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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.

John Bartholomew
Bartholomew at the London Chess Classic, 2016
CountryUnited States
TitleInternational Master
FIDE rating2446 (May 2022)
2477
Peak rating2477 (March 2018)

Chess career


In 2002, Bartholomew won the National High School Chess Championship, and in 2006 became an International Master (IM). He studied at the University of Texas, Dallas on a chess-based full ride scholarship, which he earned at the age of 14.[3] 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.[4][5] Bartholomew earned his first Grandmaster norm at the Saint Louis Classic in 2013.[6] He is a four-time winner of the Okoboji Open.[7]

He has a dedicated YouTube channel of instructional chess videos and is one of the most popular chess YouTubers.[8] He is the co-founder with David Kramaley of Chessable, a chess education website dedicated to learning chess in a systematic manner.[9] The project was launched in November 2015 and the website was officially launched on February 22, 2016.[10][11] In September 2019, the company joined forces with an existing merger of Play Magnus and Chess24.com.[12]

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.[13]

In 2019, Bartholomew was inducted into the Minnesota Chess Hall of Fame.[14]


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. "UT Dallas Awards Chess Scholarships To Four Students From New York, Massachusetts and Minnesota". News Center. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  4. "Chess champ: St. Paul youth rising through the ranks". Pioneer Press. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  5. "Bloomington Student Wins National Chess Tournament". CBS Minnesota. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. "Johnny B. Good for a GM Norm". US Chess Federation. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. Anzis, Hank (2 May 2014). "Bartholomew Wins 2014 Okoboji Open". US Chess Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  8. "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.
  9. Angelini, Daniel (1 May 2017). "Chess fan creates online way to learn and improve your moves". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  10. London Meetup with IM Bartholomew and IM Sielecki! Wednesday, Nov. 29. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09.
  11. Chessable: We're OPEN!. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09.
  12. "Chessable joins the Play Magnus chess24 family". chess24.com. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  13. "CCCSA GM/IM Norm Invitational - May 2022 GM/IM Norm Invitational Chess Tournament".
  14. "Hall of Fame - Chess Castle". www.chesscastle.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-13.



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