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Dan Heisman
D Heisman 
Photo courtesy of www.danheisman.com.  

Number of games in database: 18
Years covered: 1966 to 1989
Last FIDE rating: 2285
Overall record: +13 -4 =1 (75.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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DAN HEISMAN
(born Jul-08-1950, 74 years old) United States of America

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USCF National Master (NM) and FIDE Candidate Master (CM). He is a chess author and full-time chess instructor. He writes a chess column, Novice Nook, at Chess Cafe on how to improve at chess. Heisman won the Philadelphia Open in 1973 and 1976. He is a chess tutor. Among his students is shock jock Howard Stern. He has a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Dan Heisman is related to John Heisman, the football coach who left the endowment for the Heisman Trophy. He is the father of Delen Sean Heisman.

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Last updated: 2022-01-15 19:05:52

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 page 1 of 1; 18 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D Heisman vs Bernard 1-0181966Quaker City OpenC54 Giuoco Piano
2. D Heisman vs N Tener 1-0221966Delaware Valley OpenC71 Ruy Lopez
3. D Heisman vs A Dillman 0-1331966Del Val Open - First GameC15 French, Winawer
4. D Heisman vs D Zardus 1-0451966New Jersey OpenB10 Caro-Kann
5. J Rybczyk vs D Heisman 1-0551966Quaker City OpenC57 Two Knights
6. M Selensky vs D Heisman 0-1431967US Amateur-chA22 English
7. M Kubacki vs D Heisman 0-1241967La Salle InvitationalA07 King's Indian Attack
8. D Heisman vs D Latzel 1-0251967Germantown CCD00 Queen's Pawn Game
9. D Heisman vs Bram 1-0321967?B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
10. D Heisman vs J Buhalo 1-0131967Germantown CCD00 Queen's Pawn Game
11. D Heisman vs D Fennick 1-0141967Eastern States ScholasticC54 Giuoco Piano
12. D Heisman vs F Camaratta 0-1421967LaSalle InvitationalC19 French, Winawer, Advance
13. D Heisman vs L Segal 1-0361967Germantown CC LadderA40 Queen's Pawn Game
14. D Heisman vs N Moenich 1-0511967INAC07 French, Tarrasch
15. D Heisman vs A Soltis  0-1481969US Intercollegiate ChampionshipB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
16. F Luelsdorf vs D Heisman 0-1261972Landsdale Spring SwissB40 Sicilian
17. D K Dunn vs D Heisman  0-1401988USA corrB83 Sicilian
18. D Heisman vs D K Dunn ½-½511989USA Computer aided m corrA20 English
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Jun-19-04
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  nasmichael: Thanks, Dan. Your work is invaluable.
Jun-20-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessgames.com: More annotated games by Dan Heisman are coming soon.
Jun-20-04  apple head: lets get Mr. Robert James Fischer to annalise the "My 60 Memorable games" game collection
Jun-25-04  mymt: Welcome Dan this site is getting better every day since you guys arrived [you,Ray &now Lawrence Day].
Jul-28-04  loftus: I have the same chess set as the one you are playing in front of in your picture, Dan. It's very hard to tell the white from the black pieces, which sometimes makes for a keen "house advantage"...
Jul-29-04  ruylopez900: <chessgames.com> Hey, I was wondering if you would try to get other GMs and titled players to perhaps contribute to the database in such a manner. For renumeration you could give them "free" premium memberships, something I'm sure a few would find worthwhile.
Oct-15-04  Knight13: He's the best annotater at Chessgames.com, yet.
Oct-25-04  aw1988: <apple head: lets get Mr. Robert James Fischer to annalise the "My 60 Memorable games" game collection> Uhm...
Oct-25-04  aw1988: Oh sorry, had the wrong idea.
Dec-28-04  JamesKnight: Hey Dan Heisman: Why you disrespectin` my boy Nimzo? Calling him average when he was well above average is the ultimate in disrespect. My boy Nimzo was the stuff.
Apr-30-05  CatInTheHat: These games are so packed with blunders that they are absolutely worthless. Dan, if you're going to post some more games, how about try posting some good ones?
Apr-30-05  aw1988: Excuse me, everyone makes bad moves.
May-01-05  dzanone: Heisman is a teacher who writes The Novice Nook at chesscafe.com. I think the games are more for beginners.
May-13-05  queensknight: These games are meant to teach students, not be the most perfect, and most of these games are from when Mr. Heisman was a teenager! What would you expect since they are mostly from when he started tournament chess?
May-25-05  Greginctw: His book "Deadly threats" has more typos than any other book besides "Checkmate Strategies" by Koltanowski.
May-25-05
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  Rimrock: His "Novice Nook" column is some of the best chess writing I've ever encountered. As a beginner, I've probably learned more from it than any other source.
May-25-05  matrix: Lighten up, kitten in the cap. Heisman's Novice Nook is a gem for explaining required concepts, while the rest of chess literature is like learning unix - nothing makes sense until you already know the material you are reading about.

Dan, btw, I liked your commentary on chess.fm last weekend.

Jul-15-05  vampiero: where is this novice nook column at. i wann check it out
Jul-15-05  hintza: <vampiero> It can be found at http://chesscafe.com/.
Jul-30-05
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  chancho: This guy may not be a world beater, but clearly he can help players improve. One of his students, Dan Benjamin, was tutored by him and he became a Master.
Jul-30-05  SnoopDogg: He in an NM and charges 65 dollars an hour. I charge 5 dollars an hour and 2.50/dollars an hour per group. Dan must be a hell of a teacher :)).
Jul-30-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: <SnoopDogg> If that's what he's charging, then that is way too much. John Curdo charged 25$ an hour, when I took chess lessons from him, and he has way more credentials as a player then Dan Heisman.Curdo also tutored Patrick Wolff, who became a Grandmaster.
Jul-31-05
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  Joshka: <vampiero> His novice nook column is at chesscafe.com
Feb-13-06  BeautyInChess: Dan tutors out of the Main Line. It is some of the richest area in all of the United States. Maybe that's how he's able to get away with it.
Jul-14-06  nelson daligcon: dan, you'r great!
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