National Master Dan Heisman is a name that is synonymous with excellence in chess coaching and teaching. Dan authors the award-winning Novice Nook column (winner of three Chess Journalists of America "Best Instruction" awards), aimed at improving adults, for chesscafe.com that are clearly written and offer very practical advice and tips on how to improve your game.

He has also written eight (with more in the pipeline) acclaimed teaching books on the game, including Back to Basics: Tactics, Everyone's 2nd Chess Book, and Looking for Trouble.

Over the years, Dan has produced many winning students and scholastic teams - and now he can help you, too! Earlier in the year, Dan released Improve Your Chess I, a series of five highly-rated instructional videos for ICC Chess.FM, bringing you his innovative teaching methods on how to play better chess. Now, in a follow-up comes a new five-part series Improve Your Chess II, all packed with more advice and helpful tips from the maestro himself.

In his “New Ideas in....” regular video series for ICC Chess.FM, GM Ronen Har-Zvi investigates the latest developments and trends in those downright annoying and unusual Queen Pawn openings that avoid the main battle-lines with 2 c4.

Are you searching for a quick-fix against the Colle-Zukertort, Torre Attack, London System, QB Attack with 2 Bg5, Stonewall Attack or perhaps the King's Fianchetto Attack with 1 d4 2 Nf3 3 g3 (without c4)? Then look no further as Ronen gives you an easy-to-play antidote to all those annoying 1 d4 openings.

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Tune-in for Chess Talk with IM John Watson on ICC Chess.FM. John's weekly 60+ minute show will feature an interview with leading chess personalities. All shows run on demand for members after airing.

This week (Tue., Sept., 23), making a return to join John Watson in the Chess Talk hot-seat is chess retailer, collector and publisher Hanon Russell. A lawyer by profession and publisher of the popular web site ChessCafe.com, Hanon has been translating Russian chess literature for four decades and is an avid collector of chess memorabilia.

Click here for free 5-minute preview of the latest show with Hanon Russell. To listen to the full shows, sign up for membership!

Tune-in for "Ask the Renaissance Man" with National Master Dan Heisman every Thursday at 21:00 EDT. You send in the questions and Dan provides the answers every week on his Q&A show. Questions on tournament rules, opening play, chess books, chess politics, current events, and more!

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In his weekly video lecture series for ICC, Boris Alterman's Gambit Guide, Boris investigates gambits old and new and show that, while some may not be actively played on the grandmaster circuit these days, they are all exciting to play and at the same time instructive as they teach us all about natural development of the pieces and tactics in chess. GM Boris Alterman has just opened his official blog where, among other things, he'll be discussing some of his choices for his Gambit Guide.

Streetfighting Chess - Andrew Burnett

Streetfighting Chess is the exciting new book from three times East of Scotland Champion, Andrew Burnett. A practical guide to attacking chess for club strength players, Streetfighting Chess will show how an aggressive approach to all aspects of the game can and will gain points. Moreover, it is designed to install in the reader a new sense of adventure and, importantly, increased enjoyment of the game.

Published by Trinity Knights Publishing, 186 pages, soft cover.

Price $32.95 -   Buy now!

My 60 Memorable Games - Bobby Fischer

A rare window into the mind of a chess icon, My 60 Memorable Games is perhaps the most inspirational and influential chess book ever written. First published in 1969, it contains Bobby Fischer's objective, honest and self-critical annotations to games he had won, drawn and even lost in the period from 1957 to 1967 but from which he had also learned valuable lessons. Reading Fischer's intensely personal commentaries is like going back in time and watching live coverage of his over-the-board battles with the leading players of his day. Soon he would become the greatest of them all.

In contrast with the previous edition of this book, no alterations have been made to the text other than the conversion of moves into algebraic notation, making this an updated yet accurate reflection of the original book.

Price $27.95 -   Buy now!

Secrets of Opening Surprises Volume 9 - Bosch

Brings you a wide variety of unusual opening ideas. They may seem outrageous at fi rst sight, but have proven to be perfectly playable.

An SOS deviates very early from the regular lines in a mainstream opening, usually even before move six! That is why it is so easy to actually bring the variation on the board. You will baffle your opponent without having studied large quantities of stuffy theory.

144 pages, soft cover

Price $20.95 -   Buy now!

Modern Chess Self Tutor - Bronstein

This book by Grandmaster David Bronstein, one of the most original and influential players of the post-war period, is not a self-tutor in the conventional sense, where the basics of opening, middlegame and endgame play are drily explained.

Instead, the author engages in a frank conversation with the reader, discussing how strong players decide on their moves, and covering such topics as:

• A shelter for the king
• The deployment of the pieces and pawns
• Attack and Defence
• The strengths and weaknesses of a position

... and much more.

Price $24.95 -   Buy now!