Mentioned: John Bain’s Chess Tactics for Students, Logical Chess Move by Move Mentioned: WGM Jennifer Shahade, NM Mike Shahade, Ruy Lopez Riga Variation, GM Andy Soltis, Howard Stern, The World’s Most Instructive Amateur Games by Dan Heismanġ:13- Chess books! Here is the link to Dan’s excellent recommended chess books page. Mentioned: Grandmaster Preparation: Calculation by GM Jacob Aagard,ĥ2:30- Another Patreon supporter asks a question relating to how much time to spend studying the opening versus other aspects of chess. Mentioned: Chess for Zebras by GM Jonathan Rowson, Thought and Choice in Chess by Adriaan DeGroot, FM Charles HertanĤ4:40- Another Patreon supporter writes to ask whether it is important to use an actual chess board rather than screen when solving tactics. Mentioned: Bobby Dudley, NM Daniel Benjamin, Arthur and Matthew Traldi, Everyone’s Second Chess Book by Dan HeismanĢ7:20- A Patreon supporter of the podcast asks for tips for how a 1700 rated player should approach teaching a 1300 rated player. Mentioned: Kurt Schneider (chess master and creator of College Musical), GM Daniel King’s Youtube Channel, John Bartholomew’s Youtube Channel, Christof Sielecki’s Youtube Channel, Back to Basics Tactics, John Nunn’s Learn Chess Tactics, The Evaluation of Material Imbalances by GM Larry Kaufmanġ9:00- Dan talks about how he transitioned from working as an engineer to teaching chess full time in the 1990’s.

0:00- Intro and we begin by discussing of why Dan recently decided to launch his instructive new Youtube Channel.

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