Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠 The Most Kings (Lost Piece Exercise) Apr 29, 2024

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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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
3k4/8/1k1k4/2k3k1/8/2k2kk1/5k2/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
A white knight on e4 would check the most kings.

🧠🧠 Ill Advised (Opening Exercise) Apr 26, 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:

c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Re1 Rfe8

And the answer is...

e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 { 1-0 White wins. }

⚡Becoming More Visual? (Quick Lesson) Apr 25, 2024

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A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It.

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🧠🧠🧠 Caro Carry (Opening Exercise) Apr 24, 2024

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PGN for today's exercise:

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Bc2 Be6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Qg6 15. N2f3 *

And the answer is...
Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Qxc2 { 0-1 Black wins. }

⚡Two Systems of Thought (Quick Lesson) Apr 23, 2024

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A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It.

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🧠🧠🧠 Vector Defector (Opening Exercise) Apr 22, 2024

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PGN for today's exercise:
[Event "Consultation game"]
[Site "Franklin CC, Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Date "1925.12.13"]
[White "S T Sharp / E S Jackson / J Levin"]
[Black "Geza Maroczy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation"]

Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 Nc5 10. Rfe1 Nce4 11. Nd4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5

And the answer is...

Nc6 1-0

🧠🧠 Selective Ignorance (Opening Exercise) Apr 19, 2024

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PGN for today's exercise:
[Event "Postal"]
[Site "Postal"]
[Date "1853.??.??"]
[White "J Sutton"]
[Black "W Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line"]

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. Qa4 Bxf3 *

And the answer is...

Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Ke7 { Black resigns shortly afterward. }

⚡Train Your Focus (Quick Lesson) Apr 18, 2024

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A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It.

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🧠🧠🧠 Special Ops (Position Exercise) Apr 17, 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!

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FEN for today's exercise:

2k2b2/Rb1r2r1/3p1p1p/QNp3p1/1n6/1P6/1B5P/6K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Ra8+ Bxa8 2. Qxa8#

⚡Under and Overestimate Them (Quick Lesson) Apr 16, 2024

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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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