Improve Your Chess: The Most Common Amateur Chess Mistakes

NM Dan Heisman covers about a dozen of the most common amateur chess mistakes. These are not mistakes in particular positions, like missing a pin, but mistakes in thought process, psychology, and strategy. This includes not spending time on the move chosen, playing too fast/slow, Hope Chess and Hand-Waving, not adjusting strategy for the game situation, not asking what are ALL the things the opponent's move does, making decisions based on the opponent's rating, etc. NM Dan Heisman has been a full-time chess instructor since 1996 and is the author of 12 chess books, the TV show "Q&A with Coach Heisman" on Chess.com and the radio show "Ask the Renaissance Man" on the Internet Chess Club. Howard Stern was one of Dan's students. Dan tries to answer comments on YouTube but for a quicker, more comprehensive answer (or questions about lessons), contact Dan via email, skype, or phone via Dan's website www.danheisman.com. His Chess Tip of the Day is @danheisman on Twitter, which won the award for "Best Twitter Feed" in 2021 from the Chess Journalists of America.