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 Tactics and Safety Videos

1. Introduction to Safety and Counting** - Message from ICC's stefjohn: Dan, your notions of safety and counting are pure genius.   A new "soul of the game."  WOW!!
2. Is It Safe?**
3. The Seeds of Tactical Destruction
4. Tempos and Threats** - This is a very helpful one to all players rated U1800!
5. Removal of the Guard
6. The Loman Series* - The original source for this idea is Tim Krabbe, whose incredible website is one of the most interesting chess sites on the web.
7. When is a King Safe?
8. The Safety Table**
9. The Five Ways to Make a Piece Safe**
10. Learning from a Missed Checkmate
11. Avoid the Common Quiescence Error (also categorized above under "Thought Process and General Improvement"); GM Lenderman's advanced videos on quiescence errors at Chess.com
12. Attack it with something Worth Less (AWL)
13. The Mythical Capture with the Least Valuable Piece Principle
14. Invisible Moves and Sneaky Pins
15. Finding Combinations in Games and Puzzles
16. Pattern Recognition is NOT Sufficient
17. Finding Tactics in Puzzles and Games - another take, a year later
18. Defensive Tactics
19. Is Your Move Safe? (overview of the award-winning book)