Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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

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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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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 Ng6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 *

And the answer is...

Black's move 5...Bc5 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the Knight on e7.

A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It.

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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:

8/8/8/8/1N6/8/p7/k1K5 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Nc2#

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:

r2qk2r/p1p2ppp/2p1bn2/2bpP3/8/3B4/PPP2PPP/R1BQK1NR b KQkq - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

1... Ne4 2. Bxe4 dxe4 3. Qxd8+ Kxd8 4. Bf4 Rb8 5. Ne2 Rxb2 *

And the answer is...

O-O-O+