Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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. 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 PGN for today's exercise: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. O-O Nd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Qc7 9.e4 Nb4 * And the answer is... Black's move 7...Nxd5 is illegal because one Knight is on d7 and the other one is still on g8.

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

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: 8/4P3/4K3/8/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1 And the answer is... Ke8

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. 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 PGN for today's exercise: Euwe vs Przepiorka (The Hague, 1928) 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3 c5 9. a4 c4 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Qc6 16. Re1 Nb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Bg5 Bf8 20. b3 cxb3 21. Rc1 Nc4 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Nd4 Qb7 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. Rxc4 Qb7 26. Ra4 Bb4 27. Qd3 h6 28. Bd2 Be7 29. Ra5 f5 30. exf6 Nxf6 31. Nxf6+ Bxf6 32. Qg6+ Ke7 33. Be3 Rc8 34. f3 Qb4 35. Ra7+ Bb7 36. Kf2 Rc7 37. Qd3 Rd7 38. Qg6 Bd4 39. Kg3 Bxe3 40. Qxg7+ Kd8 41. Qh8+ Kc7 42. Be4 Bxa7 0-1

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess. Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or [email protected] 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