, since 2014 when i remembered it. and now i know the game. Going to ebay right now

@toasterr4238

4 жыл бұрын

@Elite delete your comment before you get laughed out.

@tracymiller1149

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service. I'm also from rural South Carolina, and started playing computer chess back in the 1980's with the Radio Shack units.

My grandpa was my very first opponent and also he taught how to play. I played so many times with him and after 13 years (2 years ago) finally I won a match. Now my grandpa is 83 years old but still a good player.

I had this chess computer in my childhood like 20 years ago. It’s amazing to stumble upon this.

I had several very much like it, wow, great memories of frustration and suprise! (and yes i finished my homework first before playing all evening)

"Teach mode teaches" advertising done right

Ah I miss them times John,I used to sell these table top chess computers in my shop 90s to mid 2000, the strongest one I can recall was a Mephisto big wooden board and practically full size pieces it was around 2200 , my first ever one was early 80s a scicys one must have been around 1200 max lol, I was a beginner then so I thought it was a GM lol,but it definitely improved my game and gave me hours and hours of enjoyment,I moved up to stronger models later. Thanks for the memories John,I think you went back to being a kid again then John. Cheers Joe (BDG Joe)

@danielglidewell

7 жыл бұрын

Lol, I first started with Lego chess, I too thought that the computers must obviously be the best players, I would often pair the computers up against each other so I could witness the best games ever played! Now I realize how bad they are xD

@wakinguptothetruth.2566

7 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Glidewell maybe bad,but it was great to play and learn,especially when you was a beginner etc

@danielglidewell

7 жыл бұрын

Joe Chess and Gadgets. Definitely!

@Sutobuto

6 жыл бұрын

Don't underestimate a computer. The best one right now can beat even grandmasters

Takes me back to the days of my Radio Shack chess. On the highest levels, it could take over 2 hours to make a move!

Oh, man... I used to play a Saitek Kasparov tabletop engine quite similar to yours except mine didn't have an lcd display. Kaspy and I would play together for hours and hours and I would even try to play when not using the chess pieces (i.e. semi blindfold, seeing only the board and pressing my finger against the squares to make the moves). Kaspvy had 64 playing levels and I too vanquished them in turn but I'm nowhere near as strong a player as you (I'm lichess blitz median ~1850. Been stranded on this plateau for years!). Thanks for rejuvenating the great memories.

I'm relly curious to see you take level 72. You can try to cut computer's thinking time out of the video. And my first opponent was my father, who taught me the moves some summer. But he wasn't any kid of serious chess player. He just played a bit as a kid himself. We only played occasionally I decided to learn more of chess way in teens and then I played ChessMaster on my phone. Still, wasn't very serious about it. Until I was 19 and I was bored and I got ChessMaster for a computer and did Josh Waitzkin's tutorials, which were the thing that really taught me how to play. And then I started playing chess on facebook and this is how it started :P

@pierQRzt180

5 жыл бұрын

Then make a move a day

My first electronic opponent was the Mephisto MM3 in the year 1985 I think. I learn to love the game with this chess computer:)

That was a lot of fun. Thanks!

i cant believe this showed up on my recommendations 3 years late! i think i need this! im a chess lover, tho majority of the people in my place hate chess and thinks its stupid lol, so i dont have any literal opponents aside from playing on my phone

Omg this was also mine, my uncle bought one of those for christmas when I was like 4 and he taught me how to play but I didnt have many people to play with so I always played against the machine

@onesyphorus

3 жыл бұрын

damn you're uncle's awes. 4 years old? that's how people should gift children

No one: "I'll sacrifice my bishop to his knight." *horse noises upstairs* Nigel: "Welcome to Jumanji!"

@rijtysagarton8026

3 жыл бұрын

That was actually good

@xxcattoxx544

3 жыл бұрын

What u doin step horse

@xxcattoxx544

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.atulkumar6861 fuck off

I want to buy my father such a thing, but there is not a single normal description of how it works anywhere on the Internet! And only with you I finally saw the principle of operation of this computer! Thank you very much! This computer is very cool because it is physical and you can touch it with your hands, as if you are playing with a living person, not on a smartphone or monitor. and you move real figures - full immersion. It's a pity that so few of them are produced and I found a similar one at a flea market with very great difficulty (Chess Partner 3 Kasparov )

@JohnBartholomewChess

7 ай бұрын

Yes! It's an extremely tactile, pleasing bit of old tech :) Really fun to play - I may have to bust mine out again and record another video.

