Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner - Episodes Tagged with “Chess”

🧠 Not Fine (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1000

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.

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PGN for today's exercise:
Fine vs Yudovich (Moscow, 1937)

d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Nxd5 axb5 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bxf6 Bb4+ 11. Qd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 gxf6 0-1

👨‍🏫 Jessika's Method (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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

If you want to dive deeper into how to analyse your games the right way, make sure to check out the following video by GM Noël Studer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shma5hsckww

🧠 Fool (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1000

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:

f4 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. g4 Qh4+ 4. Ke2 Bxg4+ 5. Nf3 Bxf3+ 6. Kxf3 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 3... Qh4+ is illegal because the Queen is blocked by the pawn on e7.

🧠🧠🧠 I'm a Survivor (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
FeykineCevapAlanAdam vs Miasnik2511 (Lichess blitz, 2025)

e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na4 Nf8 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. Nc5 a5 16. b5 Qc7 17. Na4 Bd7 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. a4 Rac8 20. Ba3 Rc7 21. Ng5 Neg6 22. Bc5 Rxc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxg6 Nxg6 25. Qh5 h6 26. Nf3 Rc8 27. Qg4 Qc3 28. Rfe1 Rc4 29. Qg3 b6 30. h4 Nf4 31. Kh2 Nd3 32. Red1 Qc2 33. Ne1 Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Qf5 35. f3 Qh5 36. Kh3 g5 37. Kh2 Rxh4+ 38. Kg1 Rc4 39. Rac1 Qg6 40. Rxc4 dxc4 41. f4 Qd3 42. Qxd3 cxd3 43. Rd1 1-0

❓ Stretch or Conceptualization Muscle Growth? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.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

🧠🧠 More-ozevich! (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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.

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:
Morozevich vs Gelfand (Corr., 2009)
6k1/1p1r1pp1/5n1p/1R1p4/P4P1r/1P2B3/5P1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Rh5 2. Kg2 Ne4 3. Rd4 Rd6 *

And the answer is...

Rxe4

⚡ You Don't See Everything You See (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Call the Arbiter (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bxc6+ Bd7 8. Bxa8 Qxa8 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 0-0 *

And the answer is...
White's move 7. Bxc6+ is illegal because there is a pawn on d5, blocking the Bishop's path.

⚡ When Life Has Other Plans (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Nestled (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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/r1k5/b7/P2r4/KN6 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Bb2# *

🧠🧠🧠 The Nosebleed Section (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
juvemostar vs paporro (Lichess, 2021)

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 a6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Re8+ 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Ne2 Ng4 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Qd6 13. Nd5 h5 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Qxh5 Ra7 16. Bxe5 Qg6 17. Qh4 Nc6 18. Be4 Qh6 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. Nh5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 d6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Rfe1 *

And the answer is...
23... g5

❓ Blitz Hurts Slow Chess? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.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

🧠🧠 Red Yellow Blue (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Tricolor1899 vs tnkovalchuk (Lichess blitz, 2025)

e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Bb5+ Kd8 11. Bd3 Nxf3+ 12. Ke2 Nxe5 13. Nxd5 Nxd3 14. Kxd3 e6 15. Nc3 Bc5 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Kxe3 Ne7 19. Rad1+ Ke8 20. Rd6 Nf5+ 0-1

🚶‍♂️ Vacated Squares in the Dutch (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from 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

Try your own skills against the Don’t Move Blindfold Trainer here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer

🧠 Not Such a Beautiful Day (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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.

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:
6k1/5pp1/2b3n1/4p2p/8/3Q4/5PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Nh4 2. g3 Nf3+ 3. Kg2 *

And the answer is...
3... Ne1+

👨‍🏫 Just the Chess, Why Blindfold Part Five (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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

🧠 Mushrooms and Olives (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. 0-0 Bd7 *

And the answer is...
White's move 6. Qxd4 is illegal because the Queen is blocked by the Bishop on d3.

🧠🧠🧠 Guilded (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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.

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:
6q1/3k4/1p3p1p/p1pPp3/P1P4P/1P1Q1n2/4NP1b/5K2 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
guilded55 vs wabeka (Lichess, 2024)

Qxf3 Qg6 2. Ng3 Qb1+ 3. Kg2 Bxg3 4. fxg3 Qc2+ 5. Kh3 Qg6 *

And the answer is...

Qg4+ Qxg4+ 7. Kxg4 Ke7 8. Kf5 Kf7 9. g4 Ke7 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 fxg5 12. Kxg5

❓ Are Visual Thinkers Better? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.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

🧠🧠🧠 Steward of Gondor (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Fauris vs gioser093 (Lichess, 2020)

e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Ngf6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Ng8 9. Bc4 a6 10. O-O Bc5 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. e6+ Kxe6 13. Ng5+ Ke7 *

And the answer is...

Re1+ Kf8 15. Ne6+ Ke7 16. Nxd8+

🚶‍♂️ Three Brain Random Position (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from 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

Try your own skills against the Don’t Move Blindfold Trainer here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer

🧠 Transposed (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Nxc4 Be7 9. 0-0 c5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd6 *

And the answer is...
White's move 8. Nxc4 is illegal because the Knight is pinned by the black Bishop on b4.

⚡ First Candidate Moves (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

🧠 Do-Si-Do (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/8/8/2N5/PK6/1B6/1k6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Nd2# *

🧠🧠🧠 Mi Castle Su Castle (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r3k2r/ppp1pp2/2n2pbb/7p/1B5Q/PqP2NPB/1P3PP1/5RK1 w kq - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rd7

❓ Can Bullet Help? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.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

🧠🧠 Borg Queen (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
OLMEDO_23 vs giasson (Lichess blitz, 2025)

e4 g5 2. d4 g4 3. Qxg4 d5 4. Qe2 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qe3 h5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bd2 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 Bf5 12. O-O-O Na5 13. f3 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Qd7 15. Nge2 Bg6 16. Nf4 Bh7 17. Rhe1 Bh6 18. g3 Qf5 19. Qxe7# 1-0

🚶‍♂️ Two Brain Random Position (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from 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

Try your own skills against the Don’t Move Blindfold Trainer here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer

🧠 Sophisticated French (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. Be2 Bb5 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Nbd2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 cxd4 12. exd4 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 7... Bb5 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the black Knight on c6.

👨‍🏫 The Struggle Is the Point, Why Blindfold Part Four (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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

🧠 For England! (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Bb6 *

And the answer is...

Nxb4

🧠🧠🧠 The Nosebleed Section (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
juvemostar vs paporro (Lichess, 2021)

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 a6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Re8+ 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Ne2 Ng4 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Qd6 13. Nd5 h5 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Qxh5 Ra7 16. Bxe5 Qg6 17. Qh4 Nc6 18. Be4 Qh6 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. Nh5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 d6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Rfe1 *

And the answer is...
23... g5

❓ Kids and Conceptualization? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.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

🧠🧠 Grob Grab (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

g4 d5 2. h3 h5 3. gxh5 e5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd2 Be6 8. e4 Qd7 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. c4 Bxh1 13. Qc2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. 0-0-0 e4 16. dxe4 Qe6 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 12... Bxh1 is illegal because there is a white Knight on f3, blocking the diagonal.

🚶‍♂️ One Brain Random Position (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from 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

Try your own skills against the Don’t Move Blindfold Trainer here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer

🧠 Hidden Twin (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
7k/7p/1q1p2p1/8/2B5/r4PK1/8/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Bf6#

⚡ Diagnosing Conceptualization Mistakes (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

🧠 Clumped up King (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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!

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:
8/8/8/8/q7/1k6/1N6/1KB5 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Qa2#

🧠🧠🧠 Split the Party (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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.

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:
r1b1k2r/1p3pbp/p2qp1p1/3p4/3P4/2N1P3/PP2BPPP/R2QK2R b KQkq - 3 1

PGN for today's exercise:
Babvinnik vs sukalov (Lichess, 2021)
1... O-O 2. O-O b5 3. Qd2 Bd7 4. b3 e5 5. dxe5 Bxe5 6. Rac1 Bxh2+ 7. Kh1 Bc6 *

And the answer is...

f4 Bg3 (8... d4 9. Kxh2) 9. Ne4

❓ Playing Badly When It Matters? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.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

🧠🧠🧠 Win-awe-r (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Winawer vs Riemann (Berlin, 1881)

e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. Qg3 Qf6 7. Bf4 d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Nc4 Bb6 11. h4 Nge7 12. Nf3 Ng6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Be3 Nce5 15. Be2 Bc6 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. h5 Nf8 18. a4 Qe7 19. b4 f6 20. b5 Be8 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 b6 23. Ra7 Ned7 24. O-O Ne6 25. Rfa1 Nec5 26. Bg4 Ne6 27. Nc4 Qf7 28. Qxd6 f5 29. Ra8+ Nb8 30. Nxb6+ cxb6 31. Rxb8# *

🚶‍♂️ Two Move 960 Win (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Symmetry Sin (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be6 Nd5 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 6... c5 is illegal because the pawn is blocked by the Knight on c6.

👨‍🏫 Keep It Tethered, Why Blindfold Part Three (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Cheeky Check (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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/kn6/8/1P6/1KB5 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

🧠🧠🧠 Church Closed (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
r1r2nk1/3q2p1/pp1bp1Q1/3p2Pp/3Pn2P/1N6/PP3P2/K2NR1R1 b - - 2 1

And the answer is...
Be3

❓ Full Blindfold Goal? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.it

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🧠🧠 Nimble Knight (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. O-O h5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. h4 Ng4 13. Rad1 Bxg5 13. hxg5 h4 14. gxh4 Rxh4 15. c5 d5 16. Nxd5 *

And the answer is...
White's move 13. Rad1 is illegal because the white Queen is on d1.

⚡ Relationships > Locations (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Orangutango (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c3 Be7 5. e3 c5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. d5 Ne7 9. c4 *

And the answer is...
9... Bxa1

⚡ Capture Sequence Awareness (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Jinkies (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
5b1k/6pp/8/8/6R1/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kf4 g6 2. Rg5 *

And the answer is...
2... Bh6

🧠🧠🧠 Middle Mirror (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
beginnerofchess2022 vs Sukhvinder789 (Lichess, 2023)
8/1p6/p2R3p/3Pp1pk/4r3/P6P/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

g4+ Kh4 2. Kg2 Re2+ 3. Kf3 Rxb2 4. Rxh6#

❓ Why Include Move Numbers? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.it

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🧠🧠 Fiantrio (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. g3 O-O-O 12. Bg2 d6 13. Bxc6 Nb4 14. Bg2 dxe5 15. 0-0 f5 16. Nd2 Rhe8 *

And the answer is...
White's move 13. Bxc6 is illegal because there is a black Knight on d5 blocking the Bishop's path.

🚶‍♂️ Weakening Black's Kingside (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Not the Way You Think (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/1kp3Q1/8/p2b4/1pn5/P7/2K5 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

axb3 axb3 2. Qd6 b2+ 3. Kxb2 *

And the answer is...
3... Nb5+

👨‍🏫 Semi-Blindfold, Why Blindfold Part Two (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 What in the World...? (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
NN vs Rhine (Lichess blitz, 2019)

e3 d5 2. Nc3 e5 3. Qf3 e4 4. Qf4 Bd6 5. Qg5 Qxg5 0-1

🧠🧠🧠 Hole in the Cavalry (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
r4rk1/pb1q1ppp/1pN1Pb2/8/P2pBP1P/5QP1/1P6/RNB2RK1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nc5

❓ Simplifying the Four Things (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Pasta Ala Pin (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Abdulraqeb vs Ibrahim2611 (Lichess, 2023)

e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. d5 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 *

And the answer is...
12... Qa5+

🚶‍♂️ King Move Vigilance (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Revolting (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +1100

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+

⚡ Stopped Calculating Early (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Returns Null (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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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.

🧠🧠🧠 Air Guitar Solo (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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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)

❓ Older Brains and Conceptualization (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.it

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🧠🧠🧠 Door Knocking (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
P4wnQ vs vilsonchess (Lichess, 2022)
5rk1/pp3pp1/1b1r3p/P7/3P2qN/2P2N1b/1P2QPPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Bxg2 2. Nxg2 Rg6 3. Nh4 Qxe2

🚶‍♂️ 7th Move Blunder (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Running Rampart (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
5rk1/4qn2/8/8/3B4/P7/BP6/1K6 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rh8#

👨‍🏫 Seeing the Matrix Code, Why Blindfold Part One (Insight) [Rerun]

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Outside In (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

h4 Nf6 2. Rh3 e5 3. e3 Bc5 4. Nh3 0-0 5. Bc4 d5 6. Bb3 *

And the answer is...
White's move 4. Nh3 is illegal because the white Rook is occupying that square.

🧠🧠🧠 Rubinstein T. Kirk (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Rubinstein vs Khan (Hamburg, 1930)

d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. c3 a5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nf3 Nc5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. a4 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Be3 Ne4 19. Qe2 e5 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Bb6 Rf8 22. c4 Nb4 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxe4 Nxb6 25. Rd6 Nd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Qxb7 Qf4 29. Re4 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Rab8 31. Qa7 Rbc8 32. Nxe5 Rf6 33. Rg4 Qc7 34. Qe3 Rcf8 35. f4 g5 36. Qd4 Kg8 37. Bc4+ Kh7 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Rxg5 Rf4 40. Bd3+ Kh6 41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rc6+ 1-0

❓ Why Nonsensical Moves? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠🧠 Intel Athlete (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f4 e6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 h6 12. Bh4 Nxe4 *

And the answer is...

Bxe7 Nxc3 (13... Qxe7 14. Nxe4) 14. Bh7+ Kh8 (14... Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8 16. Bxd8) 15. Qxd6

🚶‍♂️ Chasing the Queen (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Ruy No-pez (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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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.

⚡ The Edges of Attention (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Bureaucracy (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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#

🧠🧠🧠 Sliding Doors (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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+

❓ Pieces That Don't Move for a Long Time (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.it

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🧠🧠 Honey Soy or Garlic (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/1b4q1/1bp5/1p4k1/1r5p/1P5P/P7/1K6 b - - 2 1

And the answer is...
Rg2+

🚶‍♂️ Kolty's Mate in 2, Part Two (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Commit to the Bit (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/5pk1/6np/4r3/8/5P2/3Q2K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Re1+ 2. Qxe1 Nf3+

⚡ Tricking Your Brain into Learning a Little Bit Easier (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Shy Start (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e3 e5 2. d4 d6 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Bg5+ Nf6 6. Nf3 e4 *

And the answer is...
White's move 5. Bg5+ is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the pawn on e3.

