Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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⚡ Noticing Vacated Squares (Quick Lesson) Apr 03, 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

🧠 Which Pawn Falls? (Position Exercise) Apr 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:
8/8/8/6pK/1Rp3P1/PkP5/1r6/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Kxc3 2. Ra4 Rb5

👨‍🏫 Feeling the Position (Insight) Apr 01, 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

Figure out which model describes you best: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/two-biases/

🧠 Sick Burn (Game Exercise) Mar 31, 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:
Burn vs NN (Dublin, 1889)

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 1-0

🧠 Stay in Your Lane (Hybrid Exercise) Mar 30, 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:
8/2R3K1/7P/8/8/1p6/k7/7r w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kh8 Kb1 2. Rb7 *

And the answer is...
2... Rxh6+ 3. Kg7 Rh3 1/2-1/2

❓ How Long Until I See Clear Pictures (Q&A) Mar 29, 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

🧠 Danger Levels? (Find the Blunder Exercise) Mar 28, 2025

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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:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 d5 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qd1 Bg7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 Nh6 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O Qf6 12. Na3 Nf5 *

And the answer is...
7... dxc4

🧠 Time Is Right (Opening Exercise) Mar 27, 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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Re1 O-O { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

🧠 The Lost Piece (Lost Piece Exercise) Mar 26, 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:
7k/5Q2/6p1/6P1/8/8/8/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Qf7

🧠🧠🧠 Double Vision (Lost Piece Exercise) Mar 25, 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:
1r1qr2k/p1p1b1pp/4R3/2pp4/3P4/1P3P1P/P1Q3P1/RNB4K b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nh4

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