Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠 Seitwärts (Opening Exercise) May 08, 2026

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Opening Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. At a certain point, one player will make a mistake and it’ll be your job to find the move to punish it.

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:

d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qh4 Nb4 8. Na3 Qa5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Nd4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 *

And the answer is...
12... Qxg5 13. Qxg5 hxg5

🧠🧠 Grun-fell for It (Game Exercise) May 07, 2026

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Game Exercise: Close your eyes and follow along with an entire Chess game using the audio below. On each move, try to conceptualize the position clearly and understand how it has changed. Try to follow the game until the end to stretch the amount of moves you can see ahead.

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PGN for today's exercise:
1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qa3 12. Rb1 O-O 13. d5 Ne5 14. Bb4 Qf3 15. gxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Kf1 Bh3# 0-1

🧠 Horse and Cart (Position Exercise) May 06, 2026

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Today we have a bonus exercise for you! We'll get back to our regular schedule in a couple weeks when we're out of crunch time on the new website build. Enjoy the extra exercises in the meantime.

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:
8/8/8/8/8/1NK5/3R4/1k6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rb2#

🧠 Right Step (Hybrid Exercise) May 05, 2026

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Hybrid Puzzle: 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/conceptualization

FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/3q4/3k4/8/1K2B3/2P1N3/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

c4+ Ke5 *

And the answer is...

Bf4+

🧠 Pull a Fast One (Illegal Move Exercise) May 04, 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.

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:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Ne4 6.Qc2 d5 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 2...Bb4+ was illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the pawn on e7.

🧠🧠🧠 My Favorite Pattern (Position Exercise) May 03, 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:
6k1/5ppp/Bp2p3/8/P1rPn3/2n1PN2/5PPP/B4RK1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Ne2+ 2. Kh1 Nxf2+ 3. Rxf2 Rc1+ 4. Ne1 Rxe1+ 5. Rf1 Rxf1#

🧠🧠🧠 Can I, Can't I (Hybrid Exercise) May 02, 2026

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Hybrid Puzzle: 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/conceptualization

FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/2P1kp2/pR3b2/P5p1/1PK5/8 w - - 2 1

PGN for today's exercise:
Ivanchuk vs L'Ami (Wijk Aan Zee, 2026)

Rb8 Ke4 2. Rb4+ Ke3 3. Rxf4 *

And the answer is...
3... g2 (3... Kxf4? 4. c6 g2 5. c7 g1=Q 6. c8=Q { Black still has a big advantage, but the win is not so simple anymore due to many checks that White will have. }) 4. Rxf5 g1=Q

🧠🧠 Tom and Jerry (Position Exercise) May 01, 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:
8/2p5/4pk2/2Pb4/p6R/8/8/5K2 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... a3 2. Ra4 a2

🧠🧠 Capa Plays the Morphy (Game Exercise) Apr 30, 2026

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [Black "Enrique Delmonte"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. cxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. d5 Nd8 8. Bd3 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 d6 10. Rc1 a6 11. Nc4 Bd7 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. dxc6 Qc7 17. cxb7+ Kf8 18. Rxc7 1-0

🧠 That's Not How You Play the Dutch (Opening Exercise) Apr 29, 2026

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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:

d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 b6 6. Bf4 Nb4 *

And the answer is...

Bxa8

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