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e-mail Dan - page last updated 16 Jun 2013 - The URL alias for this site is www.danheisman.com

Main Lesson Page

....Lesson Fees

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...."Top Junior" Program

....Dan's Chess Resume

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Novice Nooks**

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Articles Page*

...Guidelines/Principles

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...Exercises- improve play

...Fiction(fun)..Humor(true)

...by Subject

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..How to register (generic)

First Tournament Guide

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Find slow games on ICC*

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Dan's 11 Books

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Overview of Dan's website

External Links:
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←with sister Eileen summer 2012     -  USCF Meritorious Service Award Aug 2007→

Contact Information: phone, e-mail, ... Please call 610-649-0750 or Skype "Dan Heisman" to ask a question or schedule a lesson.

Full-Time Instructor: Adults & Juniors

            US Chess Federation National Master (NM) and FIDE CM

 Lesson inquiries: Please phone 610-649-0750 or e-mail (In US/Canada: include your phone # and I will call); others: Skype: "Dan Heisman"

  "DanHeisman" on Facebook, and Twitter (follow and get my "Chess Tip of the Day"; 2,300+ followers!); "Phillytutor" on Internet Chess Club

  Novice Nook column at Chess Cafe on how to improve at chess for all levels of player. "Best Instruction" In North America 02, 04, 06, 09,'10 &12

  Chess instructor for radio personality Howard Stern, 2006-2011 - I miss our fun lessons!

  Want to discuss your lesson with others? Check out "My Last Lesson with Dan" at the Dan Heisman Learning Center at chess.com

  Demand has lessened for week-night lessons slots so I have removed the $5 surcharge and week-nights are now the same price as lessons at other times.

"Q&A with Coach Heisman" on chess.com TV is every other Fri (Jun 21, 2013 ...) at 5-6:30 PM ET

We have a new store to sell merchandise associated with our Chess.com Dan Heisman Learning Center. The store, with logo'd merchandise, is at http://www.cafepress.com/dhlc. All net proceeds go to the Dan Heisman Chess Support Fund charity to support local youth chess via The Philadelphia Foundation.

I have now linked all my articles (Chess Cafe, Chess.com & others) by subject on a single web page. Enjoy!

Dan Heisman Learning Center at chess.com; My Chess.com Blogs or Chess.com Blogs/Articles

Dan's 210+ instructional videos (Video by subject) New one weekly; Free to ICC members; free samples for all --- YouTube sample 

Author, 11 Chess books: The 11th is "The World's Most Instructive Amateur Game Book" - available everywhere - excerpt

SE PA Scholastic Coordinator for PA Chess Federation

Charitable Donations Page - If you find my site helpful, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to one of my charities, Thanks!!

Make a tax-deductible donation to the Dan Heisman Chess Support Fund to support youth chess via the Philadelphia Foundation! Mail or Online. Online new link automatically finds "Dan Heisman Chess Support Fund" Now on Facebook. Know a youth charity that wants support? e-mail Dan.

Make a tax-deductible donation to the Holly Heisman Memorial Fund, of the Philadelphia Foundation to support women in need (breast cancer, runaways, battered wives). Mail or Online. Online select "Specific Fund" and then "Holly Heisman Memorial Fund" Now on Facebook.

Dan's formula for initial chess improvement:

                                                                           Slow è Safe  è Active  è All other chess strategies

Want a ton of chess tips? My 4,000+ tweets - including over 1,100 "Chess Tips of the Day".

Have a question? You don't have to be a student; I will answer for free if you call (please try to keep call relatively short). Please call 610-649-0750 (preferred) or email your phone number and I will call you. It is much easier to have a phone conversation, but I also answer all legitimate email questions.

Lessons - "To acquire knowledge one must study; but to acquire wisdom one must observe." - Marilyn vos Savant

	Let me help you become a better player today! All ages accepted. I welcome everyone who is willing to try to take almost all their time each game. Most students are adults, but 50%+ of ongoing juniors made the USCF Top-100 Lists! I prefer phone to email; if you want me to call, please send your phone in US/Canada and I will call. Wonder if I'm the right instructor? Try my "Will Click/Won't Click" Checklist
	I have an offer for non-ICC members to join the Internet Chess Club included as part of their initial fee if they pre-pay for lessons. Take link for info. Here is a link for ICC help and another link for ICC unofficial help.
	Pay by credit card: I still prefer check by mail with date on the check, but now PayPal is open to everyone (although PayPal takes 4-5% so if you cover this, thanks!). See my Fee page for more information.
	Students can have a regular, reserved spot, or schedule on an ad-hoc basis. Guideline: if you can make a scheduled time 75%+, then “reserving” a regular (weekly, bi-weekly, etc) time is helpful. Otherwise contact me to find a lesson time convenient to both of us. No one has to take lessons on a weekly -or any other regular- schedule. Whatever you want is fine.
	Reminder to all students: Please put the date of the lesson on any checks or Paypal notices. This saves me a lot of time.
	If you schedule a lesson and I am not there for any reason within 3-4 minutes of the time you think the lesson should start, please call me at 610-649-0750 right away - it may be a minor mixup but I am almost never late so give a call.

	I am a guest speaker for Philadelphia area (and outside) groups, both chess and non-chess. Contact me at 610-649-0750 if interested. Also, I give chess lectures with simultaneous exhibitions. I will play a simultaneous exhibition to raise money for your charity.
	Always looking for someone to play backgammon matches, especially live.
	I have a button collection (not the kind on shirts) - if you have a political button or whatever, let us know - Thanks!
	I have updated my all-sports Hall of Fame (page 1 - page 2)
	How many states and countries I have had students? States (40+): HI, CA, WA, AZ, NM, SD, ND, MO, IA, TX, OK, MI, IL, PA, NJ, FL, LA, NC, KY, NY, CT, CO, DE, MD,NH, VT, ME, MN, MS, IN, MT, DC, VA, OR, OH, GA, UT, WI, NV, AK, AR Countries (21): USA, Canada, Trinidad, Germany, Spain, Abu Dhabi (UAE), Hong Kong, Australia, Scotland, England, Norway, Italy, Sweden, The Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Belgium, Mexico, India, South Africa, Brazil, South Korea. If your state/country is not here and you had a lesson, let me know!

In October 2009 I went to Abu Dhabi, where I gave a Sheik a week of chess lessons

Like math and chess? Check out my article on game theory and chess.

Sample of my art (including chess stuff) - Except for the Black king, most of my best stuff had already been wall-mounted and is not shown. I will draw a custom-ordered, signed, 8.5x11 grey-scale for $39, money-back guarantee. So far less than 10 sold: Collector's item?!

I was live on the Howard Stern show with Scott Andreacci of Integcorp Monday May 18, 2009 roughly 9:40-11 AM.

I was on the Howard Stern show (!) Sep 10, 2007 with Adam Weissbarth of Silver Knights.   See Howard's chess interview in the NY Times.

How to submit an event for this website's Tournament/event page

An interview with me on Chess.com

Shelly and I attended the 2005 Heisman Trophy Dinner in NY. I said Hi to John Capelletti (Penn State) and Shelly to Tony Dorsett (Pitt). We got our picture taken (photos 89, 90) with the Heisman Trophy. Football coach John Heisman was my great-grandfather's first cousin.