Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠🧠 Just Applaud (Opening Exercise) Feb 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:
Kurnosov vs Dzhumaev (Tashkent, 2008)

e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qd2 a6 6. O-O-O b5 7. e5 b4 8. exf6 bxc3 9. Qxc3 e6 10. Re1 Nb6 11. d5 Na4 12. Qc6+ Bd7 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Rxe6+ fxe6 14. dxe6 Bg7 15. exd7+

❓ Ghost Pieces (Q&A) Feb 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 Great Anand (Game Exercise) Jan 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:
Anand vs Kasimdzhanov (Tashkent, 2011)

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 c6 11. Be2 Ng4 12. Bd3 d5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. h3 Bxf4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qxf4 Nxf2 17. Ng5 f6 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Bg6 Nxd1 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Re1 Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 Be6 23. Rxe6 Qb6+ 24. Kc1 { Black resigned. } *

⚡ Training Diagonals (Quick Lesson) Jan 30, 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

🧠 Omnipresent Bishop (Lost Piece Exercise) Jan 29, 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:
8/1p3k2/8/8/4p3/4K3/r7/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Bd5

👨‍🏫 Three Ratings (Insight) Jan 28, 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

🧠 A New Skew (Lost Piece Exercise) Jan 27, 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:
3q4/8/8/3k4/8/8/3p4/3K4 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rd3

🧠 Passive Defence (Find the Blunder Exercise) Jan 26, 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. Bb5 Bd6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. Nc4 Nxe4 9. Re1 f5 10. Qd3 b5 11. Ncxe5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O *

And the answer is...

dxe5

❓ Combating Impulsivity (Q&A) Jan 25, 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

Read the series about mantras and taming your intuition here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/your-enthusiastic-friend

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

🧠 No Matter What They Do (Lost Piece Exercise) Jan 24, 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:
8/4k3/2r5/3N4/1q6/7P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nd5

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