A full-time chess instructor since 1996 and Howard Stern’s coach for five years, Dan Heisman has received numerous annual awards for Best Instruction from the Chess Journalists of America for his “Novice Nook” column on Chess Café. Dan’s video series, “Improve Your Chess,” appears weekly on the Internet Chess Club, while the “Chess Tip of the Day” has featured on his Twitter feed since 2011. The 1973 Philadelphia Invitational Champion, Dan played on Penn State’s winning team at the 1972 U.S. Amateur Team Championship.