Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠 The Rules Gambit (Illegal Move Exercise) Sep 22, 2026

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Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move.

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e4 Ba6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 *

🧠 Left with Nothing (Lost Piece Exercise) Sep 21, 2026

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Lost Piece Exercise: The audio will tell you the position of most of the pieces on the board. Can you work out where the missing piece is meant to be?

To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization

FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/5r2/8/3k4/8/PP6/K7 b - - 0 1

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠 Never or Now (Position Exercise) Sep 07, 2026

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Position Exercise: The audio will tell you where each of the pieces on the board are and whose turn it is. Find the best move!

To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization

FEN for today's exercise:
5Bnk/7p/7P/7K/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠🧠🧠 Knaak For It (Hybrid Exercise) Sep 03, 2026

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Hybrid Exercise: The audio will tell you where each of the pieces on the board are, then read a series of moves from that position. When prompted, try to identify the best next move.

To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it

FEN for today's exercise:
2r3k1/5pp1/7p/4q3/1R6/3Q2P1/2n4P/1K3R2 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Qa6 Qc3 2. Rb2 Nb4 3. Qd6 Nd3 4. Rb8 Qc2+ 5. Ka1 Qa4+ 6. Kb1 Qc2+ 7. Ka1 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠🧠🧠 Never the Same Piece Twice (Find the Blunder Exercise) Sep 02, 2026

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Find the Blunder Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. One player will blunder and the other will not punish them for it. Can you find the blunder and the best punishment?

To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization

PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Ne4 f5 6. Ng5 Be7 7. N5f3 c6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Ngf3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Re8 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. Qe2 c5 15. Bc2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 cxd4 17. Ba4 Rf8 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠 Long Arm of the Law (Awareness Exercise) Sep 01, 2026

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Awareness Exercise: Listen to the locations of all the pieces in the position, then answer the questions to test your awareness.

To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it

FEN from today's exercise:
8/5p1k/1bP3rp/8/6N1/7P/2R5/6K1 w - - 0 1

Listen to the episode for the questions and answers.

🧠 Natural Sprinters (Hybrid Exercise) Aug 31, 2026

Show notes

Hybrid Exercise: The audio will tell you where each of the pieces on the board are, then read a series of moves from that position. When prompted, try to identify the best next move.

To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it

FEN for today's exercise:
5rk1/5np1/6p1/8/8/8/P5PP/4R2K w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

a4 Ng5 2. a5 Ne4 3. Rxe4 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

👨‍🏫 Patterns Don't Always Help Us (Insight Episode) Aug 28, 2026

Show notes

Welcome to the Friday insight. This is a quick aside for the ongoing "Conceptualization and Rating" series on the Friday Insight. You can find the first part on the pod a couple of weeks ago.

Pattern recognition and intuition can be strengths, but left unchecked can override what we consciously intended to do. And, for example, cause you to write, record, and release the entirely wrong episode on the entirely wrong week and not notice. Y'know, just as an example.

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🧠🧠 Elimination Process (Lost Piece Exercise) Aug 27, 2026

Show notes

Lost Piece Exercise: The audio will tell you the position of most of the pieces on the board. Can you work out where the missing piece is meant to be?

To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization

FEN for today's exercise:
r3r2k/2q1n2p/2n3p1/5p2/1p6/1B3P2/1P4PP/3Q1RK1 b - - 0 1

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠 Severed Heaven (Position Exercise) Aug 26, 2026

Show notes

Position Exercise: The audio will tell you where each of the pieces on the board are and whose turn it is. Find the best move!

To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization

FEN for today's exercise:
5qk1/R7/6pP/4B1K1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Answer at the end of the episode.

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