Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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👨‍🏫 Preventing Mistakes, Seven Slots Part 6 (Insight) May 13, 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

🧠🧠🧠 Challenge Fit for a Queen (Position Exercise) May 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:
2r3k1/5p1p/6p1/1P2q3/Q3P3/7P/3r1RP1/1R4K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Qc5 2. Rf1 Qe3 3. Qa1 Rxf2 4. Rxf2 Rc1+ 5. Qxc1 Qxc1+

🧠 Heavy Targets (Lost Piece Exercise) May 11, 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:
8/6k1/4qppp/7r/8/5Q1P/4rPP1/5RK1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nf4

❓ Targeting Ghost Pieces and General Conceptualization (Q&A) May 10, 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

🧠🧠 Restas vs Asztalos (Game Exercise) May 09, 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:
[White "Restas, Peter"] [Black "Asztalos, Viktor"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.a3 d6 8.c4 Nc7 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.b4 Bd4 13.Ra2 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Re2 Qd6 16.c5 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Qd5 18.Be4 Qh5 19.g4 Bxe4+ 20.Rxe4 Qh3 0-1

⚡ Dormant Ideas (Quick Lesson) May 08, 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

🧠 French Normal Variation (Opening Exercise) May 07, 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 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Be3 *

And the answer is...
4... Bxe4

👨‍🏫 Emotional Cascade, Seven Slots Part 5 (Insight) May 06, 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

🧠 Royal Rumble (Hybrid Exercise) May 05, 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:
8/8/8/8/3k2KP/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

h5 Ke5 2. Kg5 Ke6 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Kg6 Ke7 4. Kg7 and the pawn cannot be stopped.

🧠🧠🧠 Spider Queens (Lost Piece Exercise) May 04, 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:
2q2q2/1q4q1/5q2/7K/3q4/2q5/1q4q1/2q2q2 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Kh5

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