Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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⚡ Watching Your Brain (Quick Lesson) Sep 30, 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

🧠 Gallop (Position Exercise) Sep 29, 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:
8/8/8/8/1pkn4/8/PP6/KR6 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Nc2#

🧠🧠🧠 Explosive Queenside (Illegal Move Exercise) Sep 28, 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:

b3 a5 2. Nc3 e6 3. a4 b6 4. d4 b5 5. Be3 bxa4 6. bxa4 d6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. g3 Nc6 9. f3 Na7 10. Bg2 Nb5 11. Nh3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13. Bxa5 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. e4 Qc8 16. Nf4 Qa6 17. Bc3 Bxa4 18. Rfb1 d5 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Rxb4 Qc6 21. e5 Nd7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Ng6 hxg6 24. f4 Qa6 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rbxa4 Qxa4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 *

And the answer is...
White’s move 12… Bxc3 is illegal as White’s dark-squared bishop is on e3 and cannot capture Black’s knight on c3.

❓ Recovering from Distraction? (Q&A) Sep 27, 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

🧠🧠 One Move Sooner (Game Exercise) Sep 26, 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:

d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Qe8 9. c4 Qh5 10. e3 Ng4 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Nh2 Qg6 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14. Nh4 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Ndf6 16. Kh1 Nh5 17. Rg1 Neg3+ 18. fxg3 Nxg3# 0-1

🚶‍♂️ King and Pawn (Walkthrough) Sep 25, 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

🧠 Playing with Your Food (Position Exercise) Sep 24, 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:
[FEN "8/6pk/6pp/5n2/6b1/8/5BPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]

And the answer is...

h3 Bh5 2. g4

👨‍🏫 The Four Things (Insight) Sep 23, 2025

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Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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

Check out the resources mentioned in this episode:

The Five Sentences Exercise: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/five-sentences
Listudy Blind Tactics Tool: https://listudy.org/en/blind-tactics/
Ramesh RB's Improve Your Chess Calculation: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/9056919970
Blindfold Trainer: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer

🧠 Central Pawns (Find the Blunder Exercise) Sep 22, 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:

d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 d5 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Be3 *

And the answer is...

exf6

🧠🧠🧠 Persistence Hunting (Hybrid Exercise) Sep 21, 2025

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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:
3r1k2/pbqr1ppQ/1p2p3/4P3/1PP3p1/P2BR3/1K5P/3R4 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise: