Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠 JezBall (Hybrid Exercise) May 23, 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.

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FEN for today's exercise:
5k2/4q3/8/8/8/3R4/3K2R1/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Rf2+ Ke8 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Re2 or 2. Re3

⚡ Future Evaluations (Quick Lesson) May 22, 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

🧠🧠🧠 No Recovering (Game Exercise) May 21, 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:
Sosonko vs Helmers (Reykjavik, 1980)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e4 Bb7 7. d5 exd5 8. exd5 Be7 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rae1 Qc7 15. Nh4 Bf8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Be7 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. Re2 h5 20. Rfe1 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nf6 22. Bc2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Re8 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rxe8+ 1-0

👨‍🏫 Making Time for Conceptualization (Insight) May 20, 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

🧠🧠 Webb vs Schussler (Game Exercise) May 19, 2025

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Webb, Simon"] [Black "Schussler, Harry"] 1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.e5 Ne8 8.Bf4 c5 9.exd6 Nxd6 10.Qd2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nb6 12.Ndb5 Nxb5 13.Bxb5 Qxd2 14.Bxd2 Rd8 15.Bg5 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Rd5 0-1

🧠 Momentary Distraction (Opening Exercise) May 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:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
8... exf4

❓ Filling Five Sentences (Q&A) May 17, 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

🧠🧠🧠 Stealthing in Full Plate (Lost Piece Exercise) May 16, 2025

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Lost Piece Exercise: The audio will tell you the position of most of the pieces on the board. Can you work out where the missing piece is meant to be?

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:
6k1/ppn3p1/2p2pqp/2n1p3/2P1rP2/1P4P1/PB1brN1P/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nd8

⚡ Don't Say "I" (Quick Lesson) May 15, 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

🧠 One Mate in Two (Hybrid Exercise) May 14, 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:
8/8/1pp5/2P4k/8/5K2/8/2Q5 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... bxc5 2. Qxc5+ Kh4 { White to move. Checkmate in two. } *

And the answer is...

Qf5 c5 4. Qg4#

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