Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠 Theoretically (Hybrid Exercise) Apr 13, 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:
5k2/8/8/8/8/2P5/8/3K4 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kd2 Ke7 2. Kd3 { Find the only move that draws for Black. } *

And the answer is...
2... Kd7

❓ Useful Rage? (Q&A) Apr 12, 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

🧠🧠 Szep vs Szabo (Game Exercise) Apr 11, 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 "Szep, Janos"] [Black "Szabo, Levente Jr."] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.Nbd2 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Ne5 f6 9.Nc4 f5 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.Bf4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qe8 14.Qd5+ e6 15.Qc4 Qe7 16.f3 exf3 17.exf3 f4 18.Rad1 c5 19.Bh3 Bd7 20.Rxd7 1-0

⚡ Treat Improvement Like a Game (Quick Lesson) Apr 10, 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

🧠🧠 Exit Lanes (Lost Piece Exercise) Apr 09, 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:
1R1R4/8/1r3P2/r1NK1P2/2PP1p2/5b2/6p1/4k3 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Bc6

👨‍🏫 One Key Resource, Seven Slots Part 1 (Insight) Apr 08, 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

🧠 Run, Run, Run, Runaway (Hybrid Exercise) Apr 07, 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:
8/8/5k2/7K/5PP1/6nP/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kh6 Ne2 *

And the answer is...

g5+ Kf7 3. g6+ Kg8 4. f5 and it just continues to get nasty for Black from here…

🧠🧠🧠 Branching Mate (Position Exercise) Apr 06, 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:
7k/8/5N1P/8/2p5/2N5/8/3K3R w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

h7 Kg7 2. h8=Q+ Kg6 3. Nfd5 Kf5 4. Qf6+ Kg4 5. Qf4#

❓ Overloading in Calculations (Q&A) Apr 05, 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

🧠🧠 Hamel vs Boettcher (Game Exercise) Apr 04, 2025

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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:
[White "Hamel, Jochen"] [Black "Boettcher, Patrick"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Na6 9.Be2 h6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.g4 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.exf5 Ndc5 15.O-O-O Bxf5 16.Rdg1 Qf6 17.Rg3 Nb4 18.Ne1 Nxa2+ 0-1

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