No coffee, no queen trade, who is this guy? At least he still gets himself into time pressure, so there's still a chance it might be John.

@constipatedpotato3745

11 ай бұрын

lol

Fun fact, your opponent's name is (probably) a play on words with Harald Hardrada (famous viking king in the early 1000s) and pedrada meaning stoned in Portuguese. Great game!

@JohnBartholomewChess

11 ай бұрын

Dropping the knowledge!! Love it

Mind-blowing. Even in this sub-variation of a sub-variation there is an absolute tonne of theory... Just shows what a crazy opening the Najdorf is. Shout out to Najdorfians.

Thanks for giving your viewers a lot of variety in your opening choices, John. Here you were playing one of the sharpest openings in chess: the Najdorf Sicilian with 6 Bg5. Of course, once your opponent played . . . Bxd5 instead of . . . exd5, White got attractive positional pluses without having to invest any material. In general, I would say that the open Sicilian lines for White must be objectively stronger and certainly more testing in practice than anti-Sicilian lines like the Alapin Variation. But there is also exponentially more complex theory to absorb and the constant need to stay abreast of new developments in the Open Sicilian. If one wants to devote all their free time to studying chess theory, then this definitely could yield dividends in your game results. But for a lot of us chess players with a life outside chess (even including many GMs, I believe), this price is just not worth it.

@JohnBartholomewChess

11 ай бұрын

Accurate summary of the difference between the Open Sicilian and other lines of the Sicilian, Robert! I completely agree :)

Love how humble John is during the analysis. Even after learning that knight d to f5 was -1 for black he still was honest about probably playing it in game. I feel like seeing the eval many players' ego would kick in and say they'd have made "the right" move anyway had the position come to pass.

GG to Herald, even tho the game didn't go to the endgame there was a lot of learn from. I knew the knight sac was a common theme in Sicilians but it's so scary to play it as white sometimes and vice versa when you see it coming from the black side you also need to know how to defend against it. This opening is just like a box of infinite tactics and details where everytime you play it, you witness and learn something new.

Nice one. I quit caffeine completely for a year, it's not so bad as long as you get lots of exercise. Sensitivity levels eventually return to normal and now 2 cups is a lot. Also, nice work in the center with the knights and pawns

Here’s how you know John is a professional. I would have titled this “Things get pretty hairy for a Brazilian.”

@daveireland1983

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

Well there goes my Friday afternoon kicking off to a great start!

I started playing the open Sicilian with white and the classical Sicilian with black when overhauling my whole repertoire. Win, lose, or draw I’m ecstatic to get these positions on the board

@JohnBartholomewChess

10 ай бұрын

They tend to be pretty exciting, agreed!

When John sacs on d5 in the Sicilian, he looks at his opponent and says "I'm gonna make you an offer you can't refuse". And puts a horse in their bed...

@JohnBartholomewChess

11 ай бұрын

😂

Thanks John. You continue to produce quality content.

Nd5 in the face

@alpulley4894

11 ай бұрын

Marc would be proud

I also gave up coffee recently. Been like 2-3 weeks no coffee and i have had no symptoms/withdrawal and i just feel good all around. I also been fasting. Trying to get closer to God.

I played "Descending down the Rating Ladder" against Magnus Carlsen. It was a lot of fun :)

Hello John! Hope all is well. Thanks for the content. I still play the Khan as black based on your recommendation so I appreciate all the helpful insight. I’d like to see you play the Khan 😉👍🏻

@JohnBartholomewChess

11 ай бұрын

Good to hear! I have lots of Kan games if you search my channel. Will play it more in the future.

@emregeylani

11 ай бұрын

@@JohnBartholomewChess also some classical sicilians please John :)

nice, thanks.

@JohnBartholomewChess

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

No more "Using the caffeine as a weapon"

@JohnBartholomewChess

11 ай бұрын

Sadly, at least for the moment! 😅

Why'd you cut out the caffeine?

@JohnBartholomewChess

11 ай бұрын

Seeing if it helps reduce muscle tension; could assist in recovering from my voice issue.

@ParisToyTimeAdventures

11 ай бұрын

Caffeine in excess is not healthy for you anyways. Good call!

I'm still waiting for John to play "Climbing the Rating Ladder" against AlphaZero :)

I can’t imagine going cold turkey on caffeine 😳

@JohnBartholomewChess

11 ай бұрын

What's your daily intake? It's been far easier than I anticipated, though I'm sure everyone reacts differently.

@davew4304

11 ай бұрын

@@JohnBartholomewChess normally 2 cups a day for me depending. But if I ever go a day without it all hell breaks loose 😂

I really like the 👌thumbnail👌

The withdrawals are coming. They sneak up on you once you think you're in the clear.

@JohnBartholomewChess

11 ай бұрын

Man I hope not 😅😅

Can I request you play b3? As I enjoy playing it but it’s not played much in speed runs

I honestly understood so little about this game... I really was not understanding the compensation that white has after any of the sacs

@pablourosa1443

11 ай бұрын

You have to see all the threats white has to see the compensation. Queen was lined up to the king, bishop against the other bishop with a threat of overloading the queen and losing a piece... But as you saw, the computer finds a line to refute white dynamic play, and if things got quiet, white would be a piece down. Also for the second knight sac, dynamic play

@JohnBartholomewChess

11 ай бұрын

As Pablo wrote below, the concrete calculations surrounding the Nc3-d5 decision were a major factor in this game. It's difficult to generalize about such sacrifices sometimes; it can really come down to whether it works or not.

@johnbartholomew how did you loose your knight at 14:20?

@JohnBartholomewChess

11 ай бұрын

Do you mean what happens if Black captures it? I was intending ...dxe5 d6, opening the bishop up towards the rook on a8.