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Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

🧠🧠🧠 Center Cannot Hold (Hybrid Exercise)

October 29th, 2026

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:

2kr3r/pppbqpp1/2nb1n1p/4p3/4P3/1PNP1NP1/PB3PBP/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

1... g5 2. Nb5 Bc5 3. d4 exd4 4. Nbxd4 Nxe4 5. Nxc6 Bxc6 6. Nd2 Rhe8 *

Answer at the end of the episode.

Exercise designed by WFM Tihana Ivekovic

giovannimoreno vs NextSkiller (Lichess, 2021)

Exercise audio generated with the help of AI to ensure clarity and to avoid human (that is, mine) errors in the exercise recording itself. Exercise design, music, show notes, answer explanations, and everything else were done by humans.