🧠🧠🧠 Queenly Reach (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
7k/2p5/2P4p/pP5P/P7/3pK3/8/3R1R2 b - - 2 1

And the answer is...
Qf3

❓ Awareness Tools in Games (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 The King's Where?! (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
RvanMammadov vs lumic (Lichess, 2022)
r3k1nr/pQ2pp1p/6p1/1P6/2q5/B1b5/R4PPP/3K1B1R b kq - 10 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Qd4+ 2. Kc2 Rd8 3. Qc6+ Kf8 4. Qxc3 *

And the answer is...
4... Qd1+ 5. Kb2 Rd2+ 6. Qxd2 Qxd2+

🚶‍♂️ Kolty's Mate in 2, Part One (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Chargers (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
6k1/5ppp/5n1r/4R3/4R3/5KP1/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Re8+ Nxe8 2. Rxe8#

⚡ Game Review Method for Faster Habit Building (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Central Woes (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 *

And the answer is...
6... Nxd4

🧠🧠🧠 Not a Checkmate (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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:
B5KR/1r5B/6R1/2b1p1p1/2P1k1P1/1p2P2p/1P2P2P/3N1N2 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rc6+

From the book "Totally Puzzled" by John Herron.

❓ Staying in Control of Intuition (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠🧠 Like a g6 (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Morozevich vs Anand (Moscow, 1995)

e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Qh4 Ne7 13. Bxf4 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Bb4 Rfc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Rae1 Nfe4 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bc2 Nf6 22. g5 Nh5 23. Qf3 g6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rxe6 Qf7 27. Qd5 Nf5 28. Rxf5 1-0

🚶‍♂️ Eomer, the Horse Lord (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Fian-cheat-o (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

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.

⚡ "Chatter", A Book Worth Reading (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Backed in (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/4P3/4K3/8/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Ke8

🧠🧠🧠 Heyday Hague (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Euwe vs Przepiorka (The Hague, 1928)

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

❓ Sudden Catastrophic Failure (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Converted Bishop (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r4rk1/1bpBbppp/1p6/p3N3/2PPn3/5qP1/PPQB1P1P/RN3RK1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Qh1+ 2. Kxh1 Nxg3+ 3. Kg1 Ne2# *

🚶‍♂️ Dead Easy Diagonals (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Scandi Slander (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bf5 7. d5 Nb4 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. a4 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 7... Nb4 is illegal because the Knight is pinned by White's Bishop on b5.

👨‍🏫 2025 Is Leaving the Building (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Opening Principles? (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

g3 b5 2. Bg2 c6 3. e3 d6 4. d4 c5 *

And the answer is...

Bxa8

🧠🧠🧠 Checkover Camp (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
Makogonov vs Checkover (Tbilisi, 1937)
3R1rk1/8/5Qpp/2p5/2P1p1q1/P3P3/1P2PK2/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Qh4+

❓ How Would I Train Chess? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Secret Monarch (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/5p1k/6pp/1P6/5P2/6PK/r3r2P/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Qc4

🚶‍♂️ Safe Square for the Rook (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Cast Haste on Self (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.d3 0-0 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 d5 12.Ng3 Bg6 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 7...Bg4 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the black pawn on d7.

⚡ Our Brain Changes What We See (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Chow Down (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Chow vs Karklins (Chicago, 1979)

c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bxd4 0-1

🧠🧠🧠 Didn't Have to Draw (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. b3 dxc4 11. Ndxc4 Nd5 12. Bb2 Qe8 13. Qf3 b5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Qh3 N7f6 16. f4 g6 17. g4 Nb4 18. Bb1 Rc8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Ng4 Nc2 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. d5+ Ng7 23. Ne4 exd5 24. Nf5 d4 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. gxf6 *

And the answer is...
24... gxf5 25. Qh6 d4 26. Bxc2 fxe4

❓What Does Each Exercise Do (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Q5 vs Q6 (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
Q7/7k/1p1p3p/4p1p1/4P3/2P3PK/PP5P/5q2 w - - 1 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kg4 Qe2+ 2. Kh3 h5 3. Qb7+ Kh6 4. Qf7 *

And the answer is...
4... g4+ 5. Kh4 Qxh2#

🚶‍♂️ The Opera Game, Part 3 (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Eager (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 b6 7. d5 exd5 8.Nxd5 Bb7 9.Nxf6 gxf6 10.Bh6 Re8 11.Be2 Kh8 12.0-0 Nc6 *

And the answer is...
White's move 8. Nxd5 is illegal because the Knight is pinned by the black Bishop on b4.

👨‍🏫 Seeing the Matrix Code (Why Blindfold), Part One (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Two on One (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/8/8/8/pp6/P1k5/K7 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... b2#

🧠🧠🧠 Kashdan Kashd-in (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Kashdan vs Taube (The Hague, 1928)

e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. N3e4 Ned5 12. f4 O-O 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. c4 Ne7 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qe3 Qb6 20. Qh3 Nf5 21. c5 Qb5 22. d5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Nh5 24. g4 Rxd5 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Qxh5 Nh6 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rg1 1-0

❓ My Eyes Lied to Me (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Game or Sport? (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
dzaja69 vs games_sports (Lichess, 2022)

e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Rb1 O-O 10. h3 Nd7 11. f4 *

And the answer is...
11... Qb6+ 12. Kh2 (12. Kh1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxb1) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxb1

🚶‍♂️ The Opera Game, Part 2 (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Reverse Ghosts (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 *

And the answer is...
White's move 7.Nxc6 is illegal because there is nothing to capture on c6.

⚡ Getting Unstuck in Calculations (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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If you enjoyed this episode and want to explore some of the ideas further, here are two articles I mentioned:

🧠 Kickass Sermon (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/r7/8/8/3k4/PK6/8/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Bb6

🧠🧠🧠 Zuggest of Zwangs (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
6k1/7p/4p3/1p1n1Pp1/8/7K/Pr5P/3Q4 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Rg2 2. Kxg2 (2. Qxd5 Rxh2+ 3. Kxh2 exd5) (2. Qb3 Nf4#) 2... Ne3+

❓ Why Did I Take the Rook (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.it

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🧠🧠 Burnett vs Barnett (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Ronald Burnett"] [Black "Alexander Solomon Barnett"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Na6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nc5 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. Nf3 Ne6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 b5 14. Qc1 Qe7 15. Rd6 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Rc7 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Nh4 1-0

🚶‍♂️ The Opera Game, Part 1 (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Confusing Ruy (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.d4 Ne6 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. c3 Bxe5 11. Rxe5 O-O 12. Nc3 Qxd4 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. h3 Bc8 18. Qf5 Nd4 *

And the answer is...
White’s move 12. Nc3 is illegal as the c3 square is already occupied by a White pawn (that was moved there on move 10).

👨‍🏫 Clarity on Clarity (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 It Was Unlocked (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
3r3k/6pp/8/6PK/6R1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Rf4 Rd3 *

And the answer is...

Rf8#

🧠🧠🧠 Englisch in London (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxd5 Qh6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxd4 13. Qe3 Qxe3 14. Nxe3 *

And the answer is...
11... Nxd4 12. hxg4 (12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qxh3) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qh2#

❓ I Want to Visualize (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠 error (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 11... b4 is illegal because the square is occupied by the black Bishop.

🚶‍♂️ 960 Game (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Karjakin Kaput (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Andreikin vs Karjakin (Moscow, 2010)

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nge7 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Nf6+ Kh8 10. Ng4+ 1-0

⚡ Five Sentences for Openings (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Reckless Abandon (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Bf4 cxd4 5. Bxb8 dxc3 6. Be5 *

And the answer is...

6... cxb2 7. Bxb2 Bb4+ *

🧠🧠🧠 Owed a Tenner (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. a5 Ba7 7. b5 axb5 8. Bxb5 Nf6 9. Ba3 Nxe4 10. Qe2 Nxf2 11. Nxe5 Nd4 *

And the answer is...

Nxd7+ Nxe2 13. Nf6#

❓ Blunder Checks? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Dutch Defense O.P. (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe8 8. Ne5 d6 9. Nd3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nb4 Nc6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Qd5+ Be6 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. c4 b5 18. cxb5 Qc3+ {White resigns.} 0-1

🚶‍♂️ 960 Position (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Chaos (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Adapted from the Athens vs London correspondence game of 1897.

e4 e5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 Bc5 4. Ng3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nh5 O-O 8. Nd5 Nxe4 9. Bxd8 Bxd5 10. dxe4 Bxe4 *

And the answer is...
9... Bxf2+ 10. Ke2 Bg4# (10... Nd4#)

👨‍🏫 We Are Astronauts (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Hop the Fence (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qf4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 *

And the answer is...
White's move 4. Qf4 is illegal, because the e4-pawn is in the way.

🧠🧠🧠 Vague Hague (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Adapted from the game Jacobson vs Hoenlinger (Teh Hague, 1928).

d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 c5 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Qxe7 14. Bb5 Nf6 15. dxc5 Ne4 16. Rc2 Nxc5 17. b4 Ne4 18. a3 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Qf6 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nb3 Ng5 23. Nd2 Qg6 24. e4 Nxe4 25. Bd3 Nc3 26. Qf1 Qh6 27. Qe1 e4 28. Bf1 e3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Rc8 *

And the answer is...
26... Ne2+ 27. Bxe2 (27. Kh1 Qxd3) 27... Qxc2

❓ How Does "Doing the Math" Help Me Visualize? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠 Walk the Tal-k (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Szukszta vs Tal (Uppsala, 1956)

d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qb3 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nc6 12. dxc6 Re8 13. Kf2 Rxe3 14. Rd1 Ng4+ 15. fxg4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Qxd4 17. Qd5 Re2+ 18. Kxe2 Bxg4+ 19. Ke1 Re8+ 20. Be2 Rxe2+ *

🚶‍♂️ I Play Blindfolded! (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Symmetry Wannabe (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Rc8 8. d3 e6 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 6... Bxf3 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the Knight on c6.

⚡ Conceptualization in Your Training Routine (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Knife and... (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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/k2b4/8/8/1KR5 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rc4+

🧠🧠🧠 Bill the War Horse (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Botvinnik vs Sharov (Leningrad, 1929)

d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Qd3 Nf8 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. a3 b6 16. b4 Rd8 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Qc3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 Rd7 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Qg3 Rc7 25. Ng4 Qe7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Ne8 Qxe8 28. Qxc7 Rb2 29. Rad1 1-0

❓ Can't Hold the Image in My Mind (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠 That'll Kolste You (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Adapted from the game Palau vs Kolste (London, 1927).

Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Nh5 5. Be5 f6 6. Bg3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 c6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 f5 11. Nd4 Bxe5 12. Nce2 *

And the answer is...

Rxh7 Rxh7 11. Bxg6+

🚶‍♂️ Save the Draw (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Fianchetto Showdown (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

g3 b6 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Re1 0-0 9. e4 *

And the answer is...
White's move 7. Bg5 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the Knight on d2.

⚡ Returning to the Game Older (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Not So Different (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Bb5+ *

And the answer is...
6... axb5

🧠🧠🧠 Post-Premonition (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Bxf7+ Qxf7 9. Qxb7 Kd7 10. Qxa8 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qxf3 12. Nd2 Qh3 13. e5 dxe5 14. b4 dxc3 15. bxc5 cxd2 16. Bxd2 Nge7 17. Qxh8 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Qf3+ *

And the answer is...
14... Nf6 15. Qxh8 Ng4 16. Qxg7+ Be7 17. Nf3 e4
14... Nh6 works also. 15. Qxh8 Ng4 16. Nf3 e4

❓ Bishops and Knights (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠 Kings Repulsed (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d3 d6 2. e4 e5 3. Be3 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 Be7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. h4 Be6 9. Kb1 h6 10. h5 Qd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 c4 14. dxc4 *

And the answer is...
White's move 11. Bb5 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the white pawn on d3.

🚶‍♂️ Position Continuity (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Birdbrained (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
NN vs Bier (Vienna, 1905)

f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. e4 g4 6. e5 gxf3 7. exd6 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qe4+ 9. Kf2 Qd4+ 10. Ke1 f2+ 11. Ke2 Bg4# 0-1

👨‍🏫 The New Mantra Technique (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠🧠 Good Enough (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O d6 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. Qxd4 h6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh3 10. Re1 Nd7 11. f4 Qh4 12. Qe3 g5 13. Qg3 Rg8 14. Bf1 gxf4 15. Qxg8 Nf6 16. Qh8 Qg4+ 17. Kh1 f3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Rg1 *

And the answer is...
19... Ng4 20. Rxg4 Qxg4 and White can't defend against the mate on g2.

❓ Rating Anxiety (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Ortolan (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c4 d4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qd6 *

And the answer is...
White's move 13. Qf3 is illegal because the Queen is blocked by the pawn on e2.

🚶‍♂️ Finding the Lost Piece

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Sicilia-No (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 *

And the answer is...
7... exd4

⚡ What Does the Next Level Look Like? (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Motion Blur (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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/q7/8/8/kNp5/P1P5/2K5 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Qf1#

🧠🧠🧠 To His Tshigorin (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r2qk2r/2p1nppp/p2p1n2/1pbNp3/4P1b1/1BPP1N2/PP3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 1

And the answer is...
Tarrasch vs Tshigorin (Petersburg, 1893)

Nxf6+ (1. Nxe5 Bxd1 2. Nxf6+ Kf8 3. Ned7+ Qxd7 4. Nxd7+ Ke8 5. Nxc5) 1... gxf6 2. Nxe5 Bxd1 (2... fxe5 3. Qxg4) 3. Bxf7+ Kf8 4. Bh6#

❓ How-To Game Exercise (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠 O vs U (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Adapted from the game Colborne vs Blackburne (Hastings, 1894).

e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 g6 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. f4 d5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Bc4 Bf5 11. Bb3 Nexd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qf3 c6 14. g4 Be6 15. Ne2 a5 *

And the answer is...
13... Qf6 14. c3 (14. Bc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qe7 with a winning position.) 14... Nb4 15. Bc4 Qa6 16. g4 Qxa2 17. Be3 Bxc3

🚶‍♂️ Tactic Building (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Blom Blooms (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Blom vs Jensen (Odense, 1934)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nf6+ gxf6 8. Bxf6 Qd7 9. Bxh7+ 1-0

👨‍🏫 Vigilance (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Queen's Gambit Defiled (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 0-0 6.Nc3 c6 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 3... Bg4 is illegal because it is blocked by the pawn on e6.

🧠🧠🧠 That's Wild (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Mackenzie vs Collins (Birmingham, 1893)

e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bc5 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qh4+ 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Nf3 Bf2+ 11. Kxf2 *

And the answer is...
11... Ne4+ 12. Ke3 Qf2+ 13. Kf4 g5#

❓ Audio > Written Notation? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Lombardy's Trophy (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
Gerusel vs Lombardy (Toronto, 1957)

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe5 Bf5 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Be3 d4 12. Rd1 dxe3 13. Rxd8 exf2+ 14. Kd1 Rfxd8+ 15. Kc1 a6 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qc3 Na5 18. e4 Nab3+ 0-1

🚶‍♂️ Chunking and Anchoring (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 I Swear It's a Rule (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 e4 8.dxe5 Bc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Ke7 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3 *

And the answer is...
White's move 8.dxe5 is illegal because en passant can be done only when the pawn moves two squares from its starting square.

