Articles by Subject - DAN HEISMAN

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The following are links to 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 went to Chess Cafe, which in the past several years has only been accessible by subscription, and I think I have removed them all. 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 my book The Improving Chess Thinker)

I Lost Because I "Didn't See" the Combination;
The Wise Adult Syndrome;
Improving Visualization;
Passive vs Basic Hope Chess
Why Did You Make That Move?;
How to Think Critically in Chess (GBAC)

Combining Motifs;
The 95% Conjecture;
Comparing Candidate Moves (GBAC)
Checking for (your move's) safety requires more than tactical vision
The Mythical "Capture with the Least Valuable Piece" Principle;

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;

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

Losing On Time is Much Worse than Making Bad Moves;
Playing Fast in Opponent's Time Pressure;

Time Spent Evaluating;
The Wise Adult Syndrome

3. General Improvement (non-lesson)

The Pilot (for my new Chess.com column GBAC)
Slow Chess and More on Chess.com at the Dan Heisman Learning Center;
Misquoted or Misinterpreted;
Answering a Question About Adult Improvement;

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;
When Is Brilliance Helpful?;

4. General Improvement (lesson/instruction)

The DATSCAN;
In Defense of Chess Instruction;

Young Fabiano's Weekly Regimen;
The Best of the Old and New Schools (GBAC)

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

It Helps NOT to Know Opponent's Rating;
The Ways a Move Affects the Board;
What's Worse? Missed Mate or Missed Trade?;

The Amazing Power of Board Vision;
Avoiding the BIG Mistake;
Steinitz, Zermelo, and Elkies;

My Personal Principles/Quotes;
Danisms;
Danism2;

6. Skills and Psychology

The 95% Conjecture;

Chess Skills are not Have and Have Not;

he Wise Adult Syndrome;

7. Endgame

Missing Zugzwang as an Endgame Weapon;

8. Openings

Move Every Piece Once... (sequel)
What's a Good Opening?;

Move Every Piece Once...;

Classical Development;
Hypermodern Development;

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

Spotting and Avoiding Tactics (GBAC)
Determining Candidate Move Safety;

The Mythical "Capture with the Least Valuable Piece" Principle;
Being a Good Tactician Requires Analysis AND Pattern Recognition;

The Greatly Misunderstood and Potentially Challenging Counting Tactic;

10. Strategy/Positional Play

Danisms;
Danism2;

What's Worse? Missed Mate or Missed Trade?;
My Personal Principles/Quotes;

The Ways a Move Affects the Board;

11. Winning Won Games ("technique")

How to Play When You're Winning Easily (GBAC)

12. Full or Partial Game Analysis

1973 Greater Philadelphia Invitational Championship (1 of 7);
1973 Gr Phila Inv Champ (2 of 7);
1973 Gr Phila Inv Champ (3 of 7);
1973 Gr Phila Inv Champ (4 of 7);
1973 Gr Phila Inv Champ (5 of 7);
1973 Gr Phila Inv Champ (6 of 7);
1973 Gr Phila Inv Champ (7 of 7);

Rusty Fill-in Plays Game;
Missed Chance at Copycat Immortality;
A Very Clever Problem;
My Best Composed Problem;

The First Game I Ever Had Published;
My Game Against the Hustler;

13. Rules and Tournament Information

It Helps NOT to Know Opponent's Rating,
Guide to Tournament "Byes";

Guide to Team Chess Tournaments;
Recording With Algebraic Notation;

14. Books and Using Media Material

A Guide to Chess Improvement;
Nitpicking the Author;
Improvement Books vs. Thought Process Books;
The World's Most Instructive Amateur Game Book about to ship;

Whatever Happened to Everyone's Second Chess Book?;
Everyone's Second Chess Book 2nd Edition available soon

15. Quizzes (A Guide to the Quizzes)

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

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