Tutor Talks Technology, Board Vision...and Howard Stern?

Yesterday, I talked with Howard Stern's personal chess tutor. I never thought I would write that sentence. US Chess Federation National Master, Dan Heisman and I discussed a wide range of topics including his take on technology in chess, the psychology of improving your game and of course Howard Stern.

I will highlight Dan in a feature article that will be posted in the coming days, but I just wanted to give some highlights of our talk.

• Member of Main Line Chess Club
• 80% of Dan's lessons are taught over the Internet. Some of his students live in remote locations.
• Although technology has eliminated some of the social aspects of chess, Dan believes more people are playing chess overall because they can play from anywhere in the world, which is a good thing.
• If you want to be a good all around chess player, play over the board, do not rely on computers
• Board vision: "the ability to look at a chess board and know what's happening."
• Was live on the Howard Stern show on Monday, May 18, 2009 for over an hour
• NYTimes article

Great guy. Stay tuned!