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19th Annual Holly Heisman Memorial - December 31st, 2021 - New Location!!
DEC. 31, 19th Holly Heisman Memorial Fundraiser. Free entry! Advance entry strongly suggested. Tax-deductible donation to the Holly Heisman Memorial Fund at the Philadelphia Foundation to benefit women in need, $25+ per entry strongly suggested, donate online at https://www.philafound.org/give-now/?give_cause=Holly%20Heisman%20Memorial%20Fund or at the door." Location: West Whiteland Township Building (2nd floor), 101 Commerce Dr., Exton, PA 19341. Reg.: 9:15-10. All: G/25 d5, Rds. 10:30-11:45-1:30-2:45-4 or earlier. 3 Sections: Open 5SS & U1500 5SS (both open to all ages) and K-8 U900 4SS. Many donated prizes ($1,000+/yr!). Prize sponsors encouraged & honored at event: email [email protected]; Ent: Email Name, ID number, and section to [email protected]; List of players, prizes and additional information at Tri Bridges – Tri Bridges (tribridgeschessclub.com) Info: 610-649- 0750 for Dan Heisman; mail to: [email protected] for Joshua Anderson. W.
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: I won 3 awards this week from the Chess Journalists of America https://www.chessjournalism.org/2021-cja-award-winners . My video The Ways to Find Better Chess Moves (https://youtu.be/JnA-5qPDq7s ) won Best Instructive video (award #47) plus an Honorable Mention for Best Instructive Video A Beginner's Introduction to Chess Analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP7zcwgkVY8 & my Twitter column ("Chess Tip of the Day" https://twitter.com/danheisman ) won Best Twitter Feed (award #64)
New events at the Dan Heisman Learning Center "Club" https://www.chess.com/club/dan-heisman-learning-center : check out the DHLC on Chess.com; we are now sponsoring several daily 30/30 tournaments. Two events are scheduled for today (July 19, 2021) and three for tomorrow. Pass the word for those looking for slow online events.
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 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:
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. 😎 It's not enough to just identify your mistakes (quiescence errors, lack of visualization, Hope Chess, hand-waving, misapplying principles, lack of recognition of basic tactic patterns...). You want to identify causes & take strong steps that minimize similar mistakes in the future. Otherwise your playing strength is stuck.
My job as an instructor is to help you do those things. Sure, most of the work will be yours, but my job is to identify the areas of need and improvement and put you on the right track. To improve you need practice, study, and feedback. Without the dimension of feedback you get diminishing returns on your study and play. Just received a comment on my 100th video summarizing improvement: "This video deserves about 100x more views than it has. So much good stuff in here." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JMXwm3zeE
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.
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