Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠 Between Two Good Options (Opening Exercise) Dec 20, 2023

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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 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Nf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Bxc4 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. Nh4 Nd4 15. Qg5 h6

And the answer is...

Qxh6 Qxf6 17. Rxf6 *

🧠 Technically Possible (Lost Piece Exercise) Dec 18, 2023

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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:
8/8/6K1/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
White's knight is on f7. Black's knight is on g8, and Black's king is on h8.

🧠 Premove Poison (Opening Exercise) Dec 15, 2023

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 e5 2. Bf4 *

And the answer is...

exf4.

This is a very easy puzzle. Treat it more like a warning for London players- don't premove Bf4.

🧠🧠 For King and Country (Hybrid Exercise) Dec 13, 2023

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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.

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/6kb/8/5PPP/3pp3/2rP1RK1/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

f6+ Kf7 2. g6+ Bxg6 3. hxg6+ Kxg6

And the answer is...

f7 { The only way to hold advantage- give up the Rook to make a Queen. }

🧠🧠🧠 More Queens than Kings (Position Exercise) Dec 11, 2023

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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:
2Q5/5pk1/Q3p1p1/5N2/7p/6nP/5PPK/4q3 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... gxf5 { Black has to take with the g-pawn, or it's a draw. } (1... exf5 2. Qxg6+ fxg6 3. Qc7+ { No matter where Black's King goes, it's a draw. }) 2. Qc1 Qxc1 3. fxg3 Qc7 *

🧠 Grob Gambit Gone Gonzo (Opening Exercise) Dec 08, 2023

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PGN for today's exercise:

g4 d5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bxg4 5. d4

And the answer is...
5... Bxd1

🧠🧠 Reverse Garrison (Position Exercise) Dec 06, 2023

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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:
4rk2/R5R1/p3nB2/8/7P/2p5/2P2qPK/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Raf7#

🧠 Not a Checkmate (Lost Piece Exercise) Dec 04, 2023

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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:
3qk3/5Q2/8/3B4/8/8/8/6K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
White has a Queen on f7

🧠 In Through the Exit (Game Exercise) Dec 01, 2023

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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:

[Event "Simul, 26b"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1890.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "17"]

e4 e5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Bd7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. Qxb7 Bc6
Qc8+ Qd8 8. Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Qe6# 1-0

🧠 Like Train Tracks (Lost Piece Exercise) Nov 29, 2023

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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:
8/3P4/6R1/3k4/R7/3N4/8/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

White has a knight on d3

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