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The Chess Journalists of America (CJA) just announced their 2024-2025 winners https://chessjournalism.org/2025-cja-award-winners/ My video "The 3 Ply for Checks, Captures, Threats" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Fl3YTuskc won Best Instructive Lesson; another one of my videos, "Recognizing Common Chess Patterns" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QRd3h51fZ0 won for Best Educational Lesson (online): And my Twitter/X account for "Chess Tip of the Day" www.twitter.com/danheisman won Best Twitter Feed (for the 3rd time), Thanks to all the viewers and judges!
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The Dan Heisman Chess Support Fund at The Philadelphia Foundation, which supports scholastic and junior chess in PA, South Jersey & northern Delaware, has suggested 2 grants today, to Villanova U (to support their chess club) and the MasterMinds Summer Scholastic Chess League. The 2 grants total $1300. Tax-deductible donations can be made through the 2nd fund listed at: https://www.danheisman.com/donations.html. Thanks for your support!
https://www.wcjb.com/2024/07/16/i-was-really-surprised-gainesville-chess-teacher-wins-national-dan-heisman-award/
Unbelievable! A question tonight on Jeopardy (1/17/24) was: This column on Chess Cafe helped beginning players: _____ Nook? The answer was my column Novice Nook!!! On Jeopardy, for real. I'm flabbergasted…Pinch me
Just got word from the publisher: "the third edition of Looking for Trouble has gone to press. Barring anything unexpected, I am hoping to have the book in the warehouse by mid- or late November [DH:2023]."
The 2023 Chess Journalists of America awards were just announced and I won two 1st place awards and one Honorable Mention!
1) Best Instructive Lesson (video) Dan Heisman – “Chess – a Thought Process Overview.“ Winner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZX3GiwMnk 2) Best Educational Lesson (video) Dan Heisman – “Improve by playing ‘What If?’ with a Chess Engine.“ Honorable Mention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTTG95FEn9s and 3) "Chess Tip of the Day" www.twitter.com/danheisman for the 2nd time won Best Twitter Feed: Dan Heisman – “NM Dan Heisman.“ Winner Dan's Youtube channel, covering all aspects of chess improvement, is about to hit the milestone of 300 videos!
Congrats again to student Jayden Lee, who swept a quad & ran his USCF- rated winning streak to 12. He started the year rated 1001 and after six 2022 events is up to ...1678! http://uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlTnmtHst.php?30137668… I wish I could advertise that all my students would get these results from lessons!
The 2nd annual award nominations wanted: USCF https://new.uschess.org/news/us-chess-accepting-nominations-dan-heisman-award-excellence-chess-instruction
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