What is John Bartholomew's FIDE rating?

John Bartholomew's FIDE rating is 2446 standard, 2417 rapid, 2445 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with John Bartholomew's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has John Bartholomew played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 792 over-the-board games by John Bartholomew (779 classical, 7 rapid, 6 blitz), with 44% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on John Bartholomew's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against John Bartholomew?

Open John Bartholomew's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates John Bartholomew's style, before facing them.

John Bartholomew

United Statesborn 1986FIDE ID 2019353

Rating & statistics

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2446Classical

2445Blitz

2417Rapid

2477peak, Mar 2018

792games

349wins, 44%

233draws, 29%

210losses, 27%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2477 · Mar 2018

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Very high accuracy: 89.5% average

Very consistent (86%)

Very precise: only 0.3 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 as

(63% in 205 games)

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Based on

792 games

Based on 792 games

Openings

792 gamesBased on 792 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e612 games, last played 4 years ago66.7%wins

Grünfeld1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 d517 games, last played 6 years ago58.8%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 86 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 86 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.1%

Middlegame

91.5%

Endgame

93.1%

Clutch factor

+4%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

91%49g

EqualEqual position

91%14g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

87%23g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

21%

33 err

19%

30 err

18%

29 err

17%

27 err

15%

23 err

10%

16 err

Critical moment

Move 37 avg

1-15

12%

16-25

38%

26-35

29%

36-45

17%

46+

38% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

58Errors mapped

e5 / d7Hotspot zone

Critical squares

88 err

77 err

66 err

e5/d7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#39

♞g1?? vs Duda

Endgame · OTB · 2026

#41

♝e5?? vs Kashlinskaya

Middlegame · Blitz · 2020

#15

♛h4?? vs Kashlinskaya

Middlegame · Blitz · 2020

#20

b4?? vs Kashlinskaya

Middlegame · Blitz · 2020

#39

♜xd7?? vs Kashlinskaya

Middlegame · Blitz · 2020

#33

♞e5?? vs Kashlinskaya

Middlegame · Blitz · 2020