Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠 Own Goalie (Position Exercise) Oct 20, 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!

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:
8/8/8/8/2BB4/8/1PK5/k7 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

🧠🧠🧠 Good Enough (Opening Exercise) Oct 19, 2025

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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. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O d6 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. Qxd4 h6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh3 10. Re1 Nd7 11. f4 Qh4 12. Qe3 g5 13. Qg3 Rg8 14. Bf1 gxf4 15. Qxg8 Nf6 16. Qh8 Qg4+ 17. Kh1 f3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Rg1 *

And the answer is...
19... Ng4 20. Rxg4 Qxg4 and White can't defend against the mate on g2.

❓ Rating Anxiety (Q&A) Oct 18, 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

🧠🧠 Ortolan (Illegal Move Exercise) Oct 17, 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.

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:

f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c4 d4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qd6 *

And the answer is...
White's move 13. Qf3 is illegal because the Queen is blocked by the pawn on e2.

🚶‍♂️ Finding the Lost Piece Oct 16, 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

🧠 Sicilia-No (Find the Blunder Exercise) Oct 15, 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?

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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 *

And the answer is...
7... exd4

⚡ What Does the Next Level Look Like? (Quick Lesson) Oct 14, 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

🧠 Motion Blur (Position Exercise) Oct 13, 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!

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/q7/8/8/kNp5/P1P5/2K5 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Qf1#

🧠🧠🧠 To His Tshigorin (Position Exercise) Oct 12, 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!

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:
r2qk2r/2p1nppp/p2p1n2/1pbNp3/4P1b1/1BPP1N2/PP3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 1

And the answer is...
Tarrasch vs Tshigorin (Petersburg, 1893)

Nxf6+ (1. Nxe5 Bxd1 2. Nxf6+ Kf8 3. Ned7+ Qxd7 4. Nxd7+ Ke8 5. Nxc5) 1... gxf6 2. Nxe5 Bxd1 (2... fxe5 3. Qxg4) 3. Bxf7+ Kf8 4. Bh6#

❓ How-To Game Exercise (Q&A) Oct 11, 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

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