⚡ Watching Your Brain (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Gallop (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/8/8/8/1pkn4/8/PP6/KR6 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Nc2#

🧠🧠🧠 Explosive Queenside (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

b3 a5 2. Nc3 e6 3. a4 b6 4. d4 b5 5. Be3 bxa4 6. bxa4 d6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. g3 Nc6 9. f3 Na7 10. Bg2 Nb5 11. Nh3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13. Bxa5 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. e4 Qc8 16. Nf4 Qa6 17. Bc3 Bxa4 18. Rfb1 d5 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Rxb4 Qc6 21. e5 Nd7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Ng6 hxg6 24. f4 Qa6 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rbxa4 Qxa4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 *

And the answer is...
White’s move 12… Bxc3 is illegal as White’s dark-squared bishop is on e3 and cannot capture Black’s knight on c3.

❓ Recovering from Distraction? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 One Move Sooner (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Qe8 9. c4 Qh5 10. e3 Ng4 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Nh2 Qg6 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14. Nh4 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Ndf6 16. Kh1 Nh5 17. Rg1 Neg3+ 18. fxg3 Nxg3# 0-1

🚶‍♂️ King and Pawn (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Playing with Your Food (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
[FEN "8/6pk/6pp/5n2/6b1/8/5BPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]

And the answer is...

h3 Bh5 2. g4

👨‍🏫 The Four Things (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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Check out the resources mentioned in this episode:

The Five Sentences Exercise: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/five-sentences
Listudy Blind Tactics Tool: https://listudy.org/en/blind-tactics/
Ramesh RB's Improve Your Chess Calculation: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/9056919970
Blindfold Trainer: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer

🧠 Central Pawns (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 d5 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Be3 *

And the answer is...

exf6

🧠🧠🧠 Persistence Hunting (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
3r1k2/pbqr1ppQ/1p2p3/4P3/1PP3p1/P2BR3/1K5P/3R4 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Qh8+ Ke7 2. Qxg7 Bf3 3. Bg6 Rf8 4. Rxd7+ Qxd7 5. Rd3 Qc8 6. Qf6+ Ke8 *

And the answer is...

Rd6 fxg6 8. Rxe6+ Kd7 9. Qe7#

❓ Memorize the Board? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Just You and Me (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
2q5/K2p4/2kp4/1p5Q/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qh1+ Kc7 (1... Kc5 2. Qc1+) (1... d5 2. Qc1+) 2. Qc1+ Kd8 3. Qg5+ Kc7 (3... Ke8 4. Qg8+) 4. Qxb5 Kd8 5. Qg5+ Kc7 6. Qa5+ Kc6 7. Qc3+

🚶‍♂️ Controlling Square Colors (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Can They Do That? (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxe5 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 6... Bd6 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the pawn on e7.

⚡ What Could This Move Mean? (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Low Flyer (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nc3 *

And the answer is...
3... bxc3

🧠🧠🧠 Two Second Orders (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
1r3rk1/p4pp1/q3p2p/2p1P1n1/1bPn3N/1PN1R1PP/P5Q1/2B2RK1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Bxc3 (1... Nxh3+ works, too. 2. Qxh3 Bxc3 3. Rxc3 Ne2+) 2. Rxc3 Nxh3+ 3. Qxh3 Ne2+

❓ Disappearing Pawns (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 A Sneaky One (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh6 10. Ng5 f5 11. h4 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Bd2 Ra8 14. a4 fxe4 15. Ngxe4 Nhf5 *

And the answer is...
Black’s move 9… Nh6 is illegal as neither of Black’s knights can reach the h6 square on that turn.

🚶‍♂️ Building Piece Relationships (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Building, Building Gone (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nd4 9. e3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 *

And the answer is...
7... e4

👨‍🏫 Win When You're Winning (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Alapin's Accident (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
Tarrasch vs Alapin (Breslau, 1889)

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Be7 6. dxe4 1-0

🧠🧠🧠 Sweet Six-Queens (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
2k5/8/3q4/3qq3/3qq3/4q3/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Kf1

❓ Losing Track When Pieces Start Moving (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Caro Cornered (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Ne5 Bh7 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Bb5+

🚶‍♂️ Mastering Diagonals (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Phili-Do It Anyway (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 0-0 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 *

And the answer is...

Bf4 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the pawn on e3.

⚡ Alternate Mantra Approach (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Eager Bleeder (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Bb3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O *

And the answer is...
3... dxc4

🧠🧠🧠 Win-Manov (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
r5k1/6pp/1q1p1p2/3PpP2/2pnP3/1P6/PR4PP/4QB1K b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... cxb3 2. axb3 g6 3. fxg6 hxg6 4. b4 Kg7 5. b5 f5 6. exf5 Nxf5 7. Rb3 Qd4 8. b6 *

And the answer is...
8... Ra1 9. Rb1 Ng3+ 10. hxg3 Ra8 with unstoppable mate on h8.

⚡ Board Warping (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden is unwell this week. Q&A episodes will resume next Saturday.

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

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🧠🧠 You're Outta Line! (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
r1b2rk1/pppq2pp/3b4/8/3Q1p1R/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1B3K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Qe7

⚡ Four Things on Every Move (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden is unwell this week. Walkthrough episodes will resume next Thursday.

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

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🧠 To the Rafters (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. h4 Nd4 6. Bc4 h5 7. Ng5 Be7 *

And the answer is...

Nxf7

👨‍🏫 Consider Illegal Moves (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Dubious at Best (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Ke2 Ke7 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 Ke8 *

And the answer is...
White’s move 3. Bc4 is illegal as the king on e2 prevents the light-squared bishop from developing in that direction.

🧠🧠🧠 Bulletproof Spy (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
3nr2k/1p1r1b1p/p3p1p1/1PPp1p2/1Q2PP2/P3BN2/3RB1PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Qg4

❓ Rejecting the Best Move (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Dangerous Dyckhoff (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Qd3 Nf6 6. Nd2 Ng4 7. g3 Qf6 8. N4f3 Nce5 9. Qc3 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
9... Qb6 or 9... Bb4 10. Qxb4 Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 Qxf3

🚶‍♂️ Sole Knight (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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PGN for this exercise:

e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Ne2 Nf6 4. Nbc3 Nb4 5. g3 Nd3# *

🧠 Hold Your Horse (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
5k2/4np2/5N2/8/8/B7/8/K5R1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rg8#

⚡ Multiple Models (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Developelopelop (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 e5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bc4 Nf6 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 5...Nc6 is illegal because Black has already exchanged that knight on d4.

🧠🧠🧠 Capablanca's Cruelty (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
Capablanca vs Fonaroff (New York, 1918)

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 O-O 11. Qc3 c6 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. Qg3 Ne5 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rxd6 Rxd6 18. Bxe5 Rd1 19. Rxd1 Bxe5 20. Nh6+ Kh8 *

And the answer is...

Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxf7+

❓ More Mindset Resources (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 One True Royal (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
Pestalozzi vs Duhm (Bern, 1900)

e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Ng5 Re8 14. Qxf7+ Kh8 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Qh8+ Ke7 18. Qxg7# 1-0

🚶‍♂️London Game (Walkthrough)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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PGN for this exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Na3 Qxb2 7. Nb5 Ne4 8. Rb1 Qxf2# 0-1

🧠 Where I Want You (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
5r2/kpp4p/p1b5/2N5/3P4/2P5/PP6/1K1R4 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kc2 b6 2. Nd3 h5 3. Rh1 *

And the answer is...
3... Bxh1

👨‍🏫 Comparisons (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Corner of My Mind (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/8/8/8/8/3R4/2K5/k7 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Ra3#

🧠🧠🧠 Bad Option (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Rg6 17. Qb3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Qd7 19. Nh4 Rxg4 20. g3 Re8 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. Rd3 Rg5 23. Kg2 Ne7 24. Red1 Ng6 25. Nxg6 Rxg6 *

And the answer is...
20... Rxh4 21. gxh4 Qg4+ 22. Kf1 Nd8

❓ Rating Drops When I Stop (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 No Retribution (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
3k4/3Pp3/4P3/2BK4/3N4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rd1

⚡ Tiredness and Distraction (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Delayed Alapin Greedy Knight (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nxe4 *

And the answer is...

Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxe4

⚡ Time Trouble (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Wall Clipping (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Ne4 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Ng5 Bf5 *

And the answer is...
White's move 5.Nbd2 is illegal because there is a pawn on that square.

🧠🧠🧠 Herding Pieces (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
1rbr1k2/2R2ppp/4p3/8/1p2B2P/1P4P1/P4P2/2R3K1 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... h6 2. Ra7 Bd7 3. Rc4 Be8 4. Kg2 Rd2 5. Bc6 Rc8 *

And the answer is...

Ba4 Rxc4 (6... Rdd8 7. Rxb4) 7. Ra8

❓ When to Check the Answer (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 The Evergreen Game (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Adolf Anderssen"][Black "Jean Dufresne"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d3 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Re1 Nge7 11.Ba3 b5 12.Qxb5 Rb8 13.Qa4 Bb6 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Bxd3 Qh5 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18.exf6 Rg8 19.Rad1 Qxf3 20.Rxe7+ Nxe7 21.Qxd7+ Kxd7 22.Bf5+ Ke8 23.Bd7+ Kf8 24.Bxe7# 1-0

⚡ Insufficient Knowledge (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Room Enough for the Two of Us (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [Black "Edward Beckley Adams"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. Nb5 Kd8 8. Qc5 Nc6 *

And the answer is...

Qf8#

👨‍🏫 Reducing Pressure, The Three Fs Part Five (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 The Queen and Her Bishop (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
4k3/8/5Q2/8/8/5B2/8/6K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Bc6#

🧠🧠🧠 Load of Pollocks (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qf5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 h6 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 a5 14. Rad1 f6 { White to move. Mate in five. } *

And the answer is...

Qd7+ Bxd7 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. Nf7+ Kc8 18. Re8+ Bxe8 19. Rd8#

❓ What Is "Clarity" for Verbal Thinkers? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Bad Move Rising (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. O-O f5 12. Ne1 Qh4 13. f3 Ng5 14. c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 Ne5 16. cxd6 Rf6 17. Qc3 cxd6 18. Qb4 Be4 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Rh6 *

And the answer is...
19... Rh6

⚡ Emotional Strain (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Mere Anarchy (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8. Nxf6 Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Be2 *

And the answer is...
White's move 7. Nxe4 is illegal because the Knight is pinned by the Bishop on b4.

👨‍🏫 Freewheeling, The Three Fs Part Four (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 L Shape (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
5rk1/5n1p/3p4/8/8/5P2/1B3P1P/5R1K b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Ne7

🧠🧠🧠 Paralyzed (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
6k1/8/4p3/2b1P3/1p3P2/3p4/PPqQ4/K1B5 b - - 3 1

And the answer is...
1... Bd4 2. Qxc2 dxc2

❓ Spending 30 Minutes on an Exercise (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Boiling Point (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
1r6/6P1/2p1Nk2/7p/4R3/8/7K/8 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
{ Rashkovsky vs Ivanov (Elista, 1995) }
1... Rg8 2. Kg3 c5 3. Kh4 Kg6 4. Rf4 c4 5. Rf8 Kh7 6. Kxh5 c3 *

And the answer is...

Ng5+ Kxg7 8. Rf7+ Kh8 9. Rh7# *

⚡ Overloads (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Secret Agent Knight (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c3 Re8 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Ne6 1-0

👨‍🏫 Forgetting, The Three Fs Part Three (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

In episode, I mention two habits you can build. Follow the links to learn about the Vacated Square habit and the Mantra habit.

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🧠 Sharing Space (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bd7 4. O-O Nbd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 e6 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 4... Nbd7 is illegal because that square is already occupied by the light-squared Bishop.

🧠🧠🧠 Parse the Noise (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Be2 Ng5 14. d5 Qe8 15. Nd4 exd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxc7 Rc8 18. Qxd6 *

And the answer is...

Nxg5

❓ Should I "See" Something? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 English Mate-in-One (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Maxwells_Hammer"] [Black "Computer"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 O-O 7. g3 Qe7 8. Nb5 d6 9. a3 Ne5 10. axb4 *

And the answer is...
10... Nf3#

⚡ Seeing Ghosts (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Up a Knight, but Down on Luck (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/8/3k1p2/2p2Pp1/p1P5/P2K3p/7N/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Ke5 2. Ke3 Kxf5

👨‍🏫 Freezing , The Three Fs Part Two (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Waterhouse Down (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Mary Mills Houlding"] [Black "Elizabeth Walmsley Waterhouse"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Qd5 d6 7. Qxf7+ Kd7 8. Be6# 1-0

🧠🧠🧠 Lost Another Castle (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
r3k1nr/pp3ppp/2p1b3/1n5q/1bN5/1P4PP/PQP2PBB/5RK1 w kq - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rd3

❓ Easy Is Too Hard (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Sneaky Scandi (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Re8 9. O-O-O e5 10. Rhe1 e4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Bg5 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 *

And the answer is...

dxe5 Ng4 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Rxd8 Bxd8

⚡ Leftover Stories (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Pull the Pin (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/3k2b1/2rn4/4P3/2BK1R2/3P4/8/8 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Bh6 2. Rh4 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
2... Nf5+

👨‍🏫 The Loyal Labrador, The Three Fs Part 1 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 The Trickier Rules (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 h5 5. e6 f5 6. exf6 gxf6 7. Bd3 e5 8. dxe5 fxe5 *

And the answer is...
White’s move 6. exf6 is illegal as that’s not how en passant works. White’s pawn needed to be on e5, and not e6, to capture on f6 with en passant.

🧠🧠🧠 This Carlsen Guy Seems Ok (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
Carlsen vs Harestad (Copenhagen, 2003)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. a4 Ra7 15. Nf1 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Nh2 f6 19. Be3 Nb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. Qe2 Qa6 25. Ng4 Kg7 26. Bc1 Na4 27. Bc2 Ra8 28. Qe3 c4 29. Rf1 Nc5 30. Nh6 Ng5 31. f4 exf4 32. Qxf4 Bxh3 33. Qh4 Bd7 34. e5 dxe5 35. Nh5+ gxh5 *

And the answer is...

Qxg5+ fxg5 (36... Kh8 37. Nf7#) 37. Rf7+ Kxh6 (37... Kh8 38. Rxh7#) 38. Rxh7#

❓ Exercise Difficulties (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Nguyēn vs de Boer (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Nguyen, Sang"] [Black "De Boer, Sipke"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Nc6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be2 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.c4 b6 10.Rc1 O-O 11.O-O e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe2 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.Qxe2 d4 16.exd4 Qxd4 17.Nf3 Qf4 18.Qd2 Qe4 19.Ng5 1-0

⚡ Automatic Moves (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Tripped up Tihana (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Qc3 Nd7 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Ngf3 Nf5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Ng5 Rhf8 15. Nb3 *

And the answer is...
8... Bb4

👨‍🏫 Flip the Board (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Empty Church (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/3k4/8/1r1P4/3K4/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Ba2

🧠🧠🧠 Made Short Work (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
Short vs Kosten (Hastings, 1988)

e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Rc8 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. Bd2 a6 16. Rg1 b5 17. g4 Nh4 18. Rg3 Qb6 19. Qd3 Rh8 20. Rh3 Ne7 21. Nd4 Rc4 22. c3 Ra4 23. Qg3 Nhg6 24. Rxh8+ Nxh8 25. Bd3 Nhg6 26. h4 Rxa3 27. h5 Nf8 28. h6 Neg6 29. f5 Ne7 30. Qh2 exf5 31. h7 Neg6 32. gxf5 Nh8 33. Qh5 Qc7 34. Kf1 Rxc3 35. e6 Rxd3 36. exf7+ Kd8 37. Qg5+ Kc8 38. Rc1 Rxd4 39. Rxc7+ Kxc7 40. Ba5+ Kb7 41. Qd8 Rf4+ 42. Kg1 Rg4+ 43. Kh2 1-0

❓ Can I Take Notes during Exercises? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Hurry! (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/1N2k1p1/2p2p2/p5p1/1p2K3/P6P/6P1/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

a4 b3 2. Kd3 b2 3. Kc2 b1=Q+ 4. Kxb1

⚡ The Volcano Exercise (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Barmen Defense Error (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qxd4 *

And the answer is...

Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd4

⚡ Pattern Overrides (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Absolute (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Bd2 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O *

And the answer is...
White’s move 6. Nxe4 is illegal because the Knight is pinned to the White king by the bishop on b4.

🧠🧠🧠 Endgames Are Hard (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
3r4/2p2k2/8/2p1P3/p1P2K2/Pp6/1P5R/8 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Rd4+ 2. Kf5 Rxc4 3. e6+ Kg7 *

And the answer is...

Rh8 Kxh8 5. e7

❓ Audio vs Written Exercises (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Stankowski vs Rabeda (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Stankowski, Aleksander"] [Black "Rabeda, Grzegorz"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 Qd7 6.Bf4 h6 7.c3 g5 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Bh3 10.Bxh3 Qxh3 11.Bxf6 exf6 12.Qb3 O-O-O 13.c4 d4 14.Nd2 f5 15.Nf3 f6 16.c5 Bxc5 17.Rfc1 Bb6 18.a4 a6 19.Qxb6 Rd7 20.Qa7 1-0

⚡ Saying the Wrong Square (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Launchramp (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 b6 2. c3 Bb7 3. Nf3 g6 4. Ng5 Bg7 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Na3 e6 7. e4 Nge7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 *

And the answer is...

Qxf7#

👨‍🏫 Willpower Is Not the Answer (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Lining It up (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
3rr1k1/pb3ppp/1pn5/2p5/8/1P4Q1/PBP2PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qxg7#

🧠🧠🧠 Crowded Intersection (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. O-O Bxa6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. a4 Qb6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Nb5 Ne8 16. Bc3 Qb7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ f6 19. b3 Nc7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Rfb1 Rb4 22. Nd2 Rab8 23. f3 Qb7 24. Ra3 Qa6 25. Nc4 *

And the answer is...
25... Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Rxb1

❓ Lists of Piece Locations (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠🧠 Roving Bishops (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/5B2/7k/6rP/p7/8/3B3K/8 b - - 1 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... a3 2. Kh3 a2 3. Bxa2 Kxh5 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Bf7+ Rg6 (4... Kh6 5. Be8 Zugzwang.) 5. Kh2 Zugzwang.

⚡ Your Ceiling, Floor, and True Ratings (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Well, I Was Covering It (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
7k/4Rrpp/3p2b1/P1pP4/8/5P1P/5P1K/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Re8+ Rf8 2. Rxf8#

👨‍🏫 The Vacated Square (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 No Sermon Today (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/6k1/3r4/8/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Be4

🧠🧠🧠 Beyen for Blood (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
Beyen vs Filip (Ostend, 1971)

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Ne2 Nf8 10. O-O Nh5 11. f4 Nxf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng6 14. Qh5 Qe7 15. e5 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 g6 17. Qh6 dxe5 18. Re1 f5 19. d6 Qf6 20. g4 Kd8 21. Rff1 f4 22. g5 Qf8 23. Rxe5 Qxh6 24. gxh6 Kd7 25. Rd5 Rf8 26. Re1 Rf7 27. Bc2 b5 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Re7+ Rxe7 30. dxe7+ Kxe7 31. Rd8 1-0

🧠🧠 Looked Safe for a Bit... (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 30 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Zoltan Vecsey"] [Black "Herrmann"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Qf3 Nb4 6. Bb3 N8c6 7. Nge2 Na5 8. Ne4 Nxb3 9. Qxb3 *

And the answer is...
9... Qd5

⚡ Look Left and Right (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 29 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠 Only Temporary (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 28 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
1r4k1/3q1p1p/3p2p1/1p1Nb3/8/2P5/1P2QPPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qxe5 dxe5 2. Nf6+ Kg7 3. Nxd7

👨‍🏫 Three Habits for Maximum Impact (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 27 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Schadd vs Raddatz (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 26 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Schadd, Jan"] [Black "Raddatz, Michael"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.h4 c5 7.d5 e6 8.h5 exd5 9.exd5 Nbd7 10.hxg6 fxg6 11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Rxh6 Ne5 13.Nf3 Qe7 14.Qd2 Nfg4 15.O-O-O Nxh6 0-1

🧠🧠 Except the Queen (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 25 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
r4rk1/ppp1qppp/5n2/4p3/N1P5/1P3P2/PB3QPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Be3

❓ Struggling to Get Started (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 24 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠 JezBall (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 23 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
5k2/4q3/8/8/8/3R4/3K2R1/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Rf2+ Ke8 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Re2 or 2. Re3

⚡ Future Evaluations (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 22 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠🧠 No Recovering (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 21 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
Sosonko vs Helmers (Reykjavik, 1980)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e4 Bb7 7. d5 exd5 8. exd5 Be7 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rae1 Qc7 15. Nh4 Bf8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Be7 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. Re2 h5 20. Rfe1 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nf6 22. Bc2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Re8 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rxe8+ 1-0

👨‍🏫 Making Time for Conceptualization (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 20 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠🧠 Webb vs Schussler (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 19 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Webb, Simon"] [Black "Schussler, Harry"] 1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.e5 Ne8 8.Bf4 c5 9.exd6 Nxd6 10.Qd2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nb6 12.Ndb5 Nxb5 13.Bxb5 Qxd2 14.Bxd2 Rd8 15.Bg5 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Rd5 0-1

🧠 Momentary Distraction (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 18 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
8... exf4

❓ Filling Five Sentences (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 17 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠🧠 Stealthing in Full Plate (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 16 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
6k1/ppn3p1/2p2pqp/2n1p3/2P1rP2/1P4P1/PB1brN1P/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nd8

⚡ Don't Say "I" (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 15 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 One Mate in Two (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 14 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/8/1pp5/2P4k/8/5K2/8/2Q5 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... bxc5 2. Qxc5+ Kh4 { White to move. Checkmate in two. } *

And the answer is...

Qf5 c5 4. Qg4#

👨‍🏫 Preventing Mistakes, Seven Slots Part 6 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 13 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠🧠🧠 Challenge Fit for a Queen (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 12 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
2r3k1/5p1p/6p1/1P2q3/Q3P3/7P/3r1RP1/1R4K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Qc5 2. Rf1 Qe3 3. Qa1 Rxf2 4. Rxf2 Rc1+ 5. Qxc1 Qxc1+

❓ Targeting Ghost Pieces and General Conceptualization (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 10 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Restas vs Asztalos (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 09 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Restas, Peter"] [Black "Asztalos, Viktor"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.a3 d6 8.c4 Nc7 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.b4 Bd4 13.Ra2 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Re2 Qd6 16.c5 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Qd5 18.Be4 Qh5 19.g4 Bxe4+ 20.Rxe4 Qh3 0-1

⚡ Dormant Ideas (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 08 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 French Normal Variation (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 07 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Be3 *

And the answer is...
4... Bxe4

👨‍🏫 Emotional Cascade, Seven Slots Part 5 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 06 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Royal Rumble (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/8/8/8/3k2KP/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

h5 Ke5 2. Kg5 Ke6 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Kg6 Ke7 4. Kg7 and the pawn cannot be stopped.

🧠🧠🧠 Spider Queens (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 04 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
2q2q2/1q4q1/5q2/7K/3q4/2q5/1q4q1/2q2q2 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Kh5

❓ Importance of Labels for Verbal Models (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 03 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Boden's Brilliant Bishops (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 02 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
5B2/8/K7/8/kpp5/7R/8/1B6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rc3 bxc3 (1... b3 2. Rxc4#) 2. Bc2# 1-0

⚡ Mistakes Never Go Away (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 01 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Najdorf Quickdraw (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Levon Aronian"] [Black "Anish Giri"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

👨‍🏫 Space to Think, Seven Slots Part 4 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Lowe Blow (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Arthur Simons"] [Black "Edward Lowe"] 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Ne7 4. f4 d5 5. Bb5+ Nbc6 6. d3 d4 7. Nce2 *

And the answer is...
7...Qa5+

🧠🧠🧠 Cloaking Device (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
r1b2rk1/1pq1bppp/p3p3/4n1B1/3N4/1n1B3R/1P2Q1PP/5RNK w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rh3

❓ Why Don't I Say Who's to Move Until the End? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠🧠 Savin' Me (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
r1b1k2r/pp3ppp/3p4/2qn4/2B5/8/PBQ2PPP/R4RK1 w kq - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Qe4+ Be6 2. Rad1 Nc7 3. Bxe6 Nxe6 4. Bxg7 Rg8 5. Qxh7 Ke7 6. Rfe1 Qg5 { How can White save the Bishop and achieve a winning advantage at the same time? } *

And the answer is...

Rxe6+ Kxe6 (7... fxe6 8. Bh6+) 8. Qe4+ Kd7 9. Qxb7+ Ke6 10. Re1+ Kf5 11. Qxf7+ Kg4 12. Qf3+ Kh4 13. Qh3#

⚡ Mental Glitches (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Earthquake Chess (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
3N2R1/7p/8/3K1kp1/3Pr1n1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rf8+ Nf6+ 2. Rxf6+ Kxf6 3. Kxe4

👨‍🏫 Mentalpedia, Seven Slots Part 3 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Alekhine Hunts (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
Alekhine vs Lovewell (Providence, 1923)

d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Bf4 Nge7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Ng6 7. Bd3 Nxf4 8. exf4 Re8 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Qh5 f6 1-0

🧠🧠 Minor Trio (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
NN vs Blackburne (London, 1884)

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Nxe5+ Nxe5 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qxe5 d6 8. Qxh8 Qh4 9. O-O Nf6 10. c3 Ng4 11. h3 Bxf2+ 12. Kh1 Bf5 13. Qxa8 { Find a checkmate in two moves. } *

And the answer is...
13... Qxh3+ 14. gxh3 Bxe4#

❓ Breaking 1000? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠 On the Straightaway (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
3b4/8/8/3k4/8/8/6K1/5R2 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rd1+

⚡ What Exactly Do You Need to Know? (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Polish Slip Up (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

b4 e5 2. Bb2 d5 *

And the answer is...

Bxe5

👨‍🏫 Overload, Seven Slots Part 2 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠🧠 Morphy's Mate in Two (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
kbK5/pp6/1P6/8/8/8/8/R7 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Ra6 bxa6 (1... Bh2 2. Rxa7#) 2. b7#

🧠 Theoretically (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
5k2/8/8/8/8/2P5/8/3K4 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kd2 Ke7 2. Kd3 { Find the only move that draws for Black. } *

And the answer is...
2... Kd7

❓ Useful Rage? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Szep vs Szabo (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Szep, Janos"] [Black "Szabo, Levente Jr."] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.Nbd2 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Ne5 f6 9.Nc4 f5 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.Bf4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qe8 14.Qd5+ e6 15.Qc4 Qe7 16.f3 exf3 17.exf3 f4 18.Rad1 c5 19.Bh3 Bd7 20.Rxd7 1-0

⚡ Treat Improvement Like a Game (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠 Exit Lanes (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
1R1R4/8/1r3P2/r1NK1P2/2PP1p2/5b2/6p1/4k3 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Bc6

👨‍🏫 One Key Resource, Seven Slots Part 1 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Run, Run, Run, Runaway (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/8/5k2/7K/5PP1/6nP/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kh6 Ne2 *

And the answer is...

g5+ Kf7 3. g6+ Kg8 4. f5 and it just continues to get nasty for Black from here…

🧠🧠🧠 Branching Mate (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1000

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:
7k/8/5N1P/8/2p5/2N5/8/3K3R w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

h7 Kg7 2. h8=Q+ Kg6 3. Nfd5 Kf5 4. Qf6+ Kg4 5. Qf4#

❓ Overloading in Calculations (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 Hamel vs Boettcher (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Hamel, Jochen"] [Black "Boettcher, Patrick"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Na6 9.Be2 h6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.g4 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.exf5 Ndc5 15.O-O-O Bxf5 16.Rdg1 Qf6 17.Rg3 Nb4 18.Ne1 Nxa2+ 0-1

⚡ Noticing Vacated Squares (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Which Pawn Falls? (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/8/6pK/1Rp3P1/PkP5/1r6/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Kxc3 2. Ra4 Rb5

👨‍🏫 Feeling the Position (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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Figure out which model describes you best: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/two-biases/

🧠 Sick Burn (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Burn vs NN (Dublin, 1889)

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 1-0

🧠 Stay in Your Lane (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/2R3K1/7P/8/8/1p6/k7/7r w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kh8 Kb1 2. Rb7 *

And the answer is...
2... Rxh6+ 3. Kg7 Rh3 1/2-1/2

❓ How Long Until I See Clear Pictures (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠 Danger Levels? (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 d5 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qd1 Bg7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 Nh6 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O Qf6 12. Na3 Nf5 *

And the answer is...
7... dxc4

🧠 Time Is Right (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Re1 O-O { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

🧠 The Lost Piece (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
7k/5Q2/6p1/6P1/8/8/8/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Qf7

🧠🧠🧠 Double Vision (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
1r1qr2k/p1p1b1pp/4R3/2pp4/3P4/1P3P1P/P1Q3P1/RNB4K b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nh4

🧠🧠 Dibai vs Brujin (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Dibai, Jerry"] [Black "Brujin, Homero"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Nc6 9.c3 Qc7 10.Re1 e5 11.Qc2 b6 12.Nc4 Nd7 13.Ne3 Nf6 14.Nd5 Qd6 15.Rd1 Rd8 16.Bg5 h6 17.Nxf6+ 1-0

🧠🧠🧠 Shawshank (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
2b2rk1/1pr1qpbp/p1npp1p1/8/1PP1PP2/P3BN2/3QB1PP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
Jauregui Andrade vs Fischer (Santiago, 1959)
1... Rd7 2. b5 Nd8 3. Qb4 Re8 4. Rd2 f5 5. c5 d5 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

c6 bxc6 (6... Qxb4 7. cxd7 and White wins a lot of material.) 7. Bc5 Qf6 8. e5 Qf7 9. Ng5 and the black Queen is trapped.

🧠 Bail Out (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
3R4/8/8/8/3pk3/8/3p3r/3K4 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Ra8 Ke3 2. Ra3+ d3 { How does White save a draw here? } *

And the answer is...

Rxd3+ Kxd3 Stalemate.

🧠 Double Take (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd1 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 5...Nc6 is illegal because the Knight got exchanged on the previous move.