I loved mine! The first thing to remember when preserving the machine is to stop applying pressure with the pieces and use your fingers instead. I cringed every time. I recall doing the same and with the second piece (or rather pawn) I moved I slipped my grip and a forever damaged (yet barely functional) D5 resulted. It had a most obvious scratch and a button that seemed to only listen if pressed thrice.

13:38 win the queen with Re5

@dielectriclightsaberorches9808

4 жыл бұрын

David Alba wouldn’t pawn to g5 get out of it? Still a great move though to mess up blacks’ position.

@albertopulido4267

4 жыл бұрын

@@dielectriclightsaberorches9808 then, Rxg5, Qh6, Rg8 threating both Bxh6 and Rxh8 plus the fact that already white is a pawn up.

@manuelwel8098

3 жыл бұрын

@@albertopulido4267 Bxg5 is better tho

@albertopulido4267

3 жыл бұрын

@@manuelwel8098 could be... I don't have time to check it... But probably both win

@nemoumbra0

3 жыл бұрын

@@albertopulido4267 To "check", you say? .... I won't leave.

12:08 Him: I think I wanna harass this queen HR: bonjour

Hi there! My first chess computer was in 1981 and was a German Mephisto II unit. It wasn't that strong but was fun at the time. Later I upgraded to the Mephisto Exclusive wooden auto board which was beautiful. I traded it in for a plastic but stronger Mephisto computer but wish I'd kept the wooden board because it was a lovely quality set. Thanks for posting.

I loved watching your video(twice now). Excalibur King Arthur, bought at Fry's Electronics in 2003. Once I learned the London System opening, I was finally able to start winning at higher levels at a faster rate, 10 level jumps at a time. It's like I cracked the code and on my way to finally beat the computer soon.

I'd like to see a video of John taking on this thing's max level.

@zachnado69

3 жыл бұрын

nah, john is 2400-2500 according to the video whereas the computers max level is 1650, it wouldnt even be a challenge, also stated in the video is that the comp thinks for a long time at higher levels.

I have never searched for chess games. Just after watching The Queen's Gambit, I get so many chess videos up on my recommended list.

@Irish381

3 жыл бұрын

I have been getting the same thing since I watched queen's gambit as well.

Omg I had something very similar in the early 90's. Brings back memories

i dont even know how to play chess but this is so nice to watch

@JohnBartholomewChess

7 жыл бұрын

fungi_anime.mp4 I'm glad to hear that! Chess is a fantastic game - hope you take it up.

Never seen such a thing in Russia, it is incredible for me that so long ago you had such cool "computers". My first opponent was my grandma (she taught me to play), and now I am helping her to fight against Chess Titans :)

@katb1145

5 жыл бұрын

Look up the Elektronika 01.

This brings back memories (for me) of the same (table-top) chess computer I used to have (another brand name). I miss it. In addition to using it as an opponent I also practiced certain openings (with the set-up function). I wonder if this type of chess computer is still offered (on the market) in 2022?

This reminds me of when I was watching Bobby Fischer play Boris Spasky for the world championship on TV in 1972, and the commentators analyzing the position as the game progressed, they were using the Fritz program if I remember rightly, and it's nice to hear the thinking behind the moves in real-time. William Hartston was one of the commentators, I wonder why they don't they do that now. (on terrestrial TV I that is).

@Ramboost007

Жыл бұрын

The official broadcast of the World Chess Championships still has grandmasters commentating with the aid of modern engines

Hi, I start playing chess, after I watch this video. And brought myself a chess computer too. Thank you

my first opponent was my mom(i think) on a little mini magnet chess board i got from the dollar store. still have the board, though i don't think it closes properly any more.

John, I had one of these years ago. Bought it at Radio Shack and it had their name on it, but same machine. I had to press the squares with my finger as the pieces didn't put enough pressure for it to register with the computer that a move was made.

The computer is breaking a rule of bringing out the queen to early but well

Vid starts at 9:40.

@finnabon

7 жыл бұрын

No, it actually starts at 0:00

@ChessdumyTV

7 жыл бұрын

How does Piezor's comment have more likes than the OP's? Don't you get the point?

@an_jancine1367

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@kendall_8360

6 жыл бұрын

Tnks

@jimbobimbo274

6 жыл бұрын

I was there when i read this