Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠 The Hybrid (Hybrid Exercise) Sep 10, 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:
5B2/5R2/5pr1/4pk2/7p/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Rh7 Rg3+ 2. Kf2 Kg4 3. Bg7 e4 4. Bxf6 *

And the answer is...

4... Rf3+ 5. Ke2 Rxf6 - capturing the hanging bishop.

🧠 The Small Things that Make a Difference (Lost Piece Exercise) Sep 08, 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:
2k5/1pQ5/pP1pq3/8/8/7P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

White’s pawn is on b6, protecting their c7 queen for the mate.

🧠 The Humble Rook (Position Exercise) Sep 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!

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FEN for today's exercise:
1k1rr3/pp4R1/6P1/8/5P2/6P1/3p2K1/3R4 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... Re1 2. Rxd2 (2. Rxe1 dxe1=Q) 2... Rxd2+

👨‍🏫 Focus Comes First (Insight) Sep 05, 2023

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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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🧠 Reti Forgeti (Opening Exercise) Sep 03, 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:

Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. a3 Bb4 *

And the answer is...

axb4

🧠 Criss Cross Apple Sauce (Position Exercise) Sep 01, 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:
3b4/6pk/8/3PB2K/6B1/8/4b3/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... g6#

🧠 Check Please (Lost Piece Exercise) Aug 30, 2023

Show notes

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/k7/5k2/3k4/2kQ4/8/5k2/3k4 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

White has a queen on d4.

👨‍🏫 The Mental Juggler (Insight) Aug 29, 2023

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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