Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner
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🧠🧠🧠 Sliding Doors (Hybrid Exercise)
18 januari 2026 · 3 min
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. Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
r2qk2r/p1p2ppp/2p1bn2/2bpP3/8/3B4/PPP2PPP/R1BQK1NR b KQkq - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
1... Ne4 2. Bxe4 dxe4 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bf4 Rb8 5. Ne2 Rxb2 *
And the answer is...
O-O-O+
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❓ Pieces That Don't Move for a Long Time (Q&A)
17 januari 2026 · 10 min
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Lees meer
Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.it
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🧠🧠 Honey Soy or Garlic (Lost Piece Exercise)
16 januari 2026 · 2 min
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? Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
8/1b4q1/1bp5/1p4k1/1r5p/1P5P/P7/1K6 b - - 2 1
And the answer is...
Rg2+
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🚶♂️ Kolty's Mate in 2, Part Two (Walkthrough)
15 januari 2026 · 44 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Commit to the Bit (Position Exercise)
14 januari 2026 · 2 min
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! Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/5pk1/6np/4r3/8/5P2/3Q2K1 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
1... Re1+ 2. Qxe1 Nf3+
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⚡ Tricking Your Brain into Learning a Little Bit Easier (Quick Lesson)
13 januari 2026 · 9 min
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Shy Start (Illegal Move Exercise)
12 januari 2026 · 2 min
Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
e3 e5 2. d4 d6 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Bg5+ Nf6 6. Nf3 e4 *
And the answer is...
White's move 5. Bg5+ is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the pawn on e3.
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🧠🧠🧠 Queenly Reach (Lost Piece Exercise)
11 januari 2026 · 2 min
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? Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
7k/2p5/2P4p/pP5P/P7/3pK3/8/3R1R2 b - - 2 1
And the answer is...
Qf3
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❓ Awareness Tools in Games (Q&A)
10 januari 2026 · 11 min
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Lees meer
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🧠🧠 The King's Where?! (Hybrid Exercise)
9 januari 2026 · 3 min
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. Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
RvanMammadov vs lumic (Lichess, 2022)
r3k1nr/pQ2pp1p/6p1/1P6/2q5/B1b5/R4PPP/3K1B1R b kq - 10 1
PGN for today's exercise:
1... Qd4+ 2. Kc2 Rd8 3. Qc6+ Kf8 4. Qxc3 *
And the answer is...
4... Qd1+ 5. Kb2 Rd2+ 6. Qxd2 Qxd2+
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🚶♂️ Kolty's Mate in 2, Part One (Walkthrough)
8 januari 2026 · 26 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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Try your own skills against the Don’t Move Blindfold Trainer here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer
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🧠 Chargers (Position Exercise)
7 januari 2026 · 2 min
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! Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
6k1/5ppp/5n1r/4R3/4R3/5KP1/8/8 w - - 0 1
And the answer is...
Re8+ Nxe8 2. Rxe8#
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⚡ Game Review Method for Faster Habit Building (Quick Lesson)
6 januari 2026 · 8 min
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Central Woes (Opening Exercise)
5 januari 2026 · 2 min
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. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 *
And the answer is...
6... Nxd4
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🧠🧠🧠 Not a Checkmate (Position Exercise)
4 januari 2026 · 2 min
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! Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
B5KR/1r5B/6R1/2b1p1p1/2P1k1P1/1p2P2p/1P2P2P/3N1N2 w - - 0 1
And the answer is...
Rc6+
From the book "Totally Puzzled" by John Herron.
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❓ Staying in Control of Intuition (Q&A)
3 januari 2026 · 10 min
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Lees meer
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🧠🧠🧠 Like a g6 (Game Exercise)
2 januari 2026 · 4 min
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. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
Morozevich vs Anand (Moscow, 1995)
e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Qh4 Ne7 13. Bxf4 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Bb4 Rfc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Rae1 Nfe4 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bc2 Nf6 22. g5 Nh5 23. Qf3 g6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rxe6 Qf7 27. Qd5 Nf5 28. Rxf5 1-0
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🚶♂️ Eomer, the Horse Lord (Walkthrough)
1 januari 2026 · 14 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Fian-cheat-o (Illegal Move Exercise)
31 december 2025 · 3 min
Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. O-O Nd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Qc7 9.e4 Nb4 *
And the answer is...
