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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.


   New! "Improve Your Chess IV"

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The mythical Capture with the Least Valuable Piece principle 04/27/2013
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The Great Quiescence Error Game 04/20/2013
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Teach Me Something About Openings 04/13/2013
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Sharp Line Leads to Dangerous Defense 04/06/2013
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20-minute exercise #5 03/30/2013
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Two 1800s in a See-saw Battle 03/23/2013
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Game with Instructive Counting Tactics 03/16/2013
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Book Knowledge Loses Value if you Blunder 03/09/2013
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White Wins First Half, Black Wins Second 03/02/2013
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Using Computer Engine to Analyze on ICC 02/23/2013
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A Guilty Pleasure 02/16/2013
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What Happens When Break Move Unplayed 02/09/2013
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Keeping Your Cool in Critical Positions is Key 02/02/2013
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The Sneaky Pin Double Blunder Game 01/26/2013
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Gambit Overview 01/19/2013
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Pawns: Majority Rolls and Bishops in the Opening 01/12/2013
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Upset Missed by Cashing in Chips for Too Little 01/05/2013
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Lower Level Commentary to Aid the Needy 12/29/2012
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White misses one idea, Black misses one move 12/22/2012
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Exciting Game - Both Sides Missed Chances 12/15/2012
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Crazy Fast Play keeps Players Weak 12/08/2012
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Minor Strategic Errors Add Up 12/01/2012
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Sharp Opening, One Mistake: Fast Game 11/24/2012
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AWL: Attack it with something Worth Less 11/17/2012
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Dan vs. Computer #4 (Part 2) 11/10/2012
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Dan vs. Computer #4 (Part 1) 11/03/2012
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Strong Player, Weak Move 10/27/2012
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20-minute exercise #4 10/20/2012
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Playing Aggressively Vs Opponent 500 Points Higher 10/13/2012
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Beating the Lower Rated Player with Kingside Attack 10/06/2012
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Tough Rook and Pawn Endgame Not Held 09/29/2012
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Tabiya 14 - g3 English 09/22/2012
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Unsafe play - throws away 500 pt upset 09/15/2012
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Amateur Correspondence Game Close Battle 09/08/2012
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Big Errors Reverse Fortunes 09/01/2012
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Tabiya 13: Queen's Gambit Accepted 08/25/2012
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Rooks in the Openings 08/18/2012
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Two Weaker Players Play Short Instructive Game 08/11/2012
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Endgame Techniques 08/04/2012
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Another Kingside Attack 07/28/2012
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Immortal Coulda Traded Queens Game 07/21/2012
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Identifying Candidate Moves 07/14/2012
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Two 1900s on a Roller Coaster 07/07/2012
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One Big Mistake Takes Down the 2200 06/30/2012
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Pretty Correspondence Finish 06/23/2012
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King's Indian Attack Had One Chance 06/16/2012
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Wacky, Complicated Game 06/09/2012
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Dan vs Computer #3 - Part 2 06/02/2012
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Dan vs Computer #3 - Part 1 05/26/2012
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20 Minute Exercise #3 05/19/2012
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King and Pawn vs. King and Pawn 05/12/2012
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Marshall Attack becomes Open Ruy 05/05/2012
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Tabiyas 12: The Trappy Cambridge Springs Defense 04/28/2012
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Initial and Final Candidate Moves 04/21/2012
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Well Played Slow Game 04/14/2012
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It Doesn't Take Much to Lose 04/07/2012
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This Time Fast Play Not Punished 03/31/2012
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Trading Pawns When Ahead 03/24/2012
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A Cautionary Tale 03/17/2012
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Tabiyas 11: Avoiding the Exchange Gruenfeld 03/10/2012
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Piece Against Two Pawns Early 03/03/2012
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Too Quickly Played Positional Battle 02/25/2012
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Doubleheader: Tactical Games 02/18/2012
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Played Well for a While Then Fell Apart 02/11/2012
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The 3 Types of Chess Vision 02/04/2012
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Well-known Opening Tactical Pattern 01/28/2012
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This Story's Ending has Twists 01/21/2012
