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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Today we have a bonus exercise for you! We'll get back to our regular schedule in a couple weeks when we're out of crunch time on the new website build. Enjoy the extra exercises in the meantime.
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:
8/8/8/8/8/1NK5/3R4/1k6 w - - 0 1
And the answer is...
Rb2#
🧠 Right Step (Hybrid Exercise)
2026/05/05 | 1 mins.
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:
8/8/3q4/3k4/8/1K2B3/2P1N3/8 w - - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
c4+ Ke5 *
And the answer is...
Bf4+
🧠 Pull a Fast One (Illegal Move Exercise)
2026/05/04 | 2 mins.
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.
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Black's move 2...Bb4+ was illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the pawn on e7.
🧠🧠🧠 My Favorite Pattern (Position Exercise)
2026/05/03 | 2 mins.
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:
6k1/5ppp/Bp2p3/8/P1rPn3/2n1PN2/5PPP/B4RK1 b - - 0 1
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