Black's move 7...Nxd5 is illegal because one Knight is on d7 and the other one is still on g8.
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⚡ "Chatter", A Book Worth Reading (Quick Lesson)
30 december 2025 · 9 min
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Backed in (Lost Piece Exercise)
29 december 2025 · 1 min
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? Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
8/4P3/4K3/8/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
Ke8
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🧠🧠🧠 Heyday Hague (Game Exercise)
28 december 2025 · 5 min
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. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
Euwe vs Przepiorka (The Hague, 1928)
Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3 c5 9. a4 c4 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Qc6 16. Re1 Nb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Bg5 Bf8 20. b3 cxb3 21. Rc1 Nc4 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Nd4 Qb7 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. Rxc4 Qb7 26. Ra4 Bb4 27. Qd3 h6 28. Bd2 Be7 29. Ra5 f5 30. exf6 Nxf6 31. Nxf6+ Bxf6 32. Qg6+ Ke7 33. Be3 Rc8 34. f3 Qb4 35. Ra7+ Bb7 36. Kf2 Rc7 37. Qd3 Rd7 38. Qg6 Bd4 39. Kg3 Bxe3 40. Qxg7+ Kd8 41. Qh8+ Kc7 42. Be4 Bxa7 0-1
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❓ Sudden Catastrophic Failure (Q&A)
27 december 2025 · 17 min
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Lees meer
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🧠🧠 Converted Bishop (Position Exercise)
26 december 2025 · 2 min
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! Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
r4rk1/1bpBbppp/1p6/p3N3/2PPn3/5qP1/PPQB1P1P/RN3RK1 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
1... Qh1+ 2. Kxh1 Nxg3+ 3. Kg1 Ne2# *
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🚶♂️ Dead Easy Diagonals (Walkthrough)
25 december 2025 · 18 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Scandi Slander (Illegal Move Exercise)
24 december 2025 · 2 min
Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bf5 7. d5 Nb4 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. a4 *
And the answer is...
Black's move 7... Nb4 is illegal because the Knight is pinned by White's Bishop on b5.
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👨🏫 2025 Is Leaving the Building (Insight)
23 december 2025 · 9 min
Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog. Lees meer
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🧠 Opening Principles? (Opening Exercise)
22 december 2025 · 2 min
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. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
g3 b5 2. Bg2 c6 3. e3 d6 4. d4 c5 *
And the answer is...
Bxa8
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🧠🧠🧠 Checkover Camp (Position Exercise)
21 december 2025 · 2 min
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! Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
Makogonov vs Checkover (Tbilisi, 1937)
3R1rk1/8/5Qpp/2p5/2P1p1q1/P3P3/1P2PK2/8 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
1... Qh4+
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❓ How Would I Train Chess? (Q&A)
20 december 2025 · 20 min
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Lees meer
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🧠🧠 Secret Monarch (Lost Piece Exercise)
19 december 2025 · 2 min
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? Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
8/5p1k/6pp/1P6/5P2/6PK/r3r2P/8 w - - 0 1
And the answer is...
Qc4
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🚶♂️ Safe Square for the Rook (Walkthrough)
18 december 2025 · 18 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Cast Haste on Self (Illegal Move Exercise)
17 december 2025 · 3 min
Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.d3 0-0 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 d5 12.Ng3 Bg6 *
And the answer is...
Black's move 7...Bg4 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the black pawn on d7.
