Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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

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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:

1kq5/8/8/1pp5/8/1KBP4/2PN4/8 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

1... c4+ 2. dxc4 bxc4+ 3. Nxc4 Kb7 *

And the answer is...

Nd6+

A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at 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:

b3 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bxe5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 *

And the answer is...

White's move 4. Bxe5 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the Knight on c3.

Opening Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. At a certain point, one player will make a mistake and it’ll be your job to find the move to punish it.

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PGN for today's exercise:

Pumpkin_2004 vs freebird140001 (Lichess, 2022)

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bc4 Ng6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. Be3 c6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Nf5 Ne7 *

And the answer is...

Bxb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nxd6 Rd8 20. Nc4 (20. Nf5?? Nxf5 21. exf5 e4)