Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠 Omnipotence (Lost Piece Exercise) Jul 20, 2026

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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:
8/4rn2/6p1/2Q5/8/KP1pk3/8/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Qc5

🧠🧠 Miss Zhu (Awareness Exercise) Jul 16, 2026

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Awareness Exercise: Listen to the locations of all the pieces in the position, then answer the questions to test your awareness.

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

FEN from today's exercise:
q7/6bk/P5p1/1P3p1p/2Q4P/1Np3P1/2R2P1K/3r4 w - - 3 1

Listen to the episode for the questions and answers.

🧠🧠 Slip of the Thumb (Find the Blunder Exercise) Jul 15, 2026

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Find the Blunder Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. One player will blunder and the other will not punish them for it. Can you find the blunder and the best punishment?

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 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. b3 Nc6 8. Qc3 O-O 9. Bb2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. e3 *

And the answer is...
10..Nxd5 is the blunder.

Qc2 is the miss.
Qxg7# is the correct punishment.

🧠 Two Rooks > Queen (Hybrid Exercise) Jul 14, 2026

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Hybrid Exercise: 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:
2rk4/3rp3/8/4P3/Q3K3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

e6 Rb7 2. Qa6 Rcb8 3. Qc4 *

And the answer is...

🧠 Development Is the Most Important Thing (Opening Exercise) Jul 13, 2026

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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 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nc3 *

And the answer is...
4... exf3

🧠 Layers Upon Layers of Pressure (Game Exercise) Jul 12, 2026

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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:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d5 Ne5 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Ne4 7. Bc1 Qf6 0-1

🧠 Pair o' Bishops (Position Exercise) Jul 11, 2026

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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:
8/8/8/8/1B6/1K1B4/8/k7 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Bc3#

🧠 Greco Beats the Philidor Defense (Opening Exercise) Jul 10, 2026

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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:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. c3 Nxe4 *

And the answer is...

Qa4+ c6 6. Qxe4

🧠 Nepo Dismisses the Class (Game Exercise) Jul 09, 2026

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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:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Qe1 Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. fxe5 1-0

🧠 Light 'Em Up (Position Exercise) Jul 08, 2026

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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:
8/8/8/8/k7/P2b4/1Pq5/K1NR4 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Qb1#

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