Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠🧠 Slipping in (Opening Exercise) Mar 14, 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.

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O Qf6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 g4 18. hxg4 h3 19. gxh3 Rxh3 20. f4 Qh4 21. Rf2 Nf6 22. gxf5 Ng4 23. Rff1 { Black to move. Checkmate in two moves. } *

And the answer is...
23... Rg3+ (23... Qg3+ 24. Bxg3 Rh1#) 24. Bxg3 Qh1#

⚡ Ultimate Conceptualization Muscle (Quick Lesson) Mar 13, 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

🧠🧠 Royals Only (Hybrid Exercise) Mar 12, 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.

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/KQ6/3q4/2k5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Qa6 Qd7+ 2. Qb7 Qd8 3. Qa6 Kd5 *

And the answer is...

Qd3+ Ke5 5. Qxd8

👨‍🏫 Seeing *Something* (Insight) Mar 11, 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

🧠 Looks Open, Isn't (Lost Piece Exercise) Mar 10, 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:
2r5/1R6/6pk/1K6/1p3P2/8/3p4/7R b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
f4

🧠 Upgrades (Position Exercise) Mar 09, 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:
b5k1/p1RP2pp/8/8/8/P7/1PP4r/1K6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1.d8=R#, 1.d8=Q#

❓ Books Without a Board (Q&A) Mar 08, 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

🧠🧠🧠 von Alvensleben vs Mihalko (Game Exercise) Mar 07, 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 "Von Alvensleben, Wolfram"] [Black "Mihalko, Jozsef"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 d5 6.e5 Qd7 7.O-O Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.Na3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bxa3 11.bxa3 Ne7 12.a4 Rc8 13.Ba3 Rc4 14.Rc1 Qxa4 15.Qd3 b5 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Rc3 Rxc3 18.Qxc3 Qc4 19.Qa5 Qc6 20.h4 Rc8 21.Qa3+ b4 22.Qd3 h6 23.h5 Nc7 24.g4 Qc3 25.Qe2 a6 26.Rd1 Nb5 27.Kg2 Rc4 28.Rd3 Qc1 29.Nd2 Rc3 30.Nb3 Qb1 31.Rd2 Rc4 32.f3 Nc3 33.Qe3 Nxa2 34.g5 Rc3 35.Qe2 Qxb3 36.Rxa2 hxg5 37.Rxa6 Rc2 0-1

⚡ Recognizing Subtle Changes (Quick Lesson) Mar 06, 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

🧠 Jerome's Seen Better Days (Find the Blunder Exercise) Mar 05, 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 Bc5 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Nxe5+ Nxe5 6. Qh5+ Kf8 7. Qxe5 Nf6 8. f3 d5 9. d4 Bb6 10. c3 Bd7 *

And the answer is...
8.Qxc5+

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