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   NM Dan Heisman's archive  

Dan has released four highly-rated instructional "Improve Your Chess" video series for ICC Chess.FM, bringing you his innovative teaching methods on how to play better chess. Dan also hosted the "Ask the Renaissance Man" live radio show for many years on Chess.FM.


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Thought Process and General Improvement:

  1. Introduction to Pawns
  2. Introduction to Thought Process
  3. Thought Process (2): Analytical and Non-Analytical Positions
  4. Theory of Chess Improvement
  5. Introduction to Time Management
  6. Evaluation Criteria
  7. Common Evaluation Misconceptions
  8. Break Moves
  9. Guide to P-R3
  10. The 20-minute Exercise
  11. The Maung Lesson
  12. Introduction to Mobility and Activity
  13. It's a Different Game When You're Way Ahead
  14. More pawns in the middle is good
  15. The margin for error
  16. Strategy Based on Central Pawn Structure
  17. Examples of Chess Logic
  18. A key Part of the Thought Process
  19. 20-minute Exercise #2
  20. The Most Important Strategic Decisions
  21. Dan vs Computer: Live & Verbalized
  22. Avoid the Common Quiescence Error
  23. Dan vs. Computer #2 - Slower Game (Part 1)
  24. Dan vs. Computer #2 - Slower Game (Part 2)
  25. The 3 Types of Chess Vision
  26. Initial and Final Candidate Moves
  27. 20 Minute Exercise #3 NEW

Tactics and Safety:

  1. Introduction to Safety and Counting
  2. Is It Safe?
  3. The Seeds of Tactical Destruction
  4. Tempos and Threats
  5. Removal of the Guard
  6. The Loman Series*
  7. When is a King Safe?
  8. The Safety Table
  9. Five Ways to Make A Piece Safe

Openings and Opening Tabiyas:

  1. Learning Tabiyas: The Closed Ruy Lopez
  2. Tabiyas 2: King's Indian Defense Main Line
  3. Tabiyas 3: Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
  4. Tabiyas 4: Two Knights Defense: Fried Liver/Lolli
  5. Tabiyas 5: Sicilian Sveshnikov
  6. Using Openings to Improve
  7. Tabiyas 6: French Winawer
  8. Tabiyas 7: Sicilian Najdorf
  9. Tabiyas 8: Slav Defense
  10. Tabiyas 9: Open Ruy Lopez
  11. Queen's Gambit Declined & Slav Defenses
  12. Tabiya 10: French Defense (Tarrasch Variation)
  13. Tabiyas 11: Avoiding the Exchange Gruenfeld
  14. Tabiyas 12: The Trappy Cambridge Springs Defense

Endings:

  1. King and Pawn vs. King (1)
  2. King and Pawn vs. King (2)
  3. King, Pawn and ? vs King
  4. Queen vs. Pawn on the 7th Rank
  5. Rook vs. Connected passed pawns
  6. King and Two Pawns vs. King and Pawn
  7. Instructive Amateur King and Pawn Endgame
  8. Trading Pawns When Ahead
  9. King and Pawn vs. King and Pawn