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Black's Early Advantage Fades Away 01/14/2012
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Instructive King & Pawn Endgame (Again) 01/07/2012
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Dan vs. Computer #2 - Slower Game (Part 2) 12/31/2011
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Dan vs. Computer #2 - Slower Game (Part 1) 12/24/2011
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Two Big Blunders Even Out 12/17/2011
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Another Quickly, Badly Played Endgame 12/10/2011
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This King Exposure Was Fatal 12/03/2011
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Too Fast or Too Slow - Similar Problem 11/26/2011
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Monstrous Positional Blunder Seals Loss 11/19/2011
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Avoid the Common Quiescence Error 11/12/2011
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Castling Opposite Sides - Fun Game 11/05/2011
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Tabiya 10: French Defense (Tarrasch Variation) 10/29/2011
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Wild Game with Big Mood Swings 10/22/2011
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Dan vs Computer: Live & Verbalized 10/15/2011
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Complicated Game Played Super-Fast 10/08/2011
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Learning from a missed checkmate 10/01/2011
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Instructive King's Indian 09/24/2011
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Queen's Gambit Declined & Slav Defenses 09/17/2011
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A difficult "Resigns" Position vs. an IM 09/10/2011
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Win Thrown Away Twice 09/03/2011
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Exception - R&P OK vs. B&N 08/27/2011
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My First Game Against a Master 08/20/2011
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Fast Play Throws Away Upset Vs FM 08/13/2011
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The Most Important Strategic Decisions 08/06/2011
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See-saw Game Ends in Upset 07/30/2011
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How did the e-pawn Survive 07/23/2011
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A Ton of Instructive Ideas 07/16/2011
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Without a Clock is a Different Game 07/09/2011
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Tabiyas 9: Open Ruy Lopez 07/02/2011
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Play Too Fast - No Win 06/25/2011
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Simul Game Victory 06/18/2011
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Up Two Pieces Doesn't Win - Yet 06/11/2011
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Openings vs. Opening Systems 06/04/2011
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Ever Young Imbalanced Game 05/28/2011
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How Not to Play When Way Ahead - And Still Win 05/21/2011
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Avoid the Just Play it Out Attitude 05/14/2011
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20-minute Exercise #2 05/07/2011
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Solid Game, Critical Mistake 04/30/2011
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Active King overcomes Bishop Opposite Color 04/23/2011
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A Tal-Like Sacrifice 04/16/2011
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Tabiyas 8: Slav Defense 04/09/2011
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One Mistake in Time Trouble 04/02/2011
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Making Critical Decisions Way Too Quickly 03/26/2011
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Tabiyas 7: Sicilian Najdorf 03/19/2011
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Strong Amateurs in a Closed Game 03/12/2011
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Down a Piece? Fight Back! 03/05/2011
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One Bad Move in the Opening 02/26/2011
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A key Part of the Thought Process 02/19/2011
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Fine Combination not Consumated 02/12/2011
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Five Ways to Make A Piece Safe 02/05/2011
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Want to Improve -- Learn this 01/29/2011
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Frittering Away the Advantage 01/22/2011
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The Safety Table 01/15/2011
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Back and Forth Flow 01/08/2011
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Doubled Pawns Not Consequential 01/01/2011
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Famous Opening Trap 12/25/2010
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Examples of Chess Logic 12/18/2010
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Another Instructive Endgame 12/11/2010
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Random Game Usually Instructive 12/04/2010
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Double blunders 11/27/2010
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Playing Fast in a Clear Position 11/20/2010
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Instructive Amateur King and Pawn Endgame 11/13/2010
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Strategy Based on Central Pawn Structure 11/06/2010
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Opening Gambit Pays off 10/30/2010
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Sometimes Doing Nothing is Good 10/23/2010
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The margin for error 10/16/2010
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Danger picking off pawns when way ahead 10/09/2010
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Playing fast in slow games is silly 10/02/2010
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The sense of danger 09/25/2010
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More pawns in the middle is good 09/18/2010
