Released June 1, 2008
Improve your chess with Dan Heisman
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 Elements of Positional Chess Evaluation, 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!  In this series of five instructional videos for ICC Chess.FM, Dan brings you his innovative teaching methods on how to play better chess - and all packed with sound advice from the maestro himself.
The five videos (and their target audience's standard ratings) are:
  1. Introduction to Safety and Counting (below 1500)
  2. Introduction to Time Management (all players)
  3. Introduction to Thought Process (800-1800)
  4. Common Evaluation Misconceptions (1000-2200)
  5. Is It Safe? (below 1900) - this video is a follow-up to "Introduction to Safety and Counting"
Introduction to Safety and Counting (target audience below 1500)
Introduction to Time Management (all players)

Introduction to Thought Process (800-1800)
Common Evaluation Misconceptions (1000-2200)
Is It Safe? (below 1900) - Follow-up to "Introduction to Safety and Counting"