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$149.00National Master Dan Heisman’s Essential video collection is an incredible compilation of over 100+ lessons and 50 hours of material from one of the most instructional chess coaches in the world. This Mega bundle includes some of the highest quality training material Dan Heisman has ever produced, aimed at all levels of play, although especially valuable for the intermediate and club players. To quote one user:
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Your perfect weapon to conquer opponents in the endgame. 120 videos on endgame play by top chess coaches GM Ron Henley, GM Alex Yermolinsky, GM Alex Lenderman, NM Dan Heisman. Watch 2 of the Endgame lessons by CLICKING HERE.
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In this series, we’re offering you a compilation of the best Sicilian Defense instructional video material from ICC’s top team of expert coaches and chess commentators. Here we’ll cover must-known variations such as the Sveshnikov, the Najdorf, the Smith Morra, and many more!
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National Master Dan Heisman, one of the most instructional chess coaches in the world, brings us this winning video collection Thought Process and General Improvement.
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In this comprehensive package, Dan explains something as simple yet complex as thought process, and how it’s applied correctly and (incorrectly!) in chess. He explains how to evaluate, analyze, calculate, and use judgement and memory. This collection on Thought Process and general improvement comes with 42 videos for you to relish and enjoy. -
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When evaluating a chess position, every Grandmaster considers four key factors: King Safety, Piece Activity, Material Count and Pawn Structure. Most amateurs tend to pay too much attention to piece activity and material and neglect how critical pawn play and pawn structure is to assessing positions and deciding on the correct strategy of play. Master the keys of pawn play with this new video series. In it, we cover crucial topics in pawn play such as:
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Pawn chains: how and when to attack them.
Isolated pawns: sometimes a weapon, other times a liability, learn how to play them both.
Doubled pawns: find out why not all doubled pawns are bad, master how to use them to your advantage.
Pawn endings: all you need ot know about pawn endings...and sample games with full analysis.
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What is "thought process"? It's related to thinking, of course, but there is a difference between thinking and thought process. In a sense, we can break "chess thinking" into three different types, each representing a different class where you may make errors. Let's put process in class one, knowledge in area two, and analytical in class three. The latter usually occurs at a higher level, but it's useful to know how errors during analysis can happen. Runtime: 05:28:01 Learn More -
$49.90How many times have you heard an expert, or even a GM, tell you that to take your chess to the next level you need to study classic games? And how many times have you tried to go over famous games, failing to understand all the subtleties that the great masters used to get an advantage? It sounds almost like a rhetorical question, doesn't it? Learn More
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$59.99Solving chess puzzles is nice and may even be useful, but in the long run, it can get dry, when not boring. But what if you had a renowned coach explaining you all the subtleties of the position, showing you all the possibilities, the potential mistakes and, eventually, the solution? Run time: 12 hours, 53 minutes Learn More
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National Master Dan Heisman, one of the most instructional chess coaches in the world, brings us this winning video collection Tactics and Safety.
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In this 15-video series, Dan shows you how to assess a position, answering all the questions that relate to tactics and in particular about thyour own safety, helping you find a clear method to understand whether your planned move is safe or not. Being able to assess a position is one of the most important skills a good chess player needs to master, and by following Dan's advices you'll feel your chess strength and your confidence grow fast! -
$59.95In this new series, Top National Coach Dan Heisman covers a wide range of typical mistakes that amateurs make during chess games. In each video, Dan covers a motif and illustrates it with practical games. And when he talks about mistakes, he doesn't intend to show common mistakes such as leaving a piece en-prise or allowing a double attack. The course is more oriented towards explaining mistakes in thought-process, or mistakes happening because we play too fast, don't consider our opponent's best move, or when a capture can lead us to erroneous conclusions. Learn More
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$59.95National Master Dan Heisman, one of the most instructional chess coaches in the world, brings us this winning video collection Chess Endings.
Dan tackles the classics here, including the Lucena position and Pawn endings, but in this really useful series Dan also focus his attention on several different subjects, such as Zugzwang, pawn promotion, technique, the all-important 7th rank, and more. And NM Heisman's gives examples taken from amateur games, which illustrate brilliantly how the club player normally deals with endgames, and how it is possible to improve!
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$59.95What's better than sacrificing a piece in the opening, to take your opponent into unknown territory, and increase your chances to score early in the game? Coach Dan Heisman presents a new video series to teach you how to use the sacrifice weapon to stun your opponent! Learn More
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National Master Dan Heisman, one of the most instructional chess coaches in the world, brings us another winning video collection Openings and Tabiyas.
Dan shows you in this useful 29-video series what to do after the "normal position" of an opening is reached. It is a different approach to the opening theory; how many times have you reached the limit of your opening theory knowledge to find yourself in doubt about what to do next? Dan likes calling these Tabiyas (what to do in a normal position), and how to plan ahead when the standardized position arising on the board.
