Is Your Move Safe? by Dan Heisman

Is Your Move Safe? by Dan Heisman

Published in 2016 by Mongoose Press, "Is Your Move Safe?" by National Master Dan Heisman tackles the absolute number one cause of rating loss for amateur chess players: the self-inflicted blunder.

While tactical workout books like John Nunn's or Franco Masetti's focus on teaching you how to attack and win material, Dan Heisman’s book is an essential guide to defensive awareness. It forces you to look at the board through a lens of safety, helping you eliminate the costly errors that ruin otherwise great games.

The Core Philosophy: Real Chess vs. "Hope Chess"

Dan Heisman is legendary in the chess coaching community for coining the term "Hope Chess." This is the bad habit where an amateur player looks at a move, sees that it attacks something or looks aggressive, makes the move, and simply hopes their opponent won't find a way to punish it.

Heisman argues that to cross the threshold from a casual player to a strong club player, you must transition to Real Chess. This means you never make a move until you have explicitly asked yourself: "If I play this move, what is my opponent's most forcing reply, and can I handle it?" This book is a highly practical training manual built entirely around drilling that exact thought process.

Language: English.

Genre: Chess Book.

Binding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং

Quality: Premium Quality Books.

Printing: High Quality Printing.

Paper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)

Cover: Matt cover (Paperback).