Amateur Games

  1. An Amateur Game (part 1); An Amateur Game (part 2)
  2. Doubled Isolated Pawns can Sometimes be Nice
  3. Don't Close off your Attack
  4. Considering All Threats
  5. Rushing Critical Moments
  6. Save Time for Critical Moves
  7. Play on and Try to Win
  8. Handling Complexities
  9. Any One Move Can Lose the Game
  10. Playing a Sacrifice
  11. It Helps to Understand the Opening
  12. Dance on the Weak White Squares
  13. Too Bad - Too Fast
  14. A Million Ways to Win
  15. Interesting in Every Phase
  16. Don't Acquiesce (part 1); Don't Acquiesce (part 2)
  17. Technique (part 1); Technique (part 2)
  18. It's Not How You Start
  19. Losing Material Doesn't Always Lose
  20. Get Those Pawns Rolling
  21. Parting With The Lady - This video's title is in memory of the late master Jerry Hanken
  22. Closed Maneuvering
  23. Instructive Rooks
  24. Avoid Purposeful Errors
  25. Endgame See-saw
  26. Weak Squares and Majorities
  27. King's Indian Complexities
  28. Aggression Pays Off
  29. Winning the Exchange is not Always Enough
  30. The Imbalanced Sicilian
  31. Passive Play When Ahead
  32. Throw the Kitchen Sink
  33. King and Pawn Endgames are Tricky
  34. Flexible Opening - Opposite Side Castling
  35. One Bad Move...Upset!
  36. Missing That Opening Opportunity
  37. Instructive Mistakes
  38. Dan Isn't That Bad Any More
  39. Strategic Misunderstandings
  40. Tactical Oversights
  41. The sense of danger
  42. Playing fast in slow games is silly
  43. Danger picking off pawns when way ahead
  44. Sometimes Doing Nothing is Good
  45. Opening Gambit Pays off
  46. Playing Fast in a Clear Position
  47. Double blunders
  48. Random Game Usually Instructive
  49. Another Instructive Endgame
  50. Famous Opening Trap
  51. Doubled Pawns Not Consequential
  52. Back and Forth Flow
  53. Frittering Away the Advantage
  54. Want to Improve -- Learn this
  55. Fine Combination not Consumated
  56. One Bad Move in the Opening
  57. Down a Piece? Fight Back!
  58. Strong Amateurs in a Closed Game!
  59. Making Critical Decisions Way Too Quickly
  60. One Mistake in Time Trouble
  61. A Tal-Like Sacrifice
  62. Active King overcomes Bishop Opposite Color
  63. Solid Game, Critical Mistake
  64. Avoid the Just Play it Out Attitude
  65. How Not to Play When Way Ahead - And Still Win
  66. Ever Young Imbalanced Game
  67. Openings vs. Opening Systems
  68. Up Two Pieces Doesn't Win - Yet
  69. Simul Game Victory
  70. Play Too Fast - No Win
  71. Without a Clock is a Different Game
  72. A Ton of Instructive Ideas
  73. How did the e-pawn Survive
  74. See-saw Game Ends in Upset
  75. Fast Play Throws Away Upset Vs FM
  76. My First Game Against a Master
  77. Exception - R&P OK vs. B&N
  78. Win Thrown Away Twice
  79. A difficult "Resigns" Position vs. an IM
  80. Instructive King's Indian
  81. Learning from a missed checkmate
  82. Complicated Game Played Super-Fast
  83. Wild Game with Big Mood Swings
  84. Castling Opposite Sides - Fun Game
  85. Monstrous Positional Blunder Seals Loss
  86. Too Fast or Too Slow - Similar Problem
  87. This King Exposure Was Fatal
  88. Another Quickly, Badly Played Endgame
  89. Two Big Blunders Even Out
  90. Instructive King & Pawn Endgame (Again)
  91. Black's Early Advantage Fades Away
  92. This Story's Ending has Twists 
  93. Well-known Opening Tactical Pattern
  94. Played Well for a While Then Fell Apart
  95. Doubleheader: Tactical Games
  96. Too Quickly Played Positional Battle
  97. Piece Against Two Pawns Early
  98. A Cautionary Tale
  99. This Time Fast Play Not Punished
  100. It Doesn't Take Much to Lose
  101. Well Played Slow Game 
  102. Marshall Attack becomes Open Ruy

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   Dan Heisman on Watson's "Chess Talk"

Sept 30, 2008: Joining John Watson on Chess Talk is award-winning author, columnist, coach and Chess.FM's "The Renaissance Man" Q&A show host, Dan Heisman.

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   Ask the Renaissance Man" Archives

National Master Dan Heisman is known for his excellence in chess coaching and teaching. Check out his audio archive clips from "Ask the Renaissance Man" Q & A show.

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