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Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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🧠🧠 Turning Tables (Position Exercise)

May 14, 20262 min

🧠🧠 Nimzo-Indian Main Line (Game Exercise)

May 13, 20263 min

🧠 Needs a Bandage (Hybrid Exercise)

May 12, 20261 min

🧠 English Mischief (Illegal Move Exercise)

May 11, 20262 min

🧠🧠🧠 Maurizzi Mauls (Hybrid Exercise)

May 10, 20262 min

🧠🧠🧠 Looks Impossible (Position Exercise)

May 9, 20262 min

🧠🧠 Seitwärts (Opening Exercise)

May 8, 20262 min

🧠🧠 Grun-fell for It (Game Exercise)

May 7, 20264 min

🧠 Horse and Cart (Position Exercise)

May 6, 20261 min

🧠 Right Step (Hybrid Exercise)

May 5, 20261 min

🧠 Pull a Fast One (Illegal Move Exercise)

May 4, 20262 min

🧠🧠🧠 My Favorite Pattern (Position Exercise)

May 3, 20262 min

🧠🧠🧠 Can I, Can't I (Hybrid Exercise)

May 2, 20262 min

🧠🧠 Tom and Jerry (Position Exercise)

May 1, 20261 min

🧠🧠 Capa Plays the Morphy (Game Exercise)

Apr 30, 20264 min

🧠 That's Not How You Play the Dutch (Opening Exercise)

Apr 29, 20262 min

🧠 Minor Panic (Illegal Move Exercise)

Apr 28, 20262 min

🧠 Vienna Symmetry Mate (Game Exercise)

Apr 27, 20262 min

🧠🧠🧠 Rook Rebound (Position Exercise)

Apr 26, 20262 min

🧠🧠🧠 In Its Pocketses (Hybrid Exercise)

Apr 25, 20262 min

🧠🧠 Polgar vs Mecking (Game Exercise)

Apr 24, 20265 min

🧠🧠 Opposing Castles (Position Exercise)

Apr 23, 20261 min

🧠 A Magician's Own (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Apr 22, 20262 min

🧠 Party on the Sixth (Position Exercise)

Apr 21, 20261 min

🧠 Orangutango (Opening Exercise)

Apr 20, 20261 min

🧠🧠🧠 Sirkhay (Game Exercise)

Apr 19, 20264 min

🧠🧠 Almost Zero Captures (Opening Exercise)

Apr 18, 20263 min

🧠 Empowering Others (Position Exercise)

Apr 17, 20261 min

🧠 One Wing (Illegal Move Exercise)

Apr 16, 20261 min

🧠 Bent Fork (Hybrid Exercise)

Apr 15, 20262 min

🧠 Here's Johnny (Position Exercise)

Apr 14, 20261 min

🧠 Slapback (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Apr 13, 20262 min

🧠🧠🧠 Mama Weer All Crazee Now (Position Exercise)

Apr 12, 20261 min

❓Hit a Wall at 10 Moves? (Q&A)

Apr 11, 20267 min

🧠🧠 Anti-Draw (Hybrid Exercise)

Apr 10, 20262 min

🧠 Swing When You're Down (Position Exercise)

Apr 9, 20261 min

🧠 Not Fine (Game Exercise)

Apr 8, 20263 min

👨‍🏫 Jessika's Method (Insight)

Apr 7, 20269 min

🧠 Fool (Illegal Move Exercise)

Apr 6, 20262 min

🧠🧠🧠 I'm a Survivor (Game Exercise)

Apr 5, 20265 min

❓ Stretch or Conceptualization Muscle Growth? (Q&A)

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or [email protected] 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

Apr 3, 202610 min

🧠🧠 More-ozevich! (Hybrid Exercise)

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: Morozevich vs Gelfand (Corr., 2009) 6k1/1p1r1pp1/5n1p/1R1p4/P4P1r/1P2B3/5P1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1 PGN for today's exercise: 1... Rh5 2. Kg2 Ne4 3. Rd4 Rd6 * And the answer is... Rxe4

Apr 2, 20262 min

⚡ You Don't See Everything You See (Quick Lesson)

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

Apr 1, 20267 min

🧠 Call the Arbiter (Illegal Move Exercise)

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: Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bxc6+ Bd7 8. Bxa8 Qxa8 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 0-0 * And the answer is... White's move 7. Bxc6+ is illegal because there is a pawn on d5, blocking the Bishop's path.

Mar 31, 20263 min

⚡ When Life Has Other Plans (Quick Lesson)

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

Mar 30, 20267 min

🧠 Nestled (Position Exercise)

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/r1k5/b7/P2r4/KN6 b - - 0 1 And the answer is... 1... Bb2# *

Mar 29, 20261 min

🧠🧠🧠 The Nosebleed Section (Opening Exercise)

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: juvemostar vs paporro (Lichess, 2021) c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 a6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Re8+ 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Ne2 Ng4 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Qd6 13. Nd5 h5 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Qxh5 Ra7 16. Bxe5 Qg6 17. Qh4 Nc6 18. Be4 Qh6 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. Nh5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 d6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Rfe1 * And the answer is... 23... g5

Mar 28, 20263 min

❓ Blitz Hurts Slow Chess? (Q&A)

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or [email protected] 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

Mar 27, 20269 min

🧠🧠 Red Yellow Blue (Game Exercise)

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: Tricolor1899 vs tnkovalchuk (Lichess blitz, 2025) e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Bb5+ Kd8 11. Bd3 Nxf3+ 12. Ke2 Nxe5 13. Nxd5 Nxd3 14. Kxd3 e6 15. Nc3 Bc5 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Kxe3 Ne7 19. Rad1+ Ke8 20. Rd6 Nf5+ 0-1

Mar 26, 20264 min

🚶‍♂️ Vacated Squares in the Dutch (Walkthrough)

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

Mar 25, 202619 min