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⚡ Our Brain Changes What We See (Quick Lesson)
16 december 2025 · 9 min
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Chow Down (Game Exercise)
15 december 2025 · 2 min
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. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
Chow vs Karklins (Chicago, 1979)
c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bxd4 0-1
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🧠🧠🧠 Didn't Have to Draw (Find the Blunder Exercise)
14 december 2025 · 4 min
Find the Blunder Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. One player will blunder and the other will not punish them for it. Can you find the blunder and the best punishment? Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. b3 dxc4 11. Ndxc4 Nd5 12. Bb2 Qe8 13. Qf3 b5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Qh3 N7f6 16. f4 g6 17. g4 Nb4 18. Bb1 Rc8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Ng4 Nc2 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. d5+ Ng7 23. Ne4 exd5 24. Nf5 d4 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. gxf6 *
And the answer is...
24... gxf5 25. Qh6 d4 26. Bxc2 fxe4
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❓What Does Each Exercise Do (Q&A)
13 december 2025 · 20 min
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Lees meer
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🧠🧠 Q5 vs Q6 (Hybrid Exercise)
12 december 2025 · 2 min
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. Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
Q7/7k/1p1p3p/4p1p1/4P3/2P3PK/PP5P/5q2 w - - 1 1
PGN for today's exercise:
Kg4 Qe2+ 2. Kh3 h5 3. Qb7+ Kh6 4. Qf7 *
And the answer is...
4... g4+ 5. Kh4 Qxh2#
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🚶♂️ The Opera Game, Part 3 (Walkthrough)
11 december 2025 · 42 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Eager (Illegal Move Exercise)
10 december 2025 · 3 min
Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 b6 7. d5 exd5 8.Nxd5 Bb7 9.Nxf6 gxf6 10.Bh6 Re8 11.Be2 Kh8 12.0-0 Nc6 *
And the answer is...
White's move 8. Nxd5 is illegal because the Knight is pinned by the black Bishop on b4.
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👨🏫 Seeing the Matrix Code (Why Blindfold), Part One (Insight)
9 december 2025 · 10 min
Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog. Lees meer
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🧠 Two on One (Position Exercise)
8 december 2025 · 2 min
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! Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/8/8/pp6/P1k5/K7 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
1... b2#
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🧠🧠🧠 Kashdan Kashd-in (Game Exercise)
7 december 2025 · 4 min
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. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
Kashdan vs Taube (The Hague, 1928)
e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. N3e4 Ned5 12. f4 O-O 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. c4 Ne7 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. Qh3 Nf5 21. c5 Qb5 22. d5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Nh5 24. g4 Rxd5 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Qxh5 Nh6 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rg1 1-0
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❓ My Eyes Lied to Me (Q&A)
6 december 2025 · 15 min
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Lees meer
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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
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🧠🧠 Game or Sport? (Opening Exercise)
5 december 2025 · 2 min
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. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
dzaja69 vs games_sports (Lichess, 2022)
e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Rb1 O-O 10. h3 Nd7 11. f4 *
And the answer is...
11... Qb6+ 12. Kh2 (12. Kh1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxb1) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxb1
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🚶♂️ The Opera Game, Part 2 (Walkthrough)
4 december 2025 · 27 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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Try your own skills against the Don’t Move Blindfold Trainer here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer
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🧠 Reverse Ghosts (Illegal Move Exercise)
3 december 2025 · 2 min
Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move. Lees meer
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PGN for today's exercise:
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 *
And the answer is...
White's move 7.Nxc6 is illegal because there is nothing to capture on c6.
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⚡ Getting Unstuck in Calculations (Quick Lesson)
2 december 2025 · 11 min
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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
If you enjoyed this episode and want to explore some of the ideas further, here are two articles I mentioned:
The Four Things
Consider Illegal Moves
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🧠 Kickass Sermon (Lost Piece Exercise)
1 december 2025 · 2 min
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? Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
8/r7/8/8/3k4/PK6/8/8 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
Bb6
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🧠🧠🧠 Zuggest of Zwangs (Position Exercise)
30 november 2025 · 2 min
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! Lees meer
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FEN for today's exercise:
6k1/7p/4p3/1p1n1Pp1/8/7K/Pr5P/3Q4 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
1... Rg2 2. Kxg2 (2. Qxd5 Rxh2+ 3. Kxh2 exd5) (2. Qb3 Nf4#) 2... Ne3+