Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner
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❓ Why Did I Take the Rook (Q&A)
29 november 2025 · 20 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
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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🧠🧠 Burnett vs Barnett (Game Exercise)
28 november 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:
[White "Ronald Burnett"] [Black "Alexander Solomon Barnett"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Na6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nc5 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. Nf3 Ne6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 b5 14. Qc1 Qe7 15. Rd6 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Rc7 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Nh4 1-0
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🚶♂️ The Opera Game, Part 1 (Walkthrough)
27 november 2025 · 31 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Confusing Ruy (Illegal Move Exercise)
26 november 2025 · 4 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 Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.d4 Ne6 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. c3 Bxe5 11. Rxe5 O-O 12. Nc3 Qxd4 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. h3 Bc8 18. Qf5 Nd4 *
And the answer is...
White’s move 12. Nc3 is illegal as the c3 square is already occupied by a White pawn (that was moved there on move 10).
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👨🏫 Clarity on Clarity (Insight)
25 november 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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🧠 It Was Unlocked (Hybrid Exercise)
24 november 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:
3r3k/6pp/8/6PK/6R1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
Rf4 Rd3 *
And the answer is...
Rf8#
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🧠🧠🧠 Englisch in London (Find the Blunder Exercise)
23 november 2025 · 3 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:
e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxd5 Qh6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxd4 13. Qe3 Qxe3 14. Nxe3 *
And the answer is...
11... Nxd4 12. hxg4 (12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qxh3) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qh2#
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❓ I Want to Visualize (Q&A)
22 november 2025 · 13 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
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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🧠🧠 *error* (Illegal Move Exercise)
21 november 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. Bd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 *
And the answer is...
Black's move 11... b4 is illegal because the square is occupied by the black Bishop.
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🚶♂️ 960 Game (Walkthrough)
20 november 2025 · 32 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Karjakin Kaput (Game Exercise)
19 november 2025 · 3 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:
Andreikin vs Karjakin (Moscow, 2010)
c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nge7 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Nf6+ Kh8 10. Ng4+ 1-0
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⚡ Five Sentences for Openings (Quick Lesson)
18 november 2025 · 9 min
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Reckless Abandon (Opening Exercise)
17 november 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:
d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Bf4 cxd4 5. Bxb8 dxc3 6. Be5 *
And the answer is...
6... cxb2 7. Bxb2 Bb4+ *
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🧠🧠🧠 Owed a Tenner (Opening Exercise)
16 november 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:
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. a5 Ba7 7. b5 axb5 8. Bxb5 Nf6 9. Ba3 Nxe4 10. Qe2 Nxf2 11. Nxe5 Nd4 *
And the answer is...
Nxd7+ Nxe2 13. Nf6#
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❓ Blunder Checks? (Q&A)
15 november 2025 · 15 min
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Lees meer
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🧠🧠 Dutch Defense O.P. (Game Exercise)
14 november 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:
d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe8 8. Ne5 d6 9. Nd3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nb4 Nc6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Qd5+ Be6 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. c4 b5 18. cxb5 Qc3+ {White resigns.} 0-1
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🚶♂️ 960 Position (Walkthrough)
13 november 2025 · 24 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Chaos (Find the Blunder Exercise)
12 november 2025 · 3 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:
Adapted from the Athens vs London correspondence game of 1897.
e4 e5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 Bc5 4. Ng3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nh5 O-O 8. Nd5 Nxe4 9. Bxd8 Bxd5 10. dxe4 Bxe4 *
And the answer is...
9... Bxf2+ 10. Ke2 Bg4# (10... Nd4#)
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👨🏫 We Are Astronauts (Insight)
11 november 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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🧠 Hop the Fence (Illegal Move Exercise)
10 november 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 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qf4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 *
And the answer is...
White's move 4. Qf4 is illegal, because the e4-pawn is in the way.
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🧠🧠🧠 Vague Hague (Find the Blunder Exercise)
9 november 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:
Adapted from the game Jacobson vs Hoenlinger (Teh Hague, 1928).
d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 c5 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Qxe7 14. Bb5 Nf6 15. dxc5 Ne4 16. Rc2 Nxc5 17. b4 Ne4 18. a3 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Qf6 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nb3 Ng5 23. Nd2 Qg6 24. e4 Nxe4 25. Bd3 Nc3 26. Qf1 Qh6 27. Qe1 e4 28. Bf1 e3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Rc8 *
And the answer is...
26... Ne2+ 27. Bxe2 (27. Kh1 Qxd3) 27... Qxc2
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❓ How Does "Doing the Math" Help Me Visualize? (Q&A)
8 november 2025 · 16 min
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Lees meer
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🧠🧠 Walk the Tal-k (Game Exercise)
7 november 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:
Szukszta vs Tal (Uppsala, 1956)
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qb3 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nc6 12. dxc6 Re8 13. Kf2 Rxe3 14. Rd1 Ng4+ 15. fxg4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Qxd4 17. Qd5 Re2+ 18. Kxe2 Bxg4+ 19. Ke1 Re8+ 20. Be2 Rxe2+ *
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🚶♂️ I Play Blindfolded! (Walkthrough)
6 november 2025 · 20 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Symmetry Wannabe (Illegal Move Exercise)
5 november 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:
Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Rc8 8. d3 e6 *
And the answer is...
Black's move 6... Bxf3 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the Knight on c6.
