Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠🧠 Made Short Work (Game Exercise) Jun 22, 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:
Short vs Kosten (Hastings, 1988)

e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Rc8 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. Bd2 a6 16. Rg1 b5 17. g4 Nh4 18. Rg3 Qb6 19. Qd3 Rh8 20. Rh3 Ne7 21. Nd4 Rc4 22. c3 Ra4 23. Qg3 Nhg6 24. Rxh8+ Nxh8 25. Bd3 Nhg6 26. h4 Rxa3 27. h5 Nf8 28. h6 Neg6 29. f5 Ne7 30. Qh2 exf5 31. h7 Neg6 32. gxf5 Nh8 33. Qh5 Qc7 34. Kf1 Rxc3 35. e6 Rxd3 36. exf7+ Kd8 37. Qg5+ Kc8 38. Rc1 Rxd4 39. Rxc7+ Kxc7 40. Ba5+ Kb7 41. Qd8 Rf4+ 42. Kg1 Rg4+ 43. Kh2 1-0

❓ Can I Take Notes during Exercises? (Q&A) Jun 21, 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

🧠🧠 Hurry! (Position Exercise) Jun 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:
8/1N2k1p1/2p2p2/p5p1/1p2K3/P6P/6P1/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

a4 b3 2. Kd3 b2 3. Kc2 b1=Q+ 4. Kxb1

⚡ The Volcano Exercise (Quick Lesson) Jun 19, 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

🧠 Barmen Defense Error (Opening Exercise) Jun 18, 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. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qxd4 *

And the answer is...

Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd4

⚡ Pattern Overrides (Quick Lesson) Jun 17, 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

🧠 Absolute (Illegal Move Exercise) Jun 16, 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:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Bd2 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O *

And the answer is...
White’s move 6. Nxe4 is illegal because the Knight is pinned to the White king by the bishop on b4.

🧠🧠🧠 Endgames Are Hard (Hybrid Exercise) Jun 15, 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:
3r4/2p2k2/8/2p1P3/p1P2K2/Pp6/1P5R/8 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Rd4+ 2. Kf5 Rxc4 3. e6+ Kg7 *

And the answer is...

Rh8 Kxh8 5. e7

❓ Audio vs Written Exercises (Q&A) Jun 14, 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

🧠🧠 Stankowski vs Rabeda (Game Exercise) Jun 13, 2025

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Stankowski, Aleksander"] [Black "Rabeda, Grzegorz"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 Qd7 6.Bf4 h6 7.c3 g5 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Bh3 10.Bxh3 Qxh3 11.Bxf6 exf6 12.Qb3 O-O-O 13.c4 d4 14.Nd2 f5 15.Nf3 f6 16.c5 Bxc5 17.Rfc1 Bb6 18.a4 a6 19.Qxb6 Rd7 20.Qa7 1-0

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