Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠 A Very Satisfying Mate (Opening Exercise) Dec 12, 2024

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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 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Bc4 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bc5 6. g3 fxg3 7. Nf3 g2+ 8. Kxg2 Qf2+ 9. Kh3*

And the answer is...
9...d5#

🧠🧠 Polyansky vs Sobina (Game Exercise) Dec 11, 2024

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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:
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Qd2 h6 7.Be3 c6 8.O-O-O b5 9.e5 b4 10.exf6 bxc3 11.Qxc3 Bxf6 12.Qxc6 Rb8 13.Bg4 h5 14.Bxd7+ Bxd7 15.Qa6 O-O 16.Ne2 Bb5 0-1

👨‍🏫 Bit by Bit, Seeing the Future Part 5 (Insight) Dec 10, 2024

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

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🧠 King and Pawn and Pawn and Pawn and... (Position Exercise) Dec 09, 2024

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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:
8/p4pp1/2k4p/2Pp4/8/4KP2/P5PP/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1.Kd4

🧠 This Rook (Position Exercise) Dec 06, 2024

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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:
6k1/8/6P1/8/8/2K4R/r4P2/8 b - - 0 53

And the answer is...
53... Ra3+ 54. Kc2 Rxh3 *

🧠 Jose Copies Santa (Game Exercise) Dec 05, 2024

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 Nxe4 6. d5 Ne7 7. Nxe5 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. d6 Nxd6 10. Qxd6 1-0

🧠🧠 Fendrich vs Madebrink (Game Exercise) Dec 04, 2024

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Fendrich, David"] [Black "Madebrink, Lars"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.Na3 a6 5.c4 bxc4 6.Nxc4 c5 7.Nce5 d6 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9.Qb3+ d5 10.Ne5+ Ke6 11.Qxb7 Kxe5 12.Qxa8 Kd6 13.d4 cxd4 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Rc1 Nc6 16.Bh3 g5 17.Rxc6+ Qxc6 18.Bb4+ Kc7 19.Ba5+ Kd6 20.Qb8+ 1-0

🧠 A Wizard Is Never Late (Opening Exercise) Dec 03, 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:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Qxd5 *

And the answer is...
7...Bxf2+

🧠🧠🧠 Complex Mate (Position Exercise) Dec 02, 2024

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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:
8/1Q1K3n/1B6/1k6/8/8/1P6/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qc6+ Kb4 2. Qc3+ Kb5 3. Qc5+ Ka6 4. Qa5+ Kb7 5. Qa7#

🧠🧠🧠 All Sixes and Sevens (Hybrid Exercise) Nov 29, 2024

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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/p2bq1kp/1r1pppp1/2n1n3/4PN1P/1PQ2NP1/P4PB1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
[FEN "2r5/p2bq1kp/1r1pppp1/2n1n3/4PN1P/1PQ2NP1/P4PB1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1"] 1. Nxe5 dxe5 2. Ne2 Nxe4 3. Qa5 Nc5 4. Nc3 Rd6 5. Qxa7 *

And the answer is...
5... Ra6 6. Rxd7 Rxa7 7. Rxe7 Rxe7 *

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