Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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❓ Memorize the Board? (Q&A) Sep 20, 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

🧠🧠 Just You and Me (Position Exercise) Sep 19, 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:
2q5/K2p4/2kp4/1p5Q/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qh1+ Kc7 (1... Kc5 2. Qc1+) (1... d5 2. Qc1+) 2. Qc1+ Kd8 3. Qg5+ Kc7 (3... Ke8 4. Qg8+) 4. Qxb5 Kd8 5. Qg5+ Kc7 6. Qa5+ Kc6 7. Qc3+

🚶‍♂️ Controlling Square Colors (Walkthrough) Sep 18, 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

🧠 Can They Do That? (Illegal Move Exercise) Sep 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:

Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxe5 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 6... Bd6 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the pawn on e7.

⚡ What Could This Move Mean? (Quick Lesson) Sep 16, 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

🧠 Low Flyer (Opening Exercise) Sep 15, 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 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nc3 *

And the answer is...
3... bxc3

🧠🧠🧠 Two Second Orders (Position Exercise) Sep 14, 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:
1r3rk1/p4pp1/q3p2p/2p1P1n1/1bPn3N/1PN1R1PP/P5Q1/2B2RK1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Bxc3 (1... Nxh3+ works, too. 2. Qxh3 Bxc3 3. Rxc3 Ne2+) 2. Rxc3 Nxh3+ 3. Qxh3 Ne2+

❓ Disappearing Pawns (Q&A) Sep 13, 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

🧠🧠 A Sneaky One (Illegal Move Exercise) Sep 12, 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:

c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh6 10. Ng5 f5 11. h4 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Bd2 Ra8 14. a4 fxe4 15. Ngxe4 Nhf5 *

And the answer is...
Black’s move 9… Nh6 is illegal as neither of Black’s knights can reach the h6 square on that turn.

🚶‍♂️ Building Piece Relationships (Walkthrough) Sep 11, 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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