Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠🧠 One Anand Done (Position Exercise) Aug 13, 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:
2r3k1/2r2pp1/p3p3/1p2P3/2nPp3/7R/PP2NP1P/1K5R b - - 0 1

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠🧠 Hold a Candelario (Awareness Exercise) Aug 12, 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:
2r2rk1/5Rp1/p4bQp/8/8/6P1/1qB1RPKP/8 w - - 2 1

Listen to the episode for the questions and answers.

🧠 One Point Down (Hybrid Exercise) Aug 11, 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:
8/8/1q6/3k1B2/8/3P1P2/3NK3/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Be4+ Kd6 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠 Grobtastic (Find the Blunder Exercise) Aug 10, 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:

g4 b6 2. Bg2 Bb7 3. Nf3 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

🚶‍♂️ Both Sides of the Move (Walkthrough) Aug 09, 2026

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Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See 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/

🎉 Mate-in-2s for Quiet Moments (Saturday Fun Episode) Aug 08, 2026

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In today's I-do-whatever-I-want episode, I give you three "Meredith" mate-in-2 puzzles to memorize and chip away at through your day.

Here's the positions in human notation (rather than an FEN).

1 ->

White: Kb2, Qf3, Nb3, Nd3
Black: Kc4, Nf6, b5, d6

2 ->

White: Kc6, Nd6, Ne6, b7, c7, f7, g7. h7
Black: Ke7, Nb6, Nf6

3 ->

White: Ka4, Qc8, Ra1, Ba8, Bf1
Black: Ka6, Qb7, Rd7, d5

Answers at the end of the episode.

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

👨‍🏫 An All New Don't Move Until You See It Aug 07, 2026

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The new Don't Move Until You See It is live! And the feedback's been very good.

If you’re fired up about training and understanding your adult Chess brain, reducing blunders, and calculating with clarity and confidence, there’s never been a better time to join as a Don't Move member. Find out more and sign up here.

ry the new free interactive training tools here.

Or just jump in and explore what the new site has to offer.

If you have any ideas how I could integrate the site and the podcast in fun, exciting ways, let me know. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Reach out.

🧠🧠🧠 Doom in Dunedin (Find the Blunder Exercise) Aug 06, 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:

e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Kd8 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Rc1 Nf5 16. Bc5 Qf4 17. g3 Qg5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qa4 Qe7 20. Rc3 Qd6 21. Bd3 g6 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠🧠 Seventh Haven (Lost Piece Exercise) Aug 05, 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:
1r4r1/7p/1P5b/Nb3p2/6n1/1B6/1BP3PP/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1

Answer at the end of the episode.

🧠 Data First (Opening Exercise) Aug 04, 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:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Nf6 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

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