🧠🧠 First Thing's First (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/kp6/p1p2p2/3r4/1P1b1pPR/P2R1K2/5P2/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Rh5 Be5 2. Rxd5 cxd5 3. Rxe5 fxe5 4. g5 d4 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Ke4, 5. Ke2, stopping the Black pawns before pushing their own.
g6 would be bad due to 5... d3 6. g7 e4+ 7. Kxf4 d2 8. g8=Q d1=Q and the game will probably end in a draw.

🧠 Two Step (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r5k1/5ppp/5q2/8/8/8/4QPPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qe8+ Rxe8 2. Rxe8# *

👨‍🏫 Detached Interest (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Knife and Blank (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/5k2/5p2/8/3R1K2/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
e3

🧠🧠🧠 Diem-ed a Draw (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Diemer vs Trommsdorf (Bagneux, 1973)

d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 c6 5. g4 b5 6. g5 Nfd7 7. h4 b4 8. Nb1 d5 9. e5 e6 10. h5 c5 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. Rxh7 Rxh7 14. Bxg6+ Ke7 15. Bxh7 cxd4 16. f4 Qh8 17. Qh5 Ba6 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Nh4 Nf8 20. g6 Kd7 21. Nd2 Kc7 22. Ndf3 Nd7 23. Bd2 Qf8 24. Ng5 Re8 25. Qg4 Ndxe5 26. Qh3 Nc4 27. Nxe6+ Kd7 28. f5 Nxd2 29. O-O-O Qf6 30. Nxg7 Re3 31. Nh5 Qg5 32. Qg4 b3 33. axb3 Nxb3+ 34. Kb1 Rd3 35. Qg1 Nd2+ 36. Ka1 Qd8 37. Nf6+ Kc8 38. Rxd2 Qa5+ 39. Kb1 Nb4 40. Rxd3 Qa2+ 41. Kc1 Nxd3+ 42. Kd2 Qa5+ 43. Ke2 Ne5+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kg3 Qg5+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Kg3 Qg5+ { 1/2-1/2 } *

❓ How Long Should I Train Conceptualization? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠🧠 Slipping in (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O Qf6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 g4 18. hxg4 h3 19. gxh3 Rxh3 20. f4 Qh4 21. Rf2 Nf6 22. gxf5 Ng4 23. Rff1 { Black to move. Checkmate in two moves. } *

And the answer is...
23... Rg3+ (23... Qg3+ 24. Bxg3 Rh1#) 24. Bxg3 Qh1#

⚡ Ultimate Conceptualization Muscle (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠🧠 Royals Only (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/KQ6/3q4/2k5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Qa6 Qd7+ 2. Qb7 Qd8 3. Qa6 Kd5 *

And the answer is...

Qd3+ Ke5 5. Qxd8

👨‍🏫 Seeing Something (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Looks Open, Isn't (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
2r5/1R6/6pk/1K6/1p3P2/8/3p4/7R b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
f4

🧠 Upgrades (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
b5k1/p1RP2pp/8/8/8/P7/1PP4r/1K6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1.d8=R#, 1.d8=Q#

❓ Books Without a Board (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠🧠 von Alvensleben vs Mihalko (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Von Alvensleben, Wolfram"] [Black "Mihalko, Jozsef"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 d5 6.e5 Qd7 7.O-O Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.Na3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bxa3 11.bxa3 Ne7 12.a4 Rc8 13.Ba3 Rc4 14.Rc1 Qxa4 15.Qd3 b5 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Rc3 Rxc3 18.Qxc3 Qc4 19.Qa5 Qc6 20.h4 Rc8 21.Qa3+ b4 22.Qd3 h6 23.h5 Nc7 24.g4 Qc3 25.Qe2 a6 26.Rd1 Nb5 27.Kg2 Rc4 28.Rd3 Qc1 29.Nd2 Rc3 30.Nb3 Qb1 31.Rd2 Rc4 32.f3 Nc3 33.Qe3 Nxa2 34.g5 Rc3 35.Qe2 Qxb3 36.Rxa2 hxg5 37.Rxa6 Rc2 0-1

⚡ Recognizing Subtle Changes (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Jerome's Seen Better Days (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Nxe5+ Nxe5 6. Qh5+ Kf8 7. Qxe5 Nf6 8. f3 d5 9. d4 Bb6 10. c3 Bd7 *

And the answer is...
8.Qxc5+

👨‍🏫 Seeing with Words (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

For my appearance on Chess Journeys with Dr Kevin Scull, look up episode 82 of that podcast in your favorite player or listen online here.

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🧠🧠 Nothing Good (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/5K2/4n3/4k1B1/7P/8/8 w - - 1 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Bc8 Kf4 2. h4 Nf3 3. h5 Ng5 4. Bf5 Nf3 5. h6 Ng5 { What is the best move for White? *

And the answer is...
6.Kg6, and Black is in a zugzwang.

🧠🧠🧠 Kotov's Tree (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Botvinnik vs Kotov (Groningen, 1946)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 c5 8. f3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Kf2 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. h3 Qd6 17. Rhb1 b6 18. Bf1 Re7 19. a4 Rae8 20. Re1 c4 21. g4 g5 22. Ne2 Rxe3 23. Ng3 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
23... Qxg3+ 24. Kxg3 Ne4+

❓ Mindset and Tilt (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠 The Scotch, Tape Variation (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Qe5+ Be7 7. Bc4 Ng4 8. Qxf7# 1-0

And the answer is...
The move Qxf7# is illegal as the White Queen cannot reach the f7 square.

⚡ It's Not About the Answer (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Don't Forget (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Be3 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Nf6 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Bxc5

👨‍🏫 Overloading the Mental Stack (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 The Easy and the Hidden (Find The Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

c3 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 a5 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nd2 a4 7. dxc5 Ra5 8. b4 axb3 9. axb3 Rxa1 10. Qxa1 Nc6 *

And the answer is...

Bxb8 Rxb8 8. Qa4+ and 8. Bxb8

🧠🧠🧠 D-D-D-D-Duel (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
r2qnrk1/pp4b1/2ppb2p/P2Ppp2/NPP1P1pP/R1N1B1P1/2K2PBn/3Q3R b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nh2

❓ Learn the Board (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠🧠 One Is Bad Enough (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r6k/1ppnNr1p/p4p1Q/2q2N2/2n2P2/4R3/PPP3PP/6K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Ng6+ Kg8 2. Qg7+ Rxg7 3. Nh6#

🧠🧠 Rabbling Rooks (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/2R4p/6pk/2R2b2/8/5KP1/7r/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
Goglidze vs Kasparian (Soviet Union, 1934)

g4 Rh3+ 2. Kf4 Rh4 { FInd a win for White. } *

And the answer is...

Rxf5 gxf5 4. Kxf5 and Black cannot stop mate with g5+ and Rxh7#.

🧠 Two Blues (Find The Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e3 Nf6 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Ne2 g6 6. d4 e4 7. d5 Nxd5 8. Nbc3 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 Bg7 10. Qd5 Bd7 11. Qxe4+ Qe7 12. O-O-O Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 O-O-O *

And the answer is...

Qxd5, 8. Bxh8

👨‍🏫 Leap of Faith (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Salty Horse (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

Na3 e6 2. Nb5 d5 3. Nxc7+ Qxc7 4. d3 Qd8 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Ba5 Be7 7. Bxd8 Bxd8 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qa3 Be7 10. Qb3 Nc6 *

And the answer is...
White’s move 8. Qa4+ is illegal as the c2 pawn has not moved and is blocking the Queen from moving on that diagonal.

🧠🧠 First Light Fifth Day (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 h5 9. Nxg5 h4 10. Nxf7 hxg3 11. Nxd8 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nc3 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
13... Nf3+ 14. gxf3 Bxf3

❓ Why Audio? (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠 Yeah Nah (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

f4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. d3 exd3 4. Nxd3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O g6 8. Ng5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qd7 10. Bd2 Bg7 *

And the answer is...
White’s move 4. Nxd3 is illegal as neither Knight can currently reach the d3 square.

⚡ Navigating Complex Positions (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Two Fangs to Start (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 d5 7. Ne5 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 *

And the answer is...

Nxc6 (and a clean win of a piece)

👨‍🏫 I Didn't Really See It (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠🧠 A John Wick Fight Scene (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Tartakower vs Euwe (Venice, 1948)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 Qe7 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Na3 Nd8 10. Bf1 Ne8 11. Nc4 f6 12. a4 c6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Qb3+ Ne6 15. Qxb6 g5 16. Bc4 h6 17. h4 Kh7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Rh8 21. g3 Kg6 22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. gxf4 Bh3+ 24. Kg3 exf4+ 25. Bxf4 Qd7 26. Nh2 gxf4+ 27. Kxf4 Rh4+ 28. Ke3 Bg2 29. Nf3 Rxe4+ 30. Kxe4 Nd6+ 31. Kd3 Qf5+ 32. Kd4 Qf4+ 33. Kd3 Qxc4+ 34. Kc2 Bxf3 35. b3 Be4+ 36. Kb2 Qd3 37. Rg1+ Kf7 38. Rac1 Qd2+ 39. Ka3 Nc4+ 40. bxc4 Rxa4+ 41. Kxa4 Qa2+ 42. Kb4 Qb2+ { White resigned. } *

🧠🧠🧠 Faulty Shield (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r1bq1rk1/1pp2ppp/2n1pn2/4N3/1ppP4/6P1/PP2PPBP/RN1Q1RK1 w - - 2 1

PGN for today's exercise:
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/1pp2ppp/2n1pn2/4N3/1ppP4/6P1/PP2PPBP/RN1Q1RK1 w - - 2 1"] 1. Bxc6 bxc6 2. Nxc4 Ba6 3. Ne5 Qd5 4. Qc2 Bb5 5. Rd1 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
5... Ba4 6. b3 Bxb3

❓ Slots Errors (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 My First Lichess Puzzle (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/8/1pK1pk1p/7P/1P6/6P1/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Ke4 2. Kxb5 Kd5 and Black is promoting!

⚡ Side Quests and Weird Moves (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 It's the Small Things (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
2k5/1pQ5/pP1pq3/8/8/7P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
b6

👨‍🏫 Five Sentences (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Seven Pawns on Dark Squares (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 f6 2. d4 Nc6 3. Nc3 b6 4. d5 Ne5 5. Bd2 d6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nh3 g5 9. O-O h5 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. f4 g4 12. Nf2 a5 *

And the answer is...

Qh5#

🧠🧠🧠 Just Applaud (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Kurnosov vs Dzhumaev (Tashkent, 2008)

e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qd2 a6 6. O-O-O b5 7. e5 b4 8. exf6 bxc3 9. Qxc3 e6 10. Re1 Nb6 11. d5 Na4 12. Qc6+ Bd7 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Rxe6+ fxe6 14. dxe6 Bg7 15. exd7+

❓ Ghost Pieces (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠🧠 The Great Anand (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Anand vs Kasimdzhanov (Tashkent, 2011)

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 c6 11. Be2 Ng4 12. Bd3 d5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. h3 Bxf4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qxf4 Nxf2 17. Ng5 f6 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Bg6 Nxd1 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Re1 Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 Be6 23. Rxe6 Qb6+ 24. Kc1 { Black resigned. } *

⚡ Training Diagonals (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Omnipresent Bishop (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/1p3k2/8/8/4p3/4K3/r7/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Bd5

👨‍🏫 Three Ratings (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 A New Skew (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
3q4/8/8/3k4/8/8/3p4/3K4 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rd3

🧠 Passive Defence (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bd6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. Nc4 Nxe4 9. Re1 f5 10. Qd3 b5 11. Ncxe5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O *

And the answer is...

dxe5

❓ Combating Impulsivity (Q&A)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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🧠 No Matter What They Do (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/4k3/2r5/3N4/1q6/7P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nd5

🧠 Scotch Game Error (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd6 *

And the answer is...

Qxg7

🧠 Two on Three Ain't Bad (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
1k6/1p3R2/pPp5/8/1KPr4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rf8+ Rd8 2. Rxd8# 1-0

👨‍🏫 The Infinite Game (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠🧠 ...And Eat It Too (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
rnbqk2r/ppp2ppp/4pn2/8/1bpP4/5NP1/PP1NPP1P/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Bg2 O-O 2. Qc2 b5 3. a4 c6 4. axb5 cxb5 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Ng5 h6 6. h4

🧠 Wolves at the Door (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Taylor vs NN (London, 1862)

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nc5 5. Nxe5 f6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Bf7+ Ke7 8. Nd5+ Kd6 9. Nc4+ Kc6 10. Nb4+ Kb5 11. a4+ Kxb4 12. c3+ Kb3 13. Qd1# *

🧠🧠 Hall's Hope (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
n2R4/k1nK4/1p6/1P6/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rxa8+ Nxa8 (1... Kxa8 2. Kxc7 Ka7 3. Kc6 Ka8 4. Kxb6) 2. Kc8 Nc7 3. Kxc7 Ka8 4. Kxb6

From the book "Endgame Challenge" by John Hall.

🧠🧠🧠 Call an Ambulance (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r1bq1rk1/pppp1ppp/3n4/3P4/5Q2/2P2N2/P4PPP/R1B2RK1 b - - 2 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Re8 2. Ba3 Re4 3. Qd2 Nc4 4. Qd3 f5 5. Bc1 d6 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. Qh3 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
7... h6 8. Nxe4 (8. Nf3 f4 { and the Queen is trapped. }) 8... f4 { and the White Queen is trapped. } *

👨‍🏫 The Discipline to Start (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠🧠 Roux the Day (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
Molinari vs Roux Cabral (Montevideo, 1943)

d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O c5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 Rc8 15. Nbd2 cxd4 16. Nc4 Qa7 17. Nxd4 O-O 18. Bd2 a5 19. Nb5 Qa8 20. Nbd6 Bxg2 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Re1 Bf3 23. Qf1 Qd5 24. e4 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Qh5 26. Bf4 Ng4 27. Be2 Nde5 28. h3 Bc5 29. Bg3 Nxf2 30. Bxf2 Qg5+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Bg3 Bg1+ 33. Qxg1 Ng4+ { White resigned. } *

🧠 Knight Cuddle (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Ne2 Qb6 { White resigns. } *

🧠🧠 Bull in a China Shop (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 a6 8. h4 d4 9. h5 dxc3 10. hxg6 cxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 f6 { What is the best continuation for White? } *

And the answer is...

Rxh7 (13. Nf7)

🧠🧠 Down Low Too Slow (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r4qk1/4Rp2/5Pp1/6Qp/7P/6P1/7K/8 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
[FEN "r4qk1/4Rp2/5Pp1/6Qp/7P/6P1/7K/8 b - - 0 1"] 1... Ra2+ 2. Kg1 Qb8 3. Re1 Qb2 { Find a win for White. } *

And the answer is...

Re8+ Kh7 5.Qh6+ Kxh6 6. Rh8#

👨‍🏫 Art vs Science (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠🧠 Selfie (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
1k6/8/p5p1/6p1/6P1/5P1P/6PK/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

f4 Kc7 2. fxg5 a5 3. Kg3 a4 4. Kh4 a3 5. g3 a2 Stalemate.