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⚡ Conceptualization in Your Training Routine (Quick Lesson)
4 november 2025 · 12 min
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Knife and... (Position Exercise)
3 november 2025 · 1 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/k2b4/8/8/1KR5 w - - 0 1
And the answer is...
Rc4+
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🧠🧠🧠 Bill the War Horse (Game Exercise)
2 november 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:
Botvinnik vs Sharov (Leningrad, 1929)
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Qd3 Nf8 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. a3 b6 16. b4 Rd8 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Qc3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 Rd7 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Qg3 Rc7 25. Ng4 Qe7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Ne8 Qxe8 28. Qxc7 Rb2 29. Rad1 1-0
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❓ Can't Hold the Image in My Mind (Q&A)
1 november 2025 · 12 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
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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🧠🧠 That'll Kolste You (Find the Blunder Exercise)
31 oktober 2025 · 3 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:
Adapted from the game Palau vs Kolste (London, 1927).
Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Nh5 5. Be5 f6 6. Bg3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 c6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 f5 11. Nd4 Bxe5 12. Nce2 *
And the answer is...
Rxh7 Rxh7 11. Bxg6+
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🚶♂️ Save the Draw (Walkthrough)
30 oktober 2025 · 24 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Fianchetto Showdown (Illegal Move Exercise)
29 oktober 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:
g3 b6 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Re1 0-0 9. e4 *
And the answer is...
White's move 7. Bg5 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the Knight on d2.
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⚡ Returning to the Game Older (Quick Lesson)
28 oktober 2025 · 13 min
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Not So Different (Opening Exercise)
27 oktober 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:
d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Bb5+ *
And the answer is...
6... axb5
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🧠🧠🧠 Post-Premonition (Find the Blunder Exercise)
26 oktober 2025 · 3 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:
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Bxf7+ Qxf7 9. Qxb7 Kd7 10. Qxa8 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qxf3 12. Nd2 Qh3 13. e5 dxe5 14. b4 dxc3 15. bxc5 cxd2 16. Bxd2 Nge7 17. Qxh8 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Qf3+ *
And the answer is...
14... Nf6 15. Qxh8 Ng4 16. Qxg7+ Be7 17. Nf3 e4
14... Nh6 works also. 15. Qxh8 Ng4 16. Nf3 e4
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❓ Bishops and Knights (Q&A)
25 oktober 2025 · 19 min
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Lees meer
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🧠🧠 Kings Repulsed (Illegal Move Exercise)
24 oktober 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:
d3 d6 2. e4 e5 3. Be3 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 Be7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. h4 Be6 9. Kb1 h6 10. h5 Qd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 c4 14. dxc4 *
And the answer is...
White's move 11. Bb5 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the white pawn on d3.
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🚶♂️ Position Continuity (Walkthrough)
23 oktober 2025 · 38 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Birdbrained (Game Exercise)
22 oktober 2025 · 3 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:
NN vs Bier (Vienna, 1905)
f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. e4 g4 6. e5 gxf3 7. exd6 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qe4+ 9. Kf2 Qd4+ 10. Ke1 f2+ 11. Ke2 Bg4# 0-1
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👨🏫 The New Mantra Technique (Insight)
21 oktober 2025 · 11 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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🧠 Own Goalie (Position Exercise)
20 oktober 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:
8/8/8/8/2BB4/8/1PK5/k7 w - - 0 1
And the answer is...
b4#
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🧠🧠🧠 Good Enough (Opening Exercise)
19 oktober 2025 · 4 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:
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O d6 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. Qxd4 h6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh3 10. Re1 Nd7 11. f4 Qh4 12. Qe3 g5 13. Qg3 Rg8 14. Bf1 gxf4 15. Qxg8 Nf6 16. Qh8 Qg4+ 17. Kh1 f3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Rg1 *
And the answer is...
19... Ng4 20. Rxg4 Qxg4 and White can't defend against the mate on g2.
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❓ Rating Anxiety (Q&A)
18 oktober 2025 · 17 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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🧠🧠 Ortolan (Illegal Move Exercise)
17 oktober 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:
f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c4 d4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qd6 *
And the answer is...
White's move 13. Qf3 is illegal because the Queen is blocked by the pawn on e2.
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🚶♂️ Finding the Lost Piece
16 oktober 2025 · 22 min
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Sicilia-No (Find the Blunder Exercise)
15 oktober 2025 · 3 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:
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 *
And the answer is...
7... exd4
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⚡ What Does the Next Level Look Like? (Quick Lesson)
14 oktober 2025 · 13 min
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It. Lees meer
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🧠 Motion Blur (Position Exercise)
13 oktober 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/q7/8/8/kNp5/P1P5/2K5 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
1... Qf1#
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🧠🧠🧠 To His Tshigorin (Position Exercise)
12 oktober 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:
r2qk2r/2p1nppp/p2p1n2/1pbNp3/4P1b1/1BPP1N2/PP3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 1
And the answer is...
Tarrasch vs Tshigorin (Petersburg, 1893)
Nxf6+ (1. Nxe5 Bxd1 2. Nxf6+ Kf8 3. Ned7+ Qxd7 4. Nxd7+ Ke8 5. Nxc5) 1... gxf6 2. Nxe5 Bxd1 (2... fxe5 3. Qxg4) 3. Bxf7+ Kf8 4. Bh6#
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❓ How-To Game Exercise (Q&A)
11 oktober 2025 · 13 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
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