Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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. 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: 1. 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.

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

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: 1. g3 b5 2. Bg2 c6 3. e3 d6 4. d4 c5 * And the answer is... 5. Bxa8

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: Makogonov vs Checkover (Tbilisi, 1937) 3R1rk1/8/5Qpp/2p5/2P1p1q1/P3P3/1P2PK2/8 b - - 0 1 And the answer is... 1... Qh4+

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. 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

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: 8/5p1k/6pp/1P6/5P2/6PK/r3r2P/8 w - - 0 1 And the answer is... Qc4

Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See 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 Try your own skills against the Don’t Move Blindfold Trainer here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer

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. 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: 1. 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.

A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See 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

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: Chow vs Karklins (Chicago, 1979) 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bxd4 0-1

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? 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: 1. 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

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. 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

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: Q7/7k/1p1p3p/4p1p1/4P3/2P3PK/PP5P/5q2 w - - 1 1 PGN for today's exercise: 1. Kg4 Qe2+ 2. Kh3 h5 3. Qb7+ Kh6 4. Qf7 * And the answer is... 4... g4+ 5. Kh4 Qxh2#

Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See 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 Try your own skills against the Don’t Move Blindfold Trainer here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer

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. 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: 1. 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.

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

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: 8/8/8/8/8/pp6/P1k5/K7 b - - 0 1 And the answer is... 1... b2#

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: Kashdan vs Taube (The Hague, 1928) 1. 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

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. 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

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: dzaja69 vs games_sports (Lichess, 2022) 1. 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