Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠 Zone Coverage (Position Exercise) Jun 17, 2026

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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:
8/8/8/8/8/1BK5/3R4/1k6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rd1#

🧠 How Not to Counterattack (Opening Exercise) Jun 16, 2026

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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:
[White "Carl Medinus"] [Black "Frank James Marshall"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Bb5+ *

And the answer is...
5... c6

🧠 Legal’s Classic (Game Exercise) Jun 15, 2026

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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.

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Kermur Sire De Legal"] [Black "Saint Brie"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Bg4 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nxe5 Bxd1 6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Nd5# 1-0

🧠 Acquaintance (Position Exercise) Jun 14, 2026

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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:
8/8/4BB2/8/Pp6/8/1NK5/k2N4 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Nd3#

🧠 Carlsen vs Kent Knudsen (Opening Exercise) Jun 13, 2026

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Kent Knudsen"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 a5 3. Nxe5 Bc5 4. d4 Bxd4 5. Qxd4 c5 6. Qd5 Nc6 *

And the answer is...

Qf7#

🧠 So vs Aronian (Game Exercise) Jun 12, 2026

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Wesley So"] [Black "Levon Aronian"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

🧠 Wall Between Us (Position Exercise) Jun 11, 2026

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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:
8/8/8/8/kpq5/8/PPP5/KN6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

🧠 Anand in the Closed Sicilian (Opening Exercise) Jun 10, 2026

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "NN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 4. Nd5 Nge7 5. Nec3 a6 6. a4 g6 *

And the answer is...

Nf6#

🧠 Sinking Silberman (Game Exercise) Jun 09, 2026

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PGN for today's exercise:
Silbermann vs Honich (Czernowitz, 1930)

d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Bf4 Qb4+ 5. Bd2 Qxb2 6. Bc3 Bb4 7. Qd2 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Qc1# 0-1

🧠 Thugs (Position Exercise) Jun 08, 2026

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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:
8/8/8/8/8/2K5/1RR5/k7 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rc1#

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