Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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❓ Importance of Labels for Verbal Models (Q&A) May 03, 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

🧠🧠 Boden's Brilliant Bishops (Position Exercise) May 02, 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:
5B2/8/K7/8/kpp5/7R/8/1B6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rc3 bxc3 (1... b3 2. Rxc4#) 2. Bc2# 1-0

⚡ Mistakes Never Go Away (Quick Lesson) May 01, 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

🧠 Najdorf Quickdraw (Game Exercise) Apr 30, 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 "Levon Aronian"] [Black "Anish Giri"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

👨‍🏫 Space to Think, Seven Slots Part 4 (Insight) Apr 29, 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

🧠 Lowe Blow (Opening Exercise) Apr 28, 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:
[White "Arthur Simons"] [Black "Edward Lowe"] 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Ne7 4. f4 d5 5. Bb5+ Nbc6 6. d3 d4 7. Nce2 *

And the answer is...
7...Qa5+

🧠🧠🧠 Cloaking Device (Lost Piece Exercise) Apr 27, 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:
r1b2rk1/1pq1bppp/p3p3/4n1B1/3N4/1n1B3R/1P2Q1PP/5RNK w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rh3

❓ Why Don't I Say Who's to Move Until the End? (Q&A) Apr 26, 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

🧠🧠🧠 Savin' Me (Hybrid Exercise) Apr 25, 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:
r1b1k2r/pp3ppp/3p4/2qn4/2B5/8/PBQ2PPP/R4RK1 w kq - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Qe4+ Be6 2. Rad1 Nc7 3. Bxe6 Nxe6 4. Bxg7 Rg8 5. Qxh7 Ke7 6. Rfe1 Qg5 { How can White save the Bishop and achieve a winning advantage at the same time? } *

And the answer is...

Rxe6+ Kxe6 (7... fxe6 8. Bh6+) 8. Qe4+ Kd7 9. Qxb7+ Ke6 10. Re1+ Kf5 11. Qxf7+ Kg4 12. Qf3+ Kh4 13. Qh3#

⚡ Mental Glitches (Quick Lesson) Apr 24, 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

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