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Tactical Oversights 09/11/2010
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Strategic Misunderstandings 09/04/2010
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Tabiya #6: French Winawer 08/28/2010
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Dan is no longer that bad 08/21/2010
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Instructive Mistakes 08/14/2010
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Missing That Opening Opportunity 08/07/2010
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One bad move upset! 07/31/2010
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Flexible Opening: Opposite Side Castling 07/24/2010
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King and pawn endgames are tricky 07/17/2010
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It's a different game ... when you're way ahead 07/10/2010
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Throw The Kitchen Sink 07/03/2010
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Passive Play When Ahead 06/26/2010
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When is a King safe? 06/19/2010
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Introduction to mobility and activity 06/12/2010
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The Maung Lesson 06/05/2010
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The imbalanced Sicilian 05/29/2010
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Winning the Exchange is not Always Enough 05/22/2010
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Aggression pays off 05/15/2010
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Using Openings to Improve 05/08/2010
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Kings Indian Complexities 05/01/2010
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The 20 Minute Exercise 04/24/2010
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Weak squares and majorities 04/17/2010
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The Loman Series 04/10/2010
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Endgame See-Saw 04/03/2010
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Avoid Purposeful Errors 03/27/2010
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King and two pawns vs. king and pawn 03/20/2010
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Instructive Rooks 03/13/2010
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Guide to P-R3 03/06/2010
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Closed Maneuvering 02/27/2010
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Tabiyas: Sicilian Sveshnikov 02/20/2010
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Parting with the Lady 02/13/2010
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Opening Tabiyas: Two Knights Defense: Fried Liver and Lolli 02/06/2010
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Get those pawns rolling 01/30/2010
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Losing material doesnt always lose 01/23/2010
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It's not how you start 01/16/2010
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Rook vs. connected passed pawns 01/09/2010
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Technique? 2 01/02/2010
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Technique? 12/26/2009
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Don't Acquiesce 2 12/19/2009
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Don't Acquiesce 12/12/2009
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Interesting in every phase 12/05/2009
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Break moves 11/28/2009
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A million ways to win 11/21/2009
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Too bad too fast 11/14/2009
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Dance on the weak light squares 11/07/2009
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Opening Tabiyas: Sicilian, Yugoslav 10/31/2009
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Removal of the Guard 10/24/2009
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It helps to understand the opening 10/17/2009
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Playing a Sacrifice 10/10/2009
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Any one move can lose the game 10/03/2009
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Handling Complexities 09/17/2009
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Play on and try to win 09/10/2009
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Introduction to pawns 09/03/2009
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Save time for critical moves 08/27/2009
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Rushing critical moments 08/20/2009
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Considering All Threats 08/13/2009
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Don't close off your attack 08/06/2009
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Doubled ISOs can sometimes be nice                                    07/30/2009
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An Amateur game (2) 07/23/2009
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An Amateur game (1) 07/16/2009

   "Improve Your Chess III"

Watch (members only)|Tabiyas (2): King’s Indian Defense Main Line
Watch (members only)|Queen vs. Pawn on the 7th Rank
Watch (members only)|Tempos and Threats
Watch (members only)|Thought Process (2): Analytical and Non-Analytical Positions
Watch (members only)|King and Pawn vs. King (1)
Watch (members only)|King and Pawn vs. King (2)

   "Improve Your Chess II"

Preview | Watch (members only)| King, Pawn and ? vs King
Preview | Watch (members only)| Learning Tabiyas The Closed Ruy Lopez
Preview | Watch (members only)| Evaluation Criteria
Preview | Watch (members only) |The Seeds of Tactical Destruction
Preview | Watch (members only)| Theory of Chess Improvement

   "Improve Your Chess I"

Watch (members only)|Introduction to Safety and Counting (target audience below 1500)
Watch (members only)|Introduction to Time Management (all players)
Watch (members only)|Introduction to Thought Process (800-1800)
Watch (members only)|Common Evaluation Misconceptions (1000-2200)
Watch (members only)|Is It Safe? (below 1900) - Follow-up to "Introduction to Safety and Counting"

   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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