Tomorrow (Friday July 31), I am giving a fundraising seminar for the benefit of the Chess.com BLM Club (https://www.chess.com/club/the-black-lives-matter-chess-club/join).

The topic is general chess improvement - it will mostly be by questions from the attendees.  Anyone from anywhere is invited to attend. Attendees are also offered a 3 month Internet Chess Club membership (just give Dan your handle - if you don't have one, go to www.chessclub.com and sign up for a free one-month trial).

The donation link is https://www.gofundme.com/f/international-black-lives-matter-chess-fundraiser
Time: Jul 31, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) - time approximately 1 hour
 
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2080020975?pwd=eTQ4cFYxTTY4U3o3YWF2V3N4QXhXQT09
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Dr. John F. Bayley passed away on July 3. He was a good friend and mentor.
 
Here is a short list of some of his chess accomplishments:
 

• Tried to bring the US Championship to Philadelphia
• Re-starting the Greater Philadelphia Open Championship
• Helped re-start the Greater Philadelphia Junior Invitational
• Helped me start the Dan Heisman Chess Support Fund at The Philadelphia Foundation (I think I will make a donation in his name via
  https://www.philafound.org/give-now/?give_cause=Dan%20Heisman%20Chess%20Support%20Fund)
• Played in numerous World Opens, Main Line Chess Club (MLCC) Club Championships
• President of the Main Line Chess Club for about 12 years
• Moved the MLCC to Waverly when we kept being kicked out of the library at 10 PM
• Besides being a master wood crafter, made chess boxes, chess sets, and chess boards for many. For example, he made a custom chess board for me from exotic wood which is probably unique in the world  He made a chess box to hold chess equipment for son Delen.
• I have even noted some of my amateur misconceptions after John. There are certain errors he made which I use when I am teaching.  Here is a well-used position where John was White and his opponent (another Main Line Chess Club player, at the Holly Heisman Memorial fundraiser chess tournament) played 1…Qe2 FEN r2r2k1/pp3pp1/2p2b1p/4p2q/4Q3/2P1P2b/PP3PNP/R1B1R2K b KQkq - 0 1

If you want to play online slow chess & tournaments, check out the Tri-Bridges Chess Club https://chess.com/club/tri-bridges-chess-club…. Although originally started as a youth OTB club, it now holds weekly tournaments for players of all ages. ​

This posting is to announce my third "Free Lesson" contest. The contest marks the 1st anniversary of my initial Youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Bh6StWvvs, which was posted on July 5, 2019 (it's been an eventful year!).

The contest is open to any subscriber to my youtube channel (www.youtube.com/c/danheismanchess). Entrants should email me listing their Top 3 favorites of my videos. Of those entrants received by the end of the day July 5, two random selections will be notified to win a free lesson each. Pass the word please. 😎

My youtube channel, www.youtube.com/c/danheismanchess now has over 100 instructive chess videos. To celebrate this milestone, I held a drawing and two of my subscribers each won a one-hour free lesson.

Because of the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, I have reversed my lesson price increase and returned my charges to previous values. My base rate is returned to $85/hour and all my fees, including various discounts, are always on my website at https://www.danheisman.com/fees.html. Please be careful and good health to all.

I have not raised my lesson fees in 9 years, so I am going to raise my base rate from $85/hr to $95 on Jan 1, 2020. The other discount rates will be adjusted accordingly. Any lessons pre-paid before the announcement will be honored at the previous rate.  Please see my fee page for all the details. Thanks!

Thanks to your support, I know have more than 100 subscribers. So my channel, which has 10 videos and growing, is now available through www.youtube.com/c/danheismanchess .