Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠 Mission Improbable (Hybrid Exercise) Nov 27, 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.

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:
6r1/8/8/8/3Bkp2/2P4R/1P3P2/5K2 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

b4 f3 2. Rh4+ Kd3 3. Rh5 Ra8 4. Rf5

And the answer is...

Ra1#

🧠 Two Duos (Position Exercise) Nov 24, 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:
8/8/8/6p1/8/4k3/6KP/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Kg3 g4 2. Kxg4 *

🧠🧠 Commander AWOL (Hybrid Exercise) Nov 22, 2023

Show notes

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:
8/1p2kp2/p3n1p1/4K3/8/2P1BP2/1P5P/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Bf2 f6+ 2. Kd5 Kd7 3. Be3 Nc7+ 4. Kc5 Ke6 5. Kb6

And the answer is...

5... Nd5+ 6. Kxb7 Nxe3 *

👨‍🏫 Intuition and Pressure (Insight) Nov 21, 2023

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

The illusion I refer to in the episode is the Müller-Lyer illusion. Find out more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCller-Lyer_illusion

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

🧠 Last Hurdle (Hybrid Exercise) Nov 20, 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.

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:
6k1/8/4K2n/7p/5P1B/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Bg5 Kg7

And the answer is...

Bxh6+ Kxh6 3. f5 { and the pawn is running! } Kg7 4. Ke7 h4 5. f6+ Kg6 6. f7 h3 7. f8=Q *

🧠 Overlooked (Opening Exercise) Nov 17, 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.

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:

Nc3 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Be7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Ne4 *

And the answer is...

6... Nxe4

🧠 Seems Unlikely (Lost Piece Exercise) Nov 15, 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:
8/8/8/8/4k3/5n2/3q1r2/5r1K w - - 2 2

And the answer is...

Black's bishop is on g1.

👨‍🏫 What is a Conceptualization Model? (Insight) Nov 14, 2023

Show notes

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

🧠🧠 Clearing the Lines (Position Exercise) Nov 13, 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:
8/1r4kp/5pp1/4p3/1p2q3/3R2P1/5P2/1Q4K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rd7+ Rxd7 2. Qxe4 *

🧠 Simple Caro Blunder (Opening Exercise) Nov 10, 2023

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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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bg5 *

And the answer is...

6… Bxb5 *

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