🧠🧠🧠 Pitchfork (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. a3 Rfd8 14. Nb5 Qa4 15. c4 Bxc4 16. Nc3 Qb3 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd5 Qh4 21. Qe2 Bf8 22. Qf1 Rac8 23. g3 Qg5 24. h4 Qh6 25. g4 g5 26. hxg5 Qxg5 27. Rh5 Qg6 28. g5 h6 29. Rxh6 Qxg5 30. Rh5 { Black resigned. } *

🧠🧠 Cradle to the Grave (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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:
2r5/1R1p4/1p2k2p/4n1n1/5K2/P7/6PP/3R4 b - - 1 1

PGN for today's exercise:
{ Madhavvora9 vs tihanaivekovic223 (chess.com, 2024) }
1... Rc4+ 2. Ke3 Rc3+ 3. Kd4 Rb3 4. a4 d5 5. Re1 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
5... Rd3#

🧠 Reckless Abandon (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Bf4 cxd4 5. Bxb8 dxc3 6. Be5 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
6... cxb2 7. Bxb2 Bb4+

👨‍🏫 The Unfull Cup (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Oof! (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
{ Hamlisch vs NN (Vienna, 1902) }

e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Bc4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Kf6 7. Qf3# *

🧠 Master Mieses (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
{ Mieses vs Chigorin (Ostend, 1906) }

e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Qg4 Qf6 5. Nd5 Qxf2+ 6. Kd1 Kf8 7. Nh3 Qd4 8. d3 d6 9. Qh4 Bxh3 10. Qxh3 Na5 11. Rf1 Nxc4 12. Qd7 f6 13. Nxf6 Qf2 14. Rxf2 Bxf2 15. Nh5 { Black resigned. } *

🧠 Hook, Line, Sinker (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/5kp1/5p2/7p/5K2/7R/8/8 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... h4 2. Rxh4 { What is the best move for Black? }

And the answer is...
2...g5+

🧠🧠🧠 First Past the Post (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
2r2rk1/p4pbp/3qb3/3p2PQ/N3ppB1/1P2P3/P4P1P/2RR2K1 b - - 2 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Rxc1 2. Rxc1 d4 3. exd4 Bxd4 4. Rd1 f3 5. Bxe6 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
5... Bxf2+

👨‍🏫 One Little Cheer (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 The King that Would Be Superman (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
[FEN "5n2/8/PpB5/2k2KP1/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"]

And the answer is...
1... Kxc6 2. a7 Kb7 3. a8=R Kxa8 4. g6 Nxg6 5. Kxg6 *

🧠 Kasparov vs West (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bf8 9. Bd3 d6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Nxe6 Qb6 12. Nc7+ 1-0

🧠🧠 Deal With This! (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
2r3k1/1p1q1ppp/pn6/3p4/8/1P6/PBP2PPP/3QR1K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qd4 f6 2. Qxb6 *

🧠🧠 The Best Defensive Moves (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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/K1k5/2b5/1BPp2p1/p7/P5P1/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Ka6 d4 2. Bd3 *

👨‍🏫 Fluid Board (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Adow vs Borissow (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 Nf6 5.Qb3 Nd4 6.Qc3 d5 7.Bxd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Bf5 9.d3 Bb4 0-1

🧠🧠🧠 Gromack vs Khafizova (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.c4 Bc5 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Bg5 e4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rad1 O-O 14.b4 Bb6 15.Qb3 e3 16.cxd5 exf2+ 17.Kh1 cxd5 18.Nxd5 Be6 19.Qf3 f5 20.Nxb6 Qxb6 21.Qxf2 Qxb4 22.Bxa8 Rxa8 23.Rd4 Qa5 24.Rfd1 Rc8 25.Qe3 Kh8 26.Qg5 Re8 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.Rd8 Bd5+ 29.R8xd5 1-0

🧠 A Very Satisfying Mate (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Bc4 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bc5 6. g3 fxg3 7. Nf3 g2+ 8. Kxg2 Qf2+ 9. Kh3*

And the answer is...
9...d5#

🧠🧠 Polyansky vs Sobina (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Qd2 h6 7.Be3 c6 8.O-O-O b5 9.e5 b4 10.exf6 bxc3 11.Qxc3 Bxf6 12.Qxc6 Rb8 13.Bg4 h5 14.Bxd7+ Bxd7 15.Qa6 O-O 16.Ne2 Bb5 0-1

👨‍🏫 Bit by Bit, Seeing the Future Part 5 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 King and Pawn and Pawn and Pawn and... (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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/p4pp1/2k4p/2Pp4/8/4KP2/P5PP/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1.Kd4

🧠 This Rook (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
6k1/8/6P1/8/8/2K4R/r4P2/8 b - - 0 53

And the answer is...
53... Ra3+ 54. Kc2 Rxh3 *

🧠 Jose Copies Santa (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 Nxe4 6. d5 Ne7 7. Nxe5 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. d6 Nxd6 10. Qxd6 1-0

🧠🧠 Fendrich vs Madebrink (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Fendrich, David"] [Black "Madebrink, Lars"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.Na3 a6 5.c4 bxc4 6.Nxc4 c5 7.Nce5 d6 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9.Qb3+ d5 10.Ne5+ Ke6 11.Qxb7 Kxe5 12.Qxa8 Kd6 13.d4 cxd4 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Rc1 Nc6 16.Bh3 g5 17.Rxc6+ Qxc6 18.Bb4+ Kc7 19.Ba5+ Kd6 20.Qb8+ 1-0

🧠 A Wizard Is Never Late (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Qxd5 *

And the answer is...
7...Bxf2+

🧠🧠🧠 Complex Mate (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/1Q1K3n/1B6/1k6/8/8/1P6/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qc6+ Kb4 2. Qc3+ Kb5 3. Qc5+ Ka6 4. Qa5+ Kb7 5. Qa7#

🧠🧠🧠 All Sixes and Sevens (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
2r5/p2bq1kp/1r1pppp1/2n1n3/4PN1P/1PQ2NP1/P4PB1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
[FEN "2r5/p2bq1kp/1r1pppp1/2n1n3/4PN1P/1PQ2NP1/P4PB1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1"] 1. Nxe5 dxe5 2. Ne2 Nxe4 3. Qa5 Nc5 4. Nc3 Rd6 5. Qxa7 *

And the answer is...
5... Ra6 6. Rxd7 Rxa7 7. Rxe7 Rxe7 *

🧠 Sniper Didn't Help (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r6r/1b1p2k1/pp3R1p/8/4Q3/8/P5PP/6K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1.Qg6#

🧠 Frankenstein and Dracula (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 *

And the answer is...
4...d5

🧠 3+3 (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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/ppp5/8/PPP5/8/7k/8/7K w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

b6 axb6 (1... cxb6 2. a6 bxa6 3. c6) 2. c6 bxc6 3. a6 *

🧠 Nameless Scorecard (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Na5 7. fxe5 dxe5 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Nxe5+

🧠 Push You Around (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r7/4k3/8/4K2R/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rh7+ Kd8 2. Rh8+ *

🧠🧠🧠 Head Spinner (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r2q1rk1/pp2ppbp/1np2np1/2Q3B1/3PP1b1/2N2N2/PP3PPP/3RKB1R b K - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Na4 2. Nxa4 Nxe4 *

🧠 You Must Know (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
k7/P7/1P6/1K6/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Kc5 Kb7 2. a8=Q+ Kxa8 3. Kc6 Kb8 4. b7 Ka7 5. Kc7 *

🧠🧠🧠 One, Two, Follow Through (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
r1b2r1k/ppp3pp/3b4/4Npq1/2B5/8/PPP2PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qxd6 (1. Nf7+ Rxf7 2. Bxf7 works as well, but is not as strong as the game move.) 1... cxd6 2. Nf7+ Rxf7 3. Re8+ *

🧠 Step Off (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/8/3k4/2r5/3K2R1/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1.Rg5+

🧠 Ivor the Engine Driver (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. a3 d6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. g3 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
6... Nxf2 7. Kxf2 Bxg3+

🧠🧠🧠 Vulnerable (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
1r1r3k/2nbbppp/1p1pp3/p7/1nPNPP2/1P2Q1P1/4N1BP/R6K b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... e5 2. Nf5 Bxf5 3. exf5 Nc2 *

🧠 Blom's Da Bomb (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Bg5 O-O { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Nf6+ gxf6 8. Bxf6 Qd7 9. Bxh7+ *

🧠🧠 Tie with Tarrasch (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/6pp/5p2/3k1PP1/5K1P/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Kg4 Ke5 2. g6 h6 3. Kh5 Kxf5 { Stalemate. } *

🧠 Half Fianchetto (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nd7 3. Nf3 g6 4. Ng5 Ngf6 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Bxf7#

🧠🧠 Outpost Lost (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
7k/8/8/8/6p1/8/4K2n/R7 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rh1 g3 2. Ke3 Kg7 3. Kf4 g2 4. Rg1 Nf1 5. Rxg2+ Kf6 6. Rf2 *

🧠 Crispy Technique (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
6k1/5R2/6K1/2b5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rc7 Bf8 2. Rc8 *

🧠🧠 Machiavellian (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/3b4/pkp5/1p6/P2qp2B/8/7Q/7K w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Bf2 e3 2. Bxe3 Qxe3 3. Qf2 Qxf2 4. a5+ Kxa5 { Stalemate. } *

👨‍🏫 Second-Order Effects, Seeing the Future Part 4 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 One Step (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
6kn/R7/8/6K1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1.Kf6 Nf7, 2.Rxf7

🧠🧠🧠 He Shoots, He Scores (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Qe1 O-O 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qh4 Bd7 15. Rf3 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Kh8 17. Rg1 Qd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxg7 Rg8 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. f6 Qb6 24. Nc5 Qxc5 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8# *

🧠🧠🧠 Tal Order (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. g4 h6 12. h4 a6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. gxf6 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Qxd2 18. fxg7 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 *

🧠 I Dare You (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
7R/2k4P/8/8/7r/8/8/1K6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1.Ra8 Rxh7, 2.Ra7+

👨‍🏫 Simplifications, Seeing the Future Part 3 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

This episode includes a short exercise collection to practice the concepts discussed. You can find the exercises on the website: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/simplifications

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🧠 Sole Knight (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Ne2 Nf6 4. Nbc3 Nb4 5. g3 Nd3# *

🧠 Wide Open (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
6k1/p4ppp/1p6/8/2b5/1q3N2/5PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rd8#

⚡ Ghost Pieces (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠🧠 Chomp Chomp (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7+ { What is the best move for Black? }

And the answer is...
8... Nxd7

🧠 14Me14U (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Bf5 { What is the best move for White? }

And the answer is...

Qe2 1-0

🧠🧠 Crowded London Streets (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. a3 c5 5. c4 Ne4 6. Bd3 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. O-O Nxd2 9. Bxd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qb6 11. Bc3 Be7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. b4 Qh5 15. b5 Nd8 *

And the answer is...

Bxa5

⚡ Using Logic Instead of Visualizing (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 That Old Chestnut (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 { What is the best move for Black? }

And the answer is...
5... Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Ng4+ 7. Ke1 Qxg5 0-1

👨‍🏫 Position In Front Of Us (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Wide Open (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
6k1/p4ppp/1p6/8/2b5/1q3N2/5PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rd8#

🧠 Got 'Im (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/3r1b2/5k2/8/3q4/2K1n3/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Kc3

⚡ Distractions and Blunders (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 The Long Walk (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Ke2 Qf6 3. Kd3 Bc5 4. Kc4 Nc6 5. Kd5 Nge7+ 6. Kxc5 b6+ 7. Kb4 a5+ 8. Kc3 Nd5+ 9. exd5 O-O *

And the answer is...
White’s move 7. Kb4 is illegal because the Black knight on c6 guards the b4 square and the King cannot be moved into check.

👨‍🏫 Seeking Clarity, Seeing the Future Part 1 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 What Next? (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/3K4/4P3/2P5/8/1P2rk2/3R2q1 w - - 0 75

And the answer is...
Rxg1

🧠 Find the Blunder (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd8 Kxd8 8. Qb3 Bb4+ 9. Kd1 N7f6 10. e4 Re8 *

And the answer is...
7... Bb4+ 8. Qd2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Kxd8

⚡ How to Win in a Blindfold Simul (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 No Matter What They Do (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/4k3/2r5/3N4/1q6/7P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nd5

👨‍🏫 "Weird" Moves (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 English Overconfidence (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 e4 5. d4 Bf8 6. Bf4 exf3 7. Nxc7+ Qxc7 8. Bxc7 *

And the answer is...
8...Bb4+ 9. Qd2 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2

🧠 The Getaway Plan (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

b3 a5 2. Ba3 a4 3. Bxe7 Kxe7 4. c4 Ke8 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 axb3 10. Qxb3 b6 *

And the answer is...
7...0-0

⚡ Types of Mistakes (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠 Wait For It... (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
[FEN "8/8/7p/pp2pKp1/3kP3/1P4P1/P6P/8 w - - 0 49"]

And the answer is:

g4 b4 50. h3 Kc3 51. Kxe5

👨‍🏫 "Obvious" Moves (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Seven Pawns on Dark Squares (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 f6 2. d4 Nc6 3. Nc3 b6 4. d5 Ne5 5. Bd2 d6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nh3 g5 9. O-O h5 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. f4 g4 12. Nf2 a5 *

And the answer is...

Qh5#

🧠🧠🧠 No Other Option (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
1q5k/4R3/8/8/1p6/1B6/5R2/1K6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Ra2 Qc8 2. Rh2+ Qh3 3. Rxh3# 1-0

⚡ Remembering Your Chess Games (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Last Hope Gone (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
k7/7N/8/8/4Q3/1P4B1/2r2PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Qe4

👨‍🏫 Freewheelin', Intuition Part 5 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Two Fangs to Start (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 d5 7. Ne5 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 *

And the answer is...

