Learn Chess - The Safety Table - Are pieces safe?
NM Dan Heisman describes a basic but powerful safety/tactical device that is subconsciously used by strong players (and unfortunately not at all by many weaker players) to help determine the safety of squares attacked by opponent's pieces.
A new, higher quality microphone was used but the audio may have been set just a touch too high (will adjust next time).
NM Dan Heisman has been a full-time chess instructor since 1996 and is the author of 14 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. #ChessTactics #ChessSafety #ChessAnalysis #ChessThinking