Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:

5rk1/5p1p/6p1/7n/3BK3/5P2/8/8 w - - 0 1

Answer at the end of the episode.

Exercise designed by WFM Tihana Ivekovic

Exercise audio generated with the help of AI to ensure clarity and to avoid human (that is, mine) errors in the exercise recording itself. Exercise design, music, show notes, answer explanations, and everything else were done by humans.

Illegal Move Exercise: Somewhere in the game below is an illegal move. Find it and identify why it is illegal.

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. e4 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O *

Answer at the end of the episode.

Exercise designed by WFM Tihana Ivekovic

Exercise audio generated with the help of AI to ensure clarity and to avoid human (that is, mine) errors in the exercise recording itself. Exercise design, music, show notes, answer explanations, and everything else were done by humans.

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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:

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Answer at the end of the episode.

Exercise designed by WFM Tihana Ivekovic

Exercise audio generated with the help of AI to ensure clarity and to avoid human (that is, mine) errors in the exercise recording itself. Exercise design, music, show notes, answer explanations, and everything else were done by humans.

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:

Q7/p4rkp/8/2p1q1N1/P1P5/8/8/7K w - - 0 1

Answer at the end of the episode.

Exercise designed by WFM Tihana Ivekovic

Petrosian vs Simagin (Moscow, 1956)

Exercise audio generated with the help of AI to ensure clarity and to avoid human (that is, mine) errors in the exercise recording itself. Exercise design, music, show notes, answer explanations, and everything else were done by humans.