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:

5Bnk/7p/7P/7K/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Answer at the end of the episode.

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:

2r3k1/5pp1/7p/4q3/1R6/3Q2P1/2n4P/1K3R2 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Qa6 Qc3 2. Rb2 Nb4 3. Qd6 Nd3 4. Rb8 Qc2+ 5. Ka1 Qa4+ 6. Kb1 Qc2+ 7. Ka1 *

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:

e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Ne4 f5 6. Ng5 Be7 7. N5f3 c6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Ngf3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Re8 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. Qe2 c5 15. Bc2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 cxd4 17. Ba4 Rf8 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

Awareness Exercise: Listen to the locations of all the pieces in the position, then answer the questions to test your awareness.

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FEN from today's exercise:

8/5p1k/1bP3rp/8/6N1/7P/2R5/6K1 w - - 0 1

Listen to the episode for the questions and answers.

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.

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

FEN for today's exercise:

5rk1/5np1/6p1/8/8/8/P5PP/4R2K w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

a4 Ng5 2. a5 Ne4 3. Rxe4 *

Answer at the end of the episode.