Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠 Bull in a China Shop (Opening Exercise) Jan 09, 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:

e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 a6 8. h4 d4 9. h5 dxc3 10. hxg6 cxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 f6 { What is the best continuation for White? } *

And the answer is...

Rxh7 (13. Nf7)

🧠🧠 Down Low Too Slow (Hybrid Exercise) Jan 08, 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:
r4qk1/4Rp2/5Pp1/6Qp/7P/6P1/7K/8 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
[FEN "r4qk1/4Rp2/5Pp1/6Qp/7P/6P1/7K/8 b - - 0 1"] 1... Ra2+ 2. Kg1 Qb8 3. Re1 Qb2 { Find a win for White. } *

And the answer is...

Re8+ Kh7 5.Qh6+ Kxh6 6. Rh8#

👨‍🏫 Art vs Science (Insight) Jan 07, 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

🧠🧠🧠 Selfie (Position Exercise) Jan 06, 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:
1k6/8/p5p1/6p1/6P1/5P1P/6PK/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

f4 Kc7 2. fxg5 a5 3. Kg3 a4 4. Kh4 a3 5. g3 a2 Stalemate.

🧠🧠🧠 Pitchfork (Game Exercise) Jan 03, 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:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. a3 Rfd8 14. Nb5 Qa4 15. c4 Bxc4 16. Nc3 Qb3 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd5 Qh4 21. Qe2 Bf8 22. Qf1 Rac8 23. g3 Qg5 24. h4 Qh6 25. g4 g5 26. hxg5 Qxg5 27. Rh5 Qg6 28. g5 h6 29. Rxh6 Qxg5 30. Rh5 { Black resigned. } *

🧠🧠 Cradle to the Grave (Hybrid Exercise) Jan 02, 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:
2r5/1R1p4/1p2k2p/4n1n1/5K2/P7/6PP/3R4 b - - 1 1

PGN for today's exercise:
{ Madhavvora9 vs tihanaivekovic223 (chess.com, 2024) }
1... Rc4+ 2. Ke3 Rc3+ 3. Kd4 Rb3 4. a4 d5 5. Re1 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
5... Rd3#

🧠 Reckless Abandon (Opening Exercise) Jan 01, 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:

d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Bf4 cxd4 5. Bxb8 dxc3 6. Be5 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
6... cxb2 7. Bxb2 Bb4+

👨‍🏫 The Unfull Cup (Insight) Dec 31, 2024

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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

🧠 Oof! (Game Exercise) Dec 30, 2024

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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:
{ Hamlisch vs NN (Vienna, 1902) }

e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Bc4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Kf6 7. Qf3# *

🧠 Master Mieses (Game Exercise) Dec 27, 2024

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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:
{ Mieses vs Chigorin (Ostend, 1906) }

e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Qg4 Qf6 5. Nd5 Qxf2+ 6. Kd1 Kf8 7. Nh3 Qd4 8. d3 d6 9. Qh4 Bxh3 10. Qxh3 Na5 11. Rf1 Nxc4 12. Qd7 f6 13. Nxf6 Qf2 14. Rxf2 Bxf2 15. Nh5 { Black resigned. } *

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