Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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👨‍🏫 Seeing with Words (Insight) Mar 04, 2025

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Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

For my appearance on Chess Journeys with Dr Kevin Scull, look up episode 82 of that podcast in your favorite player or listen online here.

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

🧠🧠 Nothing Good (Hybrid Exercise) Mar 03, 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:
8/8/5K2/4n3/4k1B1/7P/8/8 w - - 1 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Bc8 Kf4 2. h4 Nf3 3. h5 Ng5 4. Bf5 Nf3 5. h6 Ng5 { What is the best move for White? *

And the answer is...
6.Kg6, and Black is in a zugzwang.

🧠🧠🧠 Kotov's Tree (Opening Exercise) Mar 02, 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:
Botvinnik vs Kotov (Groningen, 1946)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 c5 8. f3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Kf2 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. h3 Qd6 17. Rhb1 b6 18. Bf1 Re7 19. a4 Rae8 20. Re1 c4 21. g4 g5 22. Ne2 Rxe3 23. Ng3 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
23... Qxg3+ 24. Kxg3 Ne4+

❓ Mindset and Tilt (Q&A) Mar 01, 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

🧠 The Scotch, Tape Variation (Illegal Move Exercise) Feb 28, 2025

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Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal 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

PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Qe5+ Be7 7. Bc4 Ng4 8. Qxf7# 1-0

And the answer is...
The move Qxf7# is illegal as the White Queen cannot reach the f7 square.

⚡ It's Not About the Answer (Quick Lesson) Feb 27, 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

🧠 Don't Forget (Opening Exercise) Feb 26, 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:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Be3 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Nf6 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Bxc5

👨‍🏫 Overloading the Mental Stack (Insight) Feb 25, 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

🧠 The Easy and the Hidden (Find The Blunder Exercise) Feb 24, 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:

c3 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 a5 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nd2 a4 7. dxc5 Ra5 8. b4 axb3 9. axb3 Rxa1 10. Qxa1 Nc6 *

And the answer is...

Bxb8 Rxb8 8. Qa4+ and 8. Bxb8

🧠🧠🧠 D-D-D-D-Duel (Lost Piece Exercise) Feb 23, 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:
r2qnrk1/pp4b1/2ppb2p/P2Ppp2/NPP1P1pP/R1N1B1P1/2K2PBn/3Q3R b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nh2

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