Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠 Help Center (Find the Blunder Exercise) Aug 25, 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 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠 Bishop on a Bishop (Awareness Exercise) Aug 24, 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 get comfy with your square colors, spend a couple minutes each day in the Don't Move Square Color Trainer (free)

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:
8/4bpk1/4b3/7P/3KR1P1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Listen to the episode for the questions and answers.

👨‍🏫 Building to 1000, Conceptualization and Rating Part 2 (Insight Episode) Aug 21, 2026

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Welcome to the Friday insight. This is part two for the ongoing "Conceptualization and Rating" series on the Friday Insight. Find the first part in last week's insight episode.

Starting out with Chess is tough on the brain. Here are the key conceptualization skills you need to finally reach 1000.

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🧠🧠 Tasty Potshots (Opening Exercise) Aug 20, 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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5 Ng4 9. O-O Na5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 c6 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠🧠 Chances Come Once (Hybrid Exercise) Aug 19, 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:
7r/1k4pp/1pp5/2b5/3pB3/3K4/7r/5R2 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Rf7+ Ka6 2. Rxg7 Rh3+ 3. Kc4 Re8 4. Bxc6 d3 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠 Jump the Gun (Illegal Move Exercise) Aug 18, 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:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. e4 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O *

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠 Stretched Further (Opening Exercise) Aug 17, 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:

b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Ng3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Qd7 8. d4 Bb4+ 9. c3 O-O-O *

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠 Hopping Mad (Lost Piece Exercise) Aug 16, 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:
8/8/8/2k5/3p4/5R2/2K5/4n3 w - - 0 1

Answer at the end of the episode.

⚡️ What 1800s Are Missing (Quick Lesson) Aug 15, 2026

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In my work with 1800 and 2000 rated students, I've seen two common areas for improvement that seem to mark the difference between players at that level and the level above. Here's what they are and how to train them.

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

👨‍🏫 Conceptualization and Rating (Insight Episode) Aug 14, 2026

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Welcome to the Friday insight. Today we kick off a new series walking you through key rating milestones and exactly what conceptualizations skills are most important to master at each one.

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