Better Living Through Chess

I am working on improving my chess game. I have tentatively begun a program outlined by Dan Heisman at ChessCafe.com. I am almost through Heisman's book, . I am trying out the USCF"s Chess Tactics for Beginners CD-ROM. Next up on my reading list are and . Most of my playing these days is limited to ChessWorld.net. Because ChessWorld.net essentially hosts correspondence games on the Internet, I can enter one move at a time and log off. In the meantime, my opponent can respond at his or her convenience. It is a lot easier to play this way than to find a 90-minute block of time for a traditional over-the-board game.