John Bartholomew (chess player)

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John Bartholomew
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Bartholomew at the London Chess Classic, 2016
CountryUnited States
TitleInternational Master
FIDE rating2446 (December 2021)
2477
Peak rating2477 (March 2018)

John David Bartholomew[1] (born September 5, 1986) is an American chess player, International Master, YouTuber and entrepreneur.[2] As of 2021, he resides in Minnesota.

Chess career[]

In 2002, Bartholomew won the National High School Chess Championship, and in 2006 became an IM. After leaving law school, he became the coach of David Floeder, a middle school student who won the National K-12 U.S. Chess Federation Championship in 2012.[3][4] Bartholomew earned his first grandmaster norm at the Saint Louis Classic in 2013.[5] He is a four-time winner of the Okoboji Open.[6]

He has a dedicated YouTube channel of instructional chess videos and was once described as "probably the most famous chess YouTuber of them all".[7] He is the co-founder with David Kramaley of Chessable, a chess education website dedicated to learning chess in a systematic manner.[8] The project was launched in November 2015 and the website was officially launched on February 22, 2016.[9][10] In September 2019, the company joined forces with an existing merger of Play Magnus and Chess24.com.[11]

In January 2018, Bartholomew earned clear first place in the Charlotte Chess Center's Winter 2018 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with an undefeated score of 6.0/9.[12]

In 2019, Bartholomew was inducted into the Minnesota Chess Hall of Fame.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ FamilySearch record
  2. ^ Van Abbema, Alex. "Minnesota's international chess star reaches bigger audience with online venture", The Star Tribune, May 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Chess champ: St. Paul youth rising through the ranks". Pioneer Press. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Bloomington Student Wins National Chess Tournament". CBS Minnesota. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Johnny B. Good for a GM Norm". US Chess Federation. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. ^ Anzis, Hank (2 May 2014). "Bartholomew Wins 2014 Okoboji Open". US Chess Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Can you topple the king of You-Tube? Chessable's IM John Bartholomew is back". Battersea Chess Club. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  8. ^ Angelini, Daniel (1 May 2017). "Chess fan creates online way to learn and improve your moves". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. ^ London Meetup with IM Bartholomew and IM Sielecki! Wednesday, Nov. 29. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09.
  10. ^ Chessable: We're OPEN!. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09.
  11. ^ "Chessable joins the Play Magnus chess24 family". chess24.com. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  12. ^ http://chessstream.com/Invitational/Winter-2018-GM-IM-Norm-Invitational/TournamentPairings.aspx
  13. ^ https://www.chesscastle.com/chess-chatter/hall-of-fame-1

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