Main Article Links:
Novice Nooks by alphabetical order (links at that page only work for Chess Cafe members)
Chess.com Articles and Blogs
Get Better at Chess for Everyone (new Chess.com Column Apr 2016-2017)
All Articles by Subject
Principles
Definitions
Other articles can be accessed by using the main pull-down menu above by going to "Articles and Blogs" and scrolling right.
Novice Nooks by alphabetical order (links at that page only work for Chess Cafe members)
Chess.com Articles and Blogs
Get Better at Chess for Everyone (new Chess.com Column Apr 2016-2017)
All Articles by Subject
Principles
Definitions
Other articles can be accessed by using the main pull-down menu above by going to "Articles and Blogs" and scrolling right.
Novice Nook Column
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The button to the left takes you to the page where the Novice Nooks are listed alphabetically. Dan's students can access Dan's library of more than 160 Novice Nook articles from the last fifteen years. The articles can be accessed by those with a link students get from Dan. The Novice Nook hyperlinks go to Chess Cafe (no longer free & sometimes not accessible) and not my articles, but all other article and blog links should be fine; for example, all my "Chess.com" and "Get Better at Chess for Everyone" links are good. If a student can't access the Novice Nook files for some reason, contact Dan for a workaround to access the files in a different manner.
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Dan's instruction with other media
My 300+ instructional videos on chess improvement; a new one released each Saturday! Each is ~30 minutes. ICC's page of my videos; Free previews link (for non-ICC/WCL members). Many of the same subjects are discussed as in the Novice Nooks plus opening tabiyas and 100+ instructive amateur games. Includes links to my Chess.com TV show archive videos of "Q&A with Coach Heisman"
A Guide to Chess Improvement: The Best of Novice Nook book. Extensively updated and rearranged material; includes 3 new Novice Nooks which will not be available online:
Is It Safe? Quiz (for anothers' similar quiz, check out a Larry Stevens Is it Safe? Quiz)
The Three Types of Chess Vision (Visualization, Board Vision, Tactical Vision); IM Rensch's video on visualization
Ask the Right Questions
If you like the Novice Nook columns, you'll love the book It's Amazon 5-stars! Click the following graphic & search for the book at Amazon to give Dan credit:
My 300+ instructional videos on chess improvement; a new one released each Saturday! Each is ~30 minutes. ICC's page of my videos; Free previews link (for non-ICC/WCL members). Many of the same subjects are discussed as in the Novice Nooks plus opening tabiyas and 100+ instructive amateur games. Includes links to my Chess.com TV show archive videos of "Q&A with Coach Heisman"
A Guide to Chess Improvement: The Best of Novice Nook book. Extensively updated and rearranged material; includes 3 new Novice Nooks which will not be available online:
Is It Safe? Quiz (for anothers' similar quiz, check out a Larry Stevens Is it Safe? Quiz)
The Three Types of Chess Vision (Visualization, Board Vision, Tactical Vision); IM Rensch's video on visualization
Ask the Right Questions
If you like the Novice Nook columns, you'll love the book It's Amazon 5-stars! Click the following graphic & search for the book at Amazon to give Dan credit:
Chess Cafe "Skittles Room" and other articles (not currently linked)
- The Secrets to 'Real' Chess - a must for all adults - One of the best and most original articles I ever wrote (until the Novice Nooks, of course!). Honorable Mention "Best Web Article 1999-00 " by the Chess Journalists of America. - note my email address at the end of this article is my old email that no longer is valid. For further writings on this same subject see the Novice Nook Real Chess, Time Management, and Care: Putting it All Together and Thinking Cap
- Time Management During a Chess Game - recommended by "Searching for Bobby Fischer" coach Bruce Pandolfini: "Dan, Good column. I'm going to refer it to all my students. Best Regards, Bruce Pandolfini" - e-mail from Bruce, Nov 16, 1999. See also the Novice Nook The Case for Time Management
- Applying Steinitz' Laws - The basis for all planning and positional play. Don't know what to look for on a move? Read this! (Steinitz's Theory)
- Encouraging Tournament Participation - This article won CJA 1st Prize, Best Editorial 2001-2002...Skip the ad for the book at the start - the real article starts at the bottom of the page.
- Book review of Survival Guide for Parents by Tanya Jones This article won CJA tie-1st Prize, Best Web Review 2003-2004
- Winning Chess Puzzles for Kids
- My other book reviews
- Steinitz, Zermelo, and Elkies - In order for your game to improve, your opponent has to make a mistake. The logic of chess evaluation.