Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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:

8/8/8/8/q7/1k6/1N6/1KB5 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... Qa2#

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:

r1b1k2r/1p3pbp/p2qp1p1/3p4/3P4/2N1P3/PP2BPPP/R2QK2R b KQkq - 3 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Babvinnik vs sukalov (Lichess, 2021)

1... O-O 2. O-O b5 3. Qd2 Bd7 4. b3 e5 5. dxe5 Bxe5 6. Rac1 Bxh2+ 7. Kh1 Bc6 *

And the answer is...

f4 Bg3 (8... d4 9. Kxh2) 9. Ne4

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

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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.

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PGN for today's exercise:

Winawer vs Riemann (Berlin, 1881)

e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. Qg3 Qf6 7. Bf4 d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Nc4 Bb6 11. h4 Nge7 12. Nf3 Ng6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Be3 Nce5 15. Be2 Bc6 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. h5 Nf8 18. a4 Qe7 19. b4 f6 20. b5 Be8 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 b6 23. Ra7 Ned7 24. O-O Ne6 25. Rfa1 Nec5 26. Bg4 Ne6 27. Nc4 Qf7 28. Qxd6 f5 29. Ra8+ Nb8 30. Nxb6+ cxb6 31. Rxb8# *

Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It.

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