Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

Hybrid Exercise: 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:

8/8/1q6/3k1B2/8/3P1P2/3NK3/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Be4+ Kd6 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

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?

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PGN for today's exercise:

g4 b6 2. Bg2 Bb7 3. Nf3 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

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

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In today's I-do-whatever-I-want episode, I give you three "Meredith" mate-in-2 puzzles to memorize and chip away at through your day.

Here's the positions in human notation (rather than an FEN).

1 ->

White: Kb2, Qf3, Nb3, Nd3

Black: Kc4, Nf6, b5, d6

2 ->

White: Kc6, Nd6, Ne6, b7, c7, f7, g7. h7

Black: Ke7, Nb6, Nf6

3 ->

White: Ka4, Qc8, Ra1, Ba8, Bf1

Black: Ka6, Qb7, Rd7, d5

Answers at the end of the episode.

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