Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠🧠 Vague Hague (Find the Blunder Exercise) Nov 09, 2025

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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?

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PGN for today's exercise:
Adapted from the game Jacobson vs Hoenlinger (Teh Hague, 1928).

d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 c5 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Qxe7 14. Bb5 Nf6 15. dxc5 Ne4 16. Rc2 Nxc5 17. b4 Ne4 18. a3 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Qf6 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nb3 Ng5 23. Nd2 Qg6 24. e4 Nxe4 25. Bd3 Nc3 26. Qf1 Qh6 27. Qe1 e4 28. Bf1 e3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Rc8 *

And the answer is...
26... Ne2+ 27. Bxe2 (27. Kh1 Qxd3) 27... Qxc2

❓ How Does "Doing the Math" Help Me Visualize? (Q&A) Nov 08, 2025

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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

🧠🧠 Walk the Tal-k (Game Exercise) Nov 07, 2025

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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.

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:
Szukszta vs Tal (Uppsala, 1956)

d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qb3 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nc6 12. dxc6 Re8 13. Kf2 Rxe3 14. Rd1 Ng4+ 15. fxg4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Qxd4 17. Qd5 Re2+ 18. Kxe2 Bxg4+ 19. Ke1 Re8+ 20. Be2 Rxe2+ *

🚶‍♂️ I Play Blindfolded! (Walkthrough) Nov 06, 2025

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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/conceptualization

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🧠 Symmetry Wannabe (Illegal Move Exercise) Nov 05, 2025

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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:

Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Rc8 8. d3 e6 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 6... Bxf3 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the Knight on c6.

⚡ Conceptualization in Your Training Routine (Quick Lesson) Nov 04, 2025

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A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at 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/conceptualization

🧠 Knife and... (Position Exercise) Nov 03, 2025

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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!

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/8/k2b4/8/8/1KR5 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rc4+

🧠🧠🧠 Bill the War Horse (Game Exercise) Nov 02, 2025

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PGN for today's exercise:
Botvinnik vs Sharov (Leningrad, 1929)

d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Qd3 Nf8 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. a3 b6 16. b4 Rd8 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Qc3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 Rd7 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Qg3 Rc7 25. Ng4 Qe7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Ne8 Qxe8 28. Qxc7 Rb2 29. Rad1 1-0

❓ Can't Hold the Image in My Mind (Q&A) Nov 01, 2025

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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

🧠🧠 That'll Kolste You (Find the Blunder Exercise) Oct 31, 2025

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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:
Adapted from the game Palau vs Kolste (London, 1927).

Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Nh5 5. Be5 f6 6. Bg3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 c6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 f5 11. Nd4 Bxe5 12. Nce2 *

And the answer is...

Rxh7 Rxh7 11. Bxg6+

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