Nxc6

🧠🧠 Noah's Ark Trap (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 c5 9. Qd5 Be6 10. Qc6+ Bd7 11. Qd5 *

And the answer is...
11...c4

⚡ Dreaming in Chess (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Why Teams Have Jerseys (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. g3 Nc6 *

And the answer is...
5...Nxd5

👨‍🏫 Better Suggestions, Intuition Part 4 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Here With All My Friends (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
3qkb2/3npp2/3N1n2/8/8/8/4Q3/4K3 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nd6

🧠🧠🧠 But the Knight'll Get Me (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
N5Q1/nk1P4/8/8/4K3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

d8=Q Nc8 2. Qxc8+ Ka7 3. Qf7# 1-0

⚡ Four Pillars of Learning (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠 Wait For It... (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
[FEN "8/8/7p/pp2pKp1/3kP3/1P4P1/P6P/8 w - - 0 49"]

And the answer is...

g4 b4 50. h3 Kc3 51. Kxe5 *

🧠 Computers Won't Let You Do It (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bf5 7. Nc3 h6 8. Qe2 Bxc2 9. Qe5+ *

And the answer is...
6...Bf5

👨‍🏫 Possibility Space, Intuition Part 3 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Svidler Dismantles the Bird (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. e4 Qh4+ 5. g3 Bxg3+ 6. hxg3 Qxg3+ 7. Ke2 Bg4+ *

And the answer is...
7...Bg4+

🧠🧠🧠 Tal Toys With His Victims (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Sviridov"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. g4 h6 12. h4 a6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. gxf6 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Qxd2 *

And the answer is...
18...fxg7

⚡ Everest Exercises (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Naughty Naughty (Illegal Move Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 d5 2. exd5 e6 3. dxe6 Bxe6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Ng5 Bd7 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. Qxe7 Bxe7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. d3 Nd4 *

And the answer is...
6...Bd7

👨‍🏫 Resistance, Intuition Part Two (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 The Lasker Trap (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxe3 6. Bxb4 exf2+ 7. Ke2 (7. Kxf2 Qxd1) 7... fxg1=N+ 8. Ke1 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qe4+ 10. Kf2 Qxh1 *

And the answer is...

exf2

🧠🧠 Kings, Kings Everywhere (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
6B1/k7/1k4k1/2k2k2/3kk3/3kk3/2k2k2/1k4k1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Bg8

⚡ Goals Are Made of Water (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 A Gentleman and a... (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c5 2. Bc4 a6 3. Qh5 Nf6 4. Qxc5 Nc6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 b4 *

And the answer is...

Qxf7#, 4. Bxf7#

👨‍🏫 Your Enthusiastic Friend, Intuition Part One (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 I Got You In My Sights (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
[FEN "8/4kp2/1p2r3/5K2/P7/8/8/5Q2 b - - 36 68"]

And the answer is...
68... Rf6+ 69. Ke4 Rxf1 *

🧠 Coast is Clear? (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/8/8/8/3B4/1pK5/k7/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... b2 2. Kc4 b1=Q

⚡ Trusting Your Brain (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠 Smooth Criminal (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Josef Emil Krejcik"]
[Black "A Gottlieb"]

e4 Nf6 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nc3 Nxe4 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Nxe4 e5 6. Qf3+ Kg8 *

And the answer is...

Ng5 1-0

👨‍🏫 Objects and Spaces, Finding Your Model Part 3 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

Parts 4 and 5 of this series are too complicated to work well in the podcast format. They take you step by step through a process to find your own conceptualization model, and are well worth your time. You can read those parts here.

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🧠 No Escape (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
k6r/8/K2BB3/8/8/8/7p/1R6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Bd5# 1-0

🧠🧠🧠 Lonely Queen (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
r1bq1rk1/pp3ppp/5b2/3Q4/8/2N1P3/PP3PPP/R3K1NR b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Bxc3+ 2. bxc3 Qxd5 *

⚡ Short and Long Term Benefits (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠 Oh, What a Lovely Wooden Horse (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "E W Jaggs"]

e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Ne7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nbc6 *

And the answer is...

Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Ng5 1-0

👨‍🏫 Pictures and Voices, Finding Your Model Part 2 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠🧠 Master of the Stafford (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Be2 h5 7. O-O Ng4 8. h3 Qd6 9. g3 *

And the answer is...
Qxg3+

🧠 Do What Du Mont Do (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. g3 Qg5 5. Nf3 *

And the answer is...
Qxg3+, Bxg3+

⚡ Chess Memory vs General Memory (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 7th Heaven (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
5r1k/4R1qp/8/4Q3/1p6/1P4P1/6KP/2q5 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Qxg7#

👨‍🏫 The Two Biases, Finding Your Model Part 1 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠🧠🧠 Roadblocks (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
2Q5/7p/2Nk2pP/1p3pP1/pPp1pP2/P2pP3/3P4/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nc3

🧠🧠 The Watchful Queen (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/4k3/4qk2/6k1/8/2k5/1k3k2/3N4 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nd1

⚡ Emotional Cascade (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 No Old Bread (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
7k/6p1/6P1/4KP2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Ke6 Kg8 2. Ke7 Kh8 { Find the best move for White. } *

And the answer is...

f6 gxf6 4. Kf7

👨‍🏫 Two Biases, Finding Your Model Part 1 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Hard Bit's Done (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
k2N4/2K5/8/8/8/3B4/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Ba6 Ka7 2. Bc8 Ka8 { White to move. Find a checkmate in two moves. } *

And the answer is...

Bb7+ Ka7 4. Nc6#

🧠 King Shield (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/6k1/6r1/3PK3/5R2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

d6 Rg3 2. Rf6 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
2... Re3+ 3. Kf5 Rf3+

⚡ Wary of Principles

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Harvey Dent (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/1n6/k7/P7/8/4P3/K7/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nc4

👨‍🏫 A Yellow Briefcase (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Noble Choice (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
7k/7p/5P1p/2b5/8/8/8/4B2K w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Bd2 Bf8 2. f7 Bg7 { Can you find a checkmate in two moves for White? } *

And the answer is...

Bc3 Bxc3 (3... h5 4. f8=Q#) (3... Bf6 4. Bxf6# (4. f8=Q#)) 4. f8=Q#

🧠 Pass the Passers (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
4k3/4Pp2/5K2/8/p7/1p6/8/1B6 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... a3 2. Bd3 a2 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Bb5#

⚡ Stick with Your Openings (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Like Sardines (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/k7/r7/8/PP6/KBB5 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nb3

👨‍🏫 The Labeling Method (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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This episode includes a puzzle to test your skills with branching calculations. Find it at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/the-labeling-method/

🧠 Barn Burner (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/8/4k3/3Nr3/1KB5/8/8/8 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Rg5 2. Kc5 Rg2 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Ne3+ (3. Nf4+)

🧠 Stick Like Glue (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/8/6p1/8/4K1n1/6k1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rg3

⚡ Learning as an Adult (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Howl's Invisible Castle (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
6k1/5p2/4rBp1/5n2/8/8/5P2/6K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rh8

👨‍🏫 Everything Evolves, Laws of Adult Improvement Part 7 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Takeback? (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
3q3k/6pp/8/8/8/8/6PP/5R1K b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Qe8 2. Rd1 Qe2 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Rd8+

🧠 Lieutenants (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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.

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:
6k1/8/6KB/7N/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Kh8 2. Bg7+ Kg8 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Nf6#

⚡ Label Things (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Inching (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/6R1/8/8/7k/4q3/7K/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kh1 Qe4+ 2. Rg2 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
2... Kh3

👨‍🏫 Know Your "Why", Laws of Adult Improvement Part 6 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Stale End (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
7k/3p4/2pP1K2/2P5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rg7

🧠 Nana's Embrace (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
5r1k/6pp/4Q2N/8/8/8/8/7K w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Qg8+ Rxg8 { What is the best move for White? } *

And the answer is...

Nf7#

⚡ Find a Master's Model (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Missing Preacher (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
5k2/r4p2/6p1/6P1/8/1P6/PK6/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Bc5

👨‍🏫 Train Your Brain, Laws of Adult Improvement Part Five (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Heartbreaker (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
q7/5k2/6p1/8/8/7P/8/5KB1 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Qh8 2. Kg2 Kf6 { What is the best move for White? }

And the answer is...

Bd4+

🧠🧠 In Passing (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
4r1k1/p4p1p/1p4p1/2p1n3/2P1pN2/1P2P3/P5PP/5R1K b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
d4 and White's last move was d2-d4

⚡ Review Before Bed (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠 Gentle Shoulder Charge (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/3p4/3pb2b/k4p2/3P4/3B2P1/4P1N1/1K6 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Nf4 Bxf4 2. gxf4 Kb4 3. Kc1 Bc4 4. Bxc4 Kxc4 *

What is the best move for White?

Adapted from the book "Chess: Endgames" by Laszlo Polgar.

And the answer is...

e4 fxe4 6. f5 Kd5 7. Kd2 Kxd4 8. f6 *

👨‍🏫 Quality Over Quantity, Laws of Adult Improvement Part Four (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Trouble Doubled (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
2r5/kp6/p1r5/8/8/4B3/5K2/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nb5

🧠🧠 Rocinante (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/p6p/5N2/8/8/k7/2K5/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
[FEN "8/p6p/5N2/8/8/k7/2K5/8 w - - 0 2"]
[SetUp "1"]

Nxh7 Ka2 2. Ng5 a5 3. Nf3 a4 4. Nh4 a3 { Find a checkmate in five moves for White. }

Adapted from the book "100 Endgames You Must Know (Workbook)" by Jesus de la Villa.

And the answer is...

Nf3 Ka1 6. Nd4 Ka2 7. Ne2 Ka1 8. Nc1 a2 9. Nb3#

⚡ Blindfold Concentration (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠 Find Cover (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
5rk1/qbb1Qp1p/8/5p2/8/1P1B4/PBP5/1K6 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rg5

👨‍🏫 Embrace Your Experience, Laws of Adult Improvement Part Three (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Once Upon a Rook (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
1k6/7R/1P6/1K6/8/8/8/2r5 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
[FEN "1k6/7R/1P6/1K6/8/8/8/2r5 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1... Rb1+ 2. Ka6 Rb2

What is the best move for White?

And the answer is...

Rh8#

🧠🧠 Hands Are Tied (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 31 May 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
5rk1/4q1b1/4pp2/3p4/8/8/PPP4R/1K5R w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Qg6

⚡Analyzing Your Games (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 30 May 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠 Goal Line Miracle (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 29 May 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
8/4p3/8/7k/4K1p1/8/2N5/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Nb4 Kh4 2. Nc6 g3 3. Nxe7 g2

And the answer is...

Ng6+ Kg3 5. Nf4 g1=Q 6. Ne2+ *

👨‍🏫 Start Where You Are, Laws of Adult Improvement Part Two (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 28 May 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Fork You All (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 27 May 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
1kr5/1p6/8/3Q4/8/8/6K1/5R2 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Ne3

🧠🧠 Just Can't Wait (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 24 May 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
2n5/2r2k1r/p1P3p1/1pBR1pP1/5P2/P1R1K3/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Re5 Ne7 2. Bxe7 Rxe7 3. Rxe7+ Kxe7 4. c7

And the answer is...
4... Rh3+ 5. Kd4 Rxc3 6. Kxc3 Kd7 *

⚡ Pretend It’s a New Position (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 23 May 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠 Harbor (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 22 May 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
r6k/5p2/3pn1p1/2pN4/1pn1P3/5P2/2P3PP/5R1K w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Bf6

👨‍🏫 Masters vs Us, Laws of Adult Improvement Part One (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 21 May 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Pass the Passers (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 20 May 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:
4k3/4Pp2/5K2/8/p7/1p6/8/1B6 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

1... a3 2. Bd3 a2 *

And the answer is...

Bb5#

⚡Freezing, Forgetting, Freewheeling (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠 The Most Kings (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
3k4/8/1k1k4/2k3k1/8/2k2kk1/5k2/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
A white knight on e4 would check the most kings.

🧠🧠 Ill Advised (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Re1 Rfe8

And the answer is...

e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 { 1-0 White wins. }

⚡Becoming More Visual? (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠🧠 Caro Carry (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Bc2 Be6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Qg6 15. N2f3 *

And the answer is...
Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Qxc2 { 0-1 Black wins. }

⚡Two Systems of Thought (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠🧠 Vector Defector (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[Event "Consultation game"]
[Site "Franklin CC, Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Date "1925.12.13"]
[White "S T Sharp / E S Jackson / J Levin"]
[Black "Geza Maroczy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation"]

Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 Nc5 10. Rfe1 Nce4 11. Nd4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5

And the answer is...

Nc6 1-0

🧠🧠 Selective Ignorance (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
[Event "Postal"]
[Site "Postal"]
[Date "1853.??.??"]
[White "J Sutton"]
[Black "W Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line"]

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. Qa4 Bxf3 *

And the answer is...

Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Ke7 { Black resigns shortly afterward. }

⚡Train Your Focus (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠🧠🧠 Special Ops (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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:

2k2b2/Rb1r2r1/3p1p1p/QNp3p1/1n6/1P6/1B5P/6K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Ra8+ Bxa8 2. Qxa8#

⚡Under and Overestimate Them (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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

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🧠 Stiff Upper Lip (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

[Date "1926.??.??"]
[White "Kaprinay"]
[Black "H Hubner"]

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. cxd5 Nd4 7. e3 Nf5 *

And the answer is...

🧠🧠 Surprise Van't (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e3 e6 2. Be2 Be7 3. d3 d6 4. c3 c6 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 e5 7. Qc2 d5 8. Nd2 d4

And the answer is...

cxd4 exd4 10. Bxd4 {and White's up a pawn} *

⚡Don't Ignore Dumb Moves (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Victory in Escape (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +1100

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:
8/3b1k1K/RB6/8/3r3P/8/8/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Rxh4# { 0-1 Black wins by checkmate. }

👨‍🏫 Preventing Mistakes (Seven Slots, Part 6)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠 Scorched Earth (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/3Q4/1p4pk/p5r1/P7/1P1Pq1N1/8/7K w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qh3+ Rh5 2. Qxh5+ Kg7 (2... gxh5 3. Nf5+ Kg5 4. Nxe3) 3. Qh3 *

🧠 Piercing Damage (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
1R6/8/P1k5/8/1KP5/8/8/6r1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Rb1+ 2. Kc3 Rxb8 *

⚡Side Quests (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠🧠 Enclosed (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
1q6/8/5b2/8/1n4p1/2p1Bk1p/5P2/5K1Q b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
White has a Queen on h1.

The lost piece must be a Queen in this puzzle. While a bishop could control the same squares, there is no legal way this position could be reached for a bishop. The bishop would have been on this same diagonal for Black’s last move, meaning Black would have had to play something illegal to reach this position.

A Queen however could move to h1 from h2 or g1 to deliver checkmate.

👨‍🏫 Emotional Cascade (Seven Slots, Part 5)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Jolly Jowett (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3+ Kg8 *

And the answer is...

Ng5 { a stunning quiet move, and there's nothing good left for Black! }

⚡Create a "Chess Zone" (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠🧠 Missed Opportunities (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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:
7k/8/3p3P/p1p3N1/8/4BK2/r5P1/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Ne4 Ra3 2. Nxd6 Rc3 3. Nf7+ Kh7 4. Ne5 *

And the answer is...

4... a4 { White has wasted their chances, and now there's no way to stop the a-pawn! }

👨‍🏫 Space to Think, Seven Slots Part 4 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠 Right Where I Want You (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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:
8/7k/Q5p1/p4q1p/8/6PK/7P/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kg2 Qc2+ 2. Kf3 Qc7 3. g4 Qg7 4. gxh5 Qf7+ 5. Kg4 gxh5+ 6. Kg5 Qg7+ 7. Kxh5 Qf7+ 8. Kg4 *

And the answer is...

8... Qg6+ 9. Qxg6+ Kxg6 10. Kf3 a4 *

🧠 Gobbled Up (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nxe5 dxe4 4. Bc4 Qg5 5. Nxf7 Qxg2 6. Qh5 Qxh1+ 7. Ke2 Qxc1 8. Nc3 Qxa1 *

And the answer is...

