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All Columns and Articles, by Subject
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The following are links to Novice Nooks, Chess.com, and Dan's web articles/columns classified by Subject
The links to the Chess.com articles and and those from Dan's website are "live" and the links should get you to the article.  The Novice Nooks links only go to Chess Cafe, which may only be accessible by subscription. However, students can get access to these Novice Nooks by contacting Dan.
Columns from Dan's "Get Better at Chess for Everyone" at Chess.com are marked "GBAC"

1. Thought Process/Analysis 
(see also The Thinking Cap, expanded in The Improving Chess Thinker)

The Secrets to 'Real' Chess;
Analysis and Evaluation;
A Generic Thought Process;
Evaluation Criteria;
Learning From Dr. de Groot; 
Excerpt: Looking for Trouble;
The Goal Each Move;
Improving Analysis Skills;
Evaluation Quiz;
Quiescence Errors;
The Principle of Tactical Dominance
Initial and Final Candidate Moves
I Lost Because I "Didn't See" the Combination;
The Wise Adult Syndrome;
Improving Visualization;
Passive vs Basic Hope Chess
Applying Steinitz' Laws;
The Two Move Triggers;
Making Chess Simple;
Critical and Principal Variations;
Principles of Analytical Efficiency;
Bootstrapping Analysis Skills;
The Fun of Pros and Cons;
Chess Is Decisions;
Hand-Waving is Worse than Hope  Chess;
​The Three "Times" for Checks, Captures, and  Threats;
Combining Motifs;
The 95% Conjecture;
Filters and Masks;
Comparing Candidate Moves (GBAC)
Checking for (your move's) safety requires more     than tactical vision
Real Chess, Time Management, and Care: Putting  it all Together;
Attack it with Something Worth Less; 
Analysis Insights; 
Analysis Tips;
Improving Requires Extensive Practice Looking for   Better Moves;
The Amazing Power of Board Vision; 
There is no Single Correct Thought  Process; 
Strong Players Compare Candidates; 
Students Demonstrate Subtle  Analytical Mistake; 
​The Mythical "Capture with the Least Valuable    Piece" Principle; 
Why Did You Make That Move?; 
How to Think Critically in Chess (GBAC)

2. Time Management - (GM Smirnov's take on Time Management gives another viewpoint)

3. General Improvement (non-lesson) 

Helping You Through the Jungle; 
Understanding Improvement and Elements of  Chess Strength; 
Chess Books and Prerequisites; 
The Road to Carnegie Hall; 
Using the Computer to Improve   (see video Using  Computer Engine to Analyze  on  ICC);
Novice Nook's Chess Lists; 
​Chess Exercises;  
​Enhancing Your First Tournament  Experience;
The Pilot (for my new Chess.com column GBAC) ​
Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur; 
The Most Common OTB Mistakes; 
Novice Nook Quiz; 
Novice Nook Quiz Two; 
Beginner Misconceptions; 
Novice Nook 100: The Best Novice  Nook Ideas; 
 A Decade of Novice Nook;
Hendriks, Thought Process, and  Improvement; 
​Improving vs. Maximizing  Performance (shorter version); ​
Don't Worry About Your Rating (GBAC)
Improving Requires Extensive Practice Looking for  Better Moves; 
Avoiding the BIG Mistake; 
When Is Brilliance Helpful?; 
Classify Your Biggest Mistakes; 
Slow Chess and More on Chess.com at  the Dan  Heisman Learning Center;
Misquoted or Misinterpreted; 
​Answering a Question About Adult  Improvement;
Anders' Game;

4. General Improvement (lesson/instruction) ​

5. Shorter Subjects, Helpful, Lesson/Tip-Type Material (these Novice Nooks are very instructive!

6. Skills and Psychology

7. Endgame 

8. Openings

9. Tactics (*=These NN's enhanced in my book Back to Basics: Tactics):

 A Different Approach to Studying  Tactics; 
The Seeds of Tactical Destruction*; 
Revisiting the Seeds of Tactical  Destruction*; 
The Most Common Opening Tactics; 
The Underrated Removal of the  Guard; 
A Counting Primer*; 
A Tactics Quiz; 
A Bain Rating Tactics Quiz; 
The Most Important Tactic*; 
​Is There a Win*?;
Spotting and Avoiding Tactics (GBAC)
A Defense Primer; 
When is a King Safe?;
Is It Safe?; 
The Two Types of Counting Problems; 
The Inadequately Guarded Piece; 
The Safety Table;
The Five Ways to Make a Piece Safe; 
The Most Common and Important Use of Tactics; 
Tactical Sets and Goals; 
Counting Material; 
​Attack it with Something Worth Less; ​
Sneaky Pins and Invisible Moves; 
The Greatly Misunderstood and Potentially  Challenging Counting Tactic; 
The Mythical "Capture with the Least  Valuable    Piece" Principle; 
The Safety Status of a Piece; 
Combining Motifs; 
Being a Good Tactician Requires Analysis AND  Pattern Recognition;
Determining Candidate Move Safety;
Excerpt: Looking for Trouble; ​

10. Strategy/Positional Play  ​

The Six Common Chess States; 
Techniques; 
Break Moves: Opening Lines to  Increase Mobility; 
It's Not Really Winning a Tempo!; 
A Positional Primer; 
Evaluation Criteria; 
A Planning Primer; A Guide to P-R3; 
The Most Important Strategic  Decisions; 
Activity is the Real Goal; 
The Principle of Symmetry; 
​Chess Principles and Common Sense;
The Three Types of Reasonable  Threats; 
The Fundamental Theorem of Safety  and Activity; 
Similar Positions, Different  Evaluations; 
Strong Principles vs. Important  Principles; 
Principles of Analytical Efficiency; 
Not All Bads are Equal; 
Don't Know What to Do? Try Dan's  Dirty Dozen; 
Strategy Based on Central Pawn Structure;
More Pawns in the Center are Good;
What is a Backward Pawn?; 
Position Dependent Ideas; 
Danisms; 
​Danism2; 
The Ways a Move Affects the Board; 
What's Worse? Missed Mate or  Missed Trade?; 
My Personal Principles/Quotes; 
Applying Steinitz' Laws; 
How Much Strategy to Start?; 
The Value of a Tempo; 
Coordination; 
Piece Evaluation vs Position Evaluation ​

11. Winning Won Games ("technique")

12. Full or Partial Game Analysis

13. Rules and Tournament Information

14. Books and Using Media Material

15. Quizzes (A Guide to the Quizzes)

16. Stories, etc. (Links to my Fictional chess stories and True, humorous Stories)

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