Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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❓ Learn the Board (Q&A) Feb 22, 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

🧠🧠🧠 One Is Bad Enough (Position Exercise) Feb 21, 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:
r6k/1ppnNr1p/p4p1Q/2q2N2/2n2P2/4R3/PPP3PP/6K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Ng6+ Kg8 2. Qg7+ Rxg7 3. Nh6#

🧠🧠 Rabbling Rooks (Hybrid Exercise) Feb 20, 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:
8/2R4p/6pk/2R2b2/8/5KP1/7r/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
Goglidze vs Kasparian (Soviet Union, 1934)

g4 Rh3+ 2. Kf4 Rh4 { FInd a win for White. } *

And the answer is...

Rxf5 gxf5 4. Kxf5 and Black cannot stop mate with g5+ and Rxh7#.

🧠 Two Blues (Find The Blunder Exercise) Feb 19, 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:

e3 Nf6 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Ne2 g6 6. d4 e4 7. d5 Nxd5 8. Nbc3 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 Bg7 10. Qd5 Bd7 11. Qxe4+ Qe7 12. O-O-O Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 O-O-O *

And the answer is...

Qxd5, 8. Bxh8

👨‍🏫 Leap of Faith (Insight) Feb 18, 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

🧠 Salty Horse (Illegal Move Exercise) Feb 17, 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:

Na3 e6 2. Nb5 d5 3. Nxc7+ Qxc7 4. d3 Qd8 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Ba5 Be7 7. Bxd8 Bxd8 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qa3 Be7 10. Qb3 Nc6 *

And the answer is...
White’s move 8. Qa4+ is illegal as the c2 pawn has not moved and is blocking the Queen from moving on that diagonal.

🧠🧠 First Light Fifth Day (Opening Exercise) Feb 16, 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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 h5 9. Nxg5 h4 10. Nxf7 hxg3 11. Nxd8 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nc3 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
13... Nf3+ 14. gxf3 Bxf3

❓ Why Audio? (Q&A) Feb 15, 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

🧠 Yeah Nah (Illegal Move Exercise) Feb 14, 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:

f4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. d3 exd3 4. Nxd3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O g6 8. Ng5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qd7 10. Bd2 Bg7 *

And the answer is...
White’s move 4. Nxd3 is illegal as neither Knight can currently reach the d3 square.

⚡ Navigating Complex Positions (Quick Lesson) Feb 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

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