Dan Heisman has published 370+ free, full access videos on YouTube . Take that link and either browse, search, or use the Playlists to find videos on all aspects of chess improvement!
Dan also has a large video library on the ICC website. The ICC links below were to the "full", ICC members-only versions; however, in late 2024 ICC opened a new server so they changed the link destinations so that they just go to the new server, but not the old ICC videos; If ICC ever makes the old ICC videos available, I will update these links so they work again and remove this note. They formerly could be accessed by ICC members with a username and password. If you are not already and ICC member, click this link to start with a free one month trial membership. ICC now also sells some of my videos to everyone as a bundle, such as my How to Avoid Amateur Mistakes video series.
Dan also has links to the final four (?) of his "Q&A with Coach Heisman" TV shows on Chess.com (take this link or the one below for access to the library). This 90 minute show ran from 2012 thru 2015. I believe all but the final four shows are no longer archived by Chess.com.
Combine these videos with Dan's Articles and Blogs page to create your own personalized multimedia course from more than 600 instructional videos and hundreds of articles. If you benefit from my free Novice Nooks or videos, please consider a tax-deductible charitable contribution to one or both of my two Philadelphia Foundation charities.
Dan also has a large video library on the ICC website. The ICC links below were to the "full", ICC members-only versions; however, in late 2024 ICC opened a new server so they changed the link destinations so that they just go to the new server, but not the old ICC videos; If ICC ever makes the old ICC videos available, I will update these links so they work again and remove this note. They formerly could be accessed by ICC members with a username and password. If you are not already and ICC member, click this link to start with a free one month trial membership. ICC now also sells some of my videos to everyone as a bundle, such as my How to Avoid Amateur Mistakes video series.
Dan also has links to the final four (?) of his "Q&A with Coach Heisman" TV shows on Chess.com (take this link or the one below for access to the library). This 90 minute show ran from 2012 thru 2015. I believe all but the final four shows are no longer archived by Chess.com.
Combine these videos with Dan's Articles and Blogs page to create your own personalized multimedia course from more than 600 instructional videos and hundreds of articles. If you benefit from my free Novice Nooks or videos, please consider a tax-deductible charitable contribution to one or both of my two Philadelphia Foundation charities.
- Dan's YouTube channel with 370+ instructive videos! (has playlists by subject)
- The Ways to Make Better Moves has won the 2021 award for Best Instruction Lesson Online by the Chess Journalists of America (#47 here)
- A Beginner's Introduction to Chess Analysis won Honorable Mention for 2021 Best Instruction Lesson by the Chess Journalists of America (#48 here)
- Chess: A Thought Process Overview won the 2023 award for Best instruction Lesson online by the Chess Journalists of America
- Videos of Dan's "Q&A with Coach Heisman" TV show on Chess.com (only 4 remain)
ICC Video categories (links)
- Thought Process and General Improvement
- Tactics and Safety
- Openings and Opening Tabiyas
- Endgames
- Amateur Games (2009-2013)
- Amateur Games (2014-2016)
- Dan/Master Games
- Puzzleswww.chessclub.com/user/chessfm/index/heisman/index2.html
- Thought Process Error Series
- Free to all: 5-min preview of each of my ICC videos
General Info about ICC Videos
Dan's ICC videos are for sale in MP4 format via the ICC store. Check it out and get "Introduction to Thought Process" free!
Take the free previews link for my videos, for ICC non-members, and all the same videos in reverse chronological order. Check out the vast video libraries at Chess.com and Internet Chess Club
The ICC Website also has my same videos as linked above, on two pages, ordered by subject and chronology:
To submit a game you played for a video, put it in your ICC library and email me your ICC handle and game number, e.g. "ex myhandle %123"
Take the free previews link for my videos, for ICC non-members, and all the same videos in reverse chronological order. Check out the vast video libraries at Chess.com and Internet Chess Club
The ICC Website also has my same videos as linked above, on two pages, ordered by subject and chronology:
- Dan's weekly instructional videos ordered by subject - Take link for the same set of ordered-by-subject videos as below (in case something is not working) - free to ICC members
- ICC videos ordered by chronology
To submit a game you played for a video, put it in your ICC library and email me your ICC handle and game number, e.g. "ex myhandle %123"
Technical Stuff:
Use this link to watch a video, in an external browser (I.E., Chrome, Firefox, etc.): https://webcast.chessclub.com/icc/c/Heisman/2011_02_05/Heisman.mp4
In other words, when you can't access one of the very old videos, replace .html with .mp4 at the end of the link.
We are working to make all the old videos available the old way, but it'll take some time."
Watching archived ICC videos on IPad and IPhone:
- ICC's Blitzin & Dasher use Flash for Internet Explorer for videos. Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ using Internet Explorer for the correct version of flash - note you have to untick the box on the page, or you will also get Google Chrome & Toolbar when you click on 'Download'
- Some have reported that certain videos run better under Internet Explorer
- Report from ICC on Apr 2016 about running some older videos:
Use this link to watch a video, in an external browser (I.E., Chrome, Firefox, etc.): https://webcast.chessclub.com/icc/c/Heisman/2011_02_05/Heisman.mp4
In other words, when you can't access one of the very old videos, replace .html with .mp4 at the end of the link.
We are working to make all the old videos available the old way, but it'll take some time."
Watching archived ICC videos on IPad and IPhone:
- Aug 2012: All of our new videos work on iPad. As of a few days ago, iPad users get the entire weekly schedule and it’s archived for months (Currently goes back to March 2012). That’s your last 26 shows. It’s true that shows produced years ago are not in the proper format, as they were done in WMV. We do have plans to redo all the old shows, but not immediately.
- Dec 2012: A few weeks ago we switched to a new format (HTML5) that makes it possible to play all new videos on an iPhone. This is not yet in the iPhone app, so you currently you will need to browse to www.chessclub.com/videos and select the FULL show link to watch. Another idea is to bookmark http://www6.chessclub.com/chessfm/index/heisman/index2.html and view the videos from there. The video from 11/24/2012 onward should work on your iPhone. There will be two viewing options, viewing directly, or downloading an app to manage the collection of videos so you can view them later directly from the app.