Nd6+ Kd7 10. Qe8+ Kxd6 11. Nxe4# 1-0

⚡Perfect Conceptualization ≠ Perfect Chess (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠🧠🧠 Wiles (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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:

5K2/5P2/3krp2/R7/3p1pQ1/8/2R1PN2/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

e4 fxe3 (1... dxe3 2. Qd1#) (1... d3 2. Rd5#) (1... f5 2. Rd5#) (1... Re5 2. Ra6#) 2. Qxd4# *

👨‍🏫 Mentalpedia, Seven Slots Part 3 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

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🧠 Geake’s Shriek (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Qxb7 Qc6

And the answer is...

Bb5 { Pinning the queen to the Black king. In the game, Black resigned here. }

🧠 Pure Ponziani (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Qe7 5. Qe2 Ng8 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5 f6 9. exf6 Qxe2 *

And the answer is...

f7# 1-0

⚡Open or Closed Eyes (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠🧠 Looks Ok Until... (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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:
6k1/pB3ppp/6n1/8/8/6PP/qP3P2/3Q2K1 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Qd4 Qb3 2. Bd5 Qb8 3. Bc4 Ne5 4. Bd5 Qd6 5. Qe4 g6

And the answer is...

f4 { and the game may continue with } Qb6+ (6... Nd7 7. Qe8+ Qf8 (7... Nf8 8. Qxf7+ Kh8 9. Qg8#) 8. Qxd7) 7. Kh1 Qxb2 8. Qxe5

Whatever happens, White is coming out with a major advantage!

🧠 Eastwood Beastwood (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 Nf6 6. dxc5 *

And the answer is...

Qb4+ { forking the king and bishop }

🧠 Scotch and Falkbeer (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. c3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 Bg4 7. O-O Ne5

And the answer is...

Nxe5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Nd5# 1-0

⚡Pay Attention to Your Mistakes (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠🧠🧠 Check and Counter-Check (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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/NR1N4/pB6/rb6/rk2BK1R w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Kg2 Bc1+ (1... Bc3+ 2. Bd2#) (1... Bxd4+ 2. Bf2#) 2. Bc2# *

🧠 Greco the Ruthless (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nf3 Qg4

And the answer is...

Bxf7+ Kxf7 (7... Kf8 8. h3 Qg3 9. Nc3) 8. Ne5+ Kf8 9. Nxg4 1-0

🧠🧠 Clustered (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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:
3r4/8/8/5k2/P6R/4p3/2KbB3/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Rh5+ Kf4 2. Rh4+ Kg3 3. Rg4+ Kf2 4. Bd1 Rc8+ 5. Kd3 Rc1 6. Be2 *

And the answer is...

Rc3+ 7. Ke4 Kxe2 *

⚡How Much Should You Train Conceptualization? (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠 Greco Piano (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:
[Event "Miscellaneous Game"]
[Date "1620.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gioachino Greco"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation"]

e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Ng5 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. h4 hxg5 8. hxg5 Nh7

And the answer is...

⚡Conceptualizing or Memorizing? (Quick Lesson)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +1100

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

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🧠🧠 Playing Chasey (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +1100

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:
8/5qk1/4p1p1/4P1Qp/3p4/8/5p2/5K2 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Qd8 Qf4 2. Qe7+ Kh6 3. Qe8 Kg5 4. Qe7+ Kg4 5. Qxe6+ Kg3 6. Qxg6+ Kf3 7. Qxh5+ Ke3

And the answer is...

Qe2# *

🧠🧠🧠 Wall Up the Rook (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +1100

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:
8/5p2/2K2p2/p3kp2/Rp2p3/4R2B/8/4Q3 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rb3 e3 (1... f4 2. Qa1#) (1... Kd4 2. Qc3#) (1... Kf4 2. Qg3#) 2. Qxe3# *

🧠🧠🧠 Too Much Horse Play (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +1100

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:
8/1PP1kPPP/1nKNNn2/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

f8=N Nbd5 (1... Nbd7 2. c8=N#) 2. c8=N# *

👨‍🏫 Overload, "Seven Slots" Part 2 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠🧠 Ladies First (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/3p1n2/1p6/2k5/1N1N1Q2/1K6/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Qe2 b4 2. Nf4# *

🧠 John Bartholomew's "Worst Move" (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +1100

Today's exercise was designed and performed by IM John Bartholomew. Follow John on Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch for some of the best instructional content available.

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 *

And the answer is...

Ke2 Qe4# 0-1

🧠 John Bartholomew's "Scandi-lous" (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +1100

Today's exercise was designed and performed by IM John Bartholomew. Follow John on Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch for some of the best instructional content available.

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*PGN for today's exercise:

e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 *

And the answer is...

Bxf7+! (6. Ne5! Be6) 6... Kxf7 7. Ne5+ Ke8 8. Nxg4 *

👨‍🏫 One Key Resource, "Seven Slots" Part 1 (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 John Bartholomew's "Like Finding $20" (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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!

This exercise was guest designed and performed by IM John Bartholomew.
Follow John on Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch.

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/1p1p4/3Pp1N1/2P1K3/1P6/5k2/q7 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Qb1#

See John's reaction when he found the answer live here: https://twitter.com/fins0905/status/1699165908520866268

🧠🧠 Alternative Opera (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Qxb7 Qb4+ 9. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxe4

And the answer is...

12. Bd5 Nxf2 (12... c6 13. Bxe4) (12... Nc6 13. Bxc6+ Ke7 14. Bxe4) 13. Kxf2 *

🧠 This Then That (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +1100

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:
8/5pkp/6p1/8/8/P1R1N2P/1P3nPK/2r5 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... Rh1+ 2. Kg3 Ne4+ 3. Kf3 Nxc3 *

🧠 Ultrabullet Woes (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

c3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Qc2 e5 4. Qxh7 e4

And the answer is...

Qxh8

🧠 Two Bases in a Boxed Canyon (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
3R4/8/8/PK6/4rkp1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

a6 Re5+ 2. Kc6 g3 3. Rf8+ Rf5 4. Rg8 Rg5

And the answer is...

Rxg5 Kxg5 6. a7 g2 7.a8=Q

🧠🧠🧠 Who Needs to Castle? (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nf3 a6 7. d6 Nc6 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bf4 f6 10. O-O g6 11. Ne4 Ncxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 fxe5 14. Qg4 Bg7 15. Ng5 Qf6 16. Nxh7 Qf4 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qg5

And the answer is...
18... e4 19. Be2 Rxh7 *

🧠 Got the Bishop (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e4 gxh4

And the answer is...

Qh5#

🧠🧠🧠 We Have You Surrounded (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/5QN1/3P4/1P2P3/PBP3PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Black's King is on b4.

🧠🧠 Jugular (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +1100

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:
4r1k1/pp6/3pNb2/4q1p1/8/P7/1PQ3P1/1K6 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Qg6+ Kh8 2. Qh6+ Kg8 3. Qg6+ Kh8 4. Qxe8+ Kh7 5. Qf7+ Bg7

And the answer is...

Nf8+ Kh8 (6... Kh6 7. Qg6#) 7. Ng6+ Kh7 8. Nxe5 *

🧠 Very Confident Rook (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

b3 a5 2. c3 Ra7 3. a4 Ra6 4. e3 Rf6 5. Bd3 Rxf2 6. Kxf2 *

And the answer is...

🧠🧠 Between Two Good Options (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Nf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Bxc4 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. Nh4 Nd4 15. Qg5 h6

And the answer is...

Qxh6 Qxf6 17. Rxf6 *

🧠 Technically Possible (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/6K1/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
White's knight is on f7. Black's knight is on g8, and Black's king is on h8.

🧠 Premove Poison (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 e5 2. Bf4 *

And the answer is...

exf4.

This is a very easy puzzle. Treat it more like a warning for London players- don't premove Bf4.

🧠🧠 For King and Country (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/6kb/8/5PPP/3pp3/2rP1RK1/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

f6+ Kf7 2. g6+ Bxg6 3. hxg6+ Kxg6

And the answer is...

f7 { The only way to hold advantage- give up the Rook to make a Queen. }

🧠🧠🧠 More Queens than Kings (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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:
2Q5/5pk1/Q3p1p1/5N2/7p/6nP/5PPK/4q3 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... gxf5 { Black has to take with the g-pawn, or it's a draw. } (1... exf5 2. Qxg6+ fxg6 3. Qc7+ { No matter where Black's King goes, it's a draw. }) 2. Qc1 Qxc1 3. fxg3 Qc7 *

🧠 Grob Gambit Gone Gonzo (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

g4 d5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bxg4 5. d4

And the answer is...
5... Bxd1

🧠🧠 Reverse Garrison (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 20:00:00 +1100

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:
4rk2/R5R1/p3nB2/8/7P/2p5/2P2qPK/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Raf7#

🧠 Not a Checkmate (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
3qk3/5Q2/8/3B4/8/8/8/6K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...
White has a Queen on f7

🧠 In Through the Exit (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

[Event "Simul, 26b"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1890.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "17"]

e4 e5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Bd7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. Qxb7 Bc6
Qc8+ Qd8 8. Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Qe6# 1-0

🧠 Like Train Tracks (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/3P4/6R1/3k4/R7/3N4/8/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

White has a knight on d3

🧠 Mission Improbable (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +1100

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:
6r1/8/8/8/3Bkp2/2P4R/1P3P2/5K2 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

b4 f3 2. Rh4+ Kd3 3. Rh5 Ra8 4. Rf5

And the answer is...

Ra1#

🧠 Two Duos (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/8/6p1/8/4k3/6KP/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Kg3 g4 2. Kxg4 *

🧠🧠 Commander AWOL (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +1100

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:
8/1p2kp2/p3n1p1/4K3/8/2P1BP2/1P5P/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Bf2 f6+ 2. Kd5 Kd7 3. Be3 Nc7+ 4. Kc5 Ke6 5. Kb6

And the answer is...

5... Nd5+ 6. Kxb7 Nxe3 *

👨‍🏫 Intuition and Pressure (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.

The illusion I refer to in the episode is the Müller-Lyer illusion. Find out more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCller-Lyer_illusion

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🧠 Last Hurdle (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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:
6k1/8/4K2n/7p/5P1B/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Bg5 Kg7

And the answer is...

Bxh6+ Kxh6 3. f5 { and the pawn is running! } Kg7 4. Ke7 h4 5. f6+ Kg6 6. f7 h3 7. f8=Q *

🧠 Overlooked (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

Nc3 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Be7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Ne4 *

And the answer is...

6... Nxe4

🧠 Seems Unlikely (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/8/4k3/5n2/3q1r2/5r1K w - - 2 2

And the answer is...

Black's bishop is on g1.

👨‍🏫 What is a Conceptualization Model? (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠 Clearing the Lines (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/1r4kp/5pp1/4p3/1p2q3/3R2P1/5P2/1Q4K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rd7+ Rxd7 2. Qxe4 *

🧠 Simple Caro Blunder (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bg5 *

And the answer is...

6… Bxb5 *

🧠 Tal Variation (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 e6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6

And the answer is...

h5 Bxh5 8. gxh5 *

👨‍🏫 What is Conceptualization? (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠🧠🧠 A Tricky One (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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:
7k/4K1pp/7N/8/8/8/8/B7 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Bf6 gxf6 2. Kf8 f5 3. Nf7#

🧠 Stuck in the Corner (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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:
6qk/8/5P1p/8/8/6QP/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Re8 Qxe8 2. Qg7#

🧠 Nathan Buckley’s Norm Smith (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/8/8/8/5K2/R7/5kq1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Ra1#

👨‍🏫 Breaking Plateaus (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 One Pawn, One Impenetrable Wall (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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:
k2r4/1p3R2/pPp5/8/8/K1P5/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Kb4 Kb8 2. c4 Rd4 *

And the answer is...

Rf8+ Rd8 4. Rxd8#

🧠 Rosen Destroys the London (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Na3 Qxb2 7. Nb5 Ne4 8. Rb1 Qxf2# 0-1

🧠 Fian-Oh-No! (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. g3 *

And the answer is...

6… Bxf3

👨‍🏫 The Two Biases (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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🧠 Corner Case (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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:
6R1/8/1P5p/8/8/2K5/7r/6qk w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rxg1 Kxg1 2. b7 Rh3+ 3. Kc2 Rh2+ 4. Kc1 Rf2 5. b8=Q *

🧠 Cloudy with a Chance of Mouseslip (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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:
8/8/4K3/5P2/6k1/4P2R/P6p/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1… Kxh3 2. f6 h1=Q

🧠🧠 King Season, FIRE (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +1100

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/1Q6/1B6/6RB/8/8/K7/2R5 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Kf1 or Kf2 or Kd8

👨‍🏫 Aphantasia and Visualization: A Guide (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1100

Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog. See the full article, including tools and techniques for conceptualization with aphantasia at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/aphantasia.

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🧠 Slaughtered On The Light Squares (Game Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +1100

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 e5 2. Nc3 Qe7 3. Bc4 c6 4. Qf3 h6 5. Nge2 g5 6. Ng3 d6 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8. Qxf5 Nf6 9. Qc8+ Qd8 10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. Qe6# 1-0

👨‍🏫 Tilt is a Traitor (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +1100

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🧠 f3 (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

f3 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. b3 d5 4. g4

And the answer is...

4… Qh4#!

🧠 Long Time Gone (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +1000

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:
8/6k1/P6p/4np2/4p3/7P/7K/8 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

a7, as Black has no way of preventing 2. a8=Q!

🧠🧠 Never Ignore Noël (Find the Blunder Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:45:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.0-0 Bg7 7.Nd5 0-0 *

And the answer is...

White blundered by playing 6. O-O, leaving their knight hanging. Black should have played 6… dxc3 to punish it.

👨‍🏫 Knowledge and Muscle (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +1000

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🧠🧠 The Hybrid (Hybrid Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 09:45:00 +1000

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:
5B2/5R2/5pr1/4pk2/7p/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Rh7 Rg3+ 2. Kf2 Kg4 3. Bg7 e4 4. Bxf6 *

And the answer is...

4... Rf3+ 5. Ke2 Rxf6 - capturing the hanging bishop.

🧠 The Small Things that Make a Difference (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
2k5/1pQ5/pP1pq3/8/8/7P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

White’s pawn is on b6, protecting their c7 queen for the mate.

🧠 The Humble Rook (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:00:00 +1000

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:
1k1rr3/pp4R1/6P1/8/5P2/6P1/3p2K1/3R4 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... Re1 2. Rxd2 (2. Rxe1 dxe1=Q) 2... Rxd2+

👨‍🏫 Focus Comes First (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +1000

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🧠 Reti Forgeti (Opening Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +1000

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PGN for today's exercise:

Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. a3 Bb4 *

And the answer is...

axb4

🧠 Criss Cross Apple Sauce (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +1000

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:
3b4/6pk/8/3PB2K/6B1/8/4b3/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... g6#

🧠 Check Please (Lost Piece Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +1000

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/k7/5k2/3k4/2kQ4/8/5k2/3k4 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

White has a queen on d4.

👨‍🏫 The Mental Juggler (Insight)

Don't Move Until You See It — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +1000

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🧠 The Knight and Its Castle (Position Exercise)

Don't Move Until You See It — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +1000

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:
8/4N1pk/8/8/8/4R3/8/6K1 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rh3#