Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠 Almost Zero Captures (Opening Exercise) Apr 18, 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:

e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Be3 Re8 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. O-O-O a6 9. Bh6 Bh8 10. Ng5 b5 *

And the answer is...

Bxf7#

🧠 Empowering Others (Position Exercise) Apr 17, 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:
8/8/8/8/8/8/p7/k1KR4 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Kc2#

🧠 One Wing (Illegal Move Exercise) Apr 16, 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:

a3 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. axb4 e6 4. Ba3 Nf6 5. Bxf8 Kxf8 6. Nc3 g6 *

And the answer is...
White's move 5. Bxf8 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the pawn on b4.

🧠 Bent Fork (Hybrid Exercise) Apr 15, 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:
4rb2/4r1pk/6pp/8/2N5/8/5PPP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Re4 2. Nd6 Bxd6 3. Rxd6 *

And the answer is...
3... Re1+ 4. Rxe1 Rxe1#

🧠 Here's Johnny (Position Exercise) Apr 14, 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:
8/8/8/8/2r5/8/PP1k4/1K6 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Rc1#

🧠 Slapback (Find the Blunder Exercise) Apr 13, 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:

Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. Ng5 h6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 *

And the answer is...
4... Qxg5

🧠🧠🧠 Mama Weer All Crazee Now (Position Exercise) Apr 12, 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:
G. Rinder (1961)
8/2B4p/2p2R1K/1Pk3N1/1n1r1n2/NQP5/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qd5+ cxd5 (1... Nbxd5 2. Rxc6#) (1... Nfxd5 2. Ne6#) (1... Rxd5 2. Ne4#) (1... Kxd5 2. Rf5#) 2. Bb6#

❓Hit a Wall at 10 Moves? (Q&A) Apr 11, 2026

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Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.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

🧠🧠 Anti-Draw (Hybrid Exercise) Apr 10, 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:
Kramnik vs Wang Hao (Dortmund, 2013)
4r1k1/p2Q1pp1/5q2/6p1/P7/8/1P3PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Rb8 2. Qxa7 Rxb2 3. h3 Ra2 *

And the answer is...

Qb8+ Kh7 5. Qb1+

🧠 Swing When You're Down (Position Exercise) Apr 09, 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:
8/8/8/8/2q5/1k6/1P6/KB6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Ba2+

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