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 2. Introduction to Thought Process What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 1. Introduction to Pawns What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 3. Thought Process (2): Analytical and Non-Analytical Positions What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 4. Theory of Chess Improvement What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 5. Introduction to Time Management What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 6. Evaluation Criteria What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 10. The 20-minute Exercise What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 8. Break Moves What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 7. Common Evaluation Misconceptions What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 16. Strategy Based on Central Pawn Structure What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Improve Your Chess: 20-minute exercise #7 Dan picks a random game and position and must analyze it for 20 minutes Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 12. Introduction to Mobility and Activity What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 9. Guide to P-R3 What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 11. The Maung Lesson What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 25. The 3 Types of Chess Vision What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Tactics and Safety:: 6. The Loman Series* What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Openings and Opening Tabiyas:: 6. Using Openings to Improve A tabiya is a main starting position for a given opening. It is several moves into the game, after the opening has been determined - usually development is more or less complete. Many games will reach the exact position that is labeled a tabiya, but there will be multiple options for a continuation from the tabiya. This is the intent of our NM Dan Heisman for the Openings series: give the listener a general idea about the opening, until it reaches the tabiya, because the concrete factors that will guide both players have already been established, so it is the first chance for the players to put their own spin on a game. In this series Dan also teaches us two important aspects of the chess opening world: inaccuracies and how to improve by using opening knowledge. Learn More
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$2.99Open Up Lines When Attacking Opening: A59: Benko Gambit Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 14. More pawns in the middle is good What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 30. Identifying Candidate Moves What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 17. Examples of Chess Logic What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 18. A key Part of the Thought Process What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 19. 20-minute Exercise #2 What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 20. The Most Important Strategic Decisions What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 22. Avoid the Common Quiescence Error What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 23. Dan vs. Computer #2 - Slower Game (Part 1) What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Openings and Opening Tabiyas:: 3. Tabiyas 3: Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack ECO: B70, Opening: Sicilian: dragon variation A tabiya is a main starting position for a given opening. It is several moves into the game, after the opening has been determined - usually development is more or less complete. Many games will reach the exact position that is labeled a tabiya, but there will be multiple options for a continuation from the tabiya. This is the intent of our NM Dan Heisman for the Openings series: give the listener a general idea about the opening, until it reaches the tabiya, because the concrete factors that will guide both players have already been established, so it is the first chance for the players to put their own spin on a game. In this series Dan also teaches us two important aspects of the chess opening world: inaccuracies and how to improve by using opening knowledge. Learn More
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$2.99Openings and Opening Tabiyas:: 5. Tabiyas 5: Sicilian Sveshnikov ECO: B33, Opening: Sicilian: Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation A tabiya is a main starting position for a given opening. It is several moves into the game, after the opening has been determined - usually development is more or less complete. Many games will reach the exact position that is labeled a tabiya, but there will be multiple options for a continuation from the tabiya. This is the intent of our NM Dan Heisman for the Openings series: give the listener a general idea about the opening, until it reaches the tabiya, because the concrete factors that will guide both players have already been established, so it is the first chance for the players to put their own spin on a game. In this series Dan also teaches us two important aspects of the chess opening world: inaccuracies and how to improve by using opening knowledge. Learn More
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$2.99Amateur Games: Using Computer Engine to Analyze on ICC What's better than learning from one's errors? every coach or master tells us that we need to review our games, to learn from our own mistakes. NM Dan Heisman, in his series "Improve Your Chess", provides instruction by reviewing amateur games played on ICC and showing where the players went wrong and how to improve. In the learning process, it's useful to have a Master analyze amateur games, compare mistakes with good moves - often played in high-level games - and explain where thing went wrong. this series is a great way to improve your chess! Learn More
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$2.99Finding Combinations in Games and Puzzles Taking some sample puzzles and showing how to find the solutions using Seeds of Tactical Destruction. Then comparing how these same positions can be solved in a game and how quiescence errors often prevent game solution. Learn More
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$2.99Improve Your Chess: Learning Principles through Amateur’s Mistakes Opening: D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 15. The margin for error What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 21. Dan vs Computer: Live & Verbalized What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 26. Initial and Final Candidate Moves What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Thought process & General Improvement: 27. 20 Minute Exercise #3 What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Tactics and Safety:: 9. Five Ways to Make A Piece Safe What is "Thought Process" in chess? NM Dan Heisman, in this series of instructional videos, explains everything that happens after your opponent makes a move until you make yours. The thought processes that lead you to take decisions while playing a chess game. It is extremely important to be able to guide your thought processes towards the right direction, when you are faced with crucial decisions. Strategy and step-by-step instructions to improve your game are the keywords of this formative and not-to-be-missed series! Learn More
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$2.99Openings and Opening Tabiyas:: 2. Tabiyas 2: King's Indian Defense Main Line ECO: E92, Opening: King's Indian: classical variation A tabiya is a main starting position for a given opening. It is several moves into the game, after the opening has been determined - usually development is more or less complete. Many games will reach the exact position that is labeled a tabiya, but there will be multiple options for a continuation from the tabiya. This is the intent of our NM Dan Heisman for the Openings series: give the listener a general idea about the opening, until it reaches the tabiya, because the concrete factors that will guide both players have already been established, so it is the first chance for the players to put their own spin on a game. In this series Dan also teaches us two important aspects of the chess opening world: inaccuracies and how to improve by using